Marches

## Marches (types, how to start one, how to boost one, outcome, combat reports)

Marches are troop movements outside of your base, they can take many forms and as such can be categorized as Gathering Marches, Trading Marches, Tech Monster Marches, Tech Monster Rallies, Attack Marches, Attack Rallies, Scout Marches, Reinforcement Marches and Return Marches.

### Types

* *Gather*
* *Trade*
* *Attack Monsters , Rally Monsters*
* *Returning March (March bonuses do not apply for returning Marches)*
* *Scout*
* *Attack*
* *Reinforcements*

## Gathering Marches

These are marches sent on specific Resource Tiles on the State Map allowing your troops to gather the resource available on that specific tile. Food, Wood, Cotton, Iron, Greenbacks and even Gold in certain situations, can be gathered by sending your troops to their respective tile.

To initiate a Gathering March, you must find a desired resource tile, tap on it, and then tap occupy:

Select the number of troops you want to send to the resource tile in question and tap March.

Once the troops arrive at the desired tile they will start gathering the resource in question and once they have geathered enough resources or you Recalled them they will start a Return March back to your base.

## Battle Gathering Marches - Battles on the Gathering tiles

Although Gathering Marches on the first observation might seem devoid of other player’s activities and intervention, in practise that is not so. As all the resource tiles are gatherable by other players as well, battles can occur if two or more players send their troops to the same gathering tile.

However the battle will not always occur once the troops arrive to the location in question, this is dependent on the Peace Shield Status of the players involved in the race to the Gathering Tile.

If the player who first arrived to the resource tile has an active Peace Shield and the player who arrived second to the resource tile also has an active Peace Shield the battle will not occur and the troops of the player who arrived second to the resource tile will start a return march once reaching the resource tile.

If the player who first arrived to the resource tile does not have an active Peace Shield but the player who arrived second does have an active Peace Shield, the battle will not occur, and the battle will not occur and the troops of the player who arrived second to the resource tile will start a return march once reaching the resource tile.

If the player who first arrived to the resource tile does have an active Peace Shield but the player who arrived second does not have an active Peace Shield, the gathering march will turn into a battle march and once they reach the resource tile the battle will occur.

## Trade Marches

Trade Marches are used to send resources to your fellow Alliance members, however in order to start a Trade March you need to have a Supply Depot built in your Town. Once you have built a Supply Depot to start a Trade March all you need to do is navigate to your Alliance Screen and Tap Send Resources or just tap on your Supply Depot building, there you all the members of your alliance will be listed, find the one you want to send the resources to and tap “Send resources”. Select the appropriate quantity and type of resource you want to send and tap “Send Resources”. Do to not forget to check the tax rate in the information tab of the Supply Depot building.

## Attack Monsters

Tech Monsters are non-player bases spread across the state maps, which can be freely attacked or rallied by players in order to achieve or loot certain rewards. There are two types of tech monsters which can be found across state maps, regular Tech Monsters that can range from level 1 to level 25 and can only be attacked directly by the player tapping on them and sending an attack, and Tech Monster Forts that can range from level 1 to level 4 and due to their strenght can only be attacked with a special type of march called a rally.

Rally is a special type of march where other players from your Alliance can join in with their own troops and participate in the battle on your side. They can be sent against Tech Monster Forts as well as Players.

Once the troops reach their destination and the battle is over your troops will start their Return March.

## Return Marches

Once you start any type of march your units will go to the destination in question, fulfill their task, be that gathering, battle or occupation and after completing it or being recalled they will start a Return March.

Return March is totally seperate than the initial march you sent your troops on, thus March Boots Speed Ups and similar bonuses which only apply to a singular march will not apply to the Return March.

## Scout Marches

Scout Marches are specific type of march a player can send in order to gain additional information about their opponent. They are much faster than the regular troop march, and upon return will provide some valuable information about the scouted Base.

In order to send a Scout March all a player needs to do is tap on the Base of the player that they want to Scout and tap on the Scout button.

Once the Scout March returns, you will receive a report in your inbox detailing the findings scout has managed to acquire.

However, keep in mind that scouting someone while having an active shield will cause your shield to be removed, as Scout march is considered to be an offensive march. You will be warned with the following message:

## Attack March

Attack March or Direct Attack March are marches where one player directly attacks another player’s base in order to loot the resources. To start an Attack March tap on another player’s base, tap on the attack option, select a commander and the number of troops available and tap start march.

