PVP

Beginner PVP tips

0- Bubble if you are not looking at the game. A big player can zoom in an Zero you before you can shield if you are not directly on top of your situation. Walk away for 5 mins and you are toast. Everyone is looking for someone to burn. After you get above 1.5 M troop power this is less of a problem, and you can take a hit. Still a rally only takes 5 mins.

1- boost up- use your attack defense march bonuses now that’s what they are for

2- don’t attack from any distance!! If you attack someone  10 leagues away, a big enemy will see your trail and swoop in and zero you before you can shield.

Also learn to recall a march... you can’t sheild while you have a march out But recalls are expensive, and a last resort, better not to put yourself in that position.

4- keep your medical tents empty- heal those troops. And upgrade your tents now if you have any that can be quickly upgraded. Use speedups or buy time if any are sub 30min time.

5- as a rule of thumb you win attacks when the total troop power of the enemy is less than the power of the march you send. But if it’s close you still loose a lot. Scout and count troop power. If the power of your march is 2x the power they have of troops at home, you will kick ass. House power is not the relevant stat. But if their house power is 2x yours you prob won’t do well.

THIS IS REALLY THE WHOLE BALLGAME FOLKS- Troop Power at home vs Troop power Marches.

6- rule of thumb - one killed troop equals 4 wounded troops in terms of cost to player. If you attack and it kills 1000 of your troops and wounds 3000 of their troops- you lost that battle, even though the game will tell you it’s a victory.

7- people can put too much emphasis on this but.. troops are Rock Paper Scissors:  inf beats cav, ranged beats inf,  cav beats ranged. So if you scout and see they have all Cav troops— attack with all inf.   But this is mostly an equal T8 vs T8 or 7 vs 7 consideration

8- Consider sitting out PVP. Its fun but you will probably loose far more power, and rss healing than you get from the rewards.

9- Watch out for Honey Traps. An unbubbled keep might be have Reinforcements as a trap.

10- Which is why you should always scout before attacking.