Full Tower Review - ROYAL ARCHERS - Kingdom Rush 5

[@tysonvienneau1830]

My problem with the royal archers is how slow they feel. Archers are supposed to be quick, especially your first option. But these guys are just so slow when compared to other towers. And to the 4th tiers that attack slow or slower in previous games, they had some pretty powerful traits. Here, it's not too special. It just doesn't feel like it gets the job done compared to other archer towers

[@winz4418]

They’re literally the most reliable archer in this game because of the flying enemies. Ballista Outpost would’ve been better if not for the absurd amount of flying foes. While Royal Archers shoot kind of slow, that doesn’t change the fact they have really good physical dps and they can aim reliably at flying units. Ballista tends to waste their arrows on flying enemies because of how they shoot, which is why it’s not as reliable despite being better

[@tysonvienneau1830]

@@winz4418 To me I found that they tend to fall short due to that speed. They aren't bad at damage, but the speed makes it likely for some enemies to slip by where it can cause more problems. The other archers can either hit more reliably or kill easily (at least in my playthrough, it was much easier with the sentinels)

[@winz4418]

@@tysonvienneau1830 it handles enemies slipping the best imo. Idk what are you talking about. Ballista wastes its bullets by overkilling flying enemies and shoots to the ground, and Dune Sentinals don’t have enough base damage even with their fast attack speed, their aoe attack forces enemies to stay in the aoe for long to be effective which, flying enemies won’t (not to mention it can’t even hit them).

[@jaceee4154]

@@winz4418bro just dogged on what most are considering a top 3 tower in this game

[@anteaterhi]

The eagle is just tacked on dps. When maxed, it can be okay for helping with flying enemies or with the Overseer, but it provides less dps than Armor Piercer while costing more, so it’s usually never worth unless you’ve got a ton of extra gold.

[@therealmorganofficial]

There's hot debate on this tower right now. I keep insisting it's decent, and everyone else keeps saying it's S Tier, or that it's even the best tower in the game. I don't understand it. Their main argument is that spamming them with their Multi Shot / Armor Piercing ability trivializes the game. I don't see it yet, and I keep trying them. They are not bad. They are not a 4/10, but I wouldn't give them a 10 like all the beta testers did

[@Superjombombothree]

That's interesting to know! I didn't realize beta testers enjoyed them so much. Most other people seem to think they are okay, but prefer any other regular attack tower. Specifically the ballista.

[@jordantse2559]

@@Superjombombothree Royal archers are arguably the best tower in the game (with Channeler being the only one in contention). Beta Testers have a lot more hours in these games and have beaten it on the highest difficulties. They're also generally the best players. As a fairly decent player myself, I have to agree with them. They're kind of like a weaker crossbow fort (with a weaker barrage ability). I think the general consensus is: 1. Royal Archers (Has the best ability in the game and is dirt cheap) 2. Channelers (Blazing Gem + Tesla) 3. Arcane (Disintegrate is good) 4. Paladins (Only decent barracks tower in the game) 5. Arborean (Root and multiplying damage are really strong) 6. Ballista (Ability to stun flying enemies, but bad against blinkers due to the stun) 7. Grim Wraiths (Micro potential) 8. Demon Pit (AOE stun and true damage) 9. Flamespitter (Powerful abilities) 10. Rocket Riders (Weaker harassers) 11. Dune Sentinels (Weaker goblirangs) 12. Necromancer (Decent in areas 1-2, terrible and sometimes a huge liability in area 3) 13. Stargazer (RNG heavy) 14. Tricannon (Just terrible) 15. Brewmaster (Just terrible)

[@Shyguymask]

I 3 starred half of the levels on Impossible just by spamming Royal Archers, including the final level. They are overpowered.

