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Here's is a list of strategies that you can use in Worms Armageddon.


 * In worms armageddon there are so many situations that you can find yourself in. If you can conquer the different situations you will be the champion in worms armageddon. Know your weapons and tools, this might be an obvious one but there are a lot of weapons and some weapons that can backfire like a wrongly released sheep or a skunk that comes back to poison your own worms can be a nightmare.
 * You will probably be using a lot of ninja ropes. This is one tool I would probably focus on as this is the tool that can get you around the landscape and beyond.  Watch your time before you use a ninja rope as you want to have enough time to get from point A to point B.
 * Know what special weapon to pick, in worms armageddon you can pick which special weapon to have. Each special weapon has it's good points, if you pick one of the less powerful ones you might get more of them like for example madcows, homing pigeons, mole bombs. The holy hand grenade might be considered the one that takes off the most damage of all the special weapons. Between cavern and island maps try to pick the best weapon like for example the supersheep or homing pigeon's would be good weapons for the island type maps while the mad cow or mole bomb might be better for the cavern type maps. Each special weapon does have it's own advantage and disadvantages and some might require more skill than others.
 * High ground might be the way to go as you will be able to travel the map better rather than  the low ground.  On an island map you probably want a bit of shelter but still retain the high ground but on a cavern one don't worry no one can air strike or napalm you. The higher worms could be the ones you save for later on in the game.  The high ground can be brilliant when it comes to sudden death as the water might be rising.
 * Another tactic for the air strike or napalm strike is to only use it when it is a worm that can't do much on his turn. That means you are making use of most of your worms, you don't want any wasted shots at all in worms.
 * Keep collecting crates and tool boxes whenever you can as you never know you might end up picking up a concrete donkey or Indian nuclear test, you never know. Now if a crate looks like it is in a dangerous place forget about it as you probably have more of a chance of dying trying to get that crate. Remember that animals can collect crates for you as well, don't forget.
 * Know your team order and take notice of your opponent's team order also. Knowing this you can plan in advance who is going to kill who. Remember that if you use your worm select it will affect the rotation of who is going next only for your team not your opponent's. You can use this to your advantage if you are wanting a certain group of worms in good positions to have their turn soon. I would also say that using the worm select early on rather than saving it till later is the best because you can't use it later on when you have one worm left.
 * When you are attacking a worm try to do at least 50 damage at most because next time you do another 50 damage that worm is toast. Weapons such as the battle axe, shot gun are good ones for doing the 50 damage. Remember that a worm can take a lot of fall damage as well, think about shooting a bazooka at a  worm who is up high.
 * Try to maybe make your opponent waste a turn such as throwing a petral bomb near them so they can't do much when it is their turn.
 * Think about where you worm is when his turn ends, what about placing your worm on the same spot as your opponent's worm that way when your opponent attacks you he attacks himself as well. Knowing turn order is a very important one for this tactic.
 * Know how to negotiate a dangerous map, what I mean by this is when weapons get low and there are only one or two worms left this is when this becomes important. Being able to make your way up a tricky hill to get to higher ground, use the longbow to help with this. Also maybe saving your girders till the end can be very beneficial as that can shield you as well as helping you to overcome an obstacle.
 * Remember that there is an luck element with this game as well but knowing some tactics may improve your game and make it harder for your opponent's to kick your ass. Luck like who goes first can make a bit of difference also with the worm position as well, you might find yourself losing lots of worms at the start of the game just based on their location on the map.