Here is a helpful tip to those who play Age of Empires Castle Seige on your phones, for attacking other human players. I have often used this strategy successfully against other human players, but have rarely seen it used against me.
I call it....
BLITZ THE KEEP
The best heroes you can have for this are Belisarius (who tunnels under walls) and Charlemange (who leads cavalry to attack a target). You use siege equipment with Belisarius to bust the opponent's walls forging a route to the opponent's keep. Then once you have busted down all the required walls, release all your cavalry (between 8 and 12) with Charlemange and use his special ability to blitz the keep (by dragging his sword and dropping it on the keep). The keep will be destroyed in about 3 seconds. You can use any combination of other soldiers to accomplish secondary objectives (like resource collection). But winning or losing depends on sacking the opponent's keep and the "Charlemange Blitz" is one easy way to do it.
How easy depends on the levels of your heroes. Early on, Belisarius can only collapse one wall. Upgrade him, and he can punch through 2 walls. So early on, if you are facing an opponent that requires you to punch through 2 walls, you require siege equipment to break through the first wall, then blitz Belisarius to take out the second wall. You need to be good at this, otherwise he can die before the 2nd wall is breached, and you be *bleeped*. When you only have the ability to use one hero at once, it has to be Charlemange. He and 10 horses can blitz over 90% of keeps, provided you have the siege equipment to bust through walls.
You may blitz a keep without Charlemange, it just happens slower, and if you can't punch holes in walls, you're going to lose.
Anyone with any other strategy advice is encouraged to leave a comment below.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
NHL Defensemen Goals Against Average 2014/15
Have you ever wondered what the Goals Against Average is for NHL defensemen per 60 minutes of ice time, much how we measure quality of play for goaltenders. The difference is that for defensemen, I'm only looking at even strength goals against. Not all defensemen kill penalties, but all goalies kill penalties.
We are currently at the 1/4 mark of the 2014/15 season, and here are the stats for all defensemen with at least 10 Games Played.
We are currently at the 1/4 mark of the 2014/15 season, and here are the stats for all defensemen with at least 10 Games Played.
Player | Team | GP | GA | TOI/GP | GAA/60 |
Patrick Wiercioch | OTT | 15 | 3 | 16.5 | 0.73 |
Sergei Gonchar | MTL | 10 | 3 | 19.2 | 0.94 |
David Rundblad | CHI | 11 | 2 | 10.9 | 1.00 |
Ian Cole | STL | 24 | 7 | 15.6 | 1.12 |
Niklas Hjalmarsson | CHI | 24 | 11 | 22.0 | 1.25 |
Carl Gunnarsson | STL | 17 | 6 | 16.8 | 1.26 |
Joe Morrow | BOS | 14 | 5 | 17.0 | 1.26 |
Kevin Shattenkirk | STL | 24 | 12 | 22.6 | 1.33 |
Grant Clitsome | WPG | 16 | 5 | 14.1 | 1.33 |
