The Knight - NEW Dark Troop!

First let me say, I really like the idea of a troop that reflects damage, however.

-It shouldn't look like a pekka. Each troop in the game so far is very graphically distinct from all the others, maybt if

instead of a pekka you made it look more like an actual knight with a shield to do the reflecting or something? I dunno, you can come up with something I'm sure.

-The stats need a major re-working, as I see it this troop is not only incredibly overpowered, but could very easily 3-

star any maxed base. I did the math to verify this so please read below about how it is impossible to not 3-star when used right.Currently the total health ofdefenses that these troops would do damage to by reflection is 41,948 Hitpoints (assuming maxed defensive levels) and an army of these could do a total of 16,065 alone, however, since damage scales off health, this amount can be greatly increased by heal spells. with only 2 heal spells this damage can be increased to 40,545 total damage to these defenses, all the player would have to do is deploy the spells before and after the units are targeted by inferno towers. This damage with only 2 spells used is enough to take out all but one maxed ground-targeting defense. With heroes and the other 3 spells you would never get anything other than 3-stars on any base no matter how well designed it is, it's simple math.

-Due to the second point about how an army of these with heal spells would always 3-star any base and how expensive they are to train

the game would become pay-to-win. Anyone who buys gems often could simply gem dark elixir or armies of these and climb to the number one spot without putting any effort into the game. As much as supercell seems to like it when people spend gems on the game, I really don't believe they want it to become a pay-to-win game.

I like This Troop idea! you got my Vote! :)

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Originally Posted by AnthonyVince

You bump a lot:smirk:

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:smirk::smirk::smirk:

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Originally Posted by mido2malik

I like it very much.

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Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Theking8133

Well I think we can all say we have the one idea of ours we just don't want to die, so we multi post, or "FORGET" to reply to some guy for a couple days.

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I've done that a few times on this thread:smirk:

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Originally Posted by evjohn13

First let me say, I really like the idea of a troop that reflects damage, however.

-It shouldn't look like a pekka. Each troop in the game so far is very graphically distinct from all the others, maybt if

instead of a pekka you made it look more like an actual knight with a shield to do the reflecting or something? I dunno, you can come up with something I'm sure.

-The stats need a major re-working, as I see it this troop is not only incredibly overpowered, but could very easily 3-

star any maxed base. I did the math to verify this so please read below about how it is impossible to not 3-star when used right.Currently the total health ofdefenses that these troops would do damage to by reflection is 41,948 Hitpoints (assuming maxed defensive levels) and an army of these could do a total of 16,065 alone, however, since damage scales off health, this amount can be greatly increased by heal spells. with only 2 heal spells this damage can be increased to 40,545 total damage to these defenses, all the player would have to do is deploy the spells before and after the units are targeted by inferno towers. This damage with only 2 spells used is enough to take out all but one maxed ground-targeting defense. With heroes and the other 3 spells you would never get anything other than 3-stars on any base no matter how well designed it is, it's simple math.

-Due to the second point about how an army of these with heal spells would always 3-star any base and how expensive they are to train

the game would become pay-to-win. Anyone who buys gems often could simply gem dark elixir or armies of these and climb to the number one spot without putting any effort into the game. As much as supercell seems to like it when people spend gems on the game, I really don't believe they want it to become a pay-to-win game.

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Thanks for the feedback!

I've now decreased reflection greatly, so 17 of these troops do about 7000 reflection damage.

Is that fine or would I need to decrease it more?

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Originally Posted by Thamous

I like This Troop idea! you got my Vote! :)

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Thanks!:)

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Originally Posted by TheOneTheyCallSmasher

I've now decreased reflection greatly, so 17 of these troops do about 7000 reflection damage.

Is that fine or would I need to decrease it more?

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I would actually recommend not decreasing it as much as you did, 30% max deflection is probably just about perfect, 20% is too a bit too low :P

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Originally Posted by evjohn13

I would actually recommend not decreasing it as much as you did, 30% max deflection is probably just about perfect, 20% is too a bit too low :P

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I was actually gonna say 25%, just because it's a nice number. 30% to me actually seems a tiny bit too much.

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Originally Posted by TheOneTheyCallSmasher

Well I think I should first thank a few people. These guys helped me make this troop work :):

jonnguy2014
icey567
AnthonyVince
Jamesf01
NuclearKiller42

And, surprisingly, 3 people on global who helped me with the stats. No seriously :smirk::

crush - LEANGDRY BOYS 3
saint john - the ballers
IrishDumplin - InvisibleEmpire

NOTE: The global people have given me permission to mention them here

NOTE2: Clans are as of April 8 2015

OK then, so let's get started on the troop:

The Knight

Description: This mighty warrior's shiny armour reflects damage done to it, right back on to its enemies!

