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Brave Frontier Team Building Strategy Guide

2015-04-01T16:30:00.000-07:00

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Team Building Guide

General team building

Team building isn't very difficult. Ideally you want your team to share a synergy with the leader, and then one healer. That is it. There is a list of farmable healers available to you in the farmable units list if you do not have a premium healer.

To being with, we will cover buffs. By "buffs" I mean anything that provides an increase in strength to your team.There are five types of buffs that can be applied to a unit:

Leader Skills

All units have a leader skill. This leader skill is what you want to build a squad around. These leader skills are additive and will stack on top of each other. All of the starter units, when leveled up and evolved will have +50% attack boost to their own element. Having two of these types mean that they will have +100% attack. Not only that, when you bring your starter to a 6* evolution, they will gain +10% hp to their same color as well, so when you bring two 6* starters, your squad will have +100% attack and +20% hp.

Spheres

Spheres are raw stat increases. They are applied directly to the unit. For example, if your unit has 1000 attack, you equip Famous Blade to it, it will now have 1050 attack. You can craft spheres and earn them through events. You can equip your units with spheres on the unit page.

Ore/Seal

These items are ELEMENT specific. They are used primarily for teams that have all one element in them. The ore increases attack of their element by 50% for three turns, while the seal is 50% defense. You can synthesize these in your town after you've reached the appropriate level.

Items

These are similar to ore and seals as they are items that you can synthesize at the appropriate level. There are various items that provide buffs such as Attack Potion and Defense Potion, while they are advantageous because they are not element specific, but, they are also weaker. These provide an increase to a stat, and only for one turn. They can be added on to increase your attack for killing the boss.

Items that provide the same type of buff do not stack. For example, you cannot use an attack potion and a brute elixir at the same time.

Brave Burst Buff

Some units, when using their Brave Burst(BB) or Super Brave Burst(SBB) will provide a stats buff. For example, Weiss, when using his BB will provide an increase to attack for three turns. Some units when they achieve their SBB will be able to do damage AND provide a buff, such as Vargas. SBBs such as these will apply the buff to the entire party first, then use the damage skill. Unfortunately, the buff does not apply to the user until the following turn. The turn count for the buffs also start on the turn after it has been used.

Brave Burst buffs of the same type do not stack with each other. Using two of the same type such as Weiss will only apply it once.

Types of Teams

Mono element

These teams focus on using one element across the whole squad. They take advantage of leaders that contain +25% or higher +ATK Boosts to their element when they are the leader (such as all the starters) generally you pair up with another leader of the same element with the same type of leader skill to maximize it. So if you picked Vargas and wanted a mono red/fire team you would load up your team with your strongest units of the same color/element and pair with something like, another Vargas. This gives a huge offensive boost. The weakness to mono color team is that you are always at risk or being much weaker when you run into your counter element. Light/Dark are exceptions as they aren't really "weak" against anything because they are "strong" against their counter element anyways.

People who use mono color teams tend to have multiple mono color teams. It is always beneficial to have multiple mono color teams. For example, one could use a mono water team to beat fire sibyl because fire is weak against water

For mono light/dark teams who do not have a premium dedicated healer, you can simply run whatever element has an advantage for that quest/dungeon.

Mono color teams are easy to build because you really can use filler monsters for the spots. Elemental advantage in brave frontier is quite strong.

Sample Farmable/beginner Mono element team:

Selena (lead)/Verica/Merith/Zephu/Ramia/Selena Friend lead.

Magress (lead)/Kikuri/Alice/Xenon/Altri/Magress friend lead

Rainbow/Multicolored teams

Named mostly for the leaders who require 5 or more elements present to trigger the +50% attack boost (IE: Michele, Tiara, Lodin, Lilith, Logan, Zelban) if you have one of these units and not enough of a mono colored team or don't want to run a mono colored team you can activate their leader skill.

For these teams you simply want to pick the strongest of each color and throw it on, if you do end up stacking a color make sure you have a friend lead that can give you the 5th color.

Rainbow teams offer more flexibility in terms of squad units as you can pick and choose your subs to fit the stage. They also have a lack of distinct weakness, since they cover almost all colors, but because of this, they also lack a distinct advantage.

There are some leads that are a raw power boost to all colors (20%, 30%) such as Shida, Amy, etc. These are usable if you do not have one of the stronger rainbow lead. They are non color discriminant, so you can have 2 thunder, 2 water, and 1 dark for example, and it will still work.

Sample Beginner/Farmable Rainbow team: Any of Michele's group that matches with your starter + Your starter + 3 other colors (1 should be a healer)

Spark teams

These teams focus on doing damage via the Spark mechanic. If you don't know what spark is, you should watch the tutorial video and get a free metal king while you're at it.

These teams focus highly on teams that spark really well and can spark very often. Leaders are monsters such as Rickel, Lubradine, and Behemoth. These are even more flexible than the rainbow teams because you do not need to fulfill a color requirement. However, it takes a little more skill to use as you need to know how to attack and when to attack to maximize your damage.

Sample Farmable Spark team:

Rickel lead/Serin/Cayena/Stya/Leon/ Omega Behemoth Friend Lead or Rickel lead.

Crit teams

Okay, this is basically Zebra/Zebra team leads. Equip all your monsters with increased critical chance spheres and go for it. All you are doing is hoping for crits, and making those crits massive damage. Very flexible in terms of squad units, leaders are NOT flexible at all. If you are doing this, you NEED to run Dual Zebra or other leads with the same skill.

There is no sample team, get your highest attack valued units and put it in here, equip them all with +crit spheres. If you have units that can buff crit with their BB such as Duel-GX, you really want to bring them. Other units that increase attack with their bb are also good to bring as well.

BB spam teams

This is the current hype'd team. Felneus is the best lead for this type of team. You want a team leader that will greatly fill your bb gauge each turn. Your next step is to fill your team with the highest hit count BBs you can find (douglas being the most popular, serin is another). This team functions on the fact that once you hit Felneus' SBB, you will have enough BC drops to consistently spam your BB over, and over, and over.

The optimal team setup in this is not flexible. But you can still use other units that have bb's or sbb's that increase BC drop rate to help with filling up the bb gauge. Any leader that has at minimum, a "large boost to BC drop rate" should be useable. Ideally you want "Huge boost".

Sample teams:

Felneus(Lead)/Serin/Douglas/ Cayena/Elsel/Felneus Friend lead

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Clash of Clans- Dark Elixir Troops Strategies

2013-08-28T22:17:00.000-07:00

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Dark Elixir

The true power of Dark Elixir! Dark Elixir troops were into the game on the March 12th 2013 update. They are also extremely expensive to train for Dark Elixir is very hard to find. They can only be trained in the Dark Barracks.

The Troops

The Dark Elixir troops are stronger and more expensive than normal troops. Check out the strategies for using them in battle.

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Clash of Clans- Golem

2013-08-28T22:05:00.002-07:00

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Check out other Dark Elixir Troops here Summary

Golems are extremely powerful tanking units that, upon death, split into two smaller Golemites that continue to do damage.
Both Golems and Golemites do splash damage, similar to Balloons, when they die.
Golems target defenses first, like Giants and Balloons.
It is usually recognized as the strongest ground troop, but this is debated among fellow players.

