The infantry doctrine is a very newb friendly and straight foward doctrine.
To begin, there are many reasons why you want to pick the infantry doctrine. For example, it is a 2v2 game and you prefer an aggressive play style that will keep the pressure on your opponent and will allow you to capture vital fuel/munition sectors that will effectively deny your opponent a late game ( Panther G's, Panzer 4's, etc).
In a 3v3 game, the infantry doctrine shine's mainly through the fact that it is VERY versatile early game and will allow you to counter all (If not most) of the current meta axis doctrines (Luft, SE, Terror). This allows you to potentially end the game before the 30 minute mark which is when your opponent has enough command points to spam those pesky big cats.
Infantry doctrine also provides:
- Artillery pieces to harass campers that spam PAK and snipers waiting for the late game
-Jumbo Sherman to destroy ANY infantry squads that axis can throw at you ( Breakthrough tank), you can literally end the game with a well planned Jumbo sherman assault supported with infantry, halftracks and artillery.
- Gozu bazooka upgrade that kills Panzer IV H's, stugs, Terror Tiger, Panther G's (although you have to be a bit more crafty to accomplish this)
- Cheap weapon upgrades, mortar emplacement, cheap infantry upgrades, 105 mm Howitzer sherman, etc etc etc
- Compared to the AB and Armor american docs, infantry doc is the deadliest doc in my opinion in the early stages of the game (Off map arty + Jumbo sherman combo is only 4 CP, compared to AB doc you need CP just to unlock your backbone infantry)
Early game in a standard resource game you want to follow the typical lineup which is :
1. Build barracks 2. Jeep 3. 37mm Anti tank 4. 2x Riflemen 5. Infantry support building 6. Motor pool.
This lineup will allow you massive versatility in the beginning stages of the game, use these units to constantly attack. Get a sniper or the infantry doc mortar if you are facing MG42's, snipers, etc. After getting your motor pool, you want to build a 57mm Halftrack or a Greyhound which will allow you to counter those scout car's, PUMA's, and mortar halftracks.
After this, you should be constantly harassing your opponent through attacks in his weak sectors ( get Spotters !! important), constantly denying those resources. You should also get 1x Bazooka team to deal with Stug's.
After you farmed some CP, the first upgrade you should get is the artillery call in. Use this ability to smash infantry blobs or destroy those vital defensive points. If you are up against a tricky PE player, you SHOULD use your arty call in on his mortar halftrack. This will cost him precious fuel and MP.
After getting the arty call in , your next upgrade is the JUMBO SHERMAN. With HE munition upgrade and a tank commander, this tank will simply ROLL through any squad you encounter. Jumbo shermans strike fear into the heart of any axis player and they know this.
This was it for my brief guide, but these are the main key points:
-Get arty call in --> Jumbo sherman --> Arty pieces if they are camping, or go for CQB squad tree to get call in rangers.
- End the game early ! Kill his Stug's/Hetzers with your 57mm HT and Zooka teams and his infantry with your jumbo sherman. Push him to his base. Punish him for picking terror.
- Captain call in riflemen. Get 2x of these guys. These will form your backbone. Suppress ability and high rate of fire for fire superiority.
