Guard Tower
Upgraded defensive tower with increased range and attack. Available from the Castle Age, it provides superior area denial against enemy units.
Statistics
- Age
- Castle
- Category
- defensive
- HP
- 1500
- Build Time
- 80s
- Melee Armor
- 0
- Pierce Armor
- 8
- Garrison
- 5
Cost
- Stone: 125
Strategic Analysis
The Guard Tower is a significant upgrade over the Watch Tower. Its increased range and damage make it effective at defending key positions and resource areas.
- Forward Defense: Upgrade Watch Towers near gold or stone to Guard Towers when reaching Castle Age. The increased range helps protect villagers from raids.
- Layered Defense: Use Guard Towers in combination with walls to create kill zones. Units attacking walls become easy targets.
- Map Control: Place Guard Towers on hills for even greater range. They become nearly impossible to attack without siege.
Warning: Guard Towers still fall quickly to Mangonels and Rams. Always have units ready to defend your towers from siege.