Christian Ehrhoff | PIT | 24 | 12 | 21.9 | 1.37 |
Lubomir Visnovsky | NYI | 17 | 8 | 20.0 | 1.41 |
Jonas Brodin | MIN | 14 | 8 | 23.7 | 1.44 |
Trevor Van Riemsdyk | CHI | 18 | 6 | 13.5 | 1.48 |
Simon Despres | PIT | 23 | 8 | 14.1 | 1.48 |
Alec Martinez | LAK | 18 | 9 | 19.7 | 1.53 |
Adam Pardy | WPG | 13 | 5 | 15.0 | 1.54 |
John-Michael Liles | CAR | 17 | 8 | 18.2 | 1.55 |
Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 24 | 11 | 17.7 | 1.56 |
Paul Postma | WPG | 25 | 9 | 13.6 | 1.58 |
Jason Demers | SJS | 20 | 10 | 18.2 | 1.65 |
John Klingberg | DAL | 11 | 7 | 22.8 | 1.68 |
Nikita Zadorov | BUF | 14 | 7 | 17.6 | 1.70 |
Ryan Ellis | NSH | 24 | 13 | 18.8 | 1.73 |
Brayden McNabb | LAK | 25 | 12 | 16.7 | 1.73 |
Jakub Kindl | DET | 20 | 9 | 15.6 | 1.74 |
Torey Krug | BOS | 22 | 13 | 20.1 | 1.76 |
Shea Weber | NSH | 24 | 19 | 26.8 | 1.77 |
Matt Hunwick | NYR | 22 | 12 | 17.7 | 1.85 |
Nate Schmidt | WSH | 24 | 11 | 14.8 | 1.85 |
Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 18 | 14 | 24.7 | 1.89 |
Eric Gelinas | NJD | 20 | 11 | 17.5 | 1.89 |
Roman Josi | NSH | 24 | 20 | 26.4 | 1.90 |
Kevan Miller | BOS | 11 | 6 | 17.1 | 1.91 |
Adam Larsson | NJD | 17 | 9 | 16.5 | 1.93 |
Chris Phillips | OTT | 19 | 14 | 22.8 | 1.94 |
Johnny Oduya | CHI | 24 | 16 | 20.5 | 1.95 |
Tom Gilbert | MTL | 24 | 15 | 19.3 | 1.95 |
Ryan Suter | MIN | 23 | 22 | 29.3 | 1.96 |
Dennis Wideman | CGY | 25 | 19 | 23.2 | 1.97 |
Michal Rozsival | CHI | 15 | 8 | 16.2 | 1.98 |
Jake Muzzin | LAK | 19 | 15 | 23.2 | 2.05 |
Nick Leddy | NYI | 25 | 17 | 19.9 | 2.05 |
Raphael Diaz | CGY | 10 | 4 | 11.7 | 2.05 |
Francois Beauchemin | ANA | 18 | 14 | 22.7 | 2.05 |
Marc-Edouard Vlasic | SJS | 26 | 20 | 22.5 | 2.06 |
Kris Russell | CGY | 24 | 19 | 23.0 | 2.07 |
Zach Trotman | BOS | 11 | 6 | 15.8 | 2.07 |
Andrej Sustr | TBL | 23 | 13 | 16.3 | 2.08 |
Mark Streit | PHI | 24 | 19 | 22.8 | 2.08 |
Dmitry Kulikov | FLA | 19 | 15 | 22.6 | 2.10 |
Marco Scandella | MIN | 21 | 16 | 21.7 | 2.11 |
Brendan Smith | DET | 19 | 13 | 19.4 | 2.11 |
Brian Campbell | FLA | 23 | 19 | 23.1 | 2.14 |
Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 26 | 21 | 22.5 | 2.15 |
Tim Erixon | CBJ | 18 | 11 | 17.0 | 2.15 |
Duncan Keith | CHI | 24 | 22 | 25.4 | 2.16 |
Adam McQuaid | BOS | 20 | 14 | 19.4 | 2.16 |
Nathan Beaulieu | MTL | 14 | 7 | 13.8 | 2.17 |
Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 23 | 18 | 21.6 | 2.18 |
Clayton Stoner | ANA | 20 | 13 | 17.9 | 2.18 |
Josh Manson | ANA | 14 | 10 | 19.6 | 2.19 |
Nick Schultz | PHI | 23 | 16 | 18.9 | 2.21 |
TJ Brodie | CGY | 26 | 24 | 25.1 | 2.21 |
Mike Green | WSH | 19 | 14 | 19.9 | 2.22 |
Erik Gudbranson | FLA | 23 | 15 | 17.6 | 2.23 |
Drew Doughty | LAK | 25 | 27 | 28.9 | 2.24 |
Olli Maatta | PIT | 18 | 14 | 20.6 | 2.27 |
Jacob Trouba | WPG | 25 | 22 | 23.3 | 2.27 |
Danny DeKeyser | DET | 24 | 19 | 20.8 | 2.28 |
Alexei Emelin | MTL | 24 | 20 | 21.9 | 2.29 |
Alexander Edler | VAN | 25 | 23 | 24.1 | 2.30 |
