A Grand Gesture | Act 1 C&C: KW Guide

Act 1 - A Grand Gesture

In the last mission of the first Act your target will be GDI science lab conducting research on liquid Tiberium. Before you bring the complex down, however, you'll have to work hard as enemy presence is pretty strong in the vicinity of the lab.

The first few minutes are crucial here. GDI starts attacking early on and unless you'll gain an edge in the very beginning, you'll have a real hard time winning this one. The best defensive tactics seem to be deployments of turrets and Purifiers.

2 - Capture the Purifier Husks

After deploying quickly create an operation center and two sets of SAM turrets. In the meantime build Hand of Nod and produce three saboteurs. After the second attack send your engineers to the west and restore three purifiers laying inactive just behind the hilltop and return to base.

Not a fly gets through these SAM defenses.

Create a War Factory in order to get access to repair units and bring the Purifiers to full health. In the meantime secure your base with more SAM turrets and add a few shredders. Turrets should deal with enemy forces without your further help - you'll only need the assistance of Purifiers to take down large numbers of ground units.

Reinforce base defenses by upgrading your turrets and create four more saboteurs and send them to the north, to recover next Purifiers which you should bring back to the factory and repair as soon as possible

In the north-western end of the map (marked with A) you will find more husks and two spikes and a blue Tiberium field. Send an Emissary there and create an outpost and Hand of Nod where you should train five saboteurs to recover last five husks and two more for the spikes. Your last addition to this base should be the refinery and some turrets. You might also consider building a War Factory here, so that you can repair the Purifiers on the spot.

By now you should control the western part of the map and your enemies shouldn't be able to get through your defenses giving you the opportunity to start preparing your offensive.

1 - Knock Out the Research Complex's Power Stations

Start by building ground units to support your Purifiers in the final assault. Use Scorpion tanks as base, but consider adding some Mantises to defend against air attacks.

With large army at your disposal move out and head south-west for the power stations. Bring them down along with the refinery and barracks. Without power the enemy base should be an easy prey.

Can you find GDI base on this picture?.

1 - Destroy GDI's Liquid Tiberium Research Lab

Enter the GDI base and start the onslaught. Ignore the regular buildings and focus on the science lab. Do you remember the explosion of liquid Tiberium in Sarajevo? The effects should be very similar here - both the base and your units will be wiped out in one flashy explosion.