Strongholds: Airstrike and Artillery Strike

Commanders,

With Update 9.6, the Strongholds game mode will be supplemented with two new buildings, each capable of producing special clan battle Reserves, which can be used directly in battles.

Artillery Battalion

The Artillery Battalion produces the Artillery Strike reserve, the use of which is controlled by the Commander. Once initiated, one map square will be covered by dense artillery fire of high-explosive shells.

Artillery Strike is similar to SPG shots. The shells come from the base side with a 45 degree angle, causing damage as identical default ammunition from SPG arsenal.

The number of shells, their power, and explosion area, depend on the level of the building in which the Reserve was produced.

 

Attack Bomber Squadrons

This building produces the Airstrike Reserve that allows the Commander to call Il-2 attack aircraft, which will strike the indicated area with cumulative anti-tank bombs.

The bombs used in this type of Reserve are different from those in Artillery Strike. The aircraft approaches the target, drops bombs vertically at an angle of 90 degrees, aiming to hit the vulnerable top of the tank armour. In addition, the vertical angle of the drop allows the bombs to hit enemy vehicles hidden behind buildings or other forms of cover.

The bombs’ damage and their number depend on the level of the building in which the Reserve was produced.

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You can use both Reserves once during the battle.

The command to initiate the Reserve can be given by the team’s Commander - the first player who entered battle room. The Commander role may also be reassigned in the room. After the Commander's tank is destroyed in battle, no Reserves can be deployed.

The Commander must add Reserves to the battle room before the battle starts.

Battle Reserves Levels and Their Characteristics Per Building Level

Artillery Strike

Characteristics	Level of Artillery Battalion
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Cooldown before strike (seconds)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Caliber	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Area of destruction (metres)	6	6	7	8	9	10	10	12	14	15
One shell damage	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420
Penetration	80	80	80	80	80	90	90	95	95	100
Amount of shells per a strike	25	30	35	40	50	75	100	120	140	150
Cost of preparation ()	50	75	100	150	200	300	400	500	650	750

Airstrike

Characteristics	Level of Attack Bomber Squadrons
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
One airbomb damage	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420
Amount of bombs per one flight	15	20	25	30	35	70	75	110	120	125
Area of destruction (metres2)	300	300	600	600	600	1200	1200	1925	1925	1925
Penetration	80	80	80	80	80	90	90	95	95	100
Flight time (seconds)	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5
Cost of preparation()	50	75	100	150	200	300	400	500	650	750

Also, recently new features were added on the Strongholds page:

• Clans’ statistics in the battle mode with comprehensive statistics of pillaged buildings and Command Centers.
• Defence time information, Cease-fire Day and clan game server.
• Scheduled battles calendar, where you can find planned attacks as well as free slots for attacks.
• Information about zones with buildings constructed on them, attacks scheduled on these zones and outgoing attacks on other clans.

Also, the following information about your own Stronghold is also available:

• Command Center and all the buildings’ hit points.
• Industrial Resources gathered in all the buildings.
• List of clan members and number of Industrial Resources they earned for the whole Stronghold, and for each building separately.

 

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