Part 2 – Battlefield Preparation – Long Term Preparation
PART 2 of 3 in the Battlefield Preparation Series, things that can be done a long time before participating in a Battlefield.
Keys to Winning Battlefield (in order of importance):
ATTENDANCE - The 1st KEY to winning battlefield is having MORE PEOPLE show up than the other team(s). On the other hand, if you are signed up, and then don’t show up on time, it really hurts the team. The battlefield match-ups are based on the total power of all the keeps that are signed up for that particular battlefield. So, if there’s any question about being there on time (and for the entire two hours) it’s probably better not to sign up. It’s much better to have 15 people sign up and 15 people show up, than it is to have 20 people sign up and 15 people show up. In fact, having 75% attendance is a good way to start a losing effort.
MORE SMALL KEEPS - The 2nd KEY to winning battlefield is having more clever, small power players (under 100 million power). We need to make sure the average size of our keeps is as small as possible. Not having small keeps is like playing Chess without any pawns. Small Keep play will be discussed more in Part 3 of this series.
PREPARATION - The 3rd KEY to winning battlefield is doing the right long term and short term preparation. That will be explored more in Parts 2 & 3 of this series.
HAVE A PLAN (Map & Assignments) - The 4th KEY to winning battlefield is to have a plan. We have the tools in place to implement the plan (essentially it’s a map & assignments), we just need to do it.
Much of what follows is still in rough draft form...
Long Term Battlefield Preparation
1. MARCH PRESETS (in Rally Spot)
For K25 and larger, set up your March Presets (in the Rally Spot) for the three (3) main marches (Ranged, Mounted, and Ground). If you have a 4th March Preset (available at VIP-13), use that for the Siege March. See Troop Layering in #2. An attack march is similar just smaller, and without the extra T1s and T2s.
2. TROOP LAYERING
Total Army Troop Layering a K35-36 might look like this:
T1 = 10.6 million Ranged & Ground + 100,000 Mounted & Siege = 21.4 million
T2 = 1.2 million Ranged & Ground + 100,000 Mounted & Siege = 5.0 million
T3-T9 = 100,000 of each troop type = 400,000 x 7 = 2.8 million
T10 = 250,000 of each troop type = 1.0 million
T11 = 650,000 of each troop type = 2.6 million
T12 = 1.2 million of each troop type = 4.8 million
T13 = 1.2 million of each troop type = 4.8 million
T14 = 2.4 million of each troop type = 9.6 million
Total = 52 million
3. LEAD & ASSISTANT ARMY GENERALS
Read ALL of the Army General recommendations on EvonyAnswers.com, and acquire the best Army Generals for your resource level.
a. Level them up using Subordinate Cities so that their level is equal to your Monarch level. A future mail will be sent about leveling up Army Generals using Subordinate Cities.
b. Add good Skill Books; Cultivate Army Generals as much as you can afford; and develop their Specialties as much as you have Runestones to do so.
c. Read all the Army General Gear analyses on EvonyAnswers.com. Make the best Army General Gear that you can afford: King’s, Dragon’s, Ares, Achaemenidae, or Civilization Gear.
4. GET TOUGHER, NOT BIGGER
Getting bigger (adding Power, usually by adding troops) doesn’t work unless you also maximize your keep’s toughness.
Things you can do to get tougher and not bigger:
a. Buildings - The Walls, Archer Tower, Rally Spot, Academy , Embassy, and War Hall need to be at the same level as your Keep.
b. Maximum Research - Do the maximum amount of Research for your Keep level. Especially on the Defense, Military, Advanced Military, and Alliance Tabs.
c. Dragons & Spiritual Beasts - Level up & refine any dragons as much as possible. Level up and improve the quality of any Spiritual Beasts that you are using for PvP.
d. Improve Monarch Gear – Level up Monarch Gear as much as possible. The best place to get Monarch Gear is Patrol. You can get level and occasionally level 3 Monarch Gear for 30 gems each.
e. Blazons - Maximize your Blazon Set bonuses.
f. Subordinate Cities - Acquire better Russian and/or Japanese Subordinate Cities. Even if you need to drop down 1 level (Purple to Blue) it’s probably worth it to replace non-PvP Subordinate Cities for Russian or Japanese.
Japan – Attacking Attack Bonus & Research Factory Speed
Russia – Defense Attack Bonus & Trap Attack
5. For K25-K32 and under 400 million power - PRACTICE GHOSTING TROOPS
Make sure you don’t train more troops than you can ghost. Learn about ghosting, and do some practicing on empty keeps or boss monsters during NAPs.
a. Find a nearby boss monster, enemy keep, or enemy controlled building, then start an ALLIANCE RALLY for 1 HOUR.
b. Do that several more times until you have zero troops left in your city (same target can be used for all rallies).
c. Additional step for SMALL KEEPS (K25 or below): Make sure that your Subordinate Cities are not connected to your Main City, you probably don’t want Subordinate City troops & generals showing up to get slaughtered.
6. For K32-35 and 400-500 million power - TRANSITION TO BRICK?
a. You’ll need to decide if you are going to make the transition from ghosting keep to brick (or non-ghosting) keep.
b. At times this transition can awkward, and you may get zero’d. If that happens, don’t worry about it, heal a few troops, get back in the game, and be as annoying as possible to the other team.
7. For K35-38 keeps with over 1 billion power - GET TOUGHER, NOT BIGGER
a. Improve General Gear
i. Especially Debuff Gear on Subordinate City (Mayors) Generals.
ii. Improve the refining on your PvP Army General Gear.
iii. Craft higher quality gear.
b. Turn your keep into a brick.
Millions of T1 & T2 – Pick one (1) or two (2) of the troop types: Ground, Ranged, or Mounted (not Siege). At least 30%-40% of your troops should be T1s and 5-10% should be T2s.
Re-refine your In-City Defense (Mail Wall) General’s Gear to use flat stats increases instead of percentage increases, focus only on one (1) or two (2) troop types.
Wait for a keep that’s bigger power to hit you. This probably works for keeps that are less than 3 times your power.
8. ITEMS
Make sure to accumulate the needed items:
Save your 1-hour All Troop Attack, HP, and Defense Buffs (at least 2 sets for each battlefield)
March Size Increase
Advanced City Teleporters (at least 5-10)
Have at least 300-500 points of Stamina/Vitality available.
Additional Preparation (for K27 or larger):
KNOW THE BUILDING POINT VALUES:
Central Castle in BoC = 80 points/minute x 115 minutes = 9,200 possible points.
Knight’s Hall in BoC = 32 points/minute x 115 minutes = 3,680 possible points.
All other buildings in BoG, BoC, or BoCH = 16 points/minute x 115 minutes = 1,840 possible points/building.
BOG (7 buildings)
Total building points available = 12,880
BOC (21 buildings)
Total points available in the Central Castle & Knight’s Hall = 12,880
Total points available in the other 19 buildings = 34,960
Total building points available = 47,840
BoCH (18 buildings)
Total building points available = 33,120
KNOW THE MONSTER POINT VALUES:
B4 - ?
B5 - ?
B6 - ?
B7 - ?
B8 - ?
B9 - ?
B10 - ?
B11 - ?
B12 - 8 Points
B13 - 8 Points
B14 - 8 Points
B15 - 50 Points
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
DD