Cody Ceci | OTT | 24 | 18 | 19.5 | 2.31 |
Keith Yandle | ARI | 26 | 25 | 24.6 | 2.34 |
Dylan Olsen | FLA | 22 | 14 | 16.2 | 2.35 |
Mark Giordano | CGY | 26 | 25 | 24.3 | 2.37 |
Brad Stuart | COL | 14 | 11 | 19.9 | 2.37 |
Scott Hannan | SJS | 19 | 12 | 16.0 | 2.38 |
Paul Martin | PIT | 24 | 21 | 22.1 | 2.38 |
Cam Fowler | ANA | 25 | 21 | 21.1 | 2.39 |
Toby Enstrom | WPG | 22 | 22 | 25.1 | 2.39 |
Damon Severson | NJD | 25 | 23 | 23.1 | 2.39 |
Anton Volchenkov | NSH | 20 | 11 | 13.8 | 2.39 |
Seth Jones | NSH | 24 | 17 | 17.8 | 2.39 |
Ryan Stanton | VAN | 15 | 9 | 15.0 | 2.40 |
Robyn Regehr | LAK | 22 | 17 | 19.3 | 2.40 |
Stephane Robidas | TOR | 23 | 16 | 17.3 | 2.42 |
Zach Bogosian | WPG | 24 | 22 | 22.7 | 2.42 |
Anton Stralman | TBL | 26 | 24 | 22.8 | 2.43 |
Mark Stuart | WPG | 25 | 20 | 19.7 | 2.44 |
Mirco Mueller | SJS | 21 | 15 | 17.5 | 2.46 |
Kyle Quincey | DET | 20 | 15 | 18.3 | 2.46 |
Andrei Markov | MTL | 26 | 26 | 24.4 | 2.46 |
Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 25 | 20 | 19.5 | 2.46 |
Brett Bellemore | CAR | 13 | 8 | 15.0 | 2.46 |
John Moore | NYR | 18 | 12 | 16.2 | 2.46 |
Jason Garrison | TBL | 26 | 23 | 21.3 | 2.49 |
Nate Guenin | COL | 19 | 13 | 16.4 | 2.51 |
Barret Jackman | STL | 24 | 17 | 16.9 | 2.51 |
Matthew Carle | TBL | 26 | 24 | 21.8 | 2.54 |
Marek Zidlicky | NJD | 25 | 23 | 21.7 | 2.55 |
Christopher Tanev | VAN | 25 | 22 | 20.6 | 2.56 |
Justin Braun | SJS | 26 | 24 | 21.5 | 2.58 |
James Wisniewski | CBJ | 21 | 20 | 22.0 | 2.60 |
P.K. Subban | MTL | 26 | 28 | 24.8 | 2.61 |
Kris Letang | PIT | 22 | 24 | 25.1 | 2.61 |
Michael Stone | ARI | 26 | 22 | 19.3 | 2.63 |
Mark Borowiecki | OTT | 19 | 13 | 15.5 | 2.64 |
Thomas Hickey | NYI | 24 | 20 | 18.8 | 2.65 |
Dion Phaneuf | TOR | 24 | 25 | 23.3 | 2.68 |
Tim Gleason | CAR | 22 | 16 | 16.2 | 2.69 |
Tyler Myers | BUF | 24 | 27 | 25.1 | 2.69 |
Dougie Hamilton | BOS | 26 | 26 | 22.3 | 2.69 |
Johnny Boychuk | NYI | 21 | 21 | 22.2 | 2.71 |
Jay Bouwmeester | STL | 20 | 21 | 23.2 | 2.71 |
Eric Gryba | OTT | 24 | 16 | 14.7 | 2.73 |
Ron Hainsey | CAR | 23 | 21 | 20.1 | 2.73 |
Matt Niskanen | WSH | 24 | 24 | 22.0 | 2.73 |
Morgan Rielly | TOR | 23 | 19 | 18.1 | 2.74 |
Erik Johnson | COL | 24 | 26 | 23.6 | 2.76 |
Rob Scuderi | PIT | 24 | 19 | 17.2 | 2.76 |
Jake Gardiner | TOR | 22 | 20 | 19.8 | 2.76 |
Matt Bartkowski | BOS | 13 | 11 | 18.3 | 2.77 |
Brent Burns | SJS | 26 | 28 | 23.3 | 2.77 |
David Schlemko | ARI | 14 | 11 | 16.8 | 2.81 |
Sami Vatanen | ANA | 26 | 27 | 22.1 | 2.82 |
Yannick Weber | VAN | 20 | 15 | 15.9 | 2.83 |
Matt Greene | LAK | 25 | 20 | 16.9 | 2.84 |
Brent Seabrook | CHI | 24 | 25 | 21.8 | 2.87 |
Willie Mitchell | FLA | 23 | 25 | 22.7 | 2.88 |
Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 24 | 30 | 25.8 | 2.90 |
Jay Harrison | CAR | 16 | 13 | 16.8 | 2.91 |
Dan Girardi | NYR | 24 | 29 | 24.9 | 2.92 |
Andy Greene | NJD | 25 | 29 | 23.7 | 2.94 |
Ryan McDonagh | NYR | 13 | 15 | 23.5 | 2.95 |
