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Arrow tower damage depends on the number of "structures" - buildings built in a town. Not all buildings affect the Arrow tower damage, among them: | Arrow tower damage depends on the number of "structures" - buildings built in a town. Not all buildings affect the Arrow tower damage, among them: | ||
*All | *All [[Creature Dwelling]]s, [[Mage Guild]] and [[Town Hall]]. | ||
*[[Horde Building]]s | *[[Horde Building]]s. | ||
*[[Citadel]] and [[Castle (structure)|Castle]], since they are [[Fort]] upgrades. | *[[Citadel]] and [[Castle (structure)|Castle]], since they are [[Fort]] upgrades. | ||
* | *Few towns have several Specific buildings, which are upgrades of the other buildings (e.g. [[Brotherhood of the Sword]], [[Fountain of Fortune]]) | ||
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! width= | ! width=120 rowspan="2"| Common buildings, which are structures | ||
! rowspan="2"| Town | ! width=40 rowspan="2"| Town | ||
! width= | ! width=150 colspan="2"| Town Specific buildings, which are: | ||
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! width= | ! width=120 align=center style="background-color:#{{Purple 1}}; color:white; height:25px" | Structures !! width=120 align=center style="background-color:#{{Purple 1}}; color:white; height:25px" | Not structures | ||
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| rowspan=" | | rowspan="10"| [[Blacksmith]], [[Creature Dwelling]]s, [[Grail building]], [[Mage Guild]], [[Marketplace]], [[Resource Silo]], [[Tavern]], [[Town Hall]] || [[File:Town portrait Castle small.gif|link=Castle|40px]] || [[Lighthouse]], [[Shipyard]], [[Stables]] || [[Brotherhood of the Sword]], [[Griffin Bastion]] | ||
|- style="background-color:#{{Purple 4}}" | |- style="background-color:#{{Purple 4}}" | ||
| | | [[File:Town portrait Rampart small.gif|link=Rampart|40px]] || [[Mystic Pond]], [[Treasury]] || [[Fountain of Fortune]], [[Miners' Guild]], [[Dendroid Saplings]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[File:Town portrait Tower small.gif|link=Tower|40px]] || [[Artifact Merchants]], [[Library]], [[Lookout Tower]], [[Wall of Knowledge]] || [[Sculptor's Wings]] | ||
|- style="background-color:#{{Purple 4}}" | |- style="background-color:#{{Purple 4}}" | ||
| | | [[File:Town portrait Inferno small.gif|link=Inferno|40px]] || [[Brimstone Stormclouds]], [[Castle Gate]], [[Order of Fire]] || [[Birthing Pool]], [[Cages]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[File:Town portrait Necropolis small.gif|link=Necropolis|40px]] || [[Cover of Darkness]], [[Necromancy Amplifier]], [[Shipyard]], [[Skeleton Transformer]] || [[Unearthed Graves]] | ||
|- style="background-color:#{{Purple 4}}" | |- style="background-color:#{{Purple 4}}" | ||
| | | [[File:Town portrait Dungeon small.gif|link=Dungeon|40px]] || [[Artifact Merchants]], [[Battle Scholar Academy]], [[Mana Vortex]], [[Portal of Summoning]] || [[Mushroom Rings]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[File:Town portrait Stronghold small.gif|link=Stronghold|40px]] || [[Ballista Yard]], [[Escape Tunnel]], [[Freelancer's Guild]], [[Hall of Valhalla]] || [[Mess Hall]] | ||
|- style="background-color:#{{Purple 4}}" | |- style="background-color:#{{Purple 4}}" | ||
| | | [[File:Town portrait Fortress small.gif|link=Fortress|40px]] || [[Blood Obelisk]], [[Cage of Warlords]], [[Glyphs of Fear]], [[Shipyard]] || [[Captain's Quarters]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[File:Town portrait Conflux small.gif|link=Conflux|40px]] || [[Artifact Merchants]], [[Magic University]], [[Shipyard]], [[Vault of Ashes]]{{-wh}} || [[Garden of Life]] | ||
|- style="background-color:#{{ | |- style="background-color:#{{Yellowish 1}}" | ||
| | | [[File:Town portrait Cove small.gif|link=Cove|40px]] || [[Grotto]], [[Shipyard]], [[Thieves' Guild (Cove building)|Thieves' Guild]] || [[Pub]], [[Roost]] | ||
