"Because of the huge bag, this little man with a huge appetite may go unnoticed. Nicks everything that's not nailed down."
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- Summary
- The Pillager wears green and brown clothes and have a shawl around his head. They also have a large sack, ostensibly for carrying resources stolen from your enemy.
- The Pillager is the fastest ground unit in the game. Their first target is Resource Buildings, making them the ideal troop to deploy if your primary concern from a raid is collecting resources.
- Pillagers deal double damage to Resource Buildings. This means that they deal more than twice as much damage as Grunts and three times as much as Musketeers to these types of buildings. The tradeoff is their relatively low health, which is higher than an Musketeer but lower than a Grunt.
- Because the nature of the character is to attack Resource Buildings first (ignoring all defenses) they can be vulnerable to attack and should not be deployed without another type of troop (such as the Brute or Grunt) as a meat shield.
- Offensive Strategy
- Pillagers are great for stealing resources. First, use Siege Bombs to clear a route to your Storages. Then, use Grunts, Brutes or any other higher-health units to distract Mortars and Watch Towers while the Pillagers deplete the resources. Or you can simply destroy the splash-damage defenses first.
- A Pillager's greatest weakness are splash-damaging structures (i.e. Watch Towers, Mortars) as they group together. To combat this, send in Pillagers in waves rather than spawning them all at once. Alternatively you could
send in Huskies and Bandits and let them serve as distractions while the Robbers do the rest.
- Another good strategy is to place a couple
of goblins when the defenses are destroyed to help clean up any remaining buildings before time runs out.
Robbers are excellent at triggering Traps (especially Bombs), as their movement speed can allow them to get out of range before it detonates. This is especially helpful in the Single Player Campaign where there are often a large number of bombs in predictable places.
- Defensive Strategy
- Although generally not viewed as the best defensive troop, Pillagers are still useful as Clan Castle troops. As there are no resources to target, Pillagers will attack the enemy very quickly compared to the other troops.
- Pillagers have the highest damage of any of the Tier 1 Units and can engage the enemy units quickly due to their fast movement speed. They are particularly proficient at taking out small numbers of Brutes on defense.
- When designing your base to defend against Robbers, it is useful to place your Defenses strategically to cover all resource buildings. Most importantly, make sure your Watch Towers and Mortars are within range, as otherwise Pillagers will make short work of your Resources.
- Trivia
- Pillagers are the fastest moving units.
- While Pillagers do carry a sack, any loot they steal goes straight to your Storages just like it would from any other unit's attack.
| Level
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Damage
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Hitpoints
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 Training Cost
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Research Cost
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Lab Level Required
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Research Time
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| 1
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12
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25
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25
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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| 2
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15
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30
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40
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50,000
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3
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12 h
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| 3
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20
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36
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60
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250,000
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7
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2 d
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| 4
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28
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43
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80
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750,000
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11
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3 d
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| 5
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39
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52
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100
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2,200,000
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14
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5 d
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Training Cost