Kevin Klein | NYR | 23 | 20 | 17.7 | 2.95 |
Tyson Barrie | COL | 25 | 26 | 20.9 | 2.99 |
Niklas Kronwall | DET | 24 | 29 | 24.3 | 2.99 |
Kevin Bieksa | VAN | 25 | 27 | 21.6 | 3.00 |
Zach Redmond | COL | 14 | 12 | 17.0 | 3.03 |
Radko Gudas | TBL | 22 | 19 | 17.0 | 3.04 |
Karl Alzner | WSH | 24 | 23 | 18.9 | 3.04 |
Erik Karlsson | OTT | 24 | 34 | 27.8 | 3.06 |
Justin Schultz | EDM | 24 | 27 | 21.9 | 3.08 |
Marc Staal | NYR | 24 | 28 | 22.5 | 3.11 |
Luca Sbisa | VAN | 20 | 19 | 18.3 | 3.11 |
Mike Weber | BUF | 22 | 19 | 16.6 | 3.12 |
Matt Dumba | MIN | 20 | 13 | 12.5 | 3.12 |
Nicklas Grossmann | PHI | 24 | 23 | 18.4 | 3.13 |
Martin Marincin | EDM | 12 | 11 | 17.5 | 3.14 |
John Carlson | WSH | 24 | 29 | 23.1 | 3.14 |
David Savard | CBJ | 24 | 28 | 22.2 | 3.15 |
Jon Merrill | NJD | 11 | 12 | 20.7 | 3.16 |
Eric Brewer | TBL | 17 | 16 | 17.8 | 3.17 |
Mark Fayne | EDM | 25 | 23 | 17.3 | 3.18 |
Dan Hamhuis | VAN | 20 | 22 | 20.6 | 3.20 |
Brenden Dillon | DAL | 20 | 22 | 20.6 | 3.20 |
Calvin de Haan | NYI | 21 | 22 | 19.6 | 3.21 |
Dennis Seidenberg | BOS | 26 | 31 | 22.3 | 3.22 |
Jonathan Ericsson | DET | 24 | 26 | 20.1 | 3.24 |
Andrew Ference | EDM | 22 | 24 | 20.2 | 3.24 |
Tyson Strachan | BUF | 15 | 16 | 19.6 | 3.26 |
Travis Hamonic | NYI | 21 | 24 | 21.0 | 3.26 |
Zbynek Michalek | ARI | 26 | 30 | 21.1 | 3.28 |
Andrej Meszaros | BUF | 17 | 18 | 19.2 | 3.31 |
Cody Franson | TOR | 22 | 25 | 20.4 | 3.34 |
Andrew MacDonald | PHI | 13 | 15 | 20.7 | 3.34 |
Jan Hejda | COL | 25 | 30 | 21.3 | 3.38 |
Roman Polak | TOR | 21 | 25 | 21.1 | 3.39 |
Michael Del Zotto | PHI | 22 | 26 | 20.7 | 3.43 |
Connor Murphy | ARI | 25 | 23 | 16.1 | 3.44 |
Mike Weaver | MTL | 24 | 21 | 15.2 | 3.45 |
Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 26 | 39 | 26.0 | 3.46 |
Matt Irwin | SJS | 13 | 13 | 17.3 | 3.47 |
Andrej Sekera | CAR | 23 | 30 | 22.6 | 3.47 |
Alex Goligoski | DAL | 25 | 36 | 24.7 | 3.50 |
Fedor Tyutin | CBJ | 16 | 19 | 20.3 | 3.51 |
Josh Gorges | BUF | 18 | 23 | 21.8 | 3.51 |
Ladislav Smid | CGY | 24 | 21 | 14.9 | 3.53 |
Nick Holden | COL | 25 | 30 | 20.2 | 3.56 |
Justin Faulk | CAR | 24 | 34 | 23.8 | 3.57 |
Jordie Benn | DAL | 21 | 26 | 20.6 | 3.60 |
Nikita Nikitin | EDM | 21 | 27 | 20.9 | 3.70 |
Keith Ballard | MIN | 11 | 9 | 13.2 | 3.72 |
Jamie Oleksiak | DAL | 19 | 14 | 11.9 | 3.73 |
Nate Prosser | MIN | 19 | 17 | 14.4 | 3.74 |
Brooks Orpik | WSH | 24 | 33 | 21.6 | 3.81 |
Dalton Prout | CBJ | 21 | 24 | 17.7 | 3.88 |
Andre Benoit | BUF | 16 | 21 | 20.2 | 3.90 |
Brian Strait | NYI | 15 | 18 | 18.4 | 3.91 |
Jeff Petry | EDM | 24 | 32 | 20.2 | 3.96 |
Deryk Engelland | CGY | 21 | 20 | 14.2 | 4.01 |
Trevor Daley | DAL | 25 | 42 | 24.5 | 4.11 |
Braydon Coburn | PHI | 12 | 18 | 20.0 | 4.51 |
Jared Cowen | OTT | 19 | 28 | 18.7 | 4.74 |
Luke Schenn | PHI | 19 | 25 | 16.4 | 4.83 |
Jack Johnson | CBJ | 21 | 41 | 23.6 | 4.96 |
Bryce Salvador | NJD | 15 | 24 | 18.5 | 5.19 |
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