After the march reaches an unshielded target the battle will occur and a battle report will be produced in your inbox detailing the result of the battle, possible losses and if the attack was successful how much resources have your troops acquired.

## Reinforcements

Sending Reinforcements is one of the ways you can assist your fellow Alliance members in defending themselves against attacks or rallies. However in order to recieve Reinforcements your Fort needs to have a Garrison building, and with each level of this building more Reinforcing troops could be accomodated in your Town.

You can send Reinforcements by:

1) Tapping on the Fort of your fellow Alliance Member > Tapping Reinforce

2) Tapping on the Alliance Icon at the bottom right corner of your screen > Tapping on the Reinforce Section > Finding the Name of your fellow Alliance Member > Tapping on the Reinforce button next to their name.

## Teleporting with Marches

While your troops are in active march towards any target (be that a Tech Monster, Another Player or a Resource Tile etc.) and are moving across the map you will not be able to use your Teleport items in order to change your location.

For example If you sent your troops out on a Gathering March, you will not be able to teleport when they are actively marching to the target or returning back to your base, however, when the Gathering Tile is reached and your troops are in the act of Gathering you will be able to Teleport and thus change your current location.

**COMMANDER BEWARE**: If you are a target of an offensive march and you choose to use a Teleport item and thus change your location on the State Map, at the point in time you use that Teleport item the march targeting you will instantly reach you and the results of the battle will be calculated as usual.

## Combat Reports

Combat Reports are produced by your troops once a battle of any kind occurs which involves your troops or base. The Combat Reports can be found in the appropriatly named “Reports” section of your Messages tab.

Combat Reports offer crucial information about each battle such as but not limited to: The battle participants, the name of the commander leading the troops, the resources gained or lost, the number of killed, imprisoned, injured and survived, location of the battle participants at that point in time, a breakdown of participating troops (which can be accessed by tapping the Details button) and the list of Combat Buffs Procentages each commander has applied at that point in time (which can be accessed by tapping the Combat Buffs button).

## Rallies

Rallies are a type of attack in which your fellow alliance members can choose to send some of their troops with you in order to attack a singular target. In order to start or join a rally you need a Rally Point building in your base. Also the higher the level of the rally building the bigger the rally troop capacity will be.

Once you select the player you wish to attack with the help of your fellow alliance members, you can start a Rally on them by tapping on that player on the State Map and selecting the option “Rally”.

When you do so you will be presented with time options whereby you should decide in how much time will the Rally start in, taking into consideration how much time your fellow alliance members may need to join up with their own troops is the key to a sucessful rally thus please keep that in mind when selecting the rally preparation time. At the bottom of this screen you could also suggest what type of troops should your comrades send.

Once you Select the appropriate length of the rally preparation, recommended troop type, and select your troops and commander with which you want to attack the target with by tapping on the MARCH button a rally “preparation” countdown will start during which your fellow alliance members will observe a plea to donate troops to your rally in the Alliance screen and also in their Rally Point buildings.

Once the countdown expires your rally will be launched and the troops you selected along with the troops that your comrades donated will start marching as one towards the enemy. Nevertheless if you deem the rally too risky or if the turnout of your comrades is less then expected you can always cancel it by Navigating to your Rally Point building > Tapping on “View Details” > Tapping Cancel

### Booster items

In order to increase the probability of your rally and/or attack being successful or to possably suprise the incoming enemy and turn the tide while on the defensive side of the attack usage of certain boosters can come in handy. Such items can be acquired in the Store section of your ITEMS screen, the Alliance Store, as rewards from Events and can be rewarded for some Pack purchases, do include but are not limited to:

**March Size Boosters** - Which increase the maximum troops amount the player can send in the initial attack.

**March Speed Boosters** - Which increase the speed troops march at.

**Health Boosters** - Which add health to your troops

**Attack Boosters** - Which Add

**Defence Boosters** - Which add to your Total Troop Defence

**Atack Debuffs** - Which subtract from the attack of your enemies.

**Defence Debuffs** - Which subtract from the defence of your enemies.

You can get and use all of the types of items listed above by Tapping on the boosters icon at the top right part of your town screen > Tapping on the Troops Section or just find the ones you already have in your inventory by Tapping on the ITEMs icon at the bottom of your screen > Tapping on the War section.