Offensive Strategy

A good strategy is to release Golems and wait until all splash damage defenses like Mortars and Wizard Towers fire on them then release units like Archers and Barbarians.

Defensive Strategy

Golems, like Giants and P.E.K.K.As, are very high-health units that can be used to soak up fire. Make sure that the Golem is in the middle or in range of most of your defenses, as the Golem can distract attacking troops very effectively for a considerable amount of time. Even when overwhelmed, the Golem does a surprising amount of splash damage, enough to kill all Tier 1 and most Tier 2 troops (including lower-level Giants), as well as even Hog Riders. Any remaining attackers will then have to deal with the two Golemites as well.

Upgrade Differences

The Golem undergoes a significant graphic change at level 5.
- At level 3, the Golem's rocky exterior changes shade from light gray to a darker gray.
- At level 5, the Golem gains purple, crystal-like spikes, quite similar to those on the level 3 Wizard Tower and his entire body gains a purple/grey color.

Trivia
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Added in the 17 Apr 2013 update.
You can have a maximum of 8 Golems at one time in a full complement of fully upgraded Army Camps. This number increases to 9 if you include the 1 that can fit into a fully upgraded Clan Castle.
It is the only troop that splits in multiple units upon death.
Golems and Balloons are the only troops that deliver splash damage upon dying. This is in contrast to the Wall Breaker, which dies upon delivering splash damage.
Has a housing space requirement of 30, which is 5 spaces more than a P.E.K.K.A.
The Golem is the only troop that can fill a level 5 Clan Castle by itself.

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Clash of Clans- Valkyrie

2013-08-28T21:53:00.000-07:00

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Check out other Dark Elixir Troops here Summary

The Valkyrie is a fierce warrior maiden with flaming crimson hair, dressed in a long leather loincloth with matching leather brassiere and knee-high boots. She wields a massive double-bladed axe, which is about 1/2 of her size.
The Valkyrie has a total of 4 levels.
She takes up 8 spaces in an Army Camp.

Offensive Strategy

Drop the Valkyries near the Barbarian King at the start of an attack. These Dark Elixir Troops do a lot of damage on Heroes and are an easy way to get rid of the Barbarian King early; this makes the whole attack easier and more effective.
Using the Valkyrie against Clan Castle troops is a good idea, because they deal small area splash damage and will be able to take out groups of troops quickly and efficiently.
Try to refrain from using the Valkyrie in mass quantities at one location, as they will tend to bunch up around the outside of a well-defended base where Mortars and Wizard Towers will make short work of them.

Defensive Strategy

Valkyries are extremely powerful troops and can be a problem to deal with; they do a lot of damage and have quite a bit of health (although nowhere near as much as a Dragon or P.E.K.K.A). Although their damage has a splash component, it is short range and generally has no effect except when they are attacking Clan Castle troops (which they excel at) or Walls. While they do not have any particular weakness like P.E.K.K.As do with Hidden Teslas, they also do not have any unusual offensive capabilities either (like Hog Riders) so essentially the best defense against Valkyries is simply good base design.
Valkyries are wonderful Clan Castle troops. Their splash damage makes them extremely effective against large groups of lightly-armored, melee-range troops such as Barbarians and Goblins, though they are also very capable against groups of ranged troops such as Archers and even Wizards as well. On several occasions players have reported Valkyries to have single-handedly destroyed entire Goblin andBarbarian raids. She can only attack ground troops, however, and is completely ineffective against aerial units. Her high health also allows her to survive many hits.
The Valkyrie is particularly deadly when deployed among Barbarians as part of the Clan Castle complement; although she is a much more powerful troop, she is approximately the same size and can easily be missed in a group of Barbarians. Often it will take a few moments for the attacking player to notice her and understand why his or her ground troops are dying so quickly.

Upgrade Differences

The Valkyrie has the fewest upgrade differences of any unit.
- At level 3, she changes her steel axe for a golden one.

Trivia
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Added with the 12 March 2013 update.
As part of the 29 July 2013 update, the Valkyrie's damage has been increased.
While the Valkyrie has very high damage per second and hit points, she takes 15 minutes to train.
The Valkyrie has the same original face design as the Archer.
You can have a maximum of 30 Valkyries at one time in a full complement of fully upgraded Army Camps. This number increases to 33 if you include the 3 that can fit into a fully upgraded Clan Castle.
Some players refer to her as a P.E.K.K.A with no armor, because she is female and has extremely high damage per second and hit points.
The size of the Valkyrie is rather small and can easily be mistaken for a Barbarian or Archer.

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Clash of Clans- Hog Rider

2013-08-28T21:47:00.002-07:00

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Check out other Dark Elixir Troops here Summary

The Hog Rider is a rugged, tanned man riding a large hog. He is bare-chested, wearing only a brown leather loincloth, a red belt and a pair of leather sandals. He has two large golden wristbands and a gold earring. His weapon of choice is a large war hammer.
His mount is a large boar/hog, about half its rider's height; the Hog Rider holds a brown leather bridle which is looped around the boar's tusks.
He is a mortal troop and can be created in multiple numbers like other normal troops.
Because of his hog he can jump over Walls, giving the user a great advantage over the enemy base.
Although he has high damage per second and high hit points, he only takes 2 minutes to train.
Hog Riders make good distractions when deploying other units such as Archers.

Offensive Strategy

He can be used to jump over any level Walls, rendering them ineffective against Hog Riders. Note that while this allows Hog Riders free access to what lies behind the wall, it does not open up gaps for other troops to move through. If the Hog Riders need the support of other ground troops, you will still need to deploy Wall Breakers in order to assist them.
The Hog Rider could potentially be used in a fashion similar to Barbarians, i.e. a "Hog Rider Rush", without requiring any Wall Breakers to break Walls. However, this would likely be a poor tradeoff of resources, as a large raid of Hog Riders would cost a significant amount of Dark Elixir.
Hog Riders are very capable of acting as distracting troops like Giants; they have nearly as much health as a similar-level Giant, move twice as fast and do considerably more damage.
When used all together they can be extremely effective offensive troops, though this is balanced by the fact that you must use a substantial amount of Dark Elixir.

Defensive Strategy

Defending against Hog Riders is tricky, as wall placement becomes irrelevant when dealing with them. However, the fact that they can jump over a Wall and attack a defense means that they may leave their ground support behind (Barbarians, etc.), as they will not be able to follow. This will allow your interior defenses to concentrate on the Hog Riders.
Although the Hog Rider is certainly not a liability on defense, the fact that all defensive troops are unimpeded by walls negates the primary advantage of the Hog Rider. As of the 30 Jul 2013 update, they take up the same amount of housing space (5) as Giants but are much faster and do considerably more damage. They are also much less susceptible to Lightning Spell attacks than Minions and Tier 1 troops, so they may be a good alternative for the Clan Castle if your clan mates don't mind donating Dark Elixir Troops.

Upgrade Differences

At level 3, the Hog Rider's hammer increases in size and turns black. The brass bands on the hammer's head disappear, replaced by a massive golden knob.
At level 5 his mohawk turns orange, making it similar to that of a level 5 Goblin.

