Conquering level 10 Barb Cities

I had meant to write a guide for this a long time ago, been quite busy unfortunately but now here it is. (sorry for not replying your mails and PMs)

* MY METHOD: REQUIRES 1 WAR ENSIGN OR IF U ARE LUCKY A LEVEL 12 HISTORIC CITY FOR AGE 2\*

1- you will need 2k work, warrs, scouts, anywhere above 260k arch (preferably 300k) and 9-10 heroes preferably at least 1 above 200 attack with gear

2- find a level 10 flat or barb city as close as possible to the city you want to attack from (flats increase 1 level every day so if there is one 1 mile from you wait for it to get to level 10)

3- make sure you have 5 mill+ food as troops eat alot more when attacking

4- you are ready to get a 10

spearhead constists of 2k workers,2k warriors, 2k scouts 119k arch with war ensign (116k arch and 3k trans if farming)

after you have sent the spear head send as many 30k archer loyalty waves as you can so they hit 30 seconds apart until loyalty is at 0 and u have conqured the level 10 city (remember spear head has workers in it so it will be slower than loyalty waves)

if you would rather lose less archers send loyalty waves of 20k warrs and 20k arch but this method will take longer

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***THIS IS THE BEST METHOD TO CONQUERING A LV. 10 NPC**

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-1. Make sure u have a lv. 10 npc w/ in 5 miles of one of your cities so u can easily attack it with minimal losses.

-2. Scout the lv. 10 npc till u get a lv. 1-5 hero.. though i try not to settle for anything less than a lv. 1.

-3. Send a breaking wave of 2k workers, 2k warriors, 4k scouts, 50 pikemen, 50 swordmen and 91900 archers or add 1900 transports to farm level 10's but archers would drop to 90k. And of course, send ur highest attack hero-- it should be no lower than 110 attack. ( this method does not use a warensign therefore leaving it for an attack on an actual player)

-4. follow up this attack w/ in 10-30 seconds of ur breaking wave w/ 60k archars and 40k warriors.

-5. Then, right after split up ur remaining archers and warriors into attacks of 20k arch. and 20k warr.

-6. After all your attacks hit and get back ( they all should get back w/ in 1 minute of each other) keep sending loyalty attacks of first wave containing 60k archers, 40k warriors, and every available wave after that containing 20k arch. and 20k warr.

-7. This method only needs 200k archers and 200k warriors, 2k pike, sword, workers, warriors, and scouts to accomplish. It is very easy and u should have no problem taking it.

-8. Remember: losses are normal so dont freak out if u go down 60k archers and 100k warriors when you are done. And hey... u got a lv. 10 npc so who cares :)

I have put this method to use about 15 times so do not worry ... it is sound proof.

* This is my method of doing it, i know a lot of people have conquered it and if you have a better method or suggestions feel free to correct me.

**Difficulty & Timing**

First look around the map for a lvl10 flat, or a lvl10 barbarian city.

The difficulty of conquering depends on how far away the city your attacking from is from the Barbarian city, the CLOSER your city is, the EASIER it is to conquer.

Barbarian cities regen 3 loyalty per 6 minutes, an attack with archers from 1 mile away would normally take around 2-3minutes.

Using 1 hero, it would take 6 minute round trip therefore not actually be able to take down the loyalty.

Using 2 heroes, 6 minute round trips, -3 loyalty per 6 minutes, 42/3 = 14 attack until its at 50 loyalty, and then 50/2= 25 attacks till you conquer it. Conquer time: 39 x 6 minutes = 234 minutes

Using 3 heroes, 6 minute round trips, -6 loyalty per 6 minutes, 42/6 = 7 attacks until its at 50 loyalty, and then 50/4 = 13 attacks till you conquer it.
Conquer time: 20 x 6 minute = 60 minutes

Lets take distance into account, there is this shiny looking lvl10 Barbarian 10miles away. From memory 10 miles would be around 50 minutes round trip for archers. for sake of this explanation lets say it takes 60 minutes.

The barbarian city would regen 30 loyalty in the 60 minutes time frame, so you would have to send 11 attacks in order to actually take down 3 loyalty per hour.

