re: Castle Clash: iOS/Droid Tigerdroppins Guild... iOS boss fight Sunday at 9

I can also upgrade my PD and TG with the amount of HB and books that I have. This would do me a world of good I think.

Got it.

I also just rolled 17,000 gems. 2 Succubus and one Champion. frick

Bought some a long time ago and saved up

You sound like you have a killer squad that does not get used correctly

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I'm farming G with ease.

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Me too, I never come close to losing a hero, and I can't remember the last time I even lost a tower. But then H just fricks me up, I might win 1 out of 4.

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it will get me all the way. I'm doing it.

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Wish I had the shards to do it too.

Btw don't get mad at me if your boss output doesn't double. At an absolute minimum, your DMG to the boss will increase by 3.7% (if you just maintained one PD stack, your guys will do 140% damage vs 135%, 140/135= 1.037). More likely, you hover around the 4 stack mark, so your damage should increase by a minimum of 8.3% (260% vs 240%). If I'm right about how many stacks PD 6/9 can maintain vs. 7/9, and if I'm right about how the game's attack rates go, then I think your damage should really go up by about 35%, minimum.

So that's my final answer, your damage in 3 minutes should go from 24m to 32m, at least. Let's see how far off I am.

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i have seen recommendations that in this game you should be constantly upgrading your TH.

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Constantly upgrading TH is good to do, but you will need to upgrade your gold vaults too in order to hold enough to upgrade higher level TH. Upgrading TH unlocks more buildings, and at a minimum each level gives you 10 more wall pieces.

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Also - heroes - how the hell do you get decent heroes besides purchasing gems?

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It can take a while, but just by logging in every day for a month you will get a Paladin and a Druid. Paladin is meh, but Druid is one of the most crucial heroes in the game. Aside from that, you just have to get lucky rolling purple heroes with the free gems you get, or buy them with shards. Good heroes to buy with shards are Champion, Thunder God, and Succubus to start. Later on you might want to buy Immortep. Farming shards takes a while, so you need to play HBM (Here Be Monsters, the blue portal at the top left) religiously. Base design is critical to doing well at HBM, and there are tons of great designs all over the CC forums for various TH levels.

If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask.

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ok good to know. 180 flip in strat vs CoC

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You can play the non-upgrade strategy if you want, and focus on your core heroes. This keeps your might low relative to your raiding team, and you get matched up in raids based on your might so it's easier to raid. But yeah, most people now favor upgrading buildings and raising might because the daily rewards are better.

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Druid, Champ, TG and Succ. got it.

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That's not a hard and fast rule, as there are many better heroes (though Druid is almost always a necessity for his healing). Champ is essential for boss fights, and TG is a beast for raiding, HBM, and arena. Succubus is a beast in arena mainly.

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how far should i bother upgrading the 3 heroes i currently have?
1 elite and 2 random ordinary? right now they are all lvl 40. just leave them be at 40 and wait until i get legendary options?

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That depends on how patient you are in waiting to collect your legendary heroes. You might need to level them up a little bit more in order to beat a level or two of HBM, but don't go crazy because Honor Badges can be hard to come by. Most generally don't go past 60 with ordinary, and 80 with elite.

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havent tried HBM yet.

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You should get on that ASAP. It is by far the best source of shards and EXP. You get a new chance every 3 hours, but it only stores 6 chances max. You should use all your chances twice a day to avoid filling your 6 chances and missing out on some.

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whatever the hell the 3 bridges mini game is.

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That's the arena. You should do that often too. You get 40 HB for a win, and 6 HB for a loss, plus you get a certain amount of HB hourly depending on your rank. Don't worry about maintaining a high rank, though, because the hourly payout doesn't really increase much unless you are very, very highly ranked.

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Does it account for how you drop your troops?

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You mean to maintain stun lock? As of now, I'm going simple and assuming the boss isn't fighting back and killing guys. Optimal drop timing to line up stuns will be added later.

Edit: it's set up to be easy to modify drop order and timing, though. The part that will take some time is calculating non-stun windows, accounting for the ever-changing attack and proc rates due to PD, Cupid, and the randomness of heavy blow talents.