Trivia
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Though the Hog Rider appears in many ways to be a mounted barbarian, unlike the Barbarian the Hog Rider's teeth appear to be in perfect condition and that he has dark, tanned skin.
He was added in the 12 March 2013 update. On 27 August 2013 his training time was reduced from 5 minutes to 2, and he was given a preferred target (defenses).
Hog Riders bounce in the air when their Army Camp is tapped.
You can have a maximum of 48 Hog Riders at one time in a full complement of fully upgraded Army Camps. This number increases to 54 if you include the 6 that can fit into a fully upgraded Clan Castle.
He is the only ground troop able to jump over Walls without using the Jump Spell.
They have a similar body build to the Barbarian.

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Clash of Clans- Witch

2013-08-28T21:41:00.000-07:00

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Check out other Dark Elixir Troops here Summary

The Witch is a powerful troop that can summon dead warriors from past battles (skeletons). She is used as a support troop (similar to the way the Healer works) and when used correctly, can wipe a battlefield with ease.

Offensive Strategy

As she has low hit points, the Witch is recommended as a support troop, and should be placed near the back of an attack. Don't group Witches together or a Mortar may wipe them all out. The witch has a longer range than an Archer or Wizard, so she can fight behind archers without being attacked. Plus the witch's skeleton are good tanks to attract the attention of defense buildings.
Drop a couple of Giants as distractions, with a few Wall Breakers shortly after. Then add 1-3 Witches and they will spawn skeletons to help the Giants. When the Giants and Witches finish destroying the defenses, drop 1-4 additional Wall Breakers (depending on level) along with 1-4 Witches and moreGiants.
The Witch's skeletons can help Giants destroy buildings.
The Witch's skeletons can easily overwhelm defenses, though splash-damaging buildings (Mortars andWizard Towers) can wipe them out just as easily as they can be raised.
If you have strong enough Lightning Spells, take out one or two Mortars at the start of the raid. This will greatly decrease the base's splash damage capability. More skeletons will then stay alive longer acting as a distraction for the defense and will let your stronger troops take care of the rest.
If you see a Witch on defense, a single Lightning Spell is a convenient option to prevent wave after wave of skeletons continually distracting your offensive troops.

Defensive Strategy

When using Witches as part of your Clan Castle complement, place the Clan Castle behind walls to protect her from being drawn out and killed easily.

Upgrade Differences

Currently, the Witch has the fewest available levels of any troop (two); every other troop has at least four, and most have five or six levels. It is highly likely that Supercell will add more levels in future updates.
There is no difference in appearance between the two levels. Currently the Witch is the only troop with no upgrade differences.

Trivia
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The Witch has approximately the same amount of health as a Wizard of similar level.
Although she appears to have no feet, which makes it seem like she is levitating, she is actually aground troop and will not be attacked by Air Defenses.
In terms of health and damage output, the skeletons that the Witch summons are slightly stronger than a level 6 Archer. However, the skeletons have no ranged attack.
You can have a maximum of 20 Witches at one time in a full complement of fully upgraded Army Camps. This number increases to 22 if you include the 2 that can fit into a upgraded Clan Castle.
Only a certain amount of skeletons can be on the battlefield at the same time (see table below for details).
Although summoned skeletons look very similar to Wall Breakers, they are more likely to be Barbariansbecause they have a similar look, stance and attacking style.
If you observe carefully, the Witch looks similar to the Archer, only much more "zombified".

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Nimble Quest- Tips and Tricks

2013-08-27T16:02:00.003-07:00

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Tips for Playing Nimble Quest

There are certain tips and tricks that can help you win more often in Nimble Quest. This page lists some tips that might help.

Tips and Tricks

If you kill the first enemy in a line of enemies, the entire line will be killed. Similarly, if you kill the second enemy in the line, the second and third enemies will be killed.
It can be helpful to aim for the head of lines of enemies, but keep in mind that the leader of your party will be more vulnerable to the attacks of those enemies. Sometimes it's better to attack from behind.
Don't be greedy: if you don't need a powerup or gem, you might want to leave it alone. Getting the powerup or gem could lead you into a group of enemies that will defeat you.
Try different positions and formations. Sometimes it works well to loop around the center of a playing field and keep your enemies stuck to the edges. Sometimes it's better to stay in a corner and clear away the enemies in that area before moving on to a different corner. And sometimes it is good to stay in a long line that weaves back and forth.
If you stay in the center, it is a little more likely that an enemy will drop a bomb in the center, which will get rid of more enemies than a bomb dropped near the wall.
In the early stages, stay near the center, only going far enough to see the edge of the playing field before turning. This is the most efficient way to search the whole playing field for enemies. In later stages, the playing field may be too crowded to allow you to stay in the center.
Be careful with the speed buff. Going more quickly lets you defeat more enemies in a shorter amount of time, but it can be harder to control, so you might find it harder to avoid crashing into walls. Also, when the playing fields get very crowded (such as in Courtyard 2 and beyond), the speed buff can make it more difficult to avoid hitting enemies. You can't turn the speed buff off once you have it, so beware!
When your leader has a shield, the shield will disappear if the hero crashes into an enemy, but the enemy will be killed. Also, if the leader has a shield and crashes into a wall, the shield will disappear and the hero will turn left or right, surviving the crash.
If you get a treasure chest but no magnet, go toward red gems and blue gems to get the best value from the chest.
To survive the later stages, your group needs to have a high damage per second, so be careful to minimize deaths of the heroes following you. Always collect potions. And avoid stepping into large groups of enemies if possible, where it's likely that you will lose many party members as enemies crash into them. Try to weave back and forth to keep all of your heroes closer together. This way your attacks will be concentrated to a smaller area, enabling you to more quickly kill the nearby enemies.
In later stages, try to eliminate healers, bats, and rats as soon as possible. The healers make it take longer to kill enemies, which can be fatal because so many enemies are spawned in such a short amount of time, making the playing field dangerously crowded. Bats and rats should also be dealt with quickly because they make it much more likely that you will lose some of your heroes when they crash into your line.
Heroes can be leveled up instantly if you tap the plus star button to the right of the hero's stars and pay the specified amount of gems. The level up cost is reduced by 2 gems for every enemy that that hero defeats when that hero is the leader. To level up your heroes as quickly as possible, focus on leveling up one hero at a time and keep that hero as your leader until he/she has leveled up. Then collect as many gems as possible and go as far as possible through the stages as you can each time you play.
It takes a long time to collect enough gems and defeat enough monsters to upgrade a hero to level 3. When deciding which heroes to level up to 3, choose carefully based on what stat boost the hero will get at level 3 , then focus only on that hero until you've leveled him or her up. The stat boost that the hero gets will make it easier to progress to the advanced stages, which means that you will be able to defeat lots of enemies in a short amount of time, which means that it might take less time to level up your next hero.
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Nimble Quest Game Stages

2013-08-27T15:57:00.002-07:00

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The Stages

Nimble Quest progresses in stages. After you defeat a specific number of enemies, you will progress to the next stage.

