Empires in Ruins - Tier 2, Advanced Towers
Let us now explore Tier 2 towers, the 2nd (but not the highest) step up of your defenses.
Tier 2 towers have up to 3 Special Abilities you can buy and unlock, and each of their main stats (Damage, Range, Firerate) can be upgraded up to level 3/5.
Archery
Archery towers are the most versatile defenses available. They can shoot either ground or flying enemies, and according to the specialization you pick they can focus either focus on high firerates or high damage and range rates.Composite Bow Tower
Old but gold. Taking the bow technology to a superior step of excellence, the Composite Tower is a death machine. Fast, with a long reach and average damage; a must have against flying and ground faster enemy troops that also opens the way to the Rangers Tower.
- Vulnerable to fire
- Flaming Arrows
- Aim High
- Caltrops
Crossbow Tower
Slow and deadly, the Crossbow Tower is a steady representative of the ballistic Kothian research and a fundamental development step towards the more advanced Repeating Crossbow and Sniper towers. A must have for every defense worth its name.
- Resistant to fire
- Boiling Oil
- Poison Arrows
- Iron Discipline
Artillery
Ballista Tower
If you like crossbows but your suffer from the tiny size of quarrels, a Ballista tower is what you need. Are the enemies queuing up in a row while marching against your defenses? Then what about skewering them all up together to show them your defenses are not to be messed with?
- Ignore cover bonuses on enemies
- Slightly vulnerable to fire
- Shoot through enemies
Cannon Tower
Kothian technology might have not reached the excellence level of the Krovanian one, but black powder research has been a great focus in the last decade. These towers can shoot far and hard, ignoring armors and cover, mercilessly destroying everything on the path of their cast iron bullets.
- Ignore cover bonuses on enemies
- Area of effect damage
Scouts
Outpost
There are battlefields where a Scout tower wouldn't last an hour without being burn to ashes, that's when a tougher outpost is needed. Even though the tower has no relevant attack cababilities, the crew has Caltrops and Nets available.
- Detects incoming enemies paths
- Reveals hidden enemies in area
- No direct attack capabilities
- Resistant to fire
- Iron Discipline
- Caltrops
- Nets
Religious
Temple
In areas with a strong aethen influence, simple shrines are not sufficient any longer. These wooden temples contain at their core a steel symbol of Kaer, through which his will flows strong. The pious ones in sight of the Temple will relish of his Holy influence.
- Boosts moral, armor to allies in range
- Slows down target enemy units
- Vulnerable to fire
- Shield of Faith: Protects all the allies (units and towers) in the area from all heathen hostiles spells and curses.
- A Coin for a Soul: All the enemies killed in the area of the Temple provide an additional 50% of gold loot.
- Eyes of Kaer: All the hidden enemies in the area of the Temple are revealed.
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