Alternative Names: Mirror Knight (Antdroid)

Sound OP? Well I've tried to balance it with the stats :thumbsup:

Level	DPS	HP	Reflection (%)	Cost (DE)
1	120	1900	10	400
2	130	2000	15	450
3	150	2100	20	520

Constant stats:

Speed: 16
Favourite Target: Defences
Attack Rate: 2 seconds
Training Time: 30 minutes
Housing Space: 16
Damage Type: Single Target
Range: 1 tile
Targets: Ground (but Reflection works on air too)
Type: Ground Troop

Now, you may be thinking, what is this "Reflection"?

Well, that is this troop's special ability!

When attacked by a defence/enemy troop, this troop takes the damage, and then also inflicts the same damage on the defence! Example:

Mortar attacks level 1 troop with 100 damage (100 to make calculations easier)

Troop loses 100 HP

Mortar loses 10% of 100 = 10 HP

Now, you may be thinking, what if there are 10 of these all bunched up, and a mortar (or any splash defence/troop) does 100 damage to all of them in one shot? Does the mortar lose 100 HP?! The answer is yes, the mortar loses 10 HP from each Knight, so in this case, 100 HP.

This troop will be unlocked in Dark Barracks Level 7, which will cost 4,250,000 elixir and 10 days to upgrade.

Upgrade Costs:

Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time
2	70,000	12 Days
3	80,000	14 Days

Now let's see how this troop will affect the game.

Attacking Strategies

I think the major change this troop will make is that people might use it with healers! Why? Well, the more HP this troop has, the more Reflection it can do before dying!

This troop can also be deployed with barch/all arch armies, to do some damage to mortars. KnArch! KnBArch!

And there can be compositions like GoKnWiPe, and GoWiKniWiPe, and- You get the point.

Defensive Strategies

Well keep your splash damage centralised! That's the main point, really. Let your point defences take these troops out.

I might actually create an Anti-Knight Base at some point :smirk:

Defending From The Clan Castle

This troop is very good in defence. Most troops that attack it die of reflection after a few hits.

To kill this troop, NEVER use wizards, archers, goblins or hog riders. The best troop to counter the knight is the Valkyrie, but barbarians would do.

TRIVIA

• The Knight's shiny armour represents its Reflection ability.
• A maximum of 15 Knights can fit in a set of maxed army camps, increasing to 17 if you count the 2 that can fit in a maxed Clan Castle.
• 17 maxed Knights can do a total of 7140. damage solely by their reflection.
• A rage spell will increase the Knight's DPS, but not its reflection percentage.
• Knights look a lot like Pekkas, apart from the fact that they are silver in colour.

And now for the:

FAQ

Why is this a ground troop?

Well, the main thing I had to see while making the stats of this troop was the various defences' DPS:HP ratio. Air defences have a very high DPS compared to their HP, and would have both demolished the troop, and also would have been wrecked by the Reflection.

Why the Knight?

Well the original name was the Mirror (suggested by jonnguy2014). But that was a bit unrealistic, so in the end we decided to have a knight, with "mirror-like" armour:)

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Well I hope you liked this troop idea, as I've been working at it for at least a week! If you like the idea, be sure to reply! Well reply anyway :smirk:

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This idea seems AMAZING! I think the unique Idea coming from Global was outstanding! Good going Clashers!

Should make it 30% reflection... Also increase the HP very slightly....

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Originally Posted by evjohn13

I would actually recommend not decreasing it as much as you did, 30% max deflection is probably just about perfect, 20% is too a bit too low :P

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Oh ok:smirk:

Actually you're right, 10% is very low...

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Originally Posted by Lukmin1999

I was actually gonna say 25%, just because it's a nice number. 30% to me actually seems a tiny bit too much.

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Yeh I agree, 25% seems a bit better.

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Originally Posted by Billlans

This idea seems AMAZING! I think the unique Idea coming from Global was outstanding! Good going Clashers!

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Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Antdroid

Should make it 30% reflection... Also increase the HP very slightly....

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I think that would make this troop deliver a lot of reflection damage, making it quite OP:unsure:

Bumpity bump by Smasher

Great idea overall!