A stage takes place in a playing field where random monsters walk around trying to attack your heroes. To clear the stage, you must defeat all of the monsters. There are seven different playing fields:

Forest
Graveyard
Sewer
Courtyard
Castle
Dungeon
The Depths

After you pass The Depths, the playing fields repeat. Each stage name is followed by a number, so the first time you do the Forest stage, it is called Forest 1. After The Depths 1, you move on to Forest 2, Graveyard 2, and so on.

Number of Enemies to Clear Stage

Use the following formula to determine how many enemies you must defeat to clear the stage. Stage number refers to the number of stages that have been started so far, e.g. Sewer 1 is stage 3 and Forest 2 is stage 8.

enemies to clear current stage = (stage number) * 15

Cumulative Number of Enemies to Clear Stage

Note that the number of defeated enemies shown in the corner is cumulative. To calculate the cumulative number of enemies that you have to defeat to clear a certain stage, use the following formula:

cumulative enemy total to clear current stage = 7.5 * [ (stage number) ² + (stage number) ]

Enemy Types in Each Playing Field

Each playing field has a specific set of monsters that can be found there. They are listed below.

Forest - Black Spiders, Green Spiders, Knights, Archers
Graveyard - Zombies, Black Spiders, Green Spiders, Bats, Skeletons
Sewer - Bats, Rats, Skeletons, Black Spiders, Green Spiders
Courtyard - Healers, Archers, Red Knights, Knights, Rats
Castle - Knights, Red Knights, Healers, Fire Mage
Dungeon - Skeletons, Healers, Black Spiders, Fire Mages, Green Spiders
The Depths - Demons, Fire Bats, Fire Spiders, Fire Mages, Healers, Skeletons

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Nimble Quest- Heroes

2013-08-27T15:52:00.001-07:00

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Heroes

Each hero of Nimble Quest has different abilities, different armor, attack strength, attack speed, and so on. Heroes start at level 0, can be leveled up to a maximum level of 3, and on each level up, the hero gets a stat boost that improves his or her performance or gives that hero a special ability. This page lists all of the details on each hero.

Ulrich

Ulrich is described as an outcast knight. He has a short sword and heavy armor.

Ulrich's Level 1 Bonus: +25% Attack Rate (can shoot another arrow 25% sooner)
Ulrich's Level 2 Bonus: +25% Armor (takes 25% less damage from attacks)
Ulrich's Level 3 Bonus: +50% Armor (takes 50% less damage from attacks)

Ulrich's Appearance Changes on Level Up

Shoulder armor becomes golden
Leg armor and helmet details become golden
Face shield becomes golden

Merida

Merida is an archer with light armor.

Merida's Level 1 Bonus: +25% Arrow Speed (her arrows move 25% more quickly)
Merida's Level 2 Bonus: +50% Armor (takes 50% less damage from attacks)
Merida's Level 3 Bonus: +100% Attack Range (she can shoot enemies from twice as far away)

Merida's Appearance Changes on Level Up

Gains feathers on hood
Gains metal belt buckle and metal details on wrists and bow
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Blaze

Blaze is a lightly armored fire mage who shoots exploding fireballs.

Blaze's Level 1 Bonus: +25% Attack Rate (can shoot another fireball 25% sooner)
Blaze's Level 2 Bonus: +50% Armor (takes 50% less damage from attacks)
Blaze's Level 3 Bonus: +50% Attack Range (can shoot enemies from slightly farther away)

Blaze's Appearance Changes on Level Up

Gains gold edges on cloak
Gains gold diamond on hood
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Boomey

Boomey is a pirate with medium armor who shoots a musket.

Boomey's Level 1 Bonus: +50% Attack Range (can shoot enemies from slightly farther away)
Boomey's Level 2 Bonus: +50% Attack Damage (his bullets do slightly more damage to enemies)
Boomey's Level 3 Bonus: +50% Bullet Speed (his bullets move 50% more quickly)

Boomey's Appearance Changes on Level Up

Gains red bandana
Gains black pirate hat
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Bones

Bones is a skeleton knight with light armor and a long sword.

Bones's Level 1 Bonus: +50% Armor (he takes 50% less damage from attacks)
Bones's Level 2 Bonus: +25% Attack Damage (his attacks cause slightly more damage)
Bones's Level 3 Bonus: +50% Attack Rate (he can swing his sword again 50% sooner)

Bones's Appearance Changes on Level Up

Shield becomes red with a cross
Helmet gains face guard
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Gizmo

Gizmo is a gnome who throws bombs and has light armor.

Gizmo's Level 1 Bonus: +25% Blast Radius (his bomb explosions cause damage to a larger area)
Gizmo's Level 2 Bonus: +50% Attack Rate (he can throw another bomb 50% sooner)
Gizmo's Level 3 Bonus: Explosion on Death (when he dies, he acts just like a dropped bomb, causing a big explosion that kills all enemies in its radius)

Gizmo's Appearance Changes on Level Up

Gains black gloves
Gains metal part on goggles
Right goggle lens becomes larger, green with crosshair

Uther

Uther wields a lance and has heavy armor. His lance causes damage straight ahead.

Uther's Level 1 Bonus: +25% Attack Rate (he can hit again with his lance 25% sooner)
Uther's Level 2 Bonus: +25% Armor (he takes 25% less damage from attacks)
Uther's Level 3 Bonus: Heal on Hit (he heals himself a limited amount whenever he (and only he) is hit)

Uther's Appearance Changes on Level Up

Gains gold details on armor, lance, and shield
Gains purple gem on helmet, gold stripes on lance
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Arcane

Arcane is a wizard who shoots ball lightning and has very light armor.

Arcane's Level 1 Bonus: +50% Armor (he takes 50% less damage from attacks)
Arcane's Level 2 Bonus: +50% Attack Range (he can shoot enemies from slightly farther away)
Arcane's Level 3 Bonus: +100% Attack Rate (he can shoot another lightning ball 25% sooner)

Arcane's Appearance Changes on Level Up

Moon on hat begins to glow
Cloak and hat become more detailed
Gains a white beard

Slash

Slash has a dagger in each hand that he slashes very quickly. He has light armor.

Slash's Level 1 Bonus: +50% Armor (he takes 50% less damage from attacks)
Slash's Level 2 Bonus: +100% Armor (he takes half as much damage from attacks)
Slash's Level 3 Bonus: +50% Attack Damage (his attacks do 50% as much damage)

Slash's Appearance Changes on Level Up

Gains a black cloak with hood
Gains gold details on cloak
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Ember

Ember is a demon with medium armor who attacks with a flame shockwave.

Ember's Level 1 Bonus: +25% Armor (he takes 25% less damage from attacks)
Ember's Level 2 Bonus: +25% Attack Rate (he can use another fire shockwave 25% sooner)
Ember's Level 3 Bonus: +25% Attack Damage (his attacks do 25% as much damage)

Ember's Appearance Changes on Level Up

Gains gold details on head and body
Horns get bigger
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Faenel

Faenel is a forest spirit who shoots energy balls. She has medium armor.

