Most Important Defense?

[LordJestix]

Im just curious what you guys think is the most important defense to max out. Assume that we have 1 Garrison and 1 Tank Depot maxed for the troop upgrades to forest and tc spawn.

 

[TizzZeus]

Mortars easily! with maxed Radar tech

 

[GailWho]

Mortars(catapults) for all ages. TankDepots edge them out in Atomic with Saladin

 

[Green Bird]

Sniper tower is a contender. Not, perhaps, as bad as the mortars, but nasty enough structures taking out supply trains and howitzers.

 

[Manifesto]

I voted for mortars too but in reality all these defences compliment each other.
Mortars have splash damage but can't shoot at nearby attackers, sniper towers can shoot at THs from a distance but if any troops make it through the anti-tank towers can get them, multiple defenders spawning from garrison and tank depots slow down attackers giving your towers a chance to kill, etc, etc.

 

[Shadowrunner]

The single most important defense building I would argue is your town center filled with artilleries.

 

[Manifesto]

Interesting point.

 

[JMoney]

The best defense is one that makes your opponent consider if losing their most time or oil-expensive units is worth the resources you have. For this reason, bunkers, air defenses, mortars, sniper towers, and towers have the most potential to turn away the most attackers besides the random HT attacker or that all-in raider.

 

[LordAnubis]

pfft. 1 blitz or sab and its useless

 

[Kraitok]

Tank depots and it's not even close. Spawning (2) 22k hp tanks every 16 seconds, assuming Acropolis and no* Saladin, is enough to stall many poorly planned hits, particularly in mp. If you assume max Saladin those tanks are roughly 28.5k hp, and spawn every 12 seconds. The amount of extra hp and damage generated by tank depots that attackers have to contend with is the #1 reason max defense bases are so miserable to try and crack.

 

[RottPhiler]

Deterrence is the best form of defense.

 

[reowar]

1 Sab on any building or cluster of buildings and it's useless. I often see people missing the tc making this point very valid imo

 

[reowar]

I would argue that the best form of defence is research. Radar for instance or factories spawning HT etc. How many weak looking bases do people come across that are actually really strong? This is due to research uni and library

 

[Ricmanitor]

I would argue that the best form of defence is research. Radar for instance or factories spawning HT etc. How many weak looking bases do people come across that are actually really strong? This is due to research uni and library

Well I would agree on the importance for research, but a base that looks weak still is being attacked. And losing 200/200 before defeating an enemy seems like a hard sacrifice to me.

 

[BeerMan]

When I'm scouting a war base, my primary focus is on the mortars. If I have a good plan to take those out, the rest usually falls into place. Snipers can be a nuisance as well, but they can't overwhelm you like mortars can. My planes are strong enough to take out tanks with ease, so if I can manage to keep them alive I don't usually have a big issue with depots/bunkers.

 

[British Coffee]

In this context, I actually think towers and defender spawn buildings have higher upgrade priority for maxxing out. Soley due to the fact that mortars do its job around industrial level as long as they are well placed.From my experience, towers play really important part of defence for their anti air capabilities (stops mortars and Anti tank guns being sniped) and ability to snipe stray artilery when AI fucks up their pathing. For defender spawns, they play really important role stalling enemy army so their tanks waste time fighting them and separate cannons from ranged. Unlike mortars, in order for the towers and garrison spawns to do their job, they actually have to be up to date thus the priority

 

[Manifesto]

Except about 15-20 shooters make short work of those tanks, and not just the British shooters, any shooters will do the same job.
That's why your tanks are best working with towers, holding up attackers while the towers are shooting them.

 

[Evningcome]

Well from my point of view Air Defence following closely with Mortas .Every second one is a British so they want your mortas down (using planes ,paratroopers) how you kill them ? With strong Air Defence .If they manage to kill your mortas ,no other defence will stop them

 

[FroggyKilla]

Where traps?

 

[LordJestix]

Where traps?

i was choosing buildings only.