How to use the Cardinals effectively by Atlant.
How to use the Cardinals effectively by Atlant.
First, as many of you already know, the most efficient way to succeed in this game is to select 1 or 2 of the troops to be "main" in those troops. When Plarium introduced Cardinals, it emphasized the importance of teamwork where clan members each main in a different kind of army all together create a strong army.
The very first step in determining which cardinal to pick, you must already know which troop is your main.
You have to select from one of the following:
Spearmen
Which means that Spearmen has an additional attack power against Cavalry in dealing 50% extra damage to this type of troop, and 25% against knights accordingly. On the other hand, Spearmen will take 50% more damage by the attack from siege and 25% more damage by the attack from Ranged.
Cavalry
Which means that Cavalry has an additional attack power against Ranged in dealing 50% extra damage to this type of troop, and 25% against siege accordingly. On the other hand, Cavalry will take 50% more damage by the attack from spearman and 25% more damage by the attack from Knights.
Ranged
Which means that Ranged has an additional attack power against Knights in dealing 50% extra damage to this type of troop, and 25% against Spearmen accordingly. On the other hand, Ranged will take 50% more damage by the attack from Cavalry and 25% more damage by the attack from Siege.
Knights
Comes with the basis:
Which means that Knights has an additional attack power against Siege in dealing 50% extra damage to this type of troop, and 25% against Knights accordingly. On the other hand, Ranged will take 50% more damage by the attack from Cavalry and 25% more damage by the attack from Siege.
Siege
Which means that Siege has an additional attack power against Spearmen in dealing 50% extra damage to this type of troop, and 25% against Ranged accordingly. On the other hand, Siege will take 50% more damage by the attack from Knights and 25% more damage by the attack from Cavalry.
Scouts
For the purposes of this guide, we will recommend going with the cheapest option available: Spearmen.
Second, you need to have a building Conclave of Cardinals built in your castle.
Go to your hero skills and first MAX out the following:
Then distribute the rest of your available hero skills by maxing out
First max out Spearmen offense
Second max out Spearmen health
Third max out Spearmen defense.
Fourth max out Army offense
Fifth max out Army health
Sixth, max out Army defense.
and so on. Prioritize offense skills, then health then at the very last - defense.
Then go to Hero -> hero profile -> save hero profile as "___spearmen___" or any other name you wish.
This profile must be activated when your army of spearmen is going to attack.
Third, assuming you selected spearmen war profile, we next need to determine which Cardinal is right for you.
All cardinals in the game belong to one of the three chambers: Twilight, Sun and Moon.
To empower your spearmen army you will need to recruit Oddgeir the Crescent
This cardinal provides extra stats to Spearmen offense, Scout defense and marching speed.
Once activated, these stats will only be active for 1 hour. You will not be able to reactivate this particular Cardinal untill 2 days have passed and the cool down time is reactivated. The key point to remember is to only activate it when you absolutely know that your major battles will occur during the next 1 hour because the boost to Spearmen offense is only active during 1 hour.
Thus, having a fully dedicated hero profile with Spearmen offense plus a cardinal Oddgeir the Crescent will provide you with the most efficient spearmen offense stats.
