"The Crusher REALLY likes its personal space. This hulking stone slams ground units with a mighty wallop!"
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Summary
The Crusher is a defense unlocked at Builder Hall level 3.
Every few seconds, the Crusher slams down, doing heavy damage to all ground units in its radius.
The range of the Crusher is short and thus it excels against short-range troops such as Raged Barbarians and Boxer Giants but will be outranged by long-range troops such as the Sneaky Archer.
Keeping the Crusher centered in the Builder Base helps protect it from ranged troops.
Use Push Traps to push ranged units into the Crusher.
You can use an opening in your village to lure ground troops and use Push Traps to push them in to the Crusher.
Offensive Strategy
Use air troops to take down the Crusher if using a swarm attack. This is only for unprotected Crushers - watch out for Firecrackers, Air Bombs and the Archer in the Guard Post!
To avoid a luring technique, as explained above, use Bombers to destroy walls and create another opening into a base away from the Crusher
The Battle Machine can take out the Crusher before it does massive damage to units. However, with the help of other defenses, the battle machine will likely be at low hitpoints or taken out by the Crusher, even if the ability, Electric Hammer is used.
You can take advantage of the Crusher's cooldown time to make it crush a single Raged Barbarian then swarming it with multiple Raged Barbarians to take it down before it has chance to crush the rest of the Raged Barbarians again. This technique requires precise timing and can ruin your attack if not executed correctly.
Upgrade Differences
At level 1, the Crusher looks like a mossy stone attached to a large screw emerging from a hole in the ground.
At level 2, the stone has wooden planks attached to its sides. The bolt at the top turns into metal one.
At level 3, the planks are replaced with ropes and the moss is gone. Some stones appear around the crushing platform.
At level 4, the ropes are replaced with metal blue bands.
At level 5, the crushing stone becomes larger, the bolt at the top of the stone becomes gold, the hole receives a golden fitting and the crushing area is now completely surrounded by stone.
At level 6, the metal bands are now gold, and the crushing stone is slightly darker.
At level 7, the metal bands disappear and the crushing stone turns black. An extra bolt also appears at the top.
Trivia
The Crusher is the only defensive building (from both bases) that doesn't shoot any kind of projectiles.
Supercell were going to add a 2nd Crusher to Builder Hall level 7, but then they decided to add it at Builder Hall level 6.
Icon Descriptions
Tapping this icon displays information about the Crusher/Builder Base, such as Level, Damage Per Second, Hitpoints, Range, Damage Type and Targets.
Tapping this icon begins upgrading the Crusher/Builder Base to the next level, if you have enough resources and a free Master Builder or O.T.T.O. When the Crusher/Builder Base is at maximum level, this icon is not shown.
Tapping this icon instantly upgrades the Crusher/Builder Base to the next level, at the cost of one Hammer of Building if you have one. When the Crusher/Builder Base is at maximum level, or the Builder Hall requirements for the next level are not met, this icon is not shown.
Tapping this icon, which is displayed only while an upgrade is in progress, instantly finishes that upgrade at the cost of the displayed number of Gems.
Tapping this icon, which is displayed only while an upgrade is in progress, instantly finishes that upgrade at the cost of one Book of Building. This icon is only shown if you have at least one Book of Building.
Tapping this icon, which is displayed only while an upgrade is in progress, instantly finishes that upgrade at the cost of one Book of Everything. This icon is only shown if you have at least one Book of Everything but do not have a Book of Building.
Tapping this icon, which is displayed only while an upgrade is in progress, cancels the current upgrade and refunds half of the upgrade cost.
