For example, if your attacker has 10 ladders coming at you to reduce the wall by 100% of its strength.to counter that you would use 2 murder holes that are 50% each. Now if your attacker is using 10 wooden shields that each give a 5% boost, that is a 50% increase to his ranged attack.this can be countered by 2 fire arrows, which are 25% each. If you can place more, the more devastating it will be to the incoming attacker. If the attacker has enough shields, he can reduce your ranged defenders to zero combat strength, so it is important to have and use tools to boost your ranged defenders, as well as to strengthen the wall. When you are offline, put your castle wall to 0-0-100 or 100-0-0 with enough tools on the wall to protect for a minimum of two attacks with the maximum number of attack waves. (This will mean six to ten tools per slot, depending on your experience level.) Also, set the melee to range ratio so that it is 100% melee; that way the attacker cannot use mantlets or shields to weaken the ranged defenders on your wall and make them easy to beat.
Melee soldiers are not subject to the mantlets, so 100% melee is a harder defense for attackers to break.
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