Air Bombs/Builder Base

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"For heavyweight air defense, Air Bombs do the trick. An endless supply of explosive barrels launch into the sky to ravage flying enemies!”
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==Summary==
*Air Bombs is a defensive building, unlocked at Builder Hall level 4, that exclusively targets aerial enemies. It continuously launches explosive barrels, resembling the Air Bomb, a from the Home Village, at air troops that deal heavy damage in a small area.
==Strategies==
===Defensive Strategy===
*Because of its high area damage but low range and hit speed, it is recommended to place them near Firecrackers as they both cover each other's weaknesses. The Air Bombs have smaller range but higher damage, while the Firecrackers have moderate damage in a large range.
**This is especially effective because there are no spells in Builder Base, so your opponent cannot take advantage and damage both buildings as would in the Home Village.
* Try placing a Crusher near your Air Bombs to protect them from the Skeletons spawned by the Drop Ship, as the Crusher can stall them for a long time, giving your Air Bombs more time to take the Drop Ships out.
*Protect it well to prevent ground troops from destroying it, especially ones using an all Night Witch attack, as the Air Bombs is a great counter to Bats.
===Offensive Strategy=== 
*Use ground troops to take out the Air Bombs, then use your air troops to attack the base. This is only true if the Air Bombs are close to the outer edge of your opponent's base, or you will have to spend a lot of troops to take out a few buildings.
*Try to avoid the Air Bombs when attacking your opponents using air, as it only has an 8 tile range and cannot shoot at the whole map.
*You can spread out your troops, so it can only hit one at a time. This is doubly useful with an all- attack, since they will also benefit from their ability (if you have it unlocked).
*The Drop-Ship can tank multiple hits from the Air Bombs, allowing air units with lower hitpoints to destroy other buildings.
*Make it a priority to destroy Air Bombs to give way for your other air troops. Sneaky Archers are the best way, as their cloak can hide them from defenses. Alternatively, you can use Raged Barbarians to make quick work of them.
==Upgrade Differences==
*The Air Bombs goes through significant visual changes at levels 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8.
**When initially constructed, the Air Bombs consist of several wooden barrels stacked inside a hole in the ground, with two blue balloons attached to the top one. The balloons have white skulls painted on them.
** At level 2, the hole in the ground is surrounded by mossy wooden planks and the “launch rails” lose the moss and become a bit taller.
**At level 3, the Air Bombs' barrels change to red and the structure surrounding the hole turns to a lumbered wood construction.
** At level 4, the structure now becomes rough stonework.
**At level 5, the stone structure becomes taller and tidier.
**At level 6, the entire structure is surrounded by a riveted gray metal band.
**At level 7, the metal band changes to a golden band.
**At level 8, the barrels change from red to purple and the edging on the base of the structure and the barrels change from silver to gold.
**At level 9, the stone edging becomes slightly lighter, and the corners of the golden band become thicker and taller than the rest of the band.
**At level 10, the edging is replaced with gold and metal plating that has been bolted into the structure. Four rings are placed on each corner of the base.
==Statistics==
Level	Damage per Second	Damage per Hit	Hitpoints	Build Cost	Build Time	Experience Gained	Builder Hall Level Required
1 	90 	270 	1,000 	300,000 	6h 	146 	4
2 	99 	297 	1,100 	320,000 	12h 	207 	4
3 	109 	327 	1,250 	340,000 	1d 	293 	4
4 	119 	357 	1,400 	360,000 	2d 	415 	4
5 	131 	393 	1,600 	1,200,000 	3d 	509 	5
6 	145 	435 	1,850 	1,500,000 	5d 	657 	6
7 	159 	477 	2,100 	2,400,000 	7d 	777 	7
8 	175 	525 	2,350 	3,400,000 	8d 	831 	8
9 	193 	579 	2,600 	4,400,000 	10d 	929 	9
10 	212 	636 	2,900 	5,400,000 	12d 	1,018 	10
Range	Attack Speed	Damage Type 	Unit Type Targeted
7.5 	3 seconds 	Area Splash - 1.5 tiles	Air
==History==
Patch 	Description
May 22, 2017 	Added the Air Bombs, with 5 levels.
June 27, 2017 	Added the level 6 Air Bombs.
September 27, 2017	Added the level 7 Air Bombs.
March 5, 2018 	Added the level 8 Air Bombs.
June 18, 2019 	Added the level 9 Air Bombs.
May 15, 2023 	Added the level 10 Air Bombs.
==Trivia==
* Because of the relatively slow speed of the Air Bombs that are launched, it is possible for some air troops (like Beta Minions) to outrun a bomb, if it moves away from the bomb fast enough, just like with the Air Bomb trap in the Home Village.
*The number of barrels in the structure does not represent the ammunition of the Air Bombs, much like how the number of rockets in an Air Defense does not represent its ammunition.
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