New Defensive Building Idea: Witch's Cauldron

In my mind, this will be a 2x2 building and can be either be treated as decor (will not have the white 1 space border) or as a full defense/building. At first, I had the idea of it having spawn skeletons but that idea has been taken up by coffins.

Back to topic, this cauldron will have an AoE damage that has a range of 5 tiles. The main attack is the poison/damage fog that deals 15 dps (or less) on Level 1. This is a deterrent to the mass skeletons the L2 witch (or possibly a future L3 witch) can spawn. Like all defensive structures, this will require gold to upgrade but the fuel source could either be elixir or dark elixir (whatever balances it out). The trigger area (to activate the cauldron) will be 4 tiles.

Furthermore, I think this defensive structure will be much more important in war, maybe add another difficulty level of doing a GoWiWi or someone using mass witches only to face a skele killer.

**Side Notes: have not figured out HP yet but have ideas. I am thinking somewhere around the HP of a builder's hut, just a smidge higher HP. I do not want this to be super annoying and be a sturdy rock for troops to get stuck on. This will be a one-hit kill for lightning spells for sure.

hmmm.... unique....

so basically, this defense will damage anything that is near it? similar to an immolation aura?

needs more tweaks, with the stats you posted 15dps, on 5 tiles, it will be hazardous to barch farming, and a direct counter to witches

but you did mention that it has a small hp....


the concept is interesting :thumbsup:

Yeah basically, an immolation aura with low health. The health will most definitely be lower so a lightning spell can 1 hit kill it if necessary. As for unlocks, I think this will go great with town hall 9 and higher because that is when witches become available and when people start using gowiwi.

As for number of cauldrons. I am thinking 1 for each town hall level, because these can be annoying defenses to face but also adds a unique (or even new strategy) for attacking.