Beneath the vibrant animations and chaotic battles of every arena game lies a rigid, unyielding economic system.
To truly master the genre, you must stop looking at units as 'characters' and start viewing them as numerical investments.
The Ticking Clock
In standard gameplay, one unit of elixir is generated approximately every 2.8 seconds; in double elixir overtime, this rate increases to one unit every 1.4 seconds.
If your opponent plays a card immediately at 10, they are now mathematically ahead of you by one point.
- Keep the bar moving.
- Play faster.
- You are essentially fighting a 10v7 battle.
Winning the Economic War
The entire goal of defensive play is to execute 'positive elixir trades', where you spend less energy to destroy a push than the opponent spent to create it.
If you consistently make negative trades, you will eventually find yourself trying to defend a massive push with absolutely zero elixir in your bar.
| Pro Move | How it Works |
|---|---|
| Pulling Aggro | Using a 1-elixir Skeleton to pull a 4-elixir Mini P. For more information regarding tower rush visit our own web site. E.K.K.A across the map until both Princess towers shoot it to death; +3 profit |
| The Spell Value Check | Waiting until the opponent places three different support troops near their tower before dropping the Rocket, destroying 12 elixir with 6; +6 profit |
The Invisible Scoreboard
You should always know exactly who is 'up' in elixir at any given moment.
Master the economy, and you master the game.
