Earthquake Boots

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"Causes a powerful earthquake which destroys Walls and damages Buildings"
==Summary==
*The Earthquake Boots is a piece of Common Hero Equipment for the Barbarian King. It is unlocked when the Blacksmith is completed, requiring Town Hall level 8.
*The Earthquake Boots enables the Barbarian King to create an earthquake when using his ability. This earthquake instantly destroys and does significant damage to buildings proportional to their maximum hitpoints. A small amount of additional damage, independent of unit hitpoints, is dealt to all ground units in the radius (including troops).
**The earthquake caused by Earthquake Boots is able to damage resource storages, unlike conventional Earthquake Spells.
*The Earthquake Boots' effects are reduced against buildings that have already been hit by one or more Earthquake Spells, with the damage reduction dependent on the number of Earthquake Spells already used and scaled similarly. The reverse is also true: Earthquake Spells will have reduced effects against buildings that have been damaged by the Earthquake Boots.
*In addition to the ability, the Earthquake Boots also increases the damage per second and maximum hitpoints of the Barbarian King when equipped.
==Strategies==
===Offensive Strategies===
*This can help by breaking compartments for the King and charging in to them; it one-shots any level of Walls, and cripples anything in its radius. When paired with the Giant Gauntlet, it can destroy entire compartments of key defenses.
*Sometimes, the ability might allow an early Town Hall weapon activation due to the earthquake, and since it has a larger radius then the Earthquake Spell, many players can activate the weapon early, so be careful.
*The Earthquake Boots' wall-breaking ability works better on tight bases with lots of compartments than on bases with fewer compartments. However, it should be noted that opening access to a large number of compartments may not always be desirable, and so one's attack plan must factor what the Barbarian King expects to do with this ability.
*The bonus damage can help tackle small ground CC troops, and can destroy the Skeletons summoned from Skeleton Traps.
*This can also weaken strong defenses in lower Town Hall levels, because the damage taken by buildings is greater than the Earthquake Spells at the lower levels.
*At higher levels, where bases generally grow larger, getting value out of the ability gets increasingly difficult as the ability's Area of Effect does not grow, meaning that the ability affects a relatively smaller area of the base.
**However, since the September 9, 2024 update, it is buffed to have a radius of 8 tiles, it can still be effective, but allows for more value.
*At higher levels, the proportional damage is high enough that pairing with Spiky Ball can destroy most of the buildings in the game besides the Town Hall.
===Defensive Strategies===
*Placing separate layers of Walls 9 tiles apart prevents the Earthquake Boots from destroying both layers at once if the King is behind both layers. As mentioned above, having fewer compartments in the wall layout reduces the possible value from the ability.
*Avoid putting powerful defenses too close to each other, as a good ability might wipe a lot of buildings' HP, which means the attacker will get a lot of overall value from this ability, if paired alongside the Spiky Ball or Fireball from the Grand Warden.
==Statistics==
User 	Ability Type	Rarity	Unlock Requirement
Barbarian King	Active 	Common	Blacksmith level 1
Level	Earthquake Damage	Hero Boosts 	Hero Boosts 	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Cost	Blacksmith Level Required
Level	Earthquake Damage	DPS Increase	Hitpoint Increase	Shiny Ore 	Glowy Ore 	Blacksmith Level Required
1 	10% 	13 	209 	N/A 	N/A 	1
2 	10% 	15 	244 	120 	- 	1
3 	20% 	17 	278 	240 	20 	1
4 	20% 	19 	313 	400 	- 	1
5 	20% 	21 	348 	600 	- 	1
6 	30% 	23 	383 	840 	100 	1
7 	30% 	26 	418 	1,120 	- 	1
8 	30% 	28 	452 	1,440 	- 	1
9 	40% 	32 	522 	1,800 	200 	1
10 	40% 	40 	677 	1,900 	- 	3
11 	40% 	48 	831 	2,000 	- 	3
12 	50% 	55 	986 	2,100 	400 	3
13 	50% 	63 	1,200 	2,200 	- 	5
14 	50% 	71 	1,500 	2,300 	- 	5
15 	55% 	79 	1,800 	2,400 	600 	5
16 	55% 	86 	2,100 	2,500 	- 	7
17 	55% 	94 	2,300 	2,600 	- 	7
18 	60% 	102 	2,500 	2,700 	600 	7
Ability Radius	Bonus Damage	Targets
8 tiles 	100 	Ground
==History==
Date 	Description
December 12, 2023	Added the Earthquake Boots.
September 9, 2024	
*Increased the damage radius of Earthquake Boots from 6 tiles to 8 tiles. 
*Increased the percentage damage at level 9 to 18.
**Level 9-11: 35% -> 40% 
**Level 12-14: 40% -> 50% 
**Level 15-17: 45% -> 55% 
**Level 18: 50% -> 60% 
*Increased the passive HP increase at level 13 to 18.
**Level 13: 1,140 -> 1,200 
**Level 14: 1,295 -> 1,500 
**Level 15: 1,449 -> 1,800 
**Level 16: 1,604 -> 2,100 
**Level 17: 1,758 -> 2,300 
**Level 18: 1,913 -> 2,500
==Trivia==
*The Earthquake from Earthquake Boots can instantly destroy Walls unlike Earthquake Spells which requires four of them to do the same.
*When paired with the max-level Fireball, this combo will destroy every building in the Home Village, even the Town Hall!
**In Hard Mode, this may also require the Spiky Ball.
Category:Hero Equipment
Category:Army
Category:Home Village