Rocket Spear

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"Her next few spear throws are stronger and longer-ranged"
==Summary==
*The Rocket Spear is the first epic piece of Hero Equipment for the Royal Champion. It was first seen in the "Fear the Rocket Spear!" challenge in June 8, 2024, and made its debut in the Super Wall Breaker Spotlight event starting June 11, 2024. Since August 13, 2024, it may appear in the Trader, where it is obtainable for 1,500 Gems.
*When activated, the Rocket Spear enables the Royal Champion to throw rocket-propelled spears for her next few attacks. These spears can be thrown by the Royal Champion from a long range of 10 tiles, do additional damage compared to her normal attacks, and do splash damage in a small area-of-effect (0.8 tiles).
*In addition to the ability, the Rocket Spear grants additional damage per second and hitpoints to the Royal Champion.
*If all of the Rocket Spears have been used up, the Royal Champion will then target the closest defense to attack.
==Strategies==
===Offensive Strategies===
*The Rocket Spear allows the Royal Champion to briefly serve as a long-range defense sniper. She can safely pick off short and medium-range defenses like s, the defending Grand Warden, and single-target s without facing retaliation. If positioned correctly, she can also outrange the Town Hall, multi-target Inferno Towers, Multi-Archer Towers, and Scattershots.
**The defenses that cannot be outranged by the ability are s, Mortars, Eagle Artillery (if activated), and Monolith.
*To make the most of her extended range during the ability, it is often best to activate her ability immediately after she is deployed. However, in rare cases, she can instead utilize the ability for its damage increase and/or splash damage capabilities, the latter of which allows her to be effective against Skeleton Traps and defending Clan Castle troops.
*If the Rocket Spear is used to snipe defenses, the Seeking Shield is an ideal pairing, as it can help weaken defenses which can consequently be destroyed in one or two hits by rocket spears.
**The Earthquake Spell can be useful for weakening defenses further, as some defenses will take about 2-3 Rocket Spears to destroy them.
**The Royal Gem is not a viable pairing when sniping defenses, as its health regeneration will be wasted. The Haste Vial is also poor for this purpose, her increased attack speed means that she will throw additional spears before prior spears land, which can result in wasted rocket spears, unless if she is close enough to that said defense, defeating the purpose of the extended range.
===Defensive Strategies===
*The best defense against the Royal Champion wielding the Rocket Spear is the X-Bow as it cannot be outranged by Rocket Spear and does not need a massive horde of the army to activate like the Eagle Artillery. It is best to set it to ground mode to increase its attack radius.
*Skeletons spawned from the Skeleton Trap, when spaced enough from each other, can waste a few of the Rocket Spears on them, preventing her from getting more value.
*High-damage defenses can easily take out the Royal Champion before she can throw all her spears, wasting the ability.
**However, she must be close enough to the range of defenses, such as X-Bows, single-target Inferno Towers or Monoliths.
==Statistics==
User 	Ability Type	Rarity	Unlock Requirement
Royal Champion	Active 	Epic 	Buy in Super Wall Breaker Spotlight event for 3,100 or purchasable from the Trader for 1,500
Level	Ability Attributes 	Ability Attributes	Hero Boosts 	Hero Boosts 	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Cost	Blacksmith Level Required
Level	Damage per Shot Increase	Number of Attacks 	Damage per Second Increase	Hitpoint Increase	Shiny Ore 	Glowy Ore 	Starry Ore 	Blacksmith Level Required
1 	350 	7 	35 	50 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	1
2 	350 	7 	40 	75 	120 	- 	- 	1
3 	420 	7 	45 	100 	240 	20 	- 	1
4 	420 	7 	50 	125 	400 	- 	- 	1
5 	420 	7 	55 	150 	600 	- 	- 	1
6 	490 	7 	60 	175 	840 	100 	- 	1
7 	490 	7 	66 	200 	1,120 	- 	- 	1
8 	490 	7 	72 	225 	1,440 	- 	- 	1
9 	560 	8 	78 	250 	1,800 	200 	10 	1
10 	560 	8 	85 	275 	1,900 	- 	- 	1
11 	560 	8 	92 	300 	2,000 	- 	- 	1
12 	630 	8 	99 	325 	2,100 	400 	20 	1
13 	630 	8 	105 	350 	2,200 	- 	- 	3
14 	630 	8 	111 	375 	2,300 	- 	- 	3
15 	700 	8 	117 	400 	2,400 	600 	30 	3
16 	700 	8 	122 	425 	2,500 	- 	- 	5
17 	700 	8 	127 	450 	2,600 	- 	- 	5
18 	770 	9 	132 	475 	2,700 	600 	50 	5
19 	770 	9 	136 	500 	2,800 	- 	- 	7
20 	770 	9 	140 	525 	2,900 	- 	- 	7
21 	840 	9 	144 	550 	3,000 	600 	100 	7
22 	840 	9 	148 	575 	3,100 	- 	- 	8
23 	840 	9 	152 	600 	3,200 	- 	- 	8
24 	910 	9 	156 	625 	3,300 	600 	120 	8
25 	910 	9 	160 	650 	3,400 	- 	- 	9
26 	910 	9 	164 	675 	3,500 	- 	- 	9
27 	980 	10 	168 	700 	3,600 	600 	150 	9
Attack Range	Area Damage Radius
10 tiles 	0.8 tiles
==History==
Date 	Description
June 11, 2024 	Made the Rocket Spear available in the Super Wall Breaker Spotlight event.
September 9, 2024	Increased the number of attacks in the ability by 2 at all levels.
==Trivia==
*The Rocket Spear makes the Royal Champion similar to the Flame Flinger when the ability is activated, except she has more health, movement speed, faster attack speed, can jump over walls and can target aerial units, but has a limited amount of long ranged projectiles which have a smaller splash radius and does not deal damage over time.
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