Advice

[Peace Alliance]

It's not safe to keep too much food on ya.

[Pippin]

but has it been nerfed, and are there no measures to protect it

[Shadow]

it hasn't been nerfed, and you can protect it with leaders like always (though there is a steal food spell now) but the problem is that going heavy leaders means your production suffers, so you have to choose between defense and production.

[Shadow]

tip of the day: the murder spell is a great way to open up defenses. Tower defense sharing depends on health, so not only does health make your opponent's troop less effective, it also makes their towers less effective. In addition, the target will have to waste valuable turns healing instead of attacking at the start of their next run, so it is doubly effective.

Sabotage is good for two reasons: it kills towers, and it also makes your opponent have more free land. You get free land faster than you get normal land when attacking (that's why the land farm always gives you so much land per attack) so the more you sabotage, the more of their land you will take. It also makes enemies waste valuable turns rebuilding and makes the start of their run less productive.

[Pippin]

at what percentage of land should i have in huts to stop people from murdering my health? is there any advice on maximising my defense through leaders and troops so im as tough as brick to hurt on decent troops and average leaders?

im not really liking the health killing thing to be honest its very strong, it makes leader a much more offensive race for takedowns whereas  indy is considered the destructive strat in my opinion though.

now i know im not going to be able to stop a stoat stocked up on leaders but there must be some measures to be taken.

[Shores of Tripoli]

 Yea, I agree with Pippin. I'm struggling with the same problem regarding murder. (but on a much smaller scale obviously)

[Pippin]

well loosing 40% rats within as little as 10 attacks or so (cant remember how many) seems op.

[Shadow]

Well, the losses you took were more because my army was a lot bigger at the time than the health difference. But basically a leader player might be running 40% huts tops if they are still being productive, so you just need enough leaders to hold that off. Dropping land at the end of your run to boost your ratio is an option as well.

[Pippin]

so i assume 25% on a high ratio would be sufficient to hold off such attacks?

[Shadow]

Depends how much land you have compared to the attacker, but it would be a good start.

[Pippin]

any advice on takedowns?  ;)

you dont have to answer that one, but someone else does  >:D

[Shadow]

Ask sevah how much murder hurts the start of your run ^_^

[Shores of Tripoli]

Ask sevah how much murder hurts the start of your run ^_^

Lol! you really are pushing his buttons. haha

[Shadow]

tip of the day:

make use of the offense buff. It is very easy to succeed in (easier than espionage even) and it makes your attack 20% more powerful. This means not only is it easier to break, but the defender takes higher losses.

[Shadow]

tip of the day: check the "show tax on loot page" button in army management will put your tax on your turn buff page. Useful for resource management, so you don't accidentally buff turns at low tax ^_^