The Art of Destroying a City
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:56 am
With the implementation of the new win conditions many guilds are having their members build balistas to smash smaller cities that are not worth conquering, and just knocking them to under 1,200 points. So rather than run the simulator with every attack I want I made a list of the number of balistas needed to take a building of any size down to 0.
BL / # of bals needed
1 / 2
2 / 6
3 / 10
4 / 16
5 / 22
6 / 29
7 / 38
8 / 48
9 / 60
10 / 74
11 / 89
12 / 108
13 / 129
14 / 153
15 / 181
16 / 212
17 / 249
18 / 290
19 / 337
20 / 391
21 / 452
22 / 522
23 / 601
24 / 690
25 / 792
26 / 907
27 / 1,037
28 / 1,184
29 / 1,349
30 / 1,537
This is assuming the wall is down to 0 when your balistas land. Contrary to popular belief balistas do NOT need an escort to be successful. A larger escort does not affect the damage your balistas do. Balista damage depends on the defense a city has. If you kill the defense a city has then this is the number of balistas needed to lower a building to 0.
However there's ways to get. Building to 0 using less balistas. It takes 1,537 balistas to kill a level 30 building in 1 shot, but if you send a wave of 500 balistas and a second wave of 391 balistas the first will drop the building to level 20, and the second will drop it from 20 to 0.
So it's not a comprehensive guide. Just a tip, you can play wit the simulator to find the smallest amount of balistas you need to kill a building.
Hope this helps!
BL / # of bals needed
1 / 2
2 / 6
3 / 10
4 / 16
5 / 22
6 / 29
7 / 38
8 / 48
9 / 60
10 / 74
11 / 89
12 / 108
13 / 129
14 / 153
15 / 181
16 / 212
17 / 249
18 / 290
19 / 337
20 / 391
21 / 452
22 / 522
23 / 601
24 / 690
25 / 792
26 / 907
27 / 1,037
28 / 1,184
29 / 1,349
30 / 1,537
This is assuming the wall is down to 0 when your balistas land. Contrary to popular belief balistas do NOT need an escort to be successful. A larger escort does not affect the damage your balistas do. Balista damage depends on the defense a city has. If you kill the defense a city has then this is the number of balistas needed to lower a building to 0.
However there's ways to get. Building to 0 using less balistas. It takes 1,537 balistas to kill a level 30 building in 1 shot, but if you send a wave of 500 balistas and a second wave of 391 balistas the first will drop the building to level 20, and the second will drop it from 20 to 0.
So it's not a comprehensive guide. Just a tip, you can play wit the simulator to find the smallest amount of balistas you need to kill a building.
Hope this helps!