Sanctuary Defense Tactics: Puzzles and Survival

How do I setup my sanctuary defense? A very common question and there are a few different theories on what the best way to defend your sanctuary. I cover a couple of those theories as well as my general recommendation for setting up a sanctuary defense. This is especially important before going into Valiant Conquest and other events. This is not a quick process. It does take time and planning so make sure you have a plan in place as soon as possible and keep working at it! Like this video if it helps, Subscribe to my channel for more content like this, and as always, Thanx for watching!
There is a correction video on trap unit advantage that you can watch here: • Trap Unit Advantage Co...
Sorry for misquoting the trap unit advantage!
Throwable traps are mines! They block Riders
Arrow Towers block Shooters
Terrain traps are barricades: They block Fighters
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[@FlexThoseMuscles]

thanks a lot :D, that makes my prep for an attack!! W000000000tt

[@Seedad3678]

Coming from a alliance that requires 1 mil t1. I have 2.5 mil taxis and 600k t1 rider. Im level 30 and took 6 hits from a level 40 before first loss and I ate all his troops!! So focus on the t1 game build a meat shied as we call it!! Best defense out there.

[@rushwill]

And a really good question is do vehicles count toward the food output for troops? If not then it makes sense to train vehicles for defense.

[@ValenceRing]

Vehicles have the same food upkeep as all other troop types. But it was a cool thought!

[@llGYRACEll]

I have heard that having too many vehicles can fill up your infirmary and result in your other units being permanently killed. Ex. if you have 400,000 infirmary space and 300,000 of those spaces are full of T1 taxis, then that is 300,000 additional units (shooters/riders/fighters) that will be permanently lost if your infirmary becomes full. Some questions: 1) T1 taxis have much lower stats (ex. HP and defense) compared to somebody's shooters/fighters/riders (based on your gear/upgrades). Do a larger percentage of these units would be killed or injured if you get attacked? Ex. if you have 1 million T9 shooters and 1 million T1 vehicles, and you get attacked. Do 200k shooters and 500k T1s get injured/killed? If so, that would fill up your infirmary with predominately vehicles 2) When weak units are in a march you get more casualties (because of the "morale"?). Ex. if somebody can solo a level 40 lair and have 500 casualties, and people with weak units send a full march, the person who normally solo's the level 40 lair gets much more casualties (maybe like 2000). Is this also true in sanctuary battles? Ex would having 1 million 200% vehicles increase overall casualties if your other units have much higher attack (ex. 2000%) because of morale?

[@ValenceRing]

So the game does weird things. First and foremost lair battle casualties are always equally spread out while that's less the case with sanctuary battles. What actually ends up in the infirmary isn't clear to the player. A quick and cheap way to build a defense is by building a lot of low level troops but it's much better to have many high level troops. Sorry there isn't a definitive answer I can give you.

[@user-ye8ks4oi2t]

As for traps- mines are against riders, walls against fighters. It is written inside trap plant

[@ValenceRing]

I read it wrong this whole time. I went back and it says throwable block riders but I never knew what that meant. I thought it meant barricades but in parade grounds it says which are throwable which are the mines. Thanx for the correction! Sorry about the confusion!

[@KiraGR65]

I have a fighter based army. Since the fighters are up front anyway can I load up on a large quantity of T1 shooters or riders instead of vehicles? They would get much better boosts from the gear/chips/modules/cubes I have.

[@ValenceRing]

So in theory yes. The downside is this: if someone can beat your fighters your next troops will be t1 troops and they will die easily filling your infirmary. Whereas vehicles are in the back so the army has to go through all your troops to get to the vehicles. And usually by that time the battle is over. So you wont have massive casualties even if you lose. (Unless they zero you. Which is hard to do with tons and tons of troops)

[@jassijhon]

First all tkx for all the videos. I want to know as a fighter to stop rider what traps do I need. If I understood your video I need barricades.

[@ValenceRing]

I actually think I got it backwards. Throwable traps block riders and those would be proximity mines. It's kinda backwards.

[@jassijhon]

@@ValenceRing thanks I just watch your 2nd video about traps.

[@ValenceRing]

Lol ya I thought I corrected it but couldn't remember lol. Thanx for watching and sorry for the initial mistake

[@TheDevils92]

I have a question guys. If u go to Unit advantage in Trap Factory. This is what is written. Fend off rider (throwable traps) Fend off Shooter (arrow towers) Fend off fighter (terrain traps) I guess we can understand the camera fend off shooter. But does it meant Fence when it says Barricade trap? If yes then maybe mine fend off riders and fence fend off fighters. The game is stupid with description. Throwable traps. None of the traps are throwable. U bury mines, install camera and fence. Btw, nice video ValenceRing

[@TheDevils92]

I guess i am trying to make a confirmation. According to your video, the type of troops the trap fend off goes like this in sequence. Fighter(mine)-Shooter(camera)-Rider(fence). But if i did not misunderstood the description from the unit advantage in Trap Factory it goes like this Rider(mine)-Shooter(camera)-Fighter(fence). Throwable traps sounds like mine. Terrain traps sounds like fence. But with this game logic i really dont know

[@ValenceRing]

I was wrong! I'm going to have to do a correction video. I've been reading it wrong this whole time. Mines block riders and barricades block fighters! Sorry for the confusion

[@Informationoverload.]

Good Video! So basically your saying when you hit 1 mill shooters you are going to train tons of T1 trucks is that correct for the buffer you was explaining?

