TOTAL BATTLE | BEST TROOP STACKING STRATEGY VS ARACHNE SWARM

[@JackHammerJoe]

Strategy - Battling the Swarm and taking a risk with only Mercenaries - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoGmmWB-Zatql7c

[@far587]

عشقه❤

[@Precio70]

Great video!!!! I have been learning a lot, and I will try the “reinforcement” strategy next time.

[@JackHammerJoe]

Glad it was helpful! Hopefully it works out for you. Since making the video I have learned that there are different number of monsters in each Epic Squad. So make sure to insulate your Mercs beyond the number of Monsters. For Arachne it is 8. I believe I said 3 in my video. Always something to learn in this game! Thank you for watching and commenting. And please, come back and share the results and if you learn something new in your fights or in the game. I'm sure we could all use the help!

[@PATRICKBloomfield]

Great info

[@JackHammerJoe]

Thank you. Appreciate the you watching and commenting.

[@antoniusgroothuizen9308]

Not too bad. you brought in health for your discussion. Now look at the cost of silver and time for training squads/layers of equal health for a guardsman level, and the one below it. You will find that the lower level squad/layer costs more to train. This is why I recommend changing your attacks so that the highest level of guardsmen attack first. You will get more for your silver/time. The way the order of the battle is determined: the squad with the most strength of the side which has the strike, will hit the squad with the most health of their opponent. All research, talent, and hero, captain, equipment, artifact bonuses that are sent are used.

[@JackHammerJoe]

I will try this in a new video and see how it plays out. Thank you. I end up just deleting the low level troops. I only revive them if I’m making a video. I try to gear these videos more toward newer players players with not a lot of resources

[@Jim8457]

Attacking with the highest level of guardsmen doesn't make sense. You will lose more of them in the first strike from the Epic monster and leave fewer strikes of them, read fewer kills, later on. Also, with an attack at the Arachne Swarm, you will lose all your troops anyway, whether you start with higher-level troops or lower. You will have to revive them all.

[@JackHammerJoe]

Thanks for commenting. I appreciate the dialogue. Someone also shared with me that they prefer waiting until near the end of Arachne because some of the squads have been killed off. Instead of 8 squads, there may only be 5 or 6 squads remaining which means you don’t trade as many strikes back and forth before the random “run/string” of attacks happens

[@julsallen9722]

A little note for you, you can’t use reinforcements on Epics, and you can have better results if you go to the Arachne wen it’s stacks already die and it has 6 or less

[@JackHammerJoe]

Very good. Thank you for more insight. There is SO much to learn in this game.

[@gsikids2781]

I think you can in the Swarm

[@Jim8457]

I have tried your example, and I tried stacking them from low to high guards' level together with high to low health level, but I received quite a lot more points by stacking them from lower guards to higher guards with the mercenaries at the end.

[@JackHammerJoe]

@Jim8457, thanks for sharing. I think it becomes a bit of a crapshoot depending on which of the 8 Arachne Squads strike and which of your troops they take out. Definitely the longer your strong troops last, the more points you will get. Appreciate you watching and sharing your results

[@justthe5ofus224]

very nice!

[@JackHammerJoe]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@balooc2]

quick sidenote that was brought to my attention. the reason why i claimed it was just 3 attacks then all your units attack at once, was because i didnt do my testing on arachnee. arachnee has 8 units, so you trade blows unit per unit until one of you runs out of units, then you attack with the rest. i didnt know this because i dont do arachnee, i mostly do doomsday and rise of the ancient because it brings in more valor, they also only have 4 units. So check the amount of units the epic has. in this case the results would had been the same since it was arachnee event, but if it was done on say doomsday event, it would had generated more valor and exp!

[@JackHammerJoe]

Thank you. I'm going to do more of these. They seem to be received well in the community. One day I will set up a "live" play through of daily activities (or something like that). I hope you will join!!!

[@balooc2]

@@JackHammerJoe most certainly. until then :)

[@theridgewoodfarm]

Love this game

[@SebastienLottin-il2gg]

Superbe cette vidéo

[@JackHammerJoe]

Hi Sebastien. Thanks again for watching and taking time to comment. I appreciate your support.

[@miguellunetta9437]

Ótimo

[@JackHammerJoe]

obrigado. agradeço por você assistir e comentar

[@far587]

بهترین بازیه واقعا هیجانی و پر استرسه❤🎉😊

[@JackHammerJoe]

Yes. Always on edge and always work to do. Thank you for watching and commenting. Very much appreciated.

