New Spell: Tsunami

You have a good start but it seems like it may be overpowered, since the upgrade to the spell factory would make this new spell also come with the capacity for one more spell for a total of 6 spells. If the duration starts off at 10 seconds you could use 6 of these for a total of 60 seconds. So perhaps what you have is 2 spell ideas (one being damage reduction to fire powered defences and the other being something that sends away heros and clan castle troops for a little while.)
As far as the damage reduction goes you can kinda consider the heal spell as cancelling out a certain amount of damage but from all defences not just the "fire Powered" ones. Which would make the heal spell seem more likely to be actually used. And the freeze spell stops all defences in the affected area for a short time so that would seem more practical to use.
A base wide effect wouldn't be necessary since there is no need to attack a base from all sides unless your barchering but in that case you are trying to spend as little as possible and for the duration it would not be cost effective. In The case of an all Drag or all Balloon attack this spell would be of little value. So the only scenario I see the basewide effect to be really utilized is an all hog attack which was already so ridiculously effective that Supercell had to take action to balance the hogs out with more damage from giant bombs.
The part that I really like is the ability to send heros and clan troops away. I think they should go to the clan castle not to the Town Hall. As per the description of the clan castle once you destroy it the troops become trapped inside but has anyone really pulled this off effectively? I have never been able to destroy the clan castle before all the troops are released (If anyone is able to do this effectively please share how!) The spell should just be an area effect that gets dropped on the heros or clan troops. While inside the clan castle the Heros and clan castle troops should regenerate their health at a specified rate so repeated use of this spell means everyone comes out recharged and ready for battle. When the time limit is up the heros and clan troops exit the clan castle all together allowing for easier repeat spell uses.
As for using the environment to change an aspect of the offences or defences during an attack, its a really great idea but that seems like it would require its own category and since every base has the same environment maybe that idea could come with the option to chose aspects of your environment (for example your clan resides in the shoreline area and someone else's clan could reside in the forest or maybe mountainous region) But this really seems like a lot to add in to an app. from a graphic and programming stand point.

Hey fellow Smashbros.!

I like the Tsunami idea. The fire damage is an interesting aspect not yet defended against yet.

My suggestions would be, why not make it Clan Castle or Hero specified. Where once the Clan Castle is triggered or the Heroes are triggered, you can then use the Tsunami spell to either wash away the Clan Castle troops or the Heroes. Now washing away a whole hero might be a stretch, but maybe taking their health down a bit depending on their level?

Say level 5 and below Barbarian King would lose 3/4 of its health with the Tsunami spell. The higher the level of the spell, the more damage to them? If the spell is Clan Castle specified, then once the troops are triggered, you can use it to wash away the troops. This obviously wouldn't work well with flying units. That's why spell selection is very important.

Thoughts??

-bjdjd (Joey) Smash bros.

Wow, I really like this creative and original idea. However, I also agree with some points brought up by SmashBros. Maybe we could try to find a compromise between them.:confused:

Thanks for your replies guys.

@Smashbros: I will sum up the points you have raised and my thoughts

• 6 Spells overpowered - yes 6 spells seems too much but i am not saying that this spell is made available now. We could have it with a new TH or with more defenses/buildings etc. Basically as an advancement to the game. If not this one, any extra spell would make the game overpowered so a new spell in general should be added later.
• Heal spell is same/would be used more - No. Heal spell heals the units in a very small radius. This spell reduces damage done by the defenses on the attacking troops plus it spans across the base. Plus the heal spell doesnt heal troops which are being attacked by infernos. No spell for that matter is universally usable. They are advantageous under certain situations. So am ok if the spell has some situations where it cannot be used.
• Base wide effect not necessary - a new spell like this could change the way attacks are made. This could lead to new strategies. New troop compositions which span across the base.
• Not effective against Drag or Balloon attack - I considered the AD also firepowered. Atleast their visual for me looks like fireworks
• Heroes and CC would heal while they are inside - Awesome. I like this idea. So I will edit the original post.
• Using 6 tsunamis - This is a very valid point. 60 secs without heroes would mean hogs cud wipe out the bases in no time. Any strategy like giants/healer at low levels and Gowiwi/gowipe at high level game play would be really simple without heroes and CC troops. There should be some of disadvantages to use 6 spells. Off the top of my head following could be ways to limit this.

1. The spell instead of spanning the whole base could span for 2/3rds of the base. This would affect the base designs too.
2. As you mentioned heroes and CC could come out healed
3. Make this a dark elixir spell. People would think twice to use a costly DE spell

I think a combination of the above 3 points could help a little bit but not too much. I will keep thinking and post if i get a good idea. Please also think about it and let me know if you find a good idea.

@Joey: I like the wash away idea. May be we could do a combo. As soon as the spell is cast the troops try to return to the CC. If they are far away from the CC and dont return in time then they are washed away. Not the heavy ones though like pekka or golem and flying units ofcourse. This could influence the troops selection in the CC

Always wanted to bring that useless water into play! This does just that!!! Also what do u guys think about an upgradable spring trap? The higher LV the more troops it can launch! That's coming soon!

Love it! Great idea and this is something that I would love to see in the game.

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Thanks for the replies guys... anyone have any ideas on some problems/ideas proposed by Smashbros and Bjdjd

@Zarvongamingcentral: I think apart from Pekka and Golem all the other ground troops can be thrown away by the spring trap isnt it... Would be really debatable about the upgrade on the trap... imagine spending 30k and 45mins for a lvl1 pekka and as soon as you drop it there is a spring trap... Lol...

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Originally Posted by smasherz

name of spell: Tsunami
training cost (in elixir or de) - 30000 elixir
training time - 45min
damage - 20% less damage by all defences using "fire"
duration - 10secs

description - the spell when dropped on the sea beside the base would send a big tide onto the base and the water would flow back into the sea in about 10secs. During this period the heroes and the cc troops would run to the closest - th or cc, all the defences like infernos, cannons, mortars which are "fire powered" would have 20% less damage on the attacking army because of the water. Other defences like xbows and archer towers are not affected by this. The percentage of reduced damage and the lasting effect could be increased by the upgrades.

This would bring the water in play which is always lying there on the base. I think spell could be made available after freeze as a next level.

Lemme know your thoughts
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i relly like it should this be on clash of clan ? Supercell wil notice, cool idea bro. Love it

As for Air defence I think this would make all balloon and all drag attacks just to powerful and they are already capable of destroying bases above the user's level so I don't think we should tinker with that.

I really like the Idea of this possibly being a dark spell that would make it only used for special occasions.

Zarvon got me thinking about the traps and bomb, perhaps this could effect them, but then again that would unbalance hogs again. As far as trap upgrades maybe get another use out of the trap?(I think this is getting off topic though)

I don't like that it may effect base design though, I think the freedom to create a unique strategy is a great concept of the game. Too many things that effect base design will lead to generic cookie cutter bases set up according to what level your town hall is. It would need to be balanced out so that there is also a con to setting up your base against Tsunami.

To me this makes me think that perhaps there could be a category for Dark Elixer Spells in the future and make it come from a new building and then you wouldn't be able to have 6 of any type of spell.