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|- align=center style="background-color:#{{Purple 1}}; color:white; height:25px; border: 2px solid #{{green 1}}" | |- align=center style="background-color:#{{Purple 1}}; color:white; height:25px; border: 2px solid #{{green 1}}" | ||
! Town | ! width=40 | Town | ||
! width=100 | Number of structures | ! width=100 | Number of structures | ||
! width=150 | Primary Arrow tower damage range | ! width=150 | Primary Arrow tower damage range | ||
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| [[File:Town portrait Fortress small.gif|link=Fortress|40px]] || 18 || 46..92 || 24..48 | | [[File:Town portrait Fortress small.gif|link=Fortress|40px]] || 18 || 46..92 || 24..48 | ||
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| [[File:Town portrait Conflux small.gif|link=Conflux|40px]] || 17 | | [[File:Town portrait Conflux small.gif|link=Conflux|40px]] || 17 (18{{-wh}}) || 44..88 (46..92{{-wh}}) || 22..44 (24..48{{-wh}}) | ||
|- style="background-color:#{{ | |- style="background-color:#{{Yellowish 1}}" | ||
| | | [[File:Town portrait Cove small.gif|link=Cove|40px]] || 18 || 46..92 || 24..48 | ||
|} | |} | ||
The Arrow tower damage cannot be changed by any other damage modificator. The [[Defense]] parameter of their targets is always ignored. Despite the right-click tip says that an Arrow tower has 10 [[Attack]], final damage remains unmodified. [[Archery]] or the [[Artillery]] secondary skills do not affect the damage as well, but a defending hero with [[Artillery]] skill is able to control the Arrow towers during a siege. Arrow towers cannot deliver a [[Luck|lucky strike]]. | The Arrow tower damage cannot be changed by any other damage modificator. The [[Defense]] parameter of their targets is always ignored. Despite the right-click tip says that an Arrow tower has 10 [[Attack]], final damage remains unmodified. [[Archery]] or the [[Artillery]] secondary skills do not affect the damage as well, but a defending hero with [[Artillery]] skill is able to control the Arrow towers during a siege. Arrow towers cannot deliver a [[Luck|lucky strike]]. | ||
The only exception is a '''bug''', which cause the troops under command of a hero with [[Armorer]] secondary skill take additional damage from the Arrow tower attack. Troops, which are buffed by [[Air Shield]] spell or are [[Petrify|petrified]] take additional damage as well. | The only exception is a '''bug''', which cause the troops under command of a hero with [[Armorer]] secondary skill take additional damage from the Arrow tower attack. Troops, which are buffed by [[Air Shield]] spell or are [[Petrify|petrified]] take additional damage as well. | ||
== Arrow towers under the AI control == | == Arrow towers under the AI control == | ||
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After the calculations AI chooses a target with the highest calculated priority. If there are several troops with the equal priority, then the AI will choose a stack, which was placed in the rightmost slot of the hero's army. | After the calculations AI chooses a target with the highest calculated priority. If there are several troops with the equal priority, then the AI will choose a stack, which was placed in the rightmost slot of the hero's army. | ||
Knowing this and considering the fact that the AI prefers to target shooters, it might be a good decision to fill your empty rightmost slots with ranged troops with a single unit in each of them. The other possible way of saving the friendly ranged stacks is to move forward, closer to the primary Arrow tower, a powerful stack of tier 1 troops or a [[flying]] stack. | Knowing this and considering the fact that the AI prefers to target shooters, it might be a good decision to fill your empty rightmost slots with ranged troops with a single unit in each of them. The other possible way of saving the friendly ranged stacks is to move forward, closer to the primary Arrow tower, a powerful stack of tier 1 troops or a [[flying]] stack. | ||
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