Best Defence

NicKor

So can someone tell to me what the best defense setup is for a non ruby buyer? as in what percent to each flank/middle and what defense tools and where? ...something like that ^^

DethKlok122112

For a non ruby buyer i recomend depending on you level, im level 36 if i didnt have my rubie defenses, i would put castle gate reinforcments , also flaming arrows and stone throwers, this offers a minimal protection, if you could afford to or had rubies you can set your defense up like this...portcullis, in the gates have bulwarks on each flank and middle, machicolation, on all flanks and middle and arrow slits in all of the flanks and middle this should put your castle protection at 210 %on the gate 110%on the walls ans 220% for your troops in the middle andflanks will be at 110 %,for walls and 220% for troops.

DethKlok122112

As for soldiers, Longbowmen and heldabidiers are the best.

Badgame

If you can save up rubies you can buy ruby tools like swamp snapper and arrow slit

bobbysbro

its got to be a 50/0/50 defence on the flankes to 50% on each flank and 0 in the middle

AgentY

One technique is to set the melee and ranged ratio to 100% ranged. So there are a lot of longbowmen on any flank you choose. Then you put flaming arrows in that flank so it is 125% better.

Sam4 (GB1)

bobbysbro wrote: »

its got to be a 50/0/50 defence on the flankes to 50% on each flank and 0 in the middle

I have to agree with this. 50/0/50 is the best form of defence. The flanks are where the enemy can place the least troops, and therefore if you can with these, though their troops will automatically get through the middle, they'll have -30% strength.

Squeakercheese

Archers and swordsman are very important in your defense. Also use bowman and spearman. (They eventually become veterans that are stronger than longbowman and halberdiers.)

B.Stinson

Squeakercheese wrote: »

Archers and swordsman are very important in your defense. Also use bowman and spearman. (They eventually become veterans that are stronger than longbowman and halberdiers.)

If you want to lose honor I suppose they are...

evets4

B.Stinson wrote: »

If you want to lose honor I suppose they are...

What do you mean by lose honor? For me, I use 33% on each flank, and 34% in the middle. But If I'm online when I'm getting attacked, I arrange my defenses according to the attacker's troops.

bagofrice

Are flaming arrows really worth it? Is it not better to use additional stone throwing?

B.Stinson

evets4 wrote: »

What do you mean by lose honor? For me, I use 33% on each flank, and 34% in the middle. But If I'm online when I'm getting attacked, I arrange my defenses according to the attacker's troops.

I meant that Swordsmen are crap.

evets4

B.Stinson wrote: »

I meant that Swordsmen are crap.

Well yeah, they are useless, but they won't affect your honor.

Andrea50

Well, they will as they make you lose.

DethKlok122112

true that....i have a question about the 50/0/50 defense does it actually work?

xJadetsssx

In mostly cases, the 50/0/50 does work well, but as 100% of the attacker's soldiers go through the middle you need "some" soldiers in the keep

Andrea50

It means the men sent at the middle go to the keep and you have a bonus.

joe96

you could do 0-65-35, most people don't fill up all waves so you could kill a lot of soldiers at gate. all rock tools, no arrows because they only helping range soldiers but not melee ones.

xJadetsssx

joe96 wrote: »

you could do 0-65-35, most people don't fill up all waves so you could kill a lot of soldiers at gate. all rock tools, no arrows because they only helping range soldiers but not melee ones.

that works too, but arrows are useful sometimes when the guy comes with bunch of mantlets

Aaa343

I dont see how arrows are useful *even if* a guy comes with mantlets because they cost way more resources take way longer to make, and have the same bonus (+25%) but to half your troops instead of all of them

FriedrichEngels (DE1)

Arrows are useful because you have a natural wall bonus already. If you have a moat and add flaming arrows on your wall you are protected by 3 bonuses but the attacker can only bring 2 different kinds of tools per wave. He may completely wipe out two of those bonuses, but you will always have the third one. If you dont have a moat, I believe the attacker can only bring one kind of tool per wave. So he still has to choose between mantlets and ladders.

Believe it or not, but assuming the attacker only uses regular tools as well, your best option is:

3x burning arrows + 1x sharpened stakes.
Worst case: the attacker comes with 6 ladders, 9 bundles, reducing your wall and moat bonus to 0%. Your melee soldiers will fight at 100% of their strength, your rangers at 175%. If your melee/ranged ratio is 50/50, that means you get an average advantage of 37,5%.

The worst case scenarios for the other tool settings are: +15%, +12,5%, +25% (from most to least stones). Again, assuming only regular attack tools.

But dont think this is the one perfect defense. 18 ironcast mantlets or 12 shield walls will bring your rangers to 0% leaving your melee fighters exposed to possibly a pure ranged attack.

The one thing you can spend rubies on without regret is defense tools from the armourer in my opinion. You dont have to put them on your walls right away and waste them on minor attacks but it's good to have them just in case...