[@kingdast8558]

i 3 stared 13 levels on impossible with stargazers. turns out RNG means shit when there is as much beams around as there are stars in the night.​@@Shyguymask

[@pierrelamart8197]

​@@Superjombombothree I second that statment, for me royal archers are solid but average tower. Balista go kawabunga

[@jotanicojpj1839]

At least they don't have a literally useless ability like the vengeance

[@user-hv6nl3cz1z]

Wdym atleast? They are absolutely insane Just spam them with armor piercing lv3 and you win

[@adamtheriault6743]

Wait hold on, that eagle straight up left the range of the tower to just chase down its target across the map, then attacked enemies on the return trip Theres gotta be something really good about that, that seems very unique functionality wise Like, if it latches onto an enemy until that enemy is dead, regardless of where they go on the map, even out of the towers range, id consider that a big deal

[@Superjombombothree]

They chase stupidly and don't attack fast units. It's more annoying than helpful IMO :(.

[@adamtheriault6743]

@@Superjombombothree but, theoretically, place the archer at the front of the lane, buy eagle, eagle chases fast enemy all the way through map until it dies to a chokepoint, on the way back it attacks enemies, surely there's something to that right? Like even if it seems to suck at what it's meant for, it's still doing something distinct that's relatively unaccounted for that COULD pose some form of use, right? Like if it takes a pass at every enemy on the way back, that seems like a damage support that can cross the whole map, I find it hard to immediately call that nothing I don't have the game yet but my strategic cogs are trying to turn with what little info I've got as of now

[@martinvasicek3756]

Keep it up dude love your content❤

[@MohamedMostafa-h4m]

I think they want to redeem themselves you know when it comes to vengeance their were towers that had abilities that were not usable like the shadow archers tower they had the ability of the crow were he deals 1 to 2 damage per second so i think the falcon ability is a passable/useable ability compared to its predecessor but you are right the attack speed/movement of the falcon is slow they need to speed it up a little and the cost of the ability should decrease say level 2 falcon be 150 cost and level 3 150 cost.

[@SealDarklight]

Actually there top tier tower. Royal Archer carries the game due to being easy to upgrade and armor pierce pretty much just nullifies the armored enemies. There extremely spammable and easy to build and can carry the whole game. Eagle. Though it does fine damage and is good when disabled or extra dps but otherwise isn't worth for gold majority of the time. It's better to get the armor piercer.

[@HitMan35-cr7ko]

Just say the word🗣️🔥

[@dr.max9yt459]

they’re incompetent compared to the crossbow. too slow, not enough damage, no crowd control. the crossbow has excellent special abilities, unlike the royal archers. i ditched archers as soon as i realized how good the crossbow tower is

[@drschwandi3687]

The stun of the crossbow is so nice.

[@user-hv6nl3cz1z]

So you never actually used the armor piercing then..... Saying they dont do enough dmg is CRAZY

[@pelmesh1489]

​​@@user-hv6nl3cz1z the crossbow deals good damage and stuns at the end of each volley and also throws trash a bomb that deals a lot of physical damage in the area and slows down, and the armor piercer of the royal archers does good damage, but quite rarely the same with the eagle, although I think that archers are better than a crossbow because they have a more convenient attack and a larger firing radius and they are also cheaper

[@christopherm4540]

Thats not range its accuracy.

[@SneedRemembrancer]

Ahhh yes long accuracy

[@Tighnari]

Have to increase arrow speed

[@slainerz31]

I think the crow in vengeance might be slightly better than this eagle 😅

[@wongmax7193]

Quick question guys, what platform should i buy it on? I saw that the price is higher on steam. Does it include all premium hero and towers?

[@dinosaurusrex1482]

yes, the steam version has all the towers and heroes

[@drschwandi3687]

If you have the choice buy it on steam. The prices for towers and heroes is quite expensive on mobile.

[@wongmax7193]

@@dinosaurusrex1482 thankyou very much

[@jordantse2559]

@@dinosaurusrex1482 The steam version also includes future paid towers and heroes, which means the value compared to mobile goes up over time. Most importantly, it includes mods which add a lot of replayability.

[@psssshhh7730]

To draw a quick (and unorthodox) comparison, this tower reminds me a bit of tribal axe throwers from KRF. The similarity being that most of the value is in the upfront stats you get at tier 4. I'd say the royal archers might be a bit worse if only beacuse it feels like they fire slightly slower and the totem of weakness is a better ability as a whole than armour peircer.