Well, Ra has different ways to go. Uber-migdol with Sekhmet+Osiris (gives Cavalry archer : 10% extra health, 10% extra speed, and 24 range, so in combination with burning pitch, they kill buildings better than anything) (gives Camelry : 10% extra health, 10% extra speed, and makes it with desert wind the fastest unit in the game : 7.80!! (E_S_O_is_dumb : Taunt 029 Scream.mp3) Only matched by Valkyrie : 7.60) Combine thhat uber-range extra speed cavalry archer, with the fastest unit in the game : raiding is inevitible. Or Ra can go for barracks units : Ptah+Sekhmet+horus. With spearmen having a neat 110% bonus attack vs cav with greatest of fifty. But games mosly dont last that long. But now lets look at Ra's priests. Empowering does : Also, Ra's Pharaoh empowers even better than normal Pharaoh's. When 100 Food is dropped off, an Isis or Set Pharaoh empowerment would mean 20 food for free. With Ra, it is 25 food fore free. And also compare them with building empowerment. If you have a fully-upgraded citadel with pharaoh empowerment, you have a nearly indestructable citadel (well, with exception to siege then :P ) Well, that is pretty clear. Also... People say that Ra sucks on water. In you look at the fact that he doesnt have any water MU's, you'd say YES. But people often forget something... Ra gets the best siege ships of all civs. Stones oof Red Linen + Funeral Barge = Arrow ship + building killer. You will dominate the seas... until those nasty hammerships come out. But they can be killed by your nasty Kebenits. One aspect of Ra is called gay. Villierush. you get someones TC very soon, get your economy stable, and take it before the 6 minute counter is over. This is uber, but it is difficult to really master. I have seen lots of attempts to villierush me by sandshifting. Only 5-6 villies will arrive, you really have to practice with sandshift. And dont't forget : use the hands of the pharaoh. It comes in handy with the extra range. I will explain in detail Ra's economic/mythic/military branches and explain why they are chosen, and how to best use them/follow them to your victory. Military Branches : Economic Branches : Here you can choose from 3 branches : Mythic Branch Quoted from IamRa's article about Sekhmet as Heroic Goddess. all credit goes to him what is in lime : Slings of the Sun-I don't use this one much...but i will say...it does make Slingers maul infantry just like greek Toxtoes...and really renders Hyapist, Axemen and throwing Axemen useless as it increase the Slinger damage bonus against these types of troops to insane levels... Ram of the West Wind-Adds 50 Hp's and 10 Crush attack to Siege towers, Good tech if you can afford to get it..combined with Siege Engineers they lay the smack down on buildings Stones of Red Linen-Boosts Catapults and Siege ship crush Attack Bone Bow-Prolly my Fav tech..just makes Chariot Archers "Insane" with 24 range...the opponent really can't stop your raids...as a Fortress won't protect his precious villes on an outside goldmine cuz the Chariots can get out of range of the Fortress and still pick off your villes...it also makes them much better at mauling infantry at range...quite fun to see players foold infantrey at you...while you hide Bone Bow charioits behind a TC/Migdol and just maul his infantry watch em drop like flies with Proper Micro Tired of Age of Buildings?...Tired of Villagers being able to kill Siege Weapons so quickly?..then Sekhemut is the choice for you let me introduce you to TA DA! THE SCARAB-Villes can't ville them....they thrash buildings...are very hard to kill...and with Ra's Rain+Cheap Monuments...you can afford alot of them...tired of games Dragging on to mythic age? and Titan Age?...go Sekhemut...i have won 9 games in a row players can no longer turtle under buildings as scarabs eat them and are very hard to kill...Chariot Support kills any hero's that try to kill your scarabs... Just a Note...With Sekhemut's Bone Bow tech...Massed Chariot Archers will Simply "MAUL" most other units at range...especially with a Meatshield/Buildings...also...with Bone Bow Chariots have a Range of 24....they out range a Fortress...this means your opponent can't really stop your raiding...and he can't effetivly protect his goldminers...your Chariots will "Out-range" his fortresses...you just sit quietly out of range and just pick of his goldminers...it's quite nice...and with Ra's HP and speed bonus..they are harder to kill...and can run away much faster making hit and run tactics all the more easier and more effective Just some thoughts...next time you play Ra go Sekhemut...try it...feed your opponent Scarabs...let the Scarabs munch on his buuildingd and kill many villes with Bone Bow chariot archers... [This message has been edited by WILHELM_II (edited 05-10-2004 @ 02:02 AM).]
Building time dexcreased 30%. This is also very good for making those forward bases quickly. You can pop out barracks in less than 15 seconds. So you have a whole forward base in less than a minute.
Training + tech research 20% faster. About the training, this is SO GOOD. If you put down 4 barracks and have them all empowered by priests, you can make 5 more spearmen in a minute than if they were not empowered. This is great for "panic building", when you're under attack. This way you can pop out a good defense against lets say a loki rusher.
Buildings +50% attack rate. This actually means they get +50% attack.I always build my towers in, but keep a priest inside too. (not in towers, just next to the tower) and empower the towers. This is a real advantage in early defence, as those little attacks will be beaten off more easily and faster.
Citadel-Plus 10 pop...this is very "Under-rated" and im almost close to saying this could be the best GP in the game if used wisely...it allows you to "Out number" your opponent bye 10 pop spaces at equal Town Centers...and with Ra you get uber rax or uber migdols unints...this makes him an OP isis in terms of the quality of troops Ra can field on top of his stellar Economy...not a bad deal
Well this was about it, i will soon add another part to this guide which will be an in-depth strat including screenshots (yay!)