GUIDE · BUILDING MECHANICS
Tower role
Towers provide vision and defensive fire over a limited area. Their effect depends on the tower type, garrison, and researched upgrades; isolated towers can be vulnerable to siege and concentrated attacks.
Overview
Towers provide vision and defensive fire over a limited area. Their effect depends on the tower type, garrison, and researched upgrades; isolated towers can be vulnerable to siege and concentrated attacks.
How this system affects decisions
Combat results depend on more than the printed attack number. Compare the attacker’s damage with the target’s armor and armor class, then account for range, reload, accuracy, and any class-specific bonus; a counter bonus is separate from a unit’s ordinary attack. This is why the same unit can trade well into one target and poorly into another.
How to use this reference
Towers provide vision and defensive fire over a limited area. Their effect depends on the tower type, garrison, and researched upgrades; isolated towers can be vulnerable to siege and concentrated attacks. Range, vision, and explored terrain answer different questions: attack range determines what a unit can hit, line of sight reveals nearby tiles, and fog rules determine what information remains visible to the player.
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