Faenel's Level 1 Bonus: +50% Armor (she takes 50% less damage from attacks)
Faenel's Level 2 Bonus: +50% Missile Speed (her energy balls move 50% more quickly)
Faenel's Level 3 Bonus: Root on Hit (whenever an enemy hits her (and only her), that enemy, and any enemies following it, will be temporarily frozen in place with roots)

Faenel's Appearance Changes on Level Up

Gains gold circlet
Gains brown antlers/branches
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Ezora

Ezora has medium armor and throws bones.

Ezora's Level 1 Bonus: +50% Armor (she takes 50% less damage from attacks)
Ezora's Level 2 Bonus: +100% Attack Rate (she can throw bones twice as frequently)
Ezora's Level 3 Bonus: Heal on Hit (whenever she (and only she) is hit, she heals herself (and only herself) a limited amount)

Ezora's Appearance Changes on Level Up

Gains white gloves
Gains bone crest on back
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Gurzog

Gurzog is an orc with heavy armor who swings two axes.

Gurzog's Level 1 Bonus: +25% Attack Rate (he can swing his axes 25% more frequently)
Gurzog's Level 2 Bonus: +50% Attack Damage (his attacks do 50% more damage)
Gurzog's Level 3 Bonus: +50% Armor (he takes 50% less damage from attacks)

Gurzog's Appearance Changes on Level Up

Gains red marks on head
Gains horns
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Kishi

Kishi is a lightly armored ninja who throws shuriken.

Kishi's Level 1 Bonus: +100% Armor (he takes half as much damage from attacks)
Kishi's Level 2 Bonus: +200% Armor (he takes 25% as much damage from attacks)
Kishi's Level 3 Bonus: +100% Attack Range (he can throw shuriken from twice as far away)

Kishi's Appearance Changes on Level Up

Gains red headband
Gains white face mask
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Hydra

Hydra is a princess who shoots bolts of ice and has medium armor.

Hydra's Level 1 Bonus: +75% Armor (she takes 75% less damage from attacks)
Hydra's Level 2 Bonus: +100% Attack Range (she can shoot ice bolts from twice as far away)
Hydra's Level 3 Bonus: Freeze on Hit (whenever an enemy hits her (and only her) that enemy, and any enemies following it, are frozen to the spot with ice)

Hydra's Appearance Changes on Level Up

Gains glowing aura on hands
Gains ice-blue circlet
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Bolas

Bolas is a monk who shoots spinning, exploding energy. He can only shoot forward. He has light armor.

Bolas's Level 1 Bonus: +100% Armor (he takes half as much damage from attacks)
Bolas's Level 2 Bonus: +25% Attack Damage (his attacks do 25% more damage)
Bolas's Level 3 Bonus: +50% Bullet Speed (his energy balls move 50% more quickly)

Bolas's Appearance Changes on Level Up

Gains golden shoulder armor
Gains glowing eyes and forehead designs
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Nimble Quest- Introduction

2013-08-27T15:15:00.000-07:00

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An Introduction

Nimble Quest is a game for iOS and Android created by NimbleBit (makers of Pocket Frogs, Pocket Planes, Tiny Tower, and many others). Nimble Quest is similar to the game snake, but the snake in Nimble Quest is made up of a line of RPG-pixel style heroes, such as warriors, mages, archers, and so on. Monsters move around the playing field, and if your heroes are close enough, they will attack the monsters. After you defeat a specific number of monsters, you advance to the next level.

For some overall tips to improving your Nimble Quest performance, see the tips page here.

Heroes

As of April 22, 2013, Nimble Quest has 16 heroes. The following list shows the hero's name followed by that hero's attack type. For more details about the heroes, visit the heroes page here.

Ulrich - Short Sword
Merida - Bow & Arrow
Blaze - Exploding Fireball
Boomey - Musket
Bones - Long Sword
Gizmo - Bombs
Uther - Lance
Arcane - Ball Lightning
Slash - Daggers
Ember - Fire Shockwave
Faenel - Energy Balls
Ezora - Bones
Gurzog - Axes
Kishi - Shuriken
Hydra - Ice Bolts
Bolas - Exploding Spinning Energy

Stages

The gameplay of Nimble Quest progresses in stages. You advance to the next stage after defeating a specific number of enemies, depending on the stage. The game has the following stages, in this order. After completing The Depths 1, you go to Forest 2, and the stages continue in the same order but with an increased number (Graveyard 2, and so on.) For more information about stages, see the stages page here.

Forest
Graveyard
Sewer
Courtyard
Castle
Dungeon
The Depths

Enemies

In every stage, enemies will randomly spawn in the playing field and wander around attacking your heroes. There are different types of enemies that move at different speeds and have various attack types. The following is a partial list of enemies that you can encounter in Nimble Quest.

Black Spider - Slowdown Cobweb
Green Spider - Poison Blob
Knight - Sword
Archer - Bow & Arrow
Skeleton - Bone
Zombie - Claw
Bat - Claw
Rat - Claw
Red Knight - Lance
Healer - Heals Enemies
Demon - Fire Shockwave
Fire Spider - Lava Blob
Fire Bat - Fire Shockwave
Fire Mage - Exploding Fireball

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Clash of Clans- Minion

2013-08-21T20:57:00.003-07:00

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Summary
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- The Minion is a fast, cheap and relatively weak ranged flying unit. Its appearance is that of a flying imp-like creature with large horns, stubby wings and large hands with sharp vicious claws and rubber-like gloves.
- It is made of Dark Elixir and is trained in the Dark Barracks.
- The Minion's method of attack is spitting Dark Elixir.
- Because it is a flying troop, it cannot be attacked by Cannons or Mortars but is very vulnerable to Air Defenses and Air Bombs.
- Although the Minion does the least damage per second out of all Dark Elixir troops and has the lowest health, it has the fastest training time and lowest housing space.
- Seeking Air Mines will not target Minions, but regular Air Bombs do.

Defensive Strategy

It is really helpful to have an Air Bomb in case you are attacked by Minions. It's the biggest weak spot for a Minion, especially if the attacker has multiple Minions, as Air Bombs do splash damage and can wipe out an entire group at once. For this reason it is helpful to place the Air Bombs near storages/Town Hall.

Defend Air Defenses, Wizard Towers, X-Bows, and Archer Towers well so the Minions don't have free rein.

Minions, although individually weak, are very powerful in large numbers.

Make sure to protect Archer Towers and Air Defenses with a Wizard Tower which does devastating splash damage to hordes of Minions.

If your attacker plans on deploying a large amount of Minions, they will typically try to trigger your Air Bombs first with single Minions deployed at several points around your base (see Offensive Strategy). To counter this, make sure the trigger radius of each Air Bomb is at least behind the first row of defended buildings; this will help ensure that the single Minions will be destroyed by other defenses before they can trigger the Air Bombs.

Minions are useful in the Clan Castle as they can attack both ground and air units for a decent amount of damage, and can only be hit by Dragons, Archers, Wizards and other Minions.

Offensive Strategy

It is extremely useful to carry a small amount of Minions (10 or so) to pick off buildings that are defended by ground defenses only (Mortars, Cannons).

Minions are relatively inexpensive and take up only 2 housing spaces, making them well suited to use in a group rush strategy.

Minions can be destroyed by a single Air Bomb; therefore a good strategy is to deploy them one at a time in different locations to set off the Air Bombs, and then follow up by deploying them en masse. Note that you cannot test for Seeking Air Mines in this manner, as these traps do not detect Minions.