[@lexc8714]

What would be your advice to play this game smartly: as in not spending real money and spend least time to lvl up captains and retrain troops? I buy the cheapest deal for construction. But still trying not to attack other players cities. But then I fail to gain much CP. Now I only revive captains and those contract merchanaries. But retraining troops may take days. Struggling to speed up for events

[@JackHammerJoe]

Hi @lexc8714. Thanks for stopping by. 🙂. Probably the best piece of advice I could give you is to search for a clan with a HIGH might. Reach out to one of the Superiors and see if you can join. They will teach you the game and you will receive A LOT of daily rewards, bonuses, resources, speed up’s! For Valor I like Arachne best for small players because you can take all 3 captains. your high ranking captain and bring lower captains to rank them up. This increases your might and overall strength. CP is hard to come by. This is another piece where a large clan helps. During Clash of Throne you can send your army to be a reinforcement of one of your large clan mates and gain CP that way. I have collected nearly 3B CP over the past 2 months this way. Hopefully this was helpful 😬

[@houstonfirefox]

A little complicated but good information!

[@JackHammerJoe]

Yes it is complicated. Most of the time I just send my troops to their slaughter. People were trolling me for not understanding the mechanics of the game, so I put this together to show the strategic way to attack to optimize. It is time consuming and honestly I have only done it when I make the videos. Appreciate you watching and leaving a comment. :)

[@houstonfirefox]

@@JackHammerJoe Thanks for putting this out there Joe! New Sub! I think most of the time, for regular monsters, it wouldn't matter much but like you said, when throwing your troops into the meatgrinder it is best to optimize the attack strategy. If they are going into the Netherworld, never to return then best to get the most out of them right? Great strategy guide 😃

[@JackHammerJoe]

Thank you for the sub! Very much appreciated. I’m learning also that the monster squads within the epics are stronger versus certain types of guardsman than others. I haven’t dug in deep enough to figure it out and match up appropriately to see how much of a difference it makes. I’ll have to do it in a future video. Thanks for the open discussion!

[@istvanportik5179]

where can I find this table so that it can be accessed?

[@JackHammerJoe]

It is just an excel file on my desktop I created. I’ll look into posting it somewhere for a secure download

[@arturroch1474]

Ok

[@JackHammerJoe]

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment

[@Jim8457]

How would you stack if you were a Total Battle beginner? Let's say, you only have level I and II guardsmen. And the same mercenaries as in the video. Where would you put your mercenaries?

[@JackHammerJoe]

Total beginner will be tougher. You probably would not want to play against the Swarm as they have 8 groups for attack. Try Doomsday which I believe only has 3. Same strategy you would need to figure out how much might you can take, then calculate according making sure your Mercs are 4th in strength. I have another video where I only attack with a low level captain, mercs, and level 1 troops. Go through my TB playlist. It’s one of the first videos

[@massimilianosala8579]

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[@JackHammerJoe]

🤙🏻 thank you Massimiliano! Great name! I’ve only met one person with that name. Appreciate your support

[@filippocarimini6233]

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[@JackHammerJoe]

Thank you 😊. Appreciate you watching and cheering me on!

[@桑竹伊助-g2u]

I like this game.

[@JackHammerJoe]

It is a very good game. I had never played anything like it in my life and I got hooked quickly. Thank you for watching and commenting. I very much appreciate you!

[@janeygenraam7923]

What do they mean with 3g people?

[@JackHammerJoe]

Level 3 Guardsmen

[@trueLuminus]

I don't understand. How are you controlling who attacks first and in that order? I don't know what you mean by "hit points" and "health points." I don't know where these numbers are coming from other than the obvious troop number.

[@JackHammerJoe]

Hi @trueLuminus, if you click on the troop ie Guardsmen 1, the game will show you their attributes; strength/health. Multiply the health by the number of troops to get Total Health points. The group of troops with the highest HP total will be your first attacking troops. Then the next highest and so on. The goal is to have your strongest troops (highest level), monsters, and Mercs, not strike until after the first wave of monster. Arachne had 8 monster squads so you want your first 8 layers to be your weakest troops; Guardsman/Specialists I & II

[@JackHammerJoe]

Watch this video. At 45 seconds I start clicking on the monster squads. You can see their strength and health points as well as which type of your troops they have extra strength against. You can find the same info by clicking on your troops. Each strength and health shown is per 1 troop/guardsman/specialist/monster etc TOTAL BATTLE HOW TO Take on DOOMSDAY SQUAD!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWSTpYJrrK6EiLs

[@trueLuminus]

@@JackHammerJoe Yeah, that part in the video you recommended I get. But thank you for that explanation. That was really comprehensive!

