1 or two unit types makes for easy shredding, especially if you make notes of neighbor defenses and they never change their defensive set. I also plan on taking both my Basil & Deal up to lvl 15 for a 90% defensive attack bonus - think about that for a moment.Īgreed. Any attack bonus you can give your defending army is better than no attack bonus. I may not win the battle, but I'll put the hurt on an attacking army and make them think twice about coming back for more (once is usually enough for them). Your defending units now put a HEFTY dent in the attackers units, allowing you to eliminate 1-5 extra attacker units per battle that you wouldn't be able to eliminate otherwise without Basil's & Deal. Basil + lvl 5 Deal (as I currently have) you've whittled that 65% attackers defensive edge down to 20%. Basil & Deal, the attacker has a +65% defensive edge over you your defending army hardly puts a dent in their units. Think about it: you're being attacked by an army with, say, +65% attack and +65% defense. Plus, both GB's provide ATTACK BONUSES for defending units. Deal Castle provides daily medals- more than most players can acquire in a week of PvP participation. Basil's & Deal Castle calling them a waste of space, and I have to disagree, especially where Deal Castle is concerned.

I've read many posts from players who bad mouth the St.

Not many neighbors stay for the battle when they attack me, those that do don't fare well when the dust settles. Plus, I don't need their defensive % modifier- on defense, my % modifiers are 45% on attack (courtesy a level 10 Basil & level 5 Deal) and 218% - yep, no typo there: 218% defensive modifier (courtesy a TON of ritual flames that I seem to get quite easily from GE). I'm in LMA and drummer/color guards don't provide enough defensive wallop or % modifiers for them to be effective that far into the game. I'm not real keen on drummers or color guards.

Since many of my neighbors are fond of the one heavy infantry or cavalry + 7 rouge attack, I tend to gear my defense against these type of assaults. It's a good balance to effectively counter *most* assaults.

Forge of empires colonial age best army