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are bombs a bit of a waste? I almost upgraded them a few times but never ended up pulling the trigger. If I didn't have anything else to use my gold on I would but I'm not sure how useful they are or where bombs should fit into the upgrade schedule.
just hit th4 and have my 2 archer towers max and my mortar maxed. still need to do the cannons and some of my collectors and most of the walls are only level 3.
Bombs are useful if you put them in correct places. So I would say you could upgrade them if you don't know what else to upgrade. But I would definetly upgrade other defenses first. I'm not sure if you've unlocked giant bombs yet but I would say definetly don't buy them. Hope I helped!Quote:
Originally Posted by boutselis
Giant bombs are very useful at higher townhall levels. The high cost is reasonable considering the protection provided. Of course, you need to place it strategically.Quote:
Originally Posted by Justin981
I just had a quick and harsh lesson about spring traps. First time I encountered one and it took 2 of my 3 giants out instantly.
For the most part I see them as wasteful.Quote:
Originally Posted by boutselis
1. Small bombs even when fully upgraded don't do a whole lot. Although level 4 ones will kill level 6 archers, so that is something. Their benefit is more in the knock back they do. I've upgraded them to level 3 and I'll be upgrading them to 4 eventually. Most likely I'll upgrade them all the way simply because the level 5 bombs look kind of cool, my builders won't have much to do, and the re-arm costs are still cheap. However, upgrading them will cost around 6.7m and I seriously doubt they will prevent gold loss of anywhere near that level so I don't really consider them an investment.
2. Air bombs level 1, one shot max level minions. I see little reason to upgrade them further.
3. Air mines I see as mostly a waste. They may help to repel a dragon attack...maybe. I'd feel a lot better about them if they could one shot high level dragons...which they can't. I simply giggle when I balloonion someone and watch the mines target my balloons. It certainly doesn't help them preserve their gold or affect my attack.
4. Big bombs are useful and I think upgrading them is useful, but they are also very costly. If you're farming they tend to not save you more gold than they cost.
I haven't even bothered to build air mines and big bombs at all, because I like being able to hit "re-arm all" without incurring large costs.
yes, spring traps I would argue are the best.Quote:
Originally Posted by boutselis
I do like giant bombs, especially against BAM users. increadible the damage it will do to a bunch of barbarians, better than a mortar!
I find the small bombs to be the most useless of them all.
now bombs are upgradeable they are definately worth it. Giant bombs are great, especially when upgraded, for repelling hogs and giants. spring traps are potentially the best defense in the game. Air bombs and smaller bombs are still useful.
at TH4 there probably not "that" important but certainly worth it if you have spare builders for upgrades
They are just a small thing to upgrade until level 5 ish. Then it's just 1 mil gold for 5 extra DPS and 10 more re arm cost
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Originally Posted by dahimi
I think they are important the higher your town hall level. The big bombs radius increases as well as damage making it more useful. At the end of the day, the big bombs fully maxed are only 20k gold which was the same as the old one's before they were upgradable. Air bombs are great for minions at lvl 1 but they are also amazing at doing spread damage against a group of loons so mine are maxed for that reason. Maxed air mines almost one shot max level dragons so they are awesome too...
It's always the second guy who gets more of my loot, and that's because they don't have to deal with my upgraded traps. I think they're worth it, and it's a handy place to stash gold.
thanks for all the replies. that gave me a lot to chew on.
unless u have 2 of them which will kill all the archers near itQuote:
Originally Posted by Conan
Upgrading them now and getting them out of the way isn't a bad idea. Just beware of the extra cost it is to re-arm them.
I did use to think small bombs had absolutely no use but one base i attacked with barch had a cluster of 5 bombs right where i entered the base i had him gone overwhelmed and no splash left and then all my troops dissapeared making my raid an epic fail so they had use if the attacker makes an enormous short sight and they were lvl1 so i still think not upgrade but still place them as they can help
I upgraded most of them until it seemed like a significant expense, I will get back to them when my defence are done because what else is there other than walls?
It is fun to see hogs die in the big bomb hole. :D
Air bomb rule vs ballloonions, specially with disco infernos