Talk:Unit Calculators/@comment-26216381-20150317142600

How do the ratings for the hitpoints of a troop or a building, relate to the DPS they inflict during an attack? Actually, what are the "hitpoints" exactly? Isn't this how much damage it can take before it is destroyed?

I saw on the calculator that you can divide DPS/DPA (or vice-versa) but that doesn't really tell me anything. This could be because I don't get what relevance DPA has. If the troop dies quickly, its DPA is zero, you know?

What I want to know is, basically: if my lvl 3 dragons have 2300 hitpoints and deal out 180 DPS, how do those two things relate to each other? Or a lvl 9 Archer Tower with 705 hitpoints and a DPS of 56? And how do the 705 HP & 56 DPS relate to each other? There is a relation between the two, isn't there?

And dividing one by the other doesn't seem to work, maybe because they are two different units? 705/56=12.59, and I know a lvl 9 Archer Tower is more than 12.59% effective...right?

I'm confused.

Thanks, if you can help explain it, that'd be great.