How to best counter strike fighter mk6+?

[mwolodko]

I’m a moderately upgraded Atomic player, and I can hold my own against ground troops, but any strike fighters and I almost always lose. Big surprise but my sams, towers, and air defense are all underleveled minus I have the full sam upgrade from Amelia.

So, the big question is what order should I upgrade sam traps, air defense, and towers. And level the the most important one straight to max or one at a time?

Thanks guys!
MasterMike

quick edit: yes, I researched for the 4th sam and extra air defense already.

 

[KniferX]

Upgrade any of the 3 that are at a discount. If no discount, I would focus on air defense first, towers second. Level by level upgrading them equally.
SAMs are invisible when an enemy sees your base thus he can't get reconsider attacking based on their level, like he can if he sees strong air defenses. After all, the best defense is not getting attacked at all.

 

[Tsamu]

I assume you have a missile silo. Place it so you know the direction fighters will come from, then put your SAMs, a tower and an air defense on that path. Also put a tower in the overshoot 'behind' the silo.

Towers seem to do the most damage to a single fighter, so upgrade those first, but I agree with KniferX, do whatever is discounted.

 

[mwolodko]

Alright, so far I have one vote towers and one vote air defense (0 votes sam). I should upgrade these equally and if there are discounte do those first.

I’m not too worried about being attacked as I care more about being the strongest quickly and wars.

Thanks for the advice so far! Anyone else have thoughts?

MasterMike

 

[Manifesto]

Towers and anti aircraft guns work well in combination. If you can, do one of each at the same time.
There isn't any great defense against planes but you can expect to kill a few at best.
Be warned though, a clever player will use troops to take out towers, then planes to clean up troops or mortars. At least, that's what l do!

 

[_Flash_]

The answer would depend to a certain extent on how far behind your towers are. If they're behind by several levels, I would suggest starting with the air defense, because, you'll be able to max it out to AA level with fewer hops.

Instead of leveling them up evenly, I would suggest pushing one up to AA quickly.
Defense gets a big boost in AA. So, the quicker you can get one building to AA level, the stronger it's going to be on defense.
Pick one, and max it out to AA level, and use it to protect your vital installation such as missile silo. Then, pick another, and do the same thing. In a short time, you'll have something solid to protect your key buildings.

The good thing about towers is that they are a multi-purpose building. The bad thing about towers is that they are multi-purpose building.
So, if certain buildings on your base are particularly vulnerable to air strikes, focus on anti-air guns. Their sole purpose is to target planes, and not get distracted by ground units nearby.

Hope this helps!
Cheers and happy gaming!

 

[shukra]

i like upgrading sams because it's a slight shock when they pick off a plane; attackers feel it.
i've prioritized towers over anti-air, but the right answer is to do both.

i know the frustration though; my attack procedure is to create a vector of attack so planes can take apart the target.

 

[melheor]

As several other players have already pointed out, prioritize towers and Air Defense guns over SAMs. Towers are actually quite powerful against planes, even more so when grouped. I will target lone towers with my planes, but attacking an area of 4+ towers with a plane is a sure way to get it destroyed. Create more of those areas, put towers near Air Defense guns. Also, if your Air Defense gun is level 1 with no Amelia research, it's not really a threat to a plane. I routinely take those down with my planes but I won't target level 2-4 Air Defenses with planes.

 

[arcelalmelor]

prioritized air defense gun since planes wont slow their attack when you compare it to a tower, once a plane attacks a tower, its attack will slow down.

 

[arcelalmelor]

same here. i wont attack a base with a cannon looking air defense, it really hurts my planes. I only raid bases with lvl 1 air defense.