[@JackHammerJoe]

You are welcome. Hopefully it helps and you can start seeing some significant return from Monster battles. Most importantly, remember to turn on any bonuses you have. ☺️

[@trueLuminus]

@@JackHammerJoe Yeah, that bonus definitely makes a difference. I learned that the hard way.🤣

[@JesusBelloPerez-ce6sl]

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[@JackHammerJoe]

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[@JosePan-k6j]

Bueno

[@JackHammerJoe]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@pamelawilliam5954]

Like

[@JackHammerJoe]

thank you! :)

[@mustafayunlu45]

Ji

[@JackHammerJoe]

Thank you for watching and commenting. Very much appreciated!!

[@1grungeboi]

Arachne is a horrible event and I don't even waste my time with it because the VP is trash compared to Ancients. I only build stacks for the ancients because I'll take an Epic that starts with 4 stacks all the way down to 2 with a 60% bonus on VP and EXP all day and only prep for it

[@JackHammerJoe]

Thanks for sharing. I love the Swarm. Especially for building up low level captains.

[@1grungeboi]

@@JackHammerJoe if you need to then go ahead but it's still a horrible event based on the stacks the epic has and the fact that it has mercs that have a boost strictly for the event is trash. I'm in a large clan that puts the Ancients as number one priority with a requirement of points based on Guardsmen level and a silver penalty paid for no participation

[@JackHammerJoe]

Yes we too prioritize the Ancients event with strategies of which troops to send based on level. It’s the best for acquiring clan chests. I believe each player that participates can open up to 15 chests for the clan.

[@tonytkach2485]

Can someone that actually knows what they’re doing do a video on this plz.

[@JackHammerJoe]

😂😂😂

[@KnuteHeadley]

Come on man, you give out bogus tips and them ask for likes and subscribes? Arachnee has 8 squads, so it is not the same as the other Epics. You can NOT take reinforcements to Epics. Take this down and edit it...

[@JackHammerJoe]

Thanks for the reminder. Someone mentioned awhile back that I mispoke after I corrected the calculation error. Thanks for bringing it back to my attention for correction. Much appreciated. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@trueLuminus]

How does anyone spend ZERO money on this? I don't see how that's possible. Someone attacked me right after I crushed someone else's' city, right after someone attacked my city through a portal. There was no way to recover without spending $5. Otherwise, i would've had to wait days, if not weeks to rebuild and retaliate. I'm in a clan of pirates, but a clan nonetheless.

[@JackHammerJoe]

Hi @trueLuminus, I haven’t spent a single penny on this game. When I was very small it was a tragedy when I was attacked. You are right, you can’t do anything but wait to rebuild resources. After about 3 months of playing I joined a very active and large clan. I started getting 5 to 600 clan chests per day as gifts and was able to stock pile resources. I can build 10s of thousands of troops in minutes with my silver and speed ups. When they die in battle I just kill them off. I’ve also been able to save 700k in gold the past 3 months. Trying to get to 1M for a new Hero. I’ve learned the pirate life is fun but the way to grow is in a clan that is actively participating in the TB events amassing clan chests and rewards.

[@theylive8200]

When someone attacks your village it only takes silver to revive . How did you have to spend $5.00? You grow when you join clans . I went from 212000 to 500000 in one Ragnarok. Now I'm almost at 2M because of my clan and participation in big events.

[@trueLuminus]

@@theylive8200 Silver is easier to come by than gold, but it still takes FOREVER. Raiding a village for about $800K takes something like 10 hours. I haven't even reached 1M power yet and I play every single day in a clan that's active. Maybe people in your clan are purchasing stuff all the time, giving you lots of gifts and thus allowing to level up very quickly. That's not the same experience for everyone.

[@stabby_monday]

You have maybe 8% decent info here and 92% utter crap. Please dont provide advice when you dont actually have a handle on true game mechanics yourself. You create countless amounts of frustrations for other players who either have to help correct the misinformation you provide, or for those wondering why they just aren't growing. And for the love of god... YOU CAN NOT CLAN MARCH ARACHNID.. that button is on every attack screen, that doesn't mean you can do it. DO BETTER

[@JackHammerJoe]

Thanks stabby. Appreciate you taking the time to vent your frustration here. We’ve helped countless players grow in this community and created a very positive environment. We already covered the clan march part if you would have stepped off your high horse and read the comments before posting 😂😂😂. Again, glad you stopped by and commented to help the channel keep growing.

[@stabby_monday]

@JackHammerJoe so as a content owner you were made aware of your mistake and instead of cutting a seriously inaccurate piece of info from your video you chose to leave it to the reply of comments. Bravo. It's not a high horse.. its a tired one. I stand by my statement. Do better

[@JackHammerJoe]

Yep no re-edit required. It’s a simple hey this doesn’t work. I’ve free played this entire game and grown to 16m might in 7 months. Players have skyrocketed since the start of my channel after failing to grow at all. Not all of us want to pay to play and preach our superiority. The community here is obviously not for you and that’s fine. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts and helping this channel.