

When you start a Skirmish game in Company of Heroes 3, you will likely have a single unit.

This gives you chance to queue the Retreat command before action resumes, so that your injured squads immediately fall back to headquarters when you unpause. Using Tactical Pause is also a great way to keep up with AI opponents before learning keybinds (which we'll touch on later in this guide).įor example, you can hit pause during combat and safely check the health of your various squads. While in Tactical Pause, you can queue commands for units and generally scope out the map, giving you chance to strategise and prepare before leaping into combat. In AI battles, you can hit the Spacebar to enter Tactical Pause, which stops all action while allowing you to still drag the camera around the map.

When you're just starting out, we'd strongly recommend practicing in AI Skirmish battles first. Online players will often learn build orders, which are basically a sequence of optimal actions to take during each step of a match, which will help them play incredibly fast. If you're new to RTS games in general, the multiplayer components are usually highly competitive. Practice against AI before jumping into multiplayer