As is the case with all flying units, Archer Towers, Wizard Towers and Air Defenses should be taken out before deploying Minions.

Using Giants as a distraction when using Minions to attack other buildings is a good idea since the Giants will attack the defensive buildings and keep them occupied while the Minions attack all the outside buildings achieving at least 50% damage.

Note that while Giants can be used to destroy an Air Defense, they will not occupy its attention while it is being attacked (it will still shoot at your Minions).

Minions can trigger Giant Bombs even though they will not be affected by them! If you suspect a Giant Bombs may be in a certain area, a single Minion is an ideal way to find out, although placing a barbarian would incure a smaller loss (the barbarian would die).

Like Balloons, Minions are exceptionally useful in the Single Player Campaign. You can simply destroy all of the Air Defenses, Archer Towers and Wizard Towers, then deploy a single Minion. It will destroy every building. It takes a bit of patience, but it pays off at the end. With a Single Player Campaign, there is no time limit, so one unthreatened Minion will eventually destroy every building.

Important note: In many cases a single Minion will take enough time to destroy the remaining buildings that your game will time out due to inactivity, which will cause your attack to end prematurely and be unsuccessful (regardless of how many stars you had earned to that point). To prevent this from happening either deploy multiple Minions, move your screen around, or simply change the view every few moments by panning or zooming.

Minions can overpower Air Defenses as they only target one Minion at a time; but beware of Wizard Towers which can vaporize entire swarms of Minions.

Upgrade Differences

The Minion's appearance changes at every other level.

At level 3, the Minion's skin changes from light blue to royal blue, with its horns and forearms a slightly darker shade of blue.
At level 5, the Minion's skin turns gray, and its horns and forearms both turn black. The eyes also glow a ghostly white, making it resemble a fully-fledged gargoyle.
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Clash of Clans Strategy- Beginners, Advanced & Pros

2013-08-21T20:33:00.002-07:00

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TIPS

Beginner's Tips

First Timers - Don't worry, your buildings will come back. You don't have to worry about actually losing anything structural - only gold and elixir. When you log back onto the game, you'll see that you've been attacked, lots of buildings will be in ruin, and in about 20 seconds, they will have "powered back up" and you're off and running again.
Watch your grid - After you place an item on the screen, you'll see a highlighted area around your village. This is an area the enemy cannot start within so be sure you don't leave any holes by placing structures too far apart.
The edge won't save you - Building your village close the edge of the screen doesn't stop attackers from starting in the surrounding green area. You still have to defend from all directions.
Huddle - Build your village close together to take advantage of keeping all things under protection of your weapons. Ensure that you have different types of weapons covering each other in case you're attacked from the ground or the air (e.g., canon = ground, air defense = air, and archers = both.)

Advanced Tips

Power in numbers - Once you've rebuilt your clan castle and joined a clan, be sure to fill it by requesting troop donations before you log off. While soldiers in your army camps are only good for attacking, the troops in the clan castle can also defend your village. When you select the clan castle, you'll see a threshold radius appear (much like with other weapons) that shows you when those troops will be deployed. Take advantage of the extra troops for defense. It's one of the big benefits in being in a good clan.
Sacrifice the Town Hall - If you've already got your third builder and you're not part of one of the top clans, you're probably not that concerned with trophies and are more interested in farming for gold and elixir. By placing the Town Hall outside of your walls you'll make it enticing for attackers to go after it. When they destroy it, it will give them an automatic victory with one star. It will also give you an automatic shield. Your goal here is to protect the gold and elixir storage and not worry about wins and losses. Once you've built a killer base, you can worry about going for the trophies.
40% destroyed is 100% good - Place non gold and elixir holding (storage, mines, and pumps) outside your walls to allow them to be destroyed. Much like destroying the Town Hall, if the attacker destroys 40% of your buildings, you'll get a longer shield without actually giving up any resources.

Pro Tips

Train your next army - Before you log off, fill up your army camps with an attacking army. The game used to kill those troops if the base was destroyed during an attack but now they will all survive the attack. You might as well invest as much elixir into a usable set of troops as you can.
Stock up - Also, once your camps are full, train as many wallbreakers as you can in each barrack. While they're not the most expensive, they are the most expensive per housing space (i.e., level 5 wallbreaker = 3,000 for 1 housing space so 3k/space and a level 3 P.E.K.K.A = 50,000 for 25 housing spaces, so 2k/space.) This will take elixir out of play for raiding armies who can only go after your pumps and storage. You can untrain them when you return to get the borrowed elixir back in your storages to spend elsewhere.

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Clash of Clans Building Strategy- Offensive Layout

2012-10-29T22:50:00.001-07:00

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Offensive Layout

This post is for players that want to earn loads of trophies, and to crush enemies. The real key for offensive player is not the layout of the town, you will learn why later in the post, but what you upgrade.

Two drawbacks of this layout/playing style are: 1. your defense will be relatively weak and will not be able to defend effectively. Of course this barely matters because you can quickly earn those lost trophies back. 2.You need to be a very active player for this to be effective. If you do not go on for a while, over time your trophies will diminish because your defense is so weak. This is the complete opposite for a defensive player/layout, where you gain trophies by waiting for players to attack you.

How to do this? If you haven't checked out the Basic Layout Building guide, go check it out as it will help get you going with a good foundation. From there you can customize the layout to fit your style of play: defensive, offensive or a little of both.

Intro: As an offensive player it is good to know how important each item is. I will list the items from most important to least: 1.Town Hall(this should be the most important for every type of player), 2.Army Camp, 3.Barracks(important in upgrading, does not need to be heavily defended), 4. Elixir Storage, 5. Elixir Collector, 6.Defensive Weapons, 7.Walls, 8.Other Buildings. This is important for knowing what to upgrade and where to place buildings.

As an offensive player your town will usually be beaten completely(enemy will get 3 stars), so the layout doesn't matter too much (remembers this doesn't matter to much because you can earn back those trophies easily. Also if your town has been completely beaten, enemies cant attack for between 12-16 hours). You just want to have the town hall in the center and have your army camp and elixir collector and elixir storage near/surrounding the center too. The other buildings are the least important so make sure you do NOT have walls surrounding them. You can place the weapons interspersed between army camps/elixir buildings or you can have the weapons surrounding the army camps/elixir buildings. For the walls, just make sure you have walls around the town hall. You can really just put the rest of the walls where you want (do NOT have them protecting the extra buildings).

