Power Level - Dwarf Guide

I am a power level player using dwarf as my main race. Dwarf is the most powerful race in this game so far, so my experience will be mainly be using dwarf.

All i paid is 0.99USD for the 30 day -daily bonus pack, definitely not a lot of money. that means everyone can do this more or less the same speed.

How do I level?

Pick 3 troops that you concentrate on, and level these 3 troops only. At the beginning there is only so much wood in this game you can acquire, you cannot afford to upgrade every building. i only upgrade selective building. I will go through each one of them later

When do I switch race?

Switch as soon as you can, you can switch when you have 4 heroes and 400 trophies. The faster you switch, the better, i did not change again until i hit level 30.

Which starting hero I use?

I pick Avalon, his unique ability is that he can lead 3 troops, Given heroes generally have very low attack and rely on troops, Avalon give a huge boost in attack in comparison with other heroes. However if you pick a different starting hero, the game does not allow you to change a new one ( reinstall the game do not work)

Which troops do I level up?

Rifleman / Marksman / Sharpshooter: They are my main range troops. this is my only range troops i use. Use red crystal train for silver and gold troops.

Mech / Armored Mech / Advanced Mech: They are my main front line unit in the adventure mode. Upgrade to gold troops ASAP. Use mithril for silver and gold troops.

Dwarven Labourer / Technician / Engineer: They are my main front line troops in PVP and siege mode. I only use bronze troops in PVP. Silver / Gold troops for defense. Use purple crystal for silver and gold troops.

Light Tank / Medium Tank / Heavy Tank: Do not use them as my strategy only use 3 types of troops until i hit max level. They are generally at the back and can be substitute by Rifleman. Use Red crystal for silver and gold troops.

Light / Medium / Heavy Rocketeer: Do not use them, They are generally at the back and can be substitute by Rifleman.Use mithril for silver and gold troops.

Siege Cannon / Heavy Siege: i use them only when i will take the wall down, i never upgrade them to silver and gold troops. use purple crystal for silver and gold troops.

By concentrating my troops to 3 types of troops (plus cannon), i can concentrate my research to just 3 different type of troops, and level up 4 troop buildings only. Save time and resources for upgrade, so i can upgrade my castle faster, that means stronger troops and less likely to get attack.

What building do i upgrade:

Gun Range (Rifleman): Priority: High, upgrade to maximum when available.

Mech Factory (Mech):  Priority: High, upgrade to maximum when available.

Miner Hut (Laborer): Priority: High, upgrade to maximum when available.

Factory (Tank) Priority: None, skip it until you hit level 30

Camp (Rocketeer): Priority: None, skip it until you hit level 30

Workshop (Cannon): Priority: Medium, i only use cannon to hit wall, that usually means all defense is gone, plus it has a low attack so you would not use it for normal PVP fights.

Academy (Research Center): Priority: Medium, i only upgrade when i can research to the next grade, no need to upgrade ahead of time.

Sawmill (Wood production) Priority: High. you need every bit of wood you can find.

Mana Siphon. Priority: medium to high. I only use mana for research, more on this later.

Residence (gold production) Priority High. if you play right, you should always be low on gold.

Engine (city upgrade) Priority High. I upgrade as soon as i hit the minimum rating.

Tactics school. Priority Low. only upgrade when you finish all your current level. this can wait, you can always get the reward by clearing the stage.

Center (Troop Capacity): Priority low to medium. Depends on your play style. Using dwarf, at maximum you can get around 13 troops to the battlefield. that is around 260 troop count. you can theoretically stop upgrade your center around level 5, when you have around 260 troop count of gold and silver troops combined. Anything more than that are for prolonged wars when you need reserves.

Hospital (Heal Troops): Priority low to medium. I stop around level 4. At level 4, there is a 40 troop healing capacity, it is more than enough for my playstyle. At high level, a full queue on heal troops takes more than 12 hours, enough for me to topup my healing queue if necessary.

Warehouse: Priority Low (aggressive players) - High (average player). If you are the highest level in the server and have strong defense (ie all silver troops with max current level) you do not get attack and warehouse becomes unnecessary. For all other players, warehouse is a priority that will be less of a target for resources raid.

