Artillery

Function

Artillery allows you to call down explosive strikes on enemy positions before or during the battle for each island. You can target enemy structures and areas that could present an obstacle for your troops. The explosions also cause splash damage, so firing at objects close-together is often a good course of action. It has a damage radius of 0.49, meaning is affects units that are 1.5 tiles away.

Energy Cost

First Shot: 3 Energy

Second Shot: 5 Energy

Third Shot: 7 Energy

Fourth Shot: 9 Energy

Tips and Tactics

This is a perfect piece of equipment for picking out a target that is potentially a great threat to your troops, and eliminating it. You are usually able to take out one Building with the Artillery's multiple shots, and, if you don't, it should at least be sufficiently weak for your troops to take it out with ease.

It's up to you whether you think the best tactic is to take out one defensive structure, or weaken two (or more), but usually it's better to only be getting fired on from one angle at a time, so our preference is to concentrate on the biggest threat, and use whatever Energy is left on the next structure.

Remember, you can actually damage multiple buildings with a single Artillery strike. If the enemy has Mines close together, or buildings, you can damage more than one a time with a well placed shot.

Finally, you can target weak buildings and supplies to attempt to regain more Energy than you expend with your shot - if you take out multiple supplies, for example, you will sometimes be able to afford another shot.

Upgrade Costs

Level 1

Damage: 700

Research Cost: None

Armory Level Required: None

Research Time: None

Level 2

Damage: 770

Research Cost: 10,400

Armory Level Required: 1

Research Time: 2 hours

Level 3

Damage: 862

Research Cost: 20,900

Armory Level Required: 2

Research Time: 3 hours

Level 4

Damage: 957

Research Cost: 44,000

Armory Level Required: 3

Research Time: 6 hours

Level 5

Damage: 1,063

Research Cost: 88,000

Armory Level Required: 4

Research Time: 8 hours

Level 6

Damage: 1,180

Research Cost: 150,000

Armory Level Required: 5

Research Time: 12 hours

Level 7

Damage: 1,309

Research Cost: 252,000

Armory Level Required: 6

Research Time: 16 hours

Level 8

Damage: 1,453

Research Cost: 400,000

Armory Level Required: 7

Research Time: 21 hours

Level 9

Damage: 1,613

Research Cost: 580,000

Armory Level Required: 8

Research Time: 1 day

Level 10

Damage: 1,791

Research Cost: 680,000

Armory Level Required: 9

Research Time: 1 day

Level 11

Damage: 1,988

Research Cost: 760,000

Armory Level Required: 10

Research Time: 1 day 3 hours

Level 12

Damage: 2,206

Research Cost: 1,030,000

Armory Level Required: 11

Research Time: 1 day 7 hours

Level 13

Damage: 2,249

Research Cost: 1,410,000

Armory Level Required: 12

Research Time: 1 day 15 hours

Level 14

Damage: 2,718

Research Cost: 1,600,000

Armory Level Required: 13

Research Time: 1 day 15 hours

Level 15

Damage: 3,017

Research Cost: 1,920,000

Armory Level Required: 14

Research Time: 2 days 1 hour

Level 16

Damage: 3,349

Research Cost: 2,640,000

Armory Level Required: 15

Research Time: 2 days 6 hours

Level 17

Damage: 3,718

Research Cost: 3,040,000

Armory Level Required: 16

Research Time: 2 days 6 hours

Level 18

Damage: 4,127

Research Cost: 3,400,000

Armory Level Required: 17

Research Time: 2 days 12 hours

Level 19

Damage: 4,580

Research Cost: 4,400,000

Armory Level Required: 18

Research Time: 2 days 15 hours

Level 20

Damage: 5,024

Research Cost: 4,700,000

Armory Level Required: 19

Research Time: 2 days 18 hours