Q&A: Wall Breaker AI and how it works

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Originally Posted by TimTheEnchanter

The most amazing part about that is I was actually able to pull of pictures and get the wb targeting in the pic each time. I don't think I could do that again if I tried. Sometimes I get excited and try to take a pic and end up quitting the game :o

this little enchanter needs to learn how to take videos

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use reflector~ got demo version~ very easy to use one~ :eek:

personally, i try not to attack from places where there is a level of uncertainty as to where my wall breaker will go.

I will attack from a place where majority of the resources I want is there, and I'm 100% sure that I know where the wall breakers will go.

Place them in the middle of 2 potential junction is like telling them to put up a show for you. :p

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Originally Posted by Junliang

Place them in the middle of 2 potential junction is like telling them to put up a show for you. :p

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Oh... my wallies know how to put on a good show alright...

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This little Potato is an employer to 10 little skellie clowns...

ill explain it in one sentence.

they placed the barbarian AI in the wallbreaker.

Delete this

All the talk about how to use the new wb doesn't change the fact that they don't work. They are only good for bypassing spikes and destroying double walls.

Most offensive schemes are to penetrate the area containing the mortars to allow the weaker troops a chance. If the mortars cannot be destroyed archers do not stand a chance.

I vote for the old wb to be brought back or change the the new ones to select a wall to blow up.

Using the new Wall breaker A.I. to design a TH 8 village to counter the Wall Breaker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IYWnvX-utQ

Well, it's not difficult to counter I guess

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Originally Posted by TimTheEnchanter

hi marika, this might be similar to what he was describing. I released my wbs in sets of two:


the first pair made a nice hole.


the second pair continued to widen the hole
http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/...ps78933aa4.jpg


the next pair continued to widen the hole
http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7dc7dbf0.jpg


the last pair continued to widen the hole
http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0c4823b4.jpg

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This is a problem that I continually run into and the behavior doesn't make sense given what we've been told about the wallbreaker intelligence. Why do they continue to blow additional holes in the same wall instead of proceeding to the next level of enclosed buildings? Marika can you please answer Tim's question? From what I understand about the wallbreaker intelligence, they should proceed to blow a hole in the walls by the xbow next rather than more holes in the exterior. Why is this not happening?

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Originally Posted by gte615e

This is a problem that I continually run into and the behavior doesn't make sense given what we've been told about the wallbreaker intelligence. Why do they continue to blow additional holes in the same wall instead of proceeding to the next level of enclosed buildings? Marika can you please answer Tim's question? From what I understand about the wallbreaker intelligence, they should proceed to blow a hole in the walls by the xbow next rather than more holes in the exterior. Why is this not happening?

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I suspect the community will be able to answer this fairly quickly. I have a strong hunch about what's causing this and I know several others are on the trail also. I'm somewhat limited by work commitments and the lack of a low level account to do my own testing, so suspect I'll be beaten to the punch. But the answer should be apparent in the next few days depending on how forthcoming people want to be with their results. Worst case I suspect you'll see the base type proliferate over the next month or so.

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Originally Posted by simontay78

Using the new Wall breaker A.I. to design a TH 8 village to counter the Wall Breaker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IYWnvX-utQ

Well, it's not difficult to counter I guess

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that is one purty base! (i came up with nearly the same design) watch out for archers/giants/archer queen!!!
archer queen pwns my base design

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Originally Posted by Marika[Supercell]

A Wall Breaker’s ultimate goal in life is to liberate buildings that are trapped (fully or partially) by walls :D

How does the Wall Breaker choose its target? Steps 1, 2, 3
1. It will look for the nearest building/turret that is trapped (fully or partially) by walls
2. It will choose the shortest path towards that building and blow up walls that are in its way
3. After the wall is blown up, it will choose the next building that is still trapped by walls, run straight towards it, and blow up walls that are in its way

So Wall Breakers don’t target walls anymore?!?!!1!!!!?
No. Instead of targeting walls, they aim for the main prize, a building that is trapped by walls. The wall just happens to be in its way, and has to be blown up.
That building is the reason why you need that wall taken down, right?

Do Wall Breakers attack buildings?
No. They aim for the building and blow up the wall that is in their path.

Do Wall Breakers favorite junctions?
No. The Wall Breaker will run in a straight line towards the nearest building. When it encounters a wall, it blows it up.

Can I fool Wall Breakers by using spikes or short decoy wall sections?
No. They won't be fooled by those.

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Yeah that sounds great except that maybe we don't want the wallbreakers choosing their own targets because WE want to choose since we know what we want to accomplish in our attacks....they don't. I can not even count how many times already I have blown a hole in the first layer of walls and had mortars behind the second layer that I want to get at but my wallbreakers just make the first hole bigger. Then, because I have wasted all my wallbreakers making the first hole bigger, there is no hole to the mortars so my guys just prance around the exterior getting picked off by the mortar. These new wall breakers suck and no matter what you guys try to say or do to make them look good, it won't work. The old wallbreakers were simple and easy to use. There was no guessing involved. You knew their weaknesses so you overcame them if you were smart enough. Just because they went after legs or other distraction walls, doesn't make them bad. You just have to find a weakness or move on to the next fort. These new wallbreakers have a mind of their own and 99% of the time what they think is the right move is actually the wrong one. The only way I can get them to go to the second row is if I blow the entire first row sky high. This isn't a great strategy since it requires 20+ of the new wallbreakers that take up 2 housing spaces. I have been on the global chat and been talking with my clan and people on facebook. No one likes the new wallbreakers. It is ruining the game and has caused many people to quit already. I will be next. I have already not played since putting in 8 straight hours when the new update came. I did about 60 battles in that time and wanted to pull my hair out after everyone because the wallbreakers caused me to lose.