Official Guide: Analysis Centers - Advanced

Author: The Last Nebula
Credits: Vision of Miracles, The White Oracle, Unstoppable Writer

###### (Only available in states 242 and onwards)

Analysis Centers are buildings on the state map that can be controlled by an alliance to gain specific types of boosts. These boosts are helpful for players in growing their accounts and increasing their stats for events.

To control an Analysis Center, an alliance must connect their territory to it to access it. This can be done by building your **alliance headquarters** or your **alliance towers** next to the Analysis Center. You cannot attack Analysis Centers that do not border your alliance territory.

When a state opens, level 1 Analysis Centers will be shown to have an approximately 6-7 day countdown for it to be unprotected, and open for control. Players can take this time to strategize where to build their hive and towers to connect to as many Analysis Centers as possible.

Other Analysis Centers of higher levels will open at later times.

The location of Level 3 and level 4 Analysis Centers are on the **plains'** region of the state map.
You can only start building towards these Analysis Centers once your state has completed the *Tech Tower* State intel.

Successfully controlled Analysis Centers will appear in the **Territory Tussle** tab in your alliance options. Here, you will see how long they are protected () and how long they are open for challenge ().

* **Protected status** ()
	+ The protection of the Analysis Centers is for 3 days once controlled. This means it cannot be attacked by other alliances during that period.
	+ The controlling alliance can garrison their protected Analysis Center(s) in advance to prepare defence before it opens again for challenge.
* **Challenge status** ()
	+ After 3 days of protection, an Analysis Center will be open for challenge for 24 hours.
	+ Once another alliance occupies the Analysis Center, the challenge status duration will be shortened to 30 minutes\*.
		- **Battle mechanics**
			* Both attacking and defending parties are *defensive*.
			* Troops will only die if they fight at a level 4 Analysis Center or a player's hospital capacity is full.
			* The amount of wounded troops varies depending on the level of the Analysis Center.

\*Note: 30 minutes is the max time needed for control. Some Analysis Centers will require less
time.

**Types:**

There are 8 types of Analysis Centers.

1. Armor Analysis Center
2. Battle Analysis Center
3. Construction Analysis Center
4. Gathering Analysis Center
5. Production Analysis Center
6. Research Analysis Center
7. Vehicle Analysis Center
8. Weapon Analysis Center

**Levels:**
There are also different levels (except for gathering and production), for each type of Analysis Center. Analysis Centers of the same kind, but different levels will stack their boosts when both are controlled.

**Location:**
For the convenience of locating Analysis Centers, please refer to the following charts:

According to the in-game information provided:

* *First-time control rewards will be received by all alliance members.*
	+ The first time control rewards are higher if the Analysis Center level is higher.

* *All alliance members will receive benefits when an Analysis Center is under control.*
* *The Analysis Center must border alliance territory for benefits to take effect.*
	+ If a tower bordering a controlled Analysis Center becomes invalid, the alliance members will lose the benefit.
* *Analysis Center benefits of the same type and level will NOT stack.*

* *Many players misunderstand what this means. Don't be confused. Analysis Centers of the same type will stack their benefits but will not if they have the same level.*

* **For simplification:**

**1.) Same type, different level = benefits WILL stack.**
Example: Controlling level 2 (5% boost) and level 4 (8% boost) weapon Analysis Center will provide an alliance with a 13% troop attack boost.
**2.) Same type, same level = benefits WILL NOT stack.**
Example: Controlling two level 2 (5% boost) weapon Analysis Centers will not result in an alliance receiving a 10% troop attack boost. If this was the case, the benefit received would remain 5% only.
An alliance can benefit from a total of 12 Analysis Centers. This is of course, difficult to achieve. Still, it is possible through strategic tower building and perhaps through forcing your way by using power.

Warning! You are likely to ruin your alliance’s relationship with other alliances if you pursue controlling more Analysis Centers. Keep the peace and a friendly and harmonious relationship with other alliances? Or show them who's the boss and shower your alliance with maxed Analysis Center boosts? It's your choice.

