Tips for Military

Ok guys, first off I hope you realize there are different tiers of troops. Your first tier has troops like mercenaries, horseman, archeress', etc. Second tier has shieldmaidens, raiders, nomads, etc. Also, there are different troop types: Melee, Cavalry, Range, Killers, and Siege. T1s and T2s will primarily be your "meat shields". They are easier to replace and will bear the brunt in attacks or defense to hopefully save your higher tiered troops so you will need a lot more of those. You will want to pick one type to specialize in, it doesn't matter which one, and build them in a 3:1 ratio. For example, my specialty is killers so for my T1s I could have 30k Slayers and 10k of the others. This will help in attacks because once you get your attack bonus high enough you will only attack with your specialty in order to reduce lag. There are a few ways to increase your bonus. You can use skill points for your hero on offense for that troop type, you can upgrade equipment and gems for your hero, and you can upgrade knowledge in the oracle. In this game, knowledge is literally power. Do you ever wonder why when you attack someone you lose almost the same amount of troops as your victim even when you win? That is because you are lacking in knowledge.

Now, you will want to upgrade the knowledge in military section for your specialty including offense and defense. Defense is just as important as offense. It is extremely worthwhile to look at the equipment you have on your hero and look for your total defense and total health, this effects all your troops and makes them better. You can increase those with your equipment, gems (tourmalines and rubies), and eventually in the military section of your knowledge. While this doesn't have anything to do with your military, another section of knowledge that is important is the Invaders section. In KvK, a ton of points come from hitting invaders. I know a lot of you want to get out there and start raiding cities but never underestimate the value of hitting invaders. Over 1/3 of the points Hurtsalot scored in the last KvK were from invader hits, so even the big guys hit invaders, they give a TON of points. Try to make your energy last as much as you can and try to save the energy boosts you get from events for KvK.

Eventually, you will pick a 2nd troop specialization. Only start this after you have 200%+ offense bonus for your 1st specialization. I recommend looking into what your 1st specialization is strong and weak against and picking one that counters it. For example, since my 1st specialty is killers, they are effective against cavalry and siege but weak against melee and range. I want my 2nd specialty to make up for the killers' weakness against melee and range so I picked siege, which is effective against melee and range but weak against cavalry and killers.

I hope this gives you guys a general oversight into a structure for your military. If you have any questions, leave a comment or pm me in game.
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