Longshot

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"Use your head! Longshot fires explosive bolts from her cranium at long range, peppering attackers with delightful dollops of splash damage."

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Level 1-5

Summary

• The Longshot is one of the default Guardians who is unlocked at Town Hall 18.
• The Longshot appears to be a female royal blue anthropomorphic entity with glowing blue eyes, four pastel blue patches on each of her arms, and has a golden wristband on each of her wrists. She wears stone armor reaching from her body to her legs, with a golden belt that has a spike at the center, which it resembles a castle, and at the left side, she has a dark stone plate with golden lines. On her head, she wears a helmet with a similar layout as her armor, except it has a metal band with golden rims and hexagonal stubs, and at the top, she has an antenna attached to her head, and has a crossbow without arms that resembles a cannon with an open slit at the top, with thick golden outlines and spikes. She uses her head to fire an explosive bolt from a very long range, by either stepping herself back or bobbing her head back. This allows her to snipe enemies from afar and can even outrange Flame Flingers.
• When tapping her, she faces the player and punches her fists together three times, with the last one generating a small blue shockwave. If she was on the Town Hall, she will then jump down to the bottom right side of the Town Hall.
• When defeated, she collapses to the front and then to the ground, then explodes, creating a large blue shockwave that deals heavy damage to all nearby enemy units, ground and air alike, but does not knock them back unlike the Giga Bomb.
• When the Town Hall is destroyed while she is still standing, the Longshot will forcefully jump down immediately if no attacking troops enter her trigger range beforehand. This is common on attacks where maxed-level Fireballs with triple Earthquake Spells are used to destroy the Town Hall, paired with the Giant Arrow.

Strategies

Defensive Strategies

• The Longshot has a very long range, allowing her to outrange every attacking unit in the game. One of the strategies used is to place the Town Hall at the core, especially paired with Invisibility and Rage Spell Towers, so that when the main army enters the base, she will be in action.
• Since the Longshot deals splash damage, she can take out swarms easily, but her attack speed is too slow, which she would be overwhelmed by them. Protect her with splash defenses to keep them at bay.
  • However, her death damage can also take them out, and damage higher-hitpoint units, including Heroes like the Grand Warden.
  • In addition, the Longshot can even snipe the Royal Champion in a Champion Charge, as her arrow deals damage to both her and the Spirit Fox, dealing heavy damage to if not defeat either or both of them.

Offensive Strategies

• The Longshot has a slow attack speed, but she can defeat swarms with ease. Overwhelming her with medium to high-hitpoint units can defeat her, but the damage when destroyed may take them out, especially when there are traps like the Giga Bomb and Spring Traps, unless if the attacker uses the Grand Warden's ability beforehand.
• To prevent her from wreaking havoc, the attacker can either use a Totem Spell to redirect her attacks away from the army, a Freeze Spell to stop it from attacking, an Invisibility Spell to protect units from being damaged, or an Ice Block Spell to tank for other units. Avoid using Poison Spells or Headhunters however, as the former will be ineffective and the latter will not target her, unless if there are no more Heroes remaining in the base.
• Avoid using Flame Flingers to target an area of the base where the Longshot can attack from her attack radius, else they will be severely damaged, or even get destroyed prematurely, unless if it is tanked by a high-hitpoint unit like a Totem from the Totem Spell.

Statistics

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Targets	Attack Type	Movement Speed	Attack Speed	Range	Patrol Radius	Trigger Radius	Damage Radius	Death Damage Radius	Special Ability
Ground & Air	Splash Damage	12	1.8s	11 tiles	17 tiles	19 tiles	1 tiles	3.5 tiles	Final Blow

Level	Damage per Second	Damage per Hit	Hitpoints	Damage Upon Death	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time
1	330	594	7,000	1,000	N/A	N/A
2	360	648	8,000	1,000	18,000,000	7d
3	390	702	9,000	1,000	22,000,000	9d
4	420	756	10,000	1,000	26,000,000	11d
5	450	810	11,000	1,000	28,000,000	13d

History

Date	Description
November 16, 2025	Announced the Longshot, with five levels.
November 17, 2025	Added the Longshot.
January 12, 2026	Reduced attack range from 12 tiles to 11 tiles. Reduced search range from 18 tiles to 17 tiles. Reduced alert range from 20 tiles to 19 tiles. Reduced splash radius from 1.5 tiles to 1 tile.

Gallery

Audio

Generic

Sound Effects	Captions	Description
File:Golem death.ogg	Golem crumbles*	When the Longshot is defeated

Unique

* Reuses the Golem death sound effect

Trivia

• The Longshot and the Flame Flinger have the longest range out of any troop in the game, both having a range of 11 tiles, exceeding the Super Minion's long range attacks, not counting Hero Equipment.
  • Before the January 12, 2026 update however, she had an attack range of 12 tiles, 1 tile more than the Flame Flinger's, which made her the unit with the longest range in the game.
• The Longshot and the Smasher are the first Guardians to be released in the game.