Watch Tower

"A gun barrel, some mortar bombs and a ramp-type sight make an effective anti-aircraft and anti-ground turret"

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Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Level 4		Level 5

Level 6		Level 7		Level 8		Level 9		Level 10

Level 11		Level 12		Level 13		Level 14		Level 15

Level 16		Level 17		Level 18		Level 19		Level 20

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• Summary
  • The Tower, like the Mortar, excels at mowing down groups of Troops. However, unlike the Mortar, it puts out a decent amount of DPS (damage per second), and will also target Air Troops in addition to Ground Troops. Also unlike the Mortar, the Watch Tower has no blind spot.
  • Although the arcane blasts from the Watch Tower do less damage per shot than Mortar, it makes up for this by having a much higher rate of fire than the Mortar. This makes the Watch Tower an excellent choice for defending other structures by blasting troops that get too close. The Watch Tower's only real weakness is its range, which is among the lowest of all defensive structures.
  • Towers and Mortars are very complementary; as they both have specific weaknesses that the other unit can address.
  • Taking out Watch Towers can be tricky despite their relatively short range. It is often a better tactic to avoid them entirely by attacking another part of the village that isn't covered by them. To quickly destroy a Wizard Tower, deploy a few Brutes as a distraction while Musketeers or Sea Wolfs take out the tower. Deploy Troops in a circle around it since this will limit its ability to take out multiple troops with splash damage. Dropping 1 Brute and 5 Musketeers nearly always works (assuming they are of comparable level to the Watch Tower).

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• Defensive Strategy
  • An excellent defensive strategy for the Watch Tower is to put it near your Town Hall because of the Watch Tower's splash damage and relatively high rate of fire. However, due to its limited range it is sometimes more desirable to put the Watch Tower near the outside of your village. 
  • Another good strategy is to put it near your Mortars, as both cover each other's weaknesses and can decide the outcome of a raid (see Watch Tower-Mortar combination example below).
    • Example of a Watch Tower-Mortar combination: The Mortar can cover a very large range so attacking units will have reduced health by the time they come into shorter range of the Watch Tower, which helps finish them off. In exchange, the Watch Tower defends the Mortar by destroying units that cannot be attacked by the Mortar (all air units and ground units inside the Mortar's minimum range).
• Offensive Strategy
  • For attacking, use some units to distract it (Brutes, or Grunts if necessary) and destroy it with Musketeers or another ranged troop. Melee troops like Grunts or Brutes can destroy a Watch Tower by themselves if there are enough of them, but because these troops must attack while physically touching the tower (and are therefore grouped up), the Watch Tower can attack the entire group simultaneously.
  • When deploying units, be careful to ensure that they won't get into a clump as they come into range of the Watch Tower (for instance attacking a Bank near a Watch Tower), because the Watch Tower will destroy the group very quickly.

Level	Hitpoints	Damage	Build Cost	Experience Gained	Build Time	Town Hall Level Required
1	620	18	24000	720	12 h	5
2	630	19	57000	900	15 h	7
3	650	20	93000	1080	18 h	8
4	660	21	130000	1440	1 d	9
5	680	23	180000	1860	1 d 7 h	10
6	690	25	240000	2520	1 d 18 h	11
7	700	28	300000	3420	2 d 9 h	11
8	710	30	380000	4440	3 d 2 h	12
9	720	33	480000	5460	3 d 19 h	13
10	730	36	580000	6480	4 d 12 h	13
11	750	39	690000	7560	5 d 6 h	14
12	760	43	800000	8640	6 d	15
13	780	47	920000	9660	6 d 17 h	15
14	790	52	1100000	10740	7 d 11 h	15
15	810	58	1600000	11820	8 d 5 h	15
16	820	63	2400000	12960	9 d	16
17	840	69	3300000	14040	9 d 18 h	17
18	850	76	4400000	15180	10 d 13 h	18
19	870	83	5400000	16740	11 d 15 h	19
20	880	90	6500000	20160	14 d	20