[@ValenceRing]

Yes and no. If I was training a bunch of trucks I would personally train t7 trucks because this matches the atk of a t10 fighter but would save me rss and speedups in training vehicles. As a "younger" player it may be beneficial to train a lot of t1 vehicles to help ward off attacks. Or at least prevent losses. Later in game not as helpful. But I do plan on increasing my fighters to 500k, riders to 500, vehicles to probably 600k then go from there. I still think balanced is best but most people ignore vehicles altogether. I think that is the mistake.

[@Informationoverload.]

@@ValenceRing oh ok I understand what your saying for sure. I train all the troops. I did stop vehicles for a while to save resources but do still train them as well.

[@ValenceRing]

I know a lot of people that destroy their vehicles to get rid of them. Lol I mean I'm sure there are many strategies and I'm not saying mine is the only way to go. I do however value vehicles more then most lol

[@Informationoverload.]

@@ValenceRing I actually agree though. I feel like any slight edge is a edge. No one does care about vehicles I have noticed. Just went and compared troops and my vehicles are about 30k less then each of my Fighters,Shooters and Riders. So not really too far off.

[@ValenceRing]

That's decent. Good luck!

[@Herecomesthethruth]

Quick question. How many soldiers would you need if they were t9s to fend off someone attacking with t10s roughly

[@jamesrandal5442]

Personally seen 350 k high skilled t8 crush 150 k t9

[@ValenceRing]

Not a super easy question to answer especially because the tier is just the base stats while everyone has different boosted stats. However most things being equal, I would say 2x the number of troops would be minimum. Probably closer to 3x. But I'm talking bare minimum and with equal or slightly better stats for the defender. Theres a lot of factors to consider. My next video covering how to attack in Valiant Conquest will touch base on some of those factors and what I look for when I'm attacking.

[@ricktopping9215]

Can you leave a hero on your wall and still use them to attack? I have Mars both on my wall and in my primary attack lineup. When I attack a lair I can check the wall and hes still there even while the march is attacking or returning, but I dont know if this is different during a sanc attack?

[@ValenceRing]

He will always show in your wall even if you send him on a march because that's who you selected so it's always the first choice. However if he is marching or outside the sanctuary and you are attacked he will NOT be in the wall. When the attack happens heroes go to the wall but if they arent available then the game will autoselect a different hero to replace any that are missing. That's why I stress having a wall specific lineup that you dont send on marches.

[@ricktopping9215]

@@ValenceRing Ok understood. That’s a very important point. Thanks for the info

[@ValenceRing]

Happy to help

[@chammey34]

Question how do you obtain sanctuary skins and March skins? I have unlocked Achievement and I believe the stars needed to acquire skins come from here but I am not sure. I recently just activated my nameplate but wanted to unlock these as well. I have only been playing for a few months and these videos have been very helpful so far.

[@MagaBruxesca]

Hi March Skins are only bought with real money, but you can get sanctuary skins both with money and as reward for some events! Maybe I will make a video about it...

[@chammey34]

@@MagaBruxesca Thank you and please do as this will be very helpful to us newbies. :)

[@MagaBruxesca]

@@chammey34 if you wanna checknmy channel is in portuguese but you can use KZbin subs. This channel was great but he stopped to add New content was one of yhe reasons I started mine

[@robclower9606]

You have Atropos in your wall? I thought she only provided bonuses when you are attacking a sanctuary, not in defense?

[@brookesands1297]

She works in ALL sanctuary battles, yours and attacking other sanctuaries. But she is useless if you are attacking anything other than a sanctuary. She's the only hero with these super specific limits that I've seen.

[@ValenceRing]

Like Brooke said she does work for attacking OR defending as long as it is a sanctuary battle. My one video on hero lineups for troop boosts better explains why I keep her in my wall.

[@gregherosec.9553]

can i gather while on shield in nukaland?

[@ValenceRing]

Yes you can. If you try to gather a spot that is occupied though it will count as an attack an activate war frenzy. However if you are marching to a tile and someone else beats you to it you will just bounce off.

[@MrGodsChaos]

Are fighters the weakest troops when built?

[@ValenceRing]

Not necessarily. Depends on boosts and how you mean. If considering zombie lairs they are the hardest troops to upgrade to a higher level zombie lair. But for sanctuary battles and player vs player battles it depends on the troops and boosts you are going against. Hope that helps.

[@emryssong]

Is there a way for a player to kill your traps?

[@ValenceRing]

Only when your sanctuary is raided.

[@showmesomevideos]

Vehicles are NOT useless. I have a buddy in my clan with just over 3 Million taxis and he has decimated players with 1B+ player might which have attacked his base. Not just once but repeatedly.

[@ValenceRing]

Lol yes I agree. I actually am one of the few people that always advocates for vehicles. Unfortunately most think they arent much use. But I totally agree a strong vehicle defense can make a huge difference. Thanx for your thoughts on the subject.

[@bryanharrington2582]

I just wish I knew how everyone has a shield on their sanctuary all the time. I can't afford to get that many diamonds to buy shields everyday, and I can't find the answer to that anywhere on the internet.

[@ValenceRing]

So a lot of shields are won for free from events, alliance boxes etc. If you ever made a purchase in game you also have the daily bank which is 100 diamonds per day for free with max investment daily. If you were like me in my first state where we didn't do a lot of in state hitting and didn't have a need for a shield then I have a stock pile of shields. I could stay shielded for months without spending any diamonds. I think most people are using 8 hour shields and just refreshing them if they are shielded all day. That or 2 hour shields.

[@peety1969]

3 day shields are 5k diamonds, and it is fairly easy enough to get that amount in 2 wees

[@ValenceRing]

Thanx for the info!

[@LoveTaps.]

I'm sooo late

[@ValenceRing]

Lol it happens. You're here that's all that matters!