Rocket Artillery

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"Hurls exploding rockets at both air and ground targets. Miraculously they never miss!"

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Ruin

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Summary

• The Rocket Artillery is a defensive building in the Clan Capital, unlocked at Capital Hall level 5.
• The Rocket Artillery periodically fires rockets at ground and air troops at a long range, dealing heavy splash damage in a similar vein to Mortars. However, the Rocket Artillery is unable to attack troops in close range due to its small blind spot.
• The Rocket fired is not homing - it locks on to a troop's location instead of the troop itself. This means that if the troop moves away fast enough after the rocket is fired, it may be able to avoid the damage.

Strategies

Defensive

• The Rocket Artillery is effective at staving off hordes of smaller troops and capable of doing significant damage to higher-health troops like groups of Super Giants or Raid Carts. Due to its rather slow fire rate, however, other splash defenses like Bomb Towers may be more suitable at short range, and the Rocket Artillery can be overwhelmed if surrounded by ranged troops.
• The Rocket Artillery should be well-protected to prevent melee troops from exploiting its blind spot and destroying it without retaliation. Taking advantage of its range and placing it deep in the base will allow it to contribute to the defense for much longer than if placed as a front-line defense. Surrounding it with Walls gives it just enough buffer to prevent ground melee units from entering its blind spot without first breaking the wall.

Offensive

• Taking down surrounding defenses and enabling the deployment zone to extend close to the Rocket Artillery is the key to destroying it.
• Squads of Sneaky Archers will be able to deal considerable damage to the Rocket Artillery if they are able to get into range and stay cloaked. Defense-targeting troops such as Super Giants and Hog Raiders are also able to deal damage to the Rocket Artillery within its blind spot, enabling them to take it down effectively.
• Because the Rocket Artilery has a bad aim, fast units can outrun it and will take no damage if the Rocket Artillery is targeting them while they are moving. Rocket Balloons are effective at doing this, as they can rush to the Artillery at a very fast pace and reach its blind spot even if the Artillery is surrounded by walls.

Upgrade Differences

Rocket Artillery undergoes significant visual changes for levels 2, 3, and 5.

• When initially rebuilt, it is a red-painted rocket with metal plating at the nose and fins. It is supported with an angled wooden plank and supporting beams chained at the wooden platform surrounded by stone bricks in its perimeter.
  • At level 2, the metal plating at the nose and fins is replaced with gold. The wooden platform receives a metal ring with iron spikes around.
  • At level 3, the metal accents around the beams, the chains, and the spiked ring around the platform are replaced with gold. The base gains four golden metal legs.
  • At level 4, the base of the platform receives another golden metal accent at either end.
  • At level 5, the base of the platform receives another golden metal accent at either end, once again. In addition, the stone perimeter is now painted in a red color. The rocket itself also receives multiple golden accents around the nose and becomes bigger in appearance.

Statistics

Statistic Modifiers

Input values into these modifiers below to modify the statistics in the tables below accordingly

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Capital Hall Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Number Available	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2

Size
3x3

Number Available	District Hall Level
	1	2	3	4	5
Barbarian Camp	0	0	1	1	2
Balloon Lagoon	0	2	2	3	4
Golem Quarry	1	2	2	3	3
Skeleton Park	0	0	1	2

Level	Damage per Second	Damage per Shot	Hitpoints	Build Cost	Capital Hall Level Required	District Hall Level Required
1	140	560	2,400	12,500	5	1
2	160	640	2,800	25,000	6	2
3	180	720	3,200	50,000	7	3
4	200	800	3,600	78,000	8	4
5	220	880	4,000	130,000	10	5

Range	Attack Speed	Damage Type	Unit Type Targeted
3-12	4s	Splash -1.5 tiles	Ground & Air

Icon Descriptions

	Tapping this icon displays information about the Rocket Artillery, such as Level, Damage Per Second, Hitpoints, Range, Damage Type and Targets.
	Tapping this icon contributes the Capital Gold you have into upgrading the Rocket Artillery to the next level. When the Rocket Artillery is at maximum level, this icon is not shown.
	Tapping this icon marks the building's upgrade to the next level as a priority for the Clan, pinning it as a recommended upgrade for Clan members. This icon is only shown if the upgrade is possible, is not already prioritized and if the player is Leader or a Co-leader of their Clan.
	Tapping this icon stops marking the building's upgrade to the next level as a priority for the Clan. This icon is only shown if the upgrade is possible, is being prioritized and if the player is Leader or a Co-leader of their Clan.

History

Patch	Type	Description
May 2, 2022	Update	Added the Rocket Artillery, with 5 levels and its ruined phase.
June 30, 2022	Maintenance Break	Decreased Rocket Artillery's damage per second by 10 at all levels. Level 1: 150 -> 140 Level 2: 175 -> 165 Level 3: 200 -> 190 Level 4: 225 -> 215 Level 5: 250 -> 240
September 14, 2023	Balance Changes	Decreased Rocket Artillery's damage per second at levels 2-5: Level 2: 165 -> 160 Level 3: 190 -> 180 Level 4: 215 -> 200 Level 5: 240 -> 220

Trivia

• The Rocket Artillery's rockets are 3D models when traveling in mid-air, just like Home Village Heroes and Pets. The model used when firing corresponds to the rocket present when the Rocket Artillery is idle, except at level 2, where silver-colored rockets (identical to those at level 1) are fired instead.