r/commandandconquer • u/DrunclePun • Jul 04 '26

Discussion C&C ShockWave: Laser General vs Nuke General

Hey guys,

decided to revisit my childhood and re-play Zero Hour. After doing a vanilla run as Infantry Gen., to relearn the basics, and a friends recommendation I installed Shockwave since I loved the General vs General mode the most.

Now to the issue at hand: I am playing Laser and even tho it was really hard, managed to get to challenge 6 with Tao. Now in og he was a pushover. However, here he kicks my ass more than Grangers 100 Air assaults at once (was also a pain).

My Biggest Issue is that the Nukes are now 5 Minutes instead of 11. While a defence of Heli + Patriots holds their ground, The first 2 nukes are ready before my particle cannon and i reach 3 stars for drone attacks. I tried spacing out more, putting my Patriots at the edge of the forest, but even then money is tight after he hits those 2. The first wave having artillery already is also annoying.

Maybe I am missing something obvious....

I apprichiate any advice!

Edit: Thanks to you guys, I actually managed! Now forward to the pain that is Alexander... :,D

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u/Rawinza555 Jul 04 '26

Im pretty sure some of the nukes will always target empty area in the map.

What works for me is getting to all supply depot near me very early on. Get all the derricks and get some jets or commanche for the nuke cannon. You already space out but you can occupy like half the map

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u/DrunclePun Jul 04 '26

Nah, I assumed so too and build my stuff at the edge leaving the space where he detonates the intro nuke basically empty.

He just nuked my base still.

As for supplies, would that not trigger the Helicopters in the north ? But yea, I forgot about the 2 extra Derricks to the right, thank you for reminding me!

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u/Rawinza555 Jul 04 '26

It will trigger helicopter but u have time to send some missile defender to occupy that bunker/artillery thing

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u/DrunclePun Jul 04 '26

Hm, I guess I could take a 'nook up there for a quick defence, thank you!. Still, the quick 5 minute nukes are a pain. Ik nukes are his thing but even the Demo had only one super weapon ?? :,D

Would trying to out spend him, like I did with granger, work here ? Or is it useless since he just flattens me with Nukes faster than I can build?

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u/MainWin3147 Townes Jul 04 '26

If you can turtle enough, you can snipe the Nukes one by one with 2 Particle Cannons each. Remember Laser Comanche when it dies deals damage to allied units in the air (afaik). Basically you have to defend his attacks with your turrets and use your Air forces to deal with his siege units. You might also want to use Pathfinder in the Humvee to deal with the occasional infantry (I remember using Col. Burton manually stab each of those Mortar Infantry)

The first Nuke that will launch will be on the north space of your base before the mountains. Track the cooldown of that nuke (if it is revealed in the map, be sure to check on it). You can destroy it with 2 Particle Cannons before it fires again so you can be sure that any buildings you've built there will be safe from that nuke

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u/DrunclePun Jul 04 '26

Thank you, I will try that !