Also in that 60 minutes time frame it would have gotten back 60% of the troops back meaning if you are doing long range conquers, it would be best if you spread your marches apart instead of having them attack in one bulk.

**Know Your Barbarian City**

http://bbs.evony.com/showthread.php?t=5450

**Army size**

Archer Only method
recommended: 300,000 archers
minimum: 250,000 archers
what i used: 270,000 archers

Pros: Speedy conquer, low tech requirements.
Cons: More troop casualties then other methods.

Ballista + Archer method
Recommended: 34,000 Ballistas, 150,000 archers
Minimum: 8,000 Ballistas, 140,000 archers
what i used: 25,000 Ballistas, 150,000 archers

Pros: Speedy Capture, small troop casualties
Cons: Moderate tech requirements

Ballista Only Method
Recommended: 40,000 Ballistas
Minimum: 30,000 Ballistas

Pros: No troops losses
Cons: Very slow conquer, high tech requirements

(\*Include various other units like 1 pike and warrior for layering purposes, search forums for darwins maneuver for more info\*)

**Heroes**

You will need 4 to 10 heroes with 100+ attack, depending how fast you want to conquer the lvl10 Barb city. if your a sadist like me and enjoy a slow torture you can conquer it with 3.

* The higher the attack of the hero, the less troops you have to send.

**Your town**

Find yourself a flat preferably 1-2miles near your desired lvl10, or if you just happen to have a lvl10 barbarian in your backyard then your in luck.

Within the town, you will need these essential buildings,
Recommended: lvl8 feasting hall, lvl10 rally point, lvl 6 academy
Minimum: lvl5 feasting hall, lvl5 rally point, lvl6 academy

* Spare town Make sure you have a spare town slot.

Technology and research

I wouldn't recommend trying to conquer a level 10 if you've only broken +5 research on Iron Working ( Armor ), Medicine ( Health ) and Military Tradition ( Attack ).

Recommended: +10 research
Minimum: +6 research

**Method**

* This method is the recommended amount, it is not the minimum amount you can use but i would recommend you use these numbers if it is your first try. it is for people who are starting to muster up troops and want less casualties.

So by now you should have a town built near a lvl10, in that town you should have a lvl10 rally point, a lvl8 feasting hall, and a lvl6 academy. Your troop attack ,defence and health research upgrades are around lvl8-9.

Ok requirements aside, lets get down to conquering that juicy lvl10 you had your eyes on ever since your scout report came back with 37 lvl10 farms.

Make sure you have food and gold... last thing you need is for your heroes and troops to run away...
(I'm not drawing this from personal experience, seriously )

**First wave of attack**

Spearhead of the attack consists of either: 99,995 archers with layers,
or 34k ballistas with layers.

These two troop numbers i've tested that can successfully break the 400,000 warriors and defences the Barbarian city has.

Using the Ballistas you can have to as low as 24,000 Balliastas on your spearhead wave.

depending on your technology, you will take losses but no worries that's why we bought spare troops right?

**Following waves**

Along with the first wave, rest of your 5-9 attacks depending on your feasting hall, should follow closely with the first, a few seconds apart.
your marches should look something like this.
hero1, 2min 30
hero2, 2min 34
hero3, 2min 36 etc
These waves, consists of mainly archers with layers, i recommend using 25,000 archers + 1pike +swords per hero.

* note i use pike and sword to layer, because they have relatively the same marching speed, therefore they don't slow your archers down, and they are there for prevent any short comings, i have recommended using 25,000 archers per wave, which is enough to take out the 6 minute troop respawn the Barbarian city has.

Losses: you will take around 500 - 2,000 archers per wave depending on how good your tech is.

"God! how long do i have to click attack for?"

Barbarian lvl10 regens 3 loyalty and 10% troops per 6 minutes.
It's loyalty starts at 92, it loses 3 loyalty per attack, until 50 loyalty or so, then it starts to lose 2 per attack.

So expect an hour or more.

* Don't attempt to try this around server maintenance, unless you want a tragic end.

I hope this has helped