Giants and how they work.
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Giants and how they work.
by Warrbler Mon Jun 09, 2014 8:06 pm
Giants are large Troops capable of taking huge damage, but deal very little damage compared to the amount of housing space they require. They primarily target Defenses, so in a large group they can be very strong at crippling a village. Due to their high health, players usually deploy them first in order to protect the other weaker but more offensive troops from Defenses.
Offensive Strategy
It is a good strategy for raiding to fill your Army Camp with Giants and Archers; together they can easily wipe out a base. Use the Giants to distract all the Defensive Towers while the Archers take everything down.
At the beginning of a Raid, send in several Giants closest to the Mortar(s)/Wizard Tower(s). As soon as the Mortar hits the Giants, send in the necessary number of Wall Breakers to help the Giants break through the walls. Once the Mortar(s) and Wizard Tower(s) are destroyed, you can send in swarms of lower hit point Troops such as Goblins and Archers.
Giants have a lot of health but are slow and have low attack power, so use them in groups and maybe send in a Healer to maximize their effectiveness.
Giants are weak against many defenses grouped together.
You can use Giants as a cheap meat shield while deploying other, higher damaging troops to destroy buildings.
Another strategy is to send many Giants with a Healer. Be wary of Air Defenses and other anti-air towers, however, as Healers are very weak and have many vulnerabilities.
In general, Giants make better distracting troops than Barbarians due to their much higher health. Because of this they are less vulnerable to Mortar fire and other splash damage, and are much harder to kill.
Defensive Strategy
Giants can be especially susceptible to Spring Traps due to the predictable nature of their AI. Use this to your advantage and place strategic gaps in your Walls with defensive structures behind them, and fill the gaps with one or more Spring Traps.
Giants are reasonably good defensive Clan Castle Troops, as their high health means that multiple offensive units will have to be dispatched to deal with them (a Lightning Spell will not be sufficient). They will also take a relatively long time to kill, delaying the enemy attack. However, the problem with using giants as clan castle troops is that when they come out to defend, they take up five spaces. This means that if the enemy has enough troops to one hit a giant, it will be more efficient to use five barbarians, as the enemy troops will promptly have to reload. As such, it will take five times as long.
PREFERRED TARGET ATTACK TYPE HOUSING SPACE TRAINING TIME MOVEMENT SPEED ATTACK SPEED BARRACKS
LEVEL REQUIRED RANGE
Defenses Melee (Ground Only) 5 2m 12 2s 4 1 tile
LEVEL DAMAGE PER SECOND HITPOINTS TRAINING COST Elixir RESEARCH COST Elixir LABORATORY RESEARCH TIME
1 11 300 500 N/A N/A N/A
2 14 360 1,000 100,000 2 1 day
3 19 430 1,500 250,000 4 2 days
4 24 520 2,000 750,000 5 3 days
5 31 670 2,500 2,250,000 6 5 days
6 37 800 3,000 6,000,000 7 10 days
IMPORTANT: Once it decides to attack a wall to get to their target on the other side, it will only stop attacking the wall if another nearby wall is destroyed allowing access to a target, not necessarily their original target. They will NOT stop if their target is destroyed by other units. This means if it is critical to “reset” the target of a giant, you can use a wall breaker to destroy a nearby wall.
Offensive Strategy
It is a good strategy for raiding to fill your Army Camp with Giants and Archers; together they can easily wipe out a base. Use the Giants to distract all the Defensive Towers while the Archers take everything down.
At the beginning of a Raid, send in several Giants closest to the Mortar(s)/Wizard Tower(s). As soon as the Mortar hits the Giants, send in the necessary number of Wall Breakers to help the Giants break through the walls. Once the Mortar(s) and Wizard Tower(s) are destroyed, you can send in swarms of lower hit point Troops such as Goblins and Archers.
Giants have a lot of health but are slow and have low attack power, so use them in groups and maybe send in a Healer to maximize their effectiveness.
Giants are weak against many defenses grouped together.
You can use Giants as a cheap meat shield while deploying other, higher damaging troops to destroy buildings.
Another strategy is to send many Giants with a Healer. Be wary of Air Defenses and other anti-air towers, however, as Healers are very weak and have many vulnerabilities.
In general, Giants make better distracting troops than Barbarians due to their much higher health. Because of this they are less vulnerable to Mortar fire and other splash damage, and are much harder to kill.
Defensive Strategy
Giants can be especially susceptible to Spring Traps due to the predictable nature of their AI. Use this to your advantage and place strategic gaps in your Walls with defensive structures behind them, and fill the gaps with one or more Spring Traps.
Giants are reasonably good defensive Clan Castle Troops, as their high health means that multiple offensive units will have to be dispatched to deal with them (a Lightning Spell will not be sufficient). They will also take a relatively long time to kill, delaying the enemy attack. However, the problem with using giants as clan castle troops is that when they come out to defend, they take up five spaces. This means that if the enemy has enough troops to one hit a giant, it will be more efficient to use five barbarians, as the enemy troops will promptly have to reload. As such, it will take five times as long.
PREFERRED TARGET ATTACK TYPE HOUSING SPACE TRAINING TIME MOVEMENT SPEED ATTACK SPEED BARRACKS
LEVEL REQUIRED RANGE
Defenses Melee (Ground Only) 5 2m 12 2s 4 1 tile
LEVEL DAMAGE PER SECOND HITPOINTS TRAINING COST Elixir RESEARCH COST Elixir LABORATORY RESEARCH TIME
1 11 300 500 N/A N/A N/A
2 14 360 1,000 100,000 2 1 day
3 19 430 1,500 250,000 4 2 days
4 24 520 2,000 750,000 5 3 days
5 31 670 2,500 2,250,000 6 5 days
6 37 800 3,000 6,000,000 7 10 days
IMPORTANT: Once it decides to attack a wall to get to their target on the other side, it will only stop attacking the wall if another nearby wall is destroyed allowing access to a target, not necessarily their original target. They will NOT stop if their target is destroyed by other units. This means if it is critical to “reset” the target of a giant, you can use a wall breaker to destroy a nearby wall.
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