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Archer Tower - Clash of Clans Complete Guide to Defenses

Archer Tower - Clash of Clans Complete Guide to Defenses
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An excellent versatile unit, with great range and able to inflict damage on both ground- and air-based enemies.

The upgrade time and cost soon ramp up to reflect the essential role these units play in your village, however. But you get what you pay/wait for.

Range: 10 tiles
Attack Speed: 1s
Damage Type: Single target
Targets: Ground & Air
Size Requirement: 3x3 tiles

Defensive tactics

Archer Towers are the cornerstone of your defensive strategy - literally.

Place them towards the outermost edges of your village, where their range can cover units both on the outside and inside of the your Walls. Spread their placement evenly to ensure maximum defensive coverage, while ensuring ground-based defenses such as Cannons are also able to provide protection in return.

Level Damage Per Second Hit Points Upgrade Cost Upgrade Time Town Hall Level Required Build Number Allowed
1 11 400 1000 15m 2 1
2 15 450 2000 30m 2 1
3 19 500 5000 45m 3 1
4 25 550 20,000 4h 4 2
5 30 590 80,000 12h 5 3
6 35 610 180,000 1d 5 3
7 42 630 360,000 2d 6 3
8 48 660 720,000 3d 7 4
9 56 690 1,500,000 4d 8 5
10 65 720 2,500,000 5d 8 5
11 75 750 5,000,000 6d 9 6
12 86 790 7,500,000 7d 10 7

Offensive tactics

Like Cannons, Archer Towers have a one-track mind, only able to attack a single target at a time.

It's therefore easy to overrun them with mob-like attacks featuring large numbers of Barbarians and / or Archers. Air attacks should be limited to Dragons, as Archer Towers deal with Balloons relatively quickly - unless the latter are used in large numbers (a costly but effective way to destroy Archer Towers).

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