Hero additions and dynamic change.

Disclaimer <<I am only speaking to adding more hero's in general with this thread, not detailing what each hero should be>>

A lot has been suggested about adding new hero characters and what they should be. I agree that adding more of them to the battle dynamic would not enhance the game. More likely it would just make TH10 villages more difficult to assault. However, awesome troops and watching them grow is one of the main things that makes games like this enticing so there must be growth in this arena. So here are my ideas for more hero troops . . .

1) We already get two altars (king and queen). I propose upgrading those existing altars to unlock new hero troops. However, each altar can only have one hero active at a time, so still no more than two active at a time.

2) The new hero troops should have distinct strengths and weaknesses. For instance, the barbarian king is a strong offensive troop but is easily dispatched when on defense, while the archer queen is much more effective on defense. A super golem may have incredible hit points but be unable to move (perhaps throws rocks a short distance) so he could completely distract defenses at a certain location while normal troops did their work, but he would be almost useless as defense. Or a mega witch who is effective against troops but almost useless against buildings. Deciding which one to have active will decide how good your offense or defense can be. A significant bonus to one with a disadvantage to the other.

3) When calling a different hero there is say a 1 hour delay for them to make the trip to your village from whatever throne they sit upon when not in your service. This will prevent people from being able to switch constantly to the best hero for their immediate need.

4) You can only call a different hero if your current hero for that altar is awake and healed. This prevents people from using all 4 or 6 on a constant rotation. Again, the idea here is not to add more hero troops to the battle field. It is to add another dynamic to assault/defense strategies at the end game level.

The possibilities for what the new hero troops can be are limitless and are simply a matter of benefit/drawback balancing. I believe the system above is a solid foundation to introduce new hero characters without throwing out the existing battle dynamic as it exists today.

Thanks for taking the time to review my ideas.

hmmmm.... actully not a bad idea... but just knda weird

These are very good ideas to make it fair.

The more I think about this the more I think it would add a needed new dynamic to the end game. Currently there are two altar troops (Barbarian King & Archer Queen) who are both a sort of attack/defense mix. Four more hero troops released one or two at a time (for a total of 3 available at each altar eventually) each with their own unique strengths and weaknesses would add a much needed attack/defense strategy shift for high level players.

I list these to highlight the pro/con dynamic I would like to introduce, not to provide details specific to each hero. The limited details provided here are simply to support the dynamic.

Tank = Rock God, Sprouts from the ground where deployed and can not move. Has a short ranged attack with minimal and diminishing AOE damage, something like throwing boulders. Lots of HP to hold the attention of the defenses near his deployment but almost useless as a defensive structure.

Heal = Priestess, A walking healer so she is immune to air defenses. Low HP and no attack ability but can heal air and ground troops. Perhaps a slightly larger AOE on the heals but not much more than a normal healer. Again, almost useless as a defensive troop.

Bind Offense = Berzerker, Her primary target is other Hero troops, then standard troops. Does double damage to hero troops and has a rage aura similar to the barbarian king. Her attack has a small AOE range similar to a Val and she would take double damage from defensive structures. Once opposing troops are all dead she attacks a random building within a large range around her, running all over the village randomly. She would be a highly effective defensive unit but difficult to rely on for offense beyond clearing clan castle troops and a hero or two.

Support = Demon or Conjurer, This one would have no attack ability. Rather they would augment existing troops with a partial shield or bravery. A conjurer would latch on to a single troop and radiate a shield around it reducing magic attack damage (wiz, wiz towers, spells) by 50%, being in proximity of the demon could cause fire and magic attacks (mortars, wiz tower, wiz, spells except for freeze spells) to heal the troops instead of damage them. Again, limited use on defense but a support hero could cause a number of issues for attackers and defenders alike.


Again, since only two can be active at any time, and with 1+ hours to change between them it would require some thought and planning to decide which ones to use. Do you want your base more difficult to attack with a weaker ability to attack, or do you want a stronger army but your base less defended?

Thanks again for taking the time to read and consider my ideas.

Another thought . . .

If SC is considering expanding to TH11 this type of "stronger offence with weaker defense or vise versa" could help facilitate progression through TH10, if the altar upgrades were made retro back to TH10/9 altars. Depending on which hero the TH10/9 has active they could be slightly easier (or more difficult) to attack depending on hero that is active at the time without altering the relatively good balance as it exists today.

This is a similar thread to mine. Since its similar to mine, i like it. My suggedtions for the heroes would be a giant hero woth very big hp but very small attack, speed. The other is minion. Very small hp, very fast, normal damage. The other is the what they say the goblin king

Exactly. There are tons of possibilities for hero options. The key to adding more without breaking the game dynamic is to add new ones with desirable benefits, but exploitable weaknesses. Make your attacks stronger, but your defense weaker. Sort of a wood floats on water puts out fire burns wood sort of philosophy. Rock, paper scissors baby! It could really add a new dimension to CoC end game play.

Already made a similar post, but I think each hero would have their own cool down. Archer and barbarian are what they are now, but wall breaker being a suicide unit would have at max an hour. However pekka or a dragon would likely have a whole day cooldown. Also dark elixir would have its own altar limit of one and be reserved for town hall ten. To change the hero altars I would suggest village edit. Search altar to fine my post. It's by me sepp7. Thanks for reading.

If SC ever decides to get some additional heroes, this is what SC needs

One problem that could arise from this format is people stacking their war bases with the best defensive hero(s) they have. I think the solution for this will be to make only the hero(s) they have active at the start of the war available to them for their attacks also. This would ensure the same dynamic exists for war time as with traditional game play.