(Benefits from all 12 Analysis Centers)

Once your alliance has maxed your alliance tech research, you can start the journey of controlling more Analysis Centers by demolishing some of your towers and reconstructing them towards other Analysis Centers that you haven't reached yet. *Stray towers*—not necessarily part of a path—that only serve to occupy alliance resource buildings are best removed to maximize
the number of towers you can use for reaching more Analysis Centers.

Do not worry about demolishing these because you will no longer need a lot of alliance resources after completing your alliance tech research. You will still have enough controlled alliance resource buildings for alliance resources occupied by towers that cross their way to Analysis Centers.

**Maintaining control:**

1. Assign someone to monitor Analysis Centers.
2. Barricade Analysis Centers.

As a player, one of the most challenging things I encountered in alliance management is keeping Analysis Centers controlled. This requires regular monitoring. Many ninjas and thieves out there will sneakily take away your control of Analysis Centers if you don't pay attention. So, if you ever decide to pursue creating your Analysis Center kingdom, the leadership team of your alliance should assign a person or two to keep an eye on these Analysis Centers to maintain control.

Another thing that can be done to lessen the hassle of monitoring too many Analysis Centers is wrapping them with your towers, like a safe burrito, so no other alliances can connect to them any more. If someone dares to penetrate your wall of protection by burning your towers, your whole alliance will be alerted.

You can also use your wasteland alliance headquarters for this purpose. After your alliance has chosen to migrate to the plains' region, it becomes *useless*. You can save 3-4 towers by doing this. Imagine that! You can make something useful out of junk If you're creative enough.

Adding to what was mentioned above, an alliance may reset the challenge status timer for their benefit *if they can*.

Suppose your alliance is like mine, with a second alliance (baby/farm/family alliance), which is also connected to an Analysis Center. In that case, you can use it to reset the challenge status timer by making it attack the Analysis Center. It will shorten the 24 hours challenge status to 30 minutes. Thereafter, you can attack the Analysis Center again with your main alliance to revoke the control of your second alliance or a farm alliance. This will make it more convenient for your Analysis Center guardian(s) because instead of guarding the Analysis Center for a whole day, they will only need to protect it for half an hour.

**TIP:**
When an Analysis Center goes into challenge status from an opposing alliance, you can check to see if it is empty or being garrisoned. To do so, click on the Analysis Center you want to control, then press “Recon”. You will see either the Analysis Center coordinates (Picture 1 below), or an alliance tag with the name plus the coordinates (Picture 2 below).

*Picture 1 (empty)*

*Picture 2 (garrisoned/needs recon)*

**Analysis Center benefits in PvP Events:**

Troop’s attack and damage boosts from Analysis Centers can be taken into some PvP events such as Kill Event, Capital Clash (some differences during SvS), and Showdown. But it is NOT considered for PvP events such as Reservoir Raid and State-versus-State.

*Ineffective benefits during RR/SvS:*

**1.) Reservoir Raid**

- If you are a registered participant for Reservoir Raid and the event is underway, if you check your alliance page, you will notice that both the Territory Tussle and Territory tabs will be greyed out. This means that they are invalid, making Analysis Center benefits ineffective because you do not fight in your territory in the Reservoir Raid.

*2.) State-versus-State'*

A common question asked by new players is if Analysis Center benefits are in effect during state warfare. They are still effective but with a few limitations.
a.) Benefits are EFFECTIVE if:
- You are in your state.
- You are fighting against a player from your state.
b.) Benefits are INEFFECTIVE if:
- You are in the enemy state.

- You are fighting against a player from another state.
That should be all you need to know about the Analysis Centers. Good luck on controlling as many of them as you can, and enjoy the boosts from them.

## See Also

* Official Guide: Analysis Centers - Beginner
* Official Guide: Analysis Centers - Medium
* Analysis Centers
* Analysis Center Level 1
* Analysis Center Level 2
* Analysis Center Level 3
* Analysis Center Level 4

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