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[Syvan]

I feel like that initial attack went about as good as it could have gone. Do you typically have luck building two early runners? You had the wits to spawn an extra soldier instead, which could have helped soak some damage.

I think the real problem became that your units didn't trade efficiently, with all the 1-2 hp units, the soldiers were able to chew through your lines almost freely. It may have been better to switch to soldier spawns on turn 10, but then you're still going to have to deal with a shell.