Armies

Armies are the different collections of troops. An army must have at least 10 men to be created and ready to use. 8 armies are freely provided, but 2 more can be produced using gems putting the maximum armies at 10. Armies in the game are made to hold a city or attack a city.
When starting out, it is recommended to attack cities that has have no owner. You can see this using the radar button in a certain area for one gem, where red dots are occupied cities and green dots are unoccupied. You can also scout an area by moving a troop to a city visible on the map mode. The reason for finding unoccupied cities is because you will win the battle and claim the city no matter what. However, these cities are generally low value/low population. Cities can be searched in the rankings tab. It is useful to use the search function because not all cities are in the game.
When attacking a city owned by someone else, you MUST have weapons. Your 5000 troop army with 0 weapons will lose against a 200 troop army with 40 T-90ms. It is a waste of money to attack people with just troops. Read more about weapons.
When building an army the most popular method is filling it with either the bm21(offensive) or the m109(defensive) depending on what you are using it for. What people usually go for is one attack army to take out opponents and defense armies to protect these cities. Another popular method is building Abrams M1A2 as they are strong in both offense and defense. When doing this you can use 10 armies as defense without needing a offensive army.
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