Dark Troop Idea: Shieldmaiden

Side note: Think of this troop as a combination between a barbarian and an archer, strength of a barbarian and speed of an archer, but still fragil in hit points (she's a petite warrior covered in armor)....

Troop Name: Shieldmaiden

Description: The shieldmaiden is an experienced
female warrior known for surviving the roughest
battles among the men. She wields her
ball-and-chain (meteor hammer) weapon in a
360-degree spinning fashion, furiously over her
head, attacking enemies all around her.

weapon: Meteor Hammer
Preferred Target: None
Attack Type: Area Splash 1.5 tile radius (Ground only)
Housing Space: 3
Training Time: 60s
Movement Speed: 24
Attack Speed: 1.2
Dark Barracks Level Required: 6
Range: 1.5 tiles

Level 1
Damage per second: 26
Damage per attack: 31.2
Hitpoints: 40
Training Cost: 15
Research COst: N/A
Lab level: 6
Research Time: N/A

Level 2
Damage per second: 30
Damage per attack: 36
Hitpoints: 50
Training Cost: 17
Research COst: 60,000
Lab level: 6
Research Time: 12 days

Level 3
Damage per second: 34
Damage per attack: 40.8
Hitpoints: 60
Training Cost: 20
Research COst: 80,000
Lab level: 7
Research Time: 14 days

Level 4
Damage per second: 40
Damage per attack: 48
Hitpoints: 70
Training Cost: 25
Research COst: 100,000
Lab level: 8 (new lab level)
Research Time: 16 days



Concept Image Idea (taken from http://eternalhunt.wordpress.com/2014/04/02/hodgepodge/)

The weapon and armor are mainly on-point to the idea but on a female with a helmet, and same exposed rib-cage body armor decor. The weapon and armor will change in color and spikes through various levels. Below is more of a max level troop with a enlongated "ball" on chain and with spikes on the chain. the color of the spikes on the ball and chain would also be gold at this point; as well as the color of the spikes on the armor. I also like to maintain the "chains" theme embeded on the armor as a chain goes across the chest. Perhaps molten lava can be exposed on the end of the ball on the maxed version of the troop a well!

http://eternalhunt.files.wordpress.c...diators-80.jpg

It's not very original, it's just a valk with less health and housing space :/ 3 stars for effort.

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Originally Posted by evjohn13

It's not very original, it's just a valk with less health and housing space :/ 3 stars for effort.

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It is better than a valk, it is faster and able to do more damage. Valks are too slow and they take on too much damage from defenses before they ever get a swing off.

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Originally Posted by ChiefTea

It is better than a valk, it is faster and able to do more damage. Valks are too slow and they take on too much damage from defenses before they ever get a swing off.

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Actuallyy, valks are pretty fast and can do alot of damage before dying. They have more health than all tier 1 troops and most tier 2 troops and even the healer has less life. You have a wrong impression of the valkyrie

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Originally Posted by jobro

Actuallyy, valks are pretty fast and can do alot of damage before dying. They have more health than all tier 1 troops and most tier 2 troops and even the healer has less life. You have a wrong impression of the valkyrie

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I don't know. I feel that the valkyrie has a bad AI and it tends to die off because it is too busy kamikazee attacking trying to weave inbetween buildings rather than swinging away quickly from a distance which is the troop I propose.

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Originally Posted by ChiefTea

I don't know. I feel that the valkyrie has a bad AI and it tends to die off because it is too busy kamikazee attacking trying to weave inbetween buildings rather than swinging away quickly from a distance which is the troop I propose.

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Dude, it's good that the valk positions herself between buildings... She makes AOE, so what does that mean? Double DMG...

Just think about the abilities of a troop first before you hate her! ;)