Upgrading is the real key in an offensive strategy/layout.
First-Elixir: Elixirs are very important, as all the important buildings for an offensive player are upgraded using elixir. You want as many elixir storage and collectors as the game lets you build. You also want to upgrade the elixir collectors to level 10 and have at least one storage to the highest possible level for you current town hall level.
Second-Barracks: Barracks are where you train troops and gain access to new units. They are very important in creating a diverse army that can penetrate many different kinds of defenses. You want to build as many of these as you can and upgrade these 1st when you have enough elixir.
Third-Army Camps: These are where all your troops are kept once you train them in the barracks. Army camps are very important to a offensive player because their upgrade level effects your army size. They are also important: if an enemy attacks your army camp with troops in it, you will loose all/most of the troops in the camp. You want to upgrade these after your barracks have been upgraded, as they will effect what size army you can have.
Fourth-Laboratory: The Lab allows you to strengthen units even further and is very important in having a strong army. Work on upgrading the lab and researching units to the highest possible level once you have upgraded the army camps.
Fifth-Town Hall: Do not worry about upgrading the town hall until all the buildings mentioned above have been upgraded as far as possible.
Sixth-Gold Mines and Gold Storage: They become important when the cost of upgrading the town hall really increases. Once this happens, you should put them behind walls. You want to have as many gold mines as possible and all of them should be at level 6-8. Only upgrade a gold storage to match the amount of storage needed to upgrade the town hall.
Seventh-Other Buildings and Weapons: Other building are unimportant and should not be upgraded at all. Weapons should be upgraded very little and never be the highest level possible corresponding with the town hall level.
Eighth- Spell Factory: Only upgrade this so that the attack spell is available Once you are a much higher level (about 35-40) is when it is a good time to upgrade and get the other spells.

Extra Tips:
1. Try and keep you level as low as possible, but with high offensive buildings. This is important because you will have an edge against same level, lower level players that come up when searching to attack.
2. Stars in multiplayer:
   50% of town destroyed = 1 star
   Town hall destroyed = 1 star (also if the town hall is the first building that you destroy)
   100% = 1 star
   The order doesn't matter in obtaining stars

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Clash of Clans Building Strategy- Defensive Layout

2012-10-11T17:52:00.003-07:00

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Defensive Layout

Are you a player that wants to concentrate on defense, to earn trophies trophies without attacking, and to devastate players that attack your town? Then this is the post for you!

I personally am a defensive player, that means I hardly every attack other players and still gain trophies by defeating enemies when they attack my town. This is good for someone that does not want to spend loads of time waiting(like when training troops) and wants to check up on the game regularly, but not spend a whole load of time on it.

The following pictures show defensive layouts that also have a little offensive items as well. A purely defensive layout would not have Army Camps, Spell Factory, Laboratory or Barracks. Being purely defensive will help keep your level as low as possible.

As you can see in this layout, the Gold Storage and as many as the Gold Mines as possible (with the amount of wall given and still protecting all the defensive weapons) are protected behind walls. This is a good layout when you have more walls available. If you want a better look, click on the image.

Here is a pretty good Defensive layout. As you can see the Town Hall is very well protected. The Builder's Huts are also in the very corners of the map. In this picture the Gold Storage and Gold Mines are not protected because at this point in time I felt that with the amount of walls given, protecting the
defensive weapons was a higher priority. If you want a better look, click on the image.

How to do this? If you haven't checked out the Basic Layout Building guide, go check it out as it will help get you going with a good foundation. From there you can customize the layout to fit your style of play: defensive, offensive or a little of both.

Intro: As a defensive player it is good to know how important each item is. I will list the items from most important to least: 1.Town Hall(this should be the most important for every type of player), 2.Defensive Weapons, 3.Walls, 4.Other Buildings. This is important for knowing what to upgrade and where to place buildings.

First-Gold Mines:You want to upgrade the gold mines as much as possible. This will allow you to upgrade your defensive weapons and walls much faster later.
Second-Walls: Make sure you have walls around your Town Hall, defensive weapons, and gold storage's. You want to make the enemy go through 2 or more layers of walls to get to your town hall. When I talk about walls from now on in this post, Wall 1 is the wall the farthest out and Wall 2 is the wall surrounding the town hall.
Third-Weapons: Weapons are obviously very important to a defensive player. You can place the weapons behind Wall 2 with the town hall, or between Wall 1 and Wall 2. If you have wizard towers, you will want them to mainly protect the town hall, as they have a short range and are a powerful force(can damage ground and flying enemies).
Fourth-Buildings: The placement of buildings (elixir collectors, barracks, elixir storage, army camps, builder's hut, and gold mines) is very important.
a-You want your builders huts in different corners of the map. Doing this will force the enemy to move far distances to destroy the huts and use up the enemies precious time. This can be the difference between the enemy obtaining 2-3 stars.
b- You want to place your army camps on the very outside of the village(the army camps should NOT be protected by any walls). As a defensive player the army camp is very unimportant, as it will not matter if it is destroyed. You will almost never have troops in the camps(as an offensive player, the army camps are very important because if they are destroyed all troops located in the camps will die). The army camp will act as another layer for the enemy to go through to get to the more important buildings and town hall.
c- The other buildings can be placed outside of Wall 1 and be protected by the defensive weapons that are placed on the the other side(closer to the town hall). The buildings can also be placed in between Wall 1 and Wall 2.
d- When you are a lower level player and the amount of walls available is an issue, protect your defensive weapons first. Once you have access to more walls make sure to protect your Gold Storage and Gold Mines as well.
Fifth- Upgrading: You want to focus on upgrading gold mines, gold storage, defense weapons, walls and the town hall. Do not bother upgrading the other things. Always have all your gold mines upgraded to level 10. Once you have upgraded the defense weapons as high as they can go for the town hall level, start saving gold to upgrade the town hall. Upgrade the wall and gold storage when you have "in between gold"(small amounts of gold right before your shield ends that will probably be stolen if you don't use it). You always want to have your whole wall as high a level as your Town Hall will allow before you upgrade the Town Hall. Only upgrade the Elixir buildings when you NEED it. It is good to keep the Elixir Collectors buildings at a max level of 6-7. You only need to have one Elixir Storage, and it should be at level 10.

I want to stress again the importance of having your walls as high a level as your Town Hall will allow them to go. Having high level walls will take more time to break down, therefore the opposing army will be stuck outside for a longer period, allowing your defensive weapons to have more time to mow them down!

Extra Tips:
1. Try and keep you level as low as possible, but with high level defenses. This is important because you will have an edge against same level, lower level, and slightly higher level attacking players.
2. Stars in multiplayer:
   50% of town destroyed = 1 star
   Town hall destroyed = 1 star (also if the town hall is the first building that you destroy)
   100% = 1 star
   The order doesn't matter in obtaining stars

Now you are on your way to becoming an impenetrable fortress!!

For higher level layout check out the Clash of Clans Advanced Building/Layout Strategy- Hidden Tesla http://gamerboost.blogspot.com/2012/10/clash-of-clans-building-strategy-hidden.html
If you want to check out the Offensive Layout-http://gamerboost.blogspot.com/2012/10/clash-of-clans-building-strategy_29.html

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Clash of Clans Advanced Building Strategy- Hidden Tesla Layout

2012-10-10T19:34:00.003-07:00

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Hidden Tesla Strategy

The Hidden Tesla is a great tower full of mysteries and great power. With good placement, you can unlock it's great power. Harnessing this power will devastate your enemies and allow you to win almost every battle! Read on to learn how!

The Hidden Tesla is a great defensive addition to the Clash of Clans game. It is able to attack the ground and air enemies. What makes the Hidden Tesla stand out from the other defenses is it, as the name suggests, stays hidden until enemies are in its range. Once enemies are in range, the Tesla releases a vicious electrifying zap of blue lightning.