City Gate: Priority Low (aggressive players) - Medium (average player) - High (Front line player). Really depends on your playstyle. if you are the biggest in the server, no one will attack you, you do not need a strong wall, just make sure you have strong troops. if you are 4 level lower than the highest level player in the game, they are going to get through no matter what defense you have. warehouse becomes a priority to deter them from robbing your resources. If you border with another kingdom, then get your wall high to sustain the damage and pray for your kingdom to come for help.

When do I put my shield on?

When you become a big fat target, when i looted to over 300K resources, i sometimes put a shield on when i sleep. this is generally not a concern if you are the biggest in the kingdom. anything other than the biggest, i suggest you keep your total looted resources below 30K, because this is when i start paying attention to your resources.

When you are online and get attacked, immediately put a shield on, this is stop all further attacks unless they are taking your city. If you repeated got attacked after shield expired, i suggest you move back to your founding city. Spend all your resources and upgrade your defense and vault before moving back to any city.

What do i use to spend my Linari Coin?

I use it all on mithril chest, and I only concern on getting heroes. All other prize are rubbish to me. if you are P2W, pay anything you like.

Defense troops compositions:

1/3 rifleman, 1/4 mech, rest in Laborer, upgrade to silver and gold when possible. Please retired bronze troops if you can have silver troops. Slowly change to gold troops if you can, they are expensive and are not required in general.

Research:

Research mech is the highest priority, you want to unlock gold mech ASAP. and never lose them. I never use silver or gold mech for PVP, except hitting a wall with no defense.

Depend on your playstyle, i unlock dwarven technican first, then i unlock markman, then i research dwarven engineer, then i research sharpshooter. reason is i use dwarven labourer as my front line PVP unit. I want it to be stronger. I am ok if you choose to unlock sharpshooter first.

If you are following this guide, you will never need to research tank, rocketeer nor cannon until you way pass level 30. By then you can do whatever you want to do.

How do i arrange my troops to attack?

For normal player vs player:

Front row: Laborer (Bronze) X4

Middle row: Mech (Bronze) X 4

Back Row: Rifleman (Silver) X 4 ( total 12 troops maximum) Heroes X 6

Mech and rifleman can swap place sometimes.

For Player Vs Seige defense:

Front row: Laborer (Bronze) X4

Middle row: Mech (Bronze) X 3, rifleman (silver ) X 2 in middle

Back Row: Mech (bronze) X1 (behind rifleman) Cannon (Bronze) X3 (one at far right, one at far left, one at center) ( total 13 troops maximum) Heroes X 6

Mech and rifleman can swap place sometimes.

For player vs wall (no defense)

Front row: Mech (gold) X 1 (use to boost attack rating above mimimum)

rest: cannon X 12 (total 13 troop)

Adventure:

Most of the time, i only use mech X2 (highest grade available) if i cannot clear it with mech X2, i leave them until i am strong enough using 2 units only. this means i only use 1 hero energy per attack, saving hero energy for raiding / attacking other cities. replay until you get no mech loss.

Quest:

Most quest i can clear using Mech X2 only, try different positions. harder quest use mech X2, rifleman X2, replay until you get no mech loss, rifleman heals are ok.

Heroes ability and Mana

In general, Heroes abilities to not scale with troops strength, that means most of your hero abilities do not mean much at the heat of battle. without going through each hero ability, i generally choose abilities that do not require mana or energy for activation. (IE passive ability). Mana are best use for research purposes, especially if you are sling shot to that golden Merc early in the game. your mileage may varies.

Mercenaries

I do not found mercenaries to be useful because of the following reasons: i do not use them at all.
 * 1) They cannot be upgrade, that is a big no to me, you are wasting resources.
 * 2) they cannot be refill easily if they die in battle, this is particularly a problem for the Elite Mercenary Camp in Maiden River, where you cant choose what troops to get.
 * 3) Because of point 1, they aren't particularly strong, for easy battle, any troops can win your battle, for harder or equally matched battle, if half of them get kill and you cannot refill, do you plan on keep using them at half strength? Hope this helps. if you have questions, feel free to drop me a message in discord / in-game.

https://discord.gg/jaTtg2e

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