Attackers will gravitate to that opening, leaving the rest of your castle clear with walls that don't require defending. Leave an opening in your castle walls, heavily defend the opening. You can always put it back in to send up reinforcements. After filling the tower, delete the bottom step, enemy forces cannot get in and they won't try to tear it down either. Quite often the best tactic is to surround your village area with towers filled with crossbowmen and ballistas. If you can defend then you can later go on offense.ĭo not get locked into the concept of enclosing your castle.
Defense is the first priority at all times. Put speed back after to preferred setting after you're set up. Starting tactic, set game speed to lowest possible setting and spot your initial towers and crossbowmen. See the above tactic for using an ox tether to block the enemies gate, but only use this on particularly difficult boards as you will not be able to collect stone. After finally beating the Crusader Trail challenge, here's some tactics that work well.