The fact that the Tesla stays hidden makes strategy and placement all more interesting/important. It deals a great deal more damage than the Wizard Tower, which makes it a vital part of defense (the Wizard Tower is pretty strong as it is). Since the Tesla deals so much damage it is important to keep it from being destroyed for as long as possible. Placing it on the very outskirts of the town( but behind walls) is not the best option. It will stop much oncoming enemies but they will be able to spot it very quickly and since it is on the outskirts it will one of the first to go. Two better placement ideas depending on your layout/playing style are:

1. Place the Tesla(s) right next to the Town Hall(town hall should be at the center of the village). Then have the other buildings/defenses surrounding the Hall and Telsa(s). The Tesla's range should be mostly covering the Town Hall.

Reason: This is the best way to protect the Town Hall, as the Tesla is very powerful and you don't want it destroyed. It's range may also protect some of your buildings/defenses. You can then focus(have the range of ) most of your other defensive buildings on protecting the other buildings instead of the Hall. This way you can protect the buildings/defenses and the Hall effectively.

Layout: You would want this layout if you already have a strong defense protecting most of your buildings(not including the Town Hall). By adding the Tesla next to the Hall it will protect the Hall very effectively, especially if you have multiple Tesla surrounding the Town Hall.

2. Place the Tesla(s) either: 1.midst the buildings if the buildings are behind the walls. It would look like: wall->buildings/tesla 2. behind the buildings and the wall if the buildings are in front of the wall. It would look like: buildings->wall->tesla.

Make it so the Tesla's range is protecting most of the buildings/defenses and a little to none of the Town Hall.

Reason: This is the best way to protect the buildings/defenses if your Town Hall is already well protected. You can then focus most of the defenses on the buildings.

Layout: You would want this layout if:you mostly lose when: The enemy gets a star by destroying 50% of the buildings and usually never get to the Town Hall(your buildings/defenses are not well protected, but the Town Hall is)

Placement ideas 1 and 2 are good if you just want to add the Tesla and don't want to completely redo the layout of the town/village. If you want to completely redo your layout, I would suggest going with something based placement #1 with the Tesla being the main defense for the Town Hall.

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Clash of Clans- Hidden Tesla

2012-10-07T21:23:00.001-07:00

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"Lay a deadly trap with the Hidden Tesla! Our Wizards have trapped a storm cloud into each of these sneaky towers. When an enemy walks or flies close enough, the tower spring up and fries it using the power of Electricity!"

The Hidden Tesla is a new addition to the Clash of Clans game. With a hefty price of 1 million coins, it will zap your enemies with powerful blue lightning. A cool feature of this new defense is that the Tesla will stay hidden until the enemy comes into range.

Frequently Asked Questions About The Hidden Tesla:
1. After being built for the first time and your village is attacked and the Tesla destroyed, is the Tesla destroyed for good?
A: No, it will rebuild automatically

2. How much damage does the Hidden Tesla do at different levels?
A: level 1- 34 damage per sec
lvl 2- 40 dmg per sec
lvl 3- 48
lvl 4- 55
lvl 5- 64
lvl 6- 75

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Vampire War Strategy, Help, and Tips

2012-08-10T22:37:00.001-07:00

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Tips and Help:

1.Whatever level your haven is, is the level you are. Make sure you do not level up too fast.

2. Research your abilities until they equal your level.

3. Join a Ally!!! Joining gives you great benefits. Try joining Arctus

4. Join Jyhad whenever possible. Even if you don't fight in it you can get prestige and influence. You can then trade the influence for great items or heroes.

5. Going through the Mystic Portal leads you to a room full of coffins. Occupying a coffin gives you a good amount of blood per hour.

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Clash of Clans Building Strategy-Basic Layout

2012-08-10T22:13:00.000-07:00

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Basic Layout

Getting your town laid out correctly is a very important foundation that will definitely impact the game. A bad layout will lead to many losses and the loss of trophies. A strong building layout is the foundation that will be built upon. If you already have a strong layout, as described, decide what type of player you want to be (Defensive, Offensive, or Both). Head over to each link to learn more about each one and how to change your layout to best fit your playing style: Defensive layout- here Offensive layout- here If you don't have a good basic layout or don't know what one is keep reading!

BUILDING
Do NOT keep your villages in the corners of the grass. It is not a safe place, people can still get in.

First off: For starting Players you should try to get up and Protect your Money/Elixir storage's they will be needed later on to buy Defense.

Later on: Later on you will start to need something called a Mortar you will need to put it in the Middle of your village so you can take out a lot of troops at once make sure you also protect your town hall people think that a town hall only holds money and elixir but if people break it they get an automatic win.

Have the Mortar or Wizard Tower in the center of the village. Also keep the Town Hall in the center too. Its a good idea to put extra protection around them. Then around those you should put the regular buildings (army camps, barracks, builder's hut etc.). Interspersed between the regular buildings should be your cannons and archer tower. The very outside of the village should be made up of gold storage's, gold mine, elixir collection and elixir storage. Once you are a higher level it wont matter if you lose a little gold/elixir in battles.

Here is a good basic layout for a beginning village: As you can see the Town Hall is protected on all sides from being attacked directly. The mortar is also being protected. If you want a better look, click on the image.

1. Protect your Town Hall!!
I cannot stress how important this is. At the end of every battle, you want your attacker to walk away with zero stars and minimal resources. So, why is it important to protect the town hall? because it is an instant win for the attacker if he or she destroys it and it houses resources.

2. Make it difficult to reach your mortar
Especially in the early stages of the game, the mortar is by far one of your most important towers. If possible, keep it near the center of your city. Keep in mind, your mortar cannot hit troops close to it (within, the red circle). Your mortar will protect you, if you can protect it.

3. Walls Walls WALLS
These things are precious. When constructing your city, make sure you understand what is worth putting within your walls. that being said, you want to keep buildings within your walls as compact as possible, as to not waste wall perimeter. As mentioned above, you obviously do not want to leave your town hall or mortar hanging out in the middle of nowhere.After that, what you decide to wall up is optional. those are just the essentials.

4. Make them pay!
Once you have walled up the essentials, you will have left over buildings. Do not scatter them randomly across the map. Keep them within range of your towers. Not only to protect your other buildings, but to make your attackers pay for hitting anything near your city.

5. Stars in multiplayer
50% of town destroyed = 1 star
Town hall destroyed = 1 star (also if the town hall is the first building that you destroy)
100% = 1 star
The order doesn't matter in obtaining stars

Tips & Tricks 1. You should always keep builders huts in the corner of the map so people will not have enough time (Sometimes) and will not get all of the trophies. 2. make sure you do not have any holes in your village so people easily get in. 3. Unless your saving up for something, try to keep your money low,like under 1000, (both elixir and gold). As long as your spending all your money wisely (army, defense and upgrades) then when some one attacks you they have nothing really to steal and you have great defense and upgrades so really what are you loosing.

Remember that after you have a strong basic layout it is best to choose what type of player you are or want to become. Check out the links to the guides that were listed at the beginning of this.

If you want to check out higher level layouts, check out the: Clash of Clans Advanced Building Strategy- Hidden Tesla Layout: here