Predicting the Skeleton Traps.

So far, I have not seen or experienced enough gameplay to suggest the skeleton traps will be too much of a problem for attackers.

However, if this changes and people start to struggle with skeleton traps then I thought I'd share some thoughts to consider when attacking.

A good way of predicting whether the skeleton traps are set to air/ground/both is to look at the x-bows. Have a look at what the defending village is set up to take on.

For example, 3 x-bows set to ground means the defending base will have all 3 traps set to ground also.

3 x-bows set to air and centralised air defences probably means they will have skeleton traps set to air also.

a mixture of x-bows being up or down probably means the same for the skeleton traps.

As with any base, look for spaces where they could potentially pop up. Look for those small 1x1 spaces in the centre of a base and consider what the defending base is trying to defend against.

Look at those x-bows! they could be key in avoiding skeleton traps all together.

Hope this helps some of you guys.
Good Luck

They worked well I guess "good" they aren't supposed to be the new Hero defender of CoC, they are skeletons not OP defense units.:cool:

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Originally Posted by BottomsOff

For example, 3 x-bows set to ground means the defending base will have all 3 traps set to ground also.

3 x-bows set to air and centralised air defences probably means they will have skeleton traps set to air also.

a mixture of x-bows being up or down probably means the same for the skeleton traps.

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Unless they set their xbows to ground because their skeletons are guarding the air. Or they have their xbows set to ground and air to cover all attacks and they have no relation to how the skeleton traps are used at all.

Boom goes the theory.

I think x bows indicate whether someone if likely to be attacked by ground. Or air troops depending on ther development and / or league.

Each person will decide bases on the weaknesses of their base.

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Originally Posted by SharkyFinn

Unless they set their xbows to ground because their skeletons are guarding the air. Or they have their xbows set to ground and air to cover all attacks and they have no relation to how the skeleton traps are used at all.

Boom goes the theory.

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And those too could be things to look out for as well. My point was to help people analyse a base and make a strong prediction on what the traps will be.

The key word here is "prediction", in the same way you would look out for and predict tesla locations. Hidden teslas might not be in the location you thought they would be in but i'd still scope a base out to try and locate them.

The bases might not have any relation between certain defences and traps but your average player would either set up against a certain type of attack or try and cover all bases. They would also set up their traps accordingly.

If you can see which one of these they are trying to do, I wold imagine you would have a better chance of predicting (that key word again) their traps.

Boom goes your retort. :rolleyes:

So far I think they suck lol. My archers and barbs lol at them as they run them over.

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Originally Posted by Freakimus

So far I think they suck lol. My archers and barbs lol at them as they run them over.

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Yes six skeletons will not destroy 240 strong barchers. Even the full 12 skeletons will strugle in defeating those barchers all by themselves. What did you really expect from the skeletons?

So far the biggest value for those skeletons is luring enemy raiders to do a circle around the core of a base or slow down raiders like pekka that strikes slowly without splash damage.

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Originally Posted by Glaciesvir

Yes six skeletons will not destroy 240 strong barchers. Even the full 12 skeletons will strugle in defeating those barchers all by themselves. What did you really expect from the skeletons?

So far the biggest value for those skeletons is luring enemy raiders to do a circle around the core of a base or slow down raiders like pekka that strikes slowly without splash damage.

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I actually had a war attack (mass dragon) go awry because the skeletons redirected my dragons off path, and made them do a loop-de-loop around while the AD shot them to pieces.

But that's the only time they've done anything valuable.

I have air xbows and centralized ADs, my skellie traps are set to ground.

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My xbows are set to air and my skeletons are set to air ....reopen thread

Though my reason is economical, those skeltons are expensive i dont want them to get triggered .... Same goes for the Xbow