The Big Three
The three main stats are Attack, Defense, and Health. These are the foundation for which all other stats are created. Attack is the easiest to understand. Simply put, attack is dealing damage to the enemy. When you are attacking another player in GoW you are hoping that you will kill as many, if not all, of the opponent’s army.
Defense versus Health
A lot of players get defense and health confused, and rightfully so. These two stats are so closely related and intertwined, it’s impossible to choose between the two, nor would you want to! So, what is the difference between health and defense?
- Defense – The power you have to withstand hits
- Health – The ability to function while being damaged
Ok, so what does that actually mean?
The best way I know how to explain it is this: Think of a line with points numbered 1 through 10 along the way. As you start at one and go up, the numbers get further and further apart, so that numbers 1 and 2 have the shortest distance between them, and numbers 9 and 10 have the greatest distance between them. The numbers on the timeline are your defense and the distance between each number is your health. If your defense is 10, and you start getting attacked, the health is how long you can stay and 10 before you are pushed back to number 9. Consequently, as your defense drops from 10 to 9 to 8 and so on, your health will also become weaker and not be able to withstand as many hits. Therefore your health reduces faster as your defense gets smaller.
Example
Think of zeroing an account. The first half is always the longest part of zeroing someone because their troop count is higher and is multiplied by the defense, the troops are healthy and strong. As the TC drops, then the hits become bigger and bigger because the health can not keep you at each number for as long. The diminishing troop count is making the defense weaker and thus affecting the health. Shout outs to all the old school health traps!!.
Stats Defined
- Attack – This is the power that you have to deal damage to another
- Defense – The power you have to withstand damage
- Health – The ability to function while being damaged
- Type Attack – The attack power applied to troops and mythics only
- 2nd Type Attack (whirlpool, storm, lava) additional weaker attack power applied to troops and mythics
- Type Defense – the defense power of your troops and mythics only
- 2nd Type Defense (whirlpool, storm, lava) additional weaker defense power applied to troops and mythics
- Type Health – additional health for troops and mythics only
- .2nd Type Health (whirlpool, storm, lava) additional weaker health
- Rally Attack – additional attack that applies to the army when involved in a rally either on an empire or a wonder
- Empire Rally Attack – additional attack that applies to the army only when rallying am empire (city)
- Wonder Rally Attack /Holding Attack – additional attack that applies when you are either rallying the wonder or defending the wonder
- Rally Health – additional health that applies to the army when involved in a rally either on an empire or a wonder
- Empire Rally Health – additional health that applies only when rallying am empire
- Rally Defense Bonus – additional defense that applies to the army when involved in a rally either on an empire or a wonder
- Wonder Rally/Holding Health – additional health applied when your army is either rallying (attacking) the wonder or holding (defending) the wonder
- Trap Attack – attack power applied to your traps only
- Trap Health – health applied to your traps only
- Trap Defense – defense applied to your traps only
- Defender Attack – additional attack that only applies when your empire is defending against an enemy
- Defender Defense – additional defense that only applies when your empire is defending against an enemy
- Defender Health – additional health that only applies when your empire is defending against an enemy
- Defense Debuff – reducing the defense of the entire enemy army
- Type Defense Debuff – additional reductions to the defense of the enemy troops and mythics only
- Health Debuff – reducing the health of the entire enemy army
- Type Health Debuff – additional reductions to the health of the enemy troops and mythics only
- Attack Debuff – reducing the attack of the entire enemy army
- Type Attack Debuff- additional reductions to the attack of the enemy troops and mythics
- Debuff to Rally/Holding Attack – reducing the attack of an enemy when they are rallying or defending the wonder
- Debuff to Rally/Holding Health – reducing the health of an enemy when they are rallying or defending the wonder
Where to Go Next
In our next section, we are going to talk about which stats are better for different scenarios. Not to mention, which stats players overlook the most, but shouldn’t! Also, we will go further into some of these definitions and explain in more detail how they work.
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