Troops Production and Lab Upgrades Courtesy Lady Medved

Troop production and Lab upgrades


1. Start by training pikes and Militia men (MM). I like 200 of each because Pikes are mainly a defensive troops but they are what you can train before upgrading your barracks.
2. As soon as you can train Archers. You will need 500 to hit barbs which will bring in resources and help you grow fast. Archers do not eat too much and are a good attack troop. You can use archers to attack other players for resources too, this is called farming. Before you attack another player it’s best to scout them. If you do not know what to send ask an officer to help you.
3. MM’s are good troops to have or many reasons. Their attack strength is not as high as archers but they are much faster and cheaper to train. These are the disposable troops that you don’t mind killing and replacing.
4. Scouts are important before you attack another player you’ll want to scout them and see what they have to take and to defend themselves so that you will know what to send to defeat them. Again if you are new at attacking just ask and we will help you figure out what takes out what. However, these troops seem to run out in front and get killed first when someone attacks you. If you r being attacked send them to one of your wilds or another city until after the attack if you are going to defend the attack.
5. Cavalry (cav) and heavy cavalry (heavies or hv cav) are great attack units however they will eat you out of house and castle if you do not have a ton of food production. These troops are the first to die in a battle. Regular cavs first then Hv cavs if you put them together.
6. Swords and pikes are mostly defensive units and are only good in large groups. For instance 300,000 pikes will take out 100,000 cavs without many losses, depending on your and your attackers research levels.
7. Wagons are the best for transporting resources either from your cities to each other or from someone else’s cities to yours in the case of farming or winning an attack.

*Do your Lab research all of the time when you are on line until it is finished.
This is so Important!! Your resources will be produced faster and your troops will move faster and have stronger attacks and you watch tower will give you more info and all of you builds will move faster. Please read each lab upgrade and choose wisely for your build strategy. Research makes the difference in who wins a battle.
Lynn Medved