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
The only way one player can mathematically gain an advantage is if the other player 'leaks' elixir by sitting at the maximum cap of 10.
If your bar reaches 10 and you do not play a card for 2.8 seconds, you have permanently lost one unit of energy that you can never recover.
- Never sit at 10 elixir unless you are waiting for a very specific enemy push to cross the river.
- You must increase your Actions Per Minute (APM) significantly to keep up.
- If the opponent leaks 3 elixir at the start of the match, launch an aggressive push instantly.
The Profit Margin
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.
Conversely, if you panic and use a Rocket (6 elixir) to kill a Princess (3 elixir), you have suffered a -3 negative trade.
| Pro Move | The Math |
|---|---|
| The Kiting Trade | Using a 1-elixir Skeleton to pull a 4-elixir Mini P. For more info in regards to tower rush look into our web-page. 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 |
Tracking the Numbers
You should always know exactly who is 'up' in elixir at any given moment.
Launch your win condition, support it with a spell, and watch them fail to defend because they simply do not have the currency to buy troops.
