“Okay, how do I set up my castle?”
Your castle set up will vary depending on your main troop type, but there are some general guidelines you can follow. Firstly you want to build out troops of your main troop type, then a “meat shield” of lower level troops that come later in the order of casualties.
The aim is to have as many millions of troops as possible, ideally you want them all your top level, but realistically thats too hard to achieve early on. Thats where the meat shield comes in, a ton of low level troops which are cheap to produce and can make your castle harder to break through.
Choose a troop type for your meat shield based on the order of casualties. Infantry > Cavalry > Archers > Catapults. Your main should be the first to take the bulk of the damage, then your meat shield after. So, if you main infantry or cavalry, a T3 shield of archers is a good option. If you main archers, then a T3 shield of cats is the best option (although an archer main can choose T3 archers as the meat shield, its not that bad, just definitely not infantry or cavalry unless a formation has been researched).
You don’t have to do it my way, but this is what I suggest to aim for when you’re starting out:
One full march of top level of all troop types.
At least 5 marches of your main troop type.
Support shield made of 1M T3s.
Once you have the above, build up to 5M of your main, and 5M of your T3s. Then aim for 10M, then 20M, and so on. Once your wall is full, start replacing your meat shield with top level troops. Never stop building troops. 😎
The important thing to remember is that your strongest units (your main) should be the ones to take damage first, never forget the order of casualties:)
All of this changes slightly if you’ve researched a formation. This guide assumes the default infantry formation.
Credit to Pyro of k251