You know Val ... Nice Theory here. You just forgot One Thing: successful Ass and Stl go undetected! So Even if you have more spies or the Chance to scout PS to 0 ... You First got to find Out who the hell you're fighting against!
As a hybrid, I reserve the right to say I can kick an attack build, spy build, and turtles ass easily!
I'm so with Isaac, lol. A pure spy you can theoretically keep pinned indefinitely if you get him to 0 spies and assa every regen. Hansels are a pain though:/
Building on what Sholron said, hansel is a far superior war build. You basically have the same spy strength as a pure spy but you can take advantage of attack build mechanics. A pure spy is always open to assassinations, so win or lose, it gives you the best ratio of troop loss/troop kill (especially for stack builds). This makes them easy to sit on. A hansel can pin their troops and go dtw to assassinations, leaving scout bombing as your only option to keep them pinned. Pain in the ass and not very effective. The only argument against a hansel is that their allies can be stripped but a smart war hansel will only keep enough foray plunder, making them just as invulnerable as a pure spy. Plus they can still fight with the same spy strength with no allies. No brainer. I'm surprised the pure spy is even still a popular build.
What's the deadly part of a hansel? The spies. The most troop effective way to pin a spy is via assassinates. You give me a spy at 0 spies, and I can keep him pinned indefinitely with assas, as I Regen faster than I use spies. A hansel becomes dtw for assassinates once it's under 20% troops. Then scout/steal to keep down...but far more difficult.
Much like phantom. They have no allies so u can't strip. And just fill news with fails an u can't hit backthey harmless
Umm no. As hansel I can pound other spies and sometimes even attack build. Then I drop my stable and bank.
Plz show, I can't can't even remember hitting you. I jus remember you fail assassinating and always DTW.