Tips & Tricks
PLANKS Tournament
Are you ready for the next Planks Tournament?
Read below to learn which goods to stock up on and which units to train to be sure you’re as prepared as possible to help your fellowship win big in the next tournament!
Summary
Prepare
Whether you’re a caterer, a fighter, or a little of both, these tips will help you ensure you’re ready for the types of goods and units you’ll need the most for the best tournament performance.
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GOODS
These are the goods you’ll use the most of for catering in the Planks Tournament:
Planks
Silk
Gems
EXTRAS
If you have any Orc Strategists from winning Grounds of the Orc Strategist in past events, this is a great province to use them!
Training
Train plenty of the following types of fighters to ensure you’ll have the best units to handle the Shady Characters found in the Planks provinces:
Elves
BEGINNER
Golem
Archer
Sword Dancer
Train Archers to use against the Orc Generals and train Sword Dancers to use against Ancient Orcs, Dryads, and Bandits.
Once you have unlocked Golem, train more of these and fewer Sword Dancers.
INTERMEDIATE
Golem II
Archer II
Sword Dancer II
Continue to train mostly Golems. Train just a few Sword Dancers for encounters featuring Dryads and Bandits.
Train Archer II or Elite Archers. They perform better than the Dryad I in this province.
ADVANCED
Granite Golem
Dryad II
Drone Rider II
Although the Orc Strategist specializes against Light Range Units, we found that in this province, they only performed better than the Golems in encounters against Light Ranged units exclusively.
The Granite Golems performed much better in encounters featuring one or more Orc Generals and Ancient Orcs.
Train Dryad II instead of Archers, and Drone Rider II instead of Sword Dancers.
Humans
BEGINNER
Mortar
Crossbowman
Axe Barbarian
Train Crossbowmen to use against the Orc Generals. Train Axe Barbarians for use against Ancient Orcs, Dryads, and Bandits.
Once you have unlocked Mortars, train more of them and fewer Axe Barbarians.
INTERMEDIATE
Orc Strategist
Crossbowman II
Axe Barbarian II
Continue to train Mortars until you have unlocked the Orc Strategist (Chapter 8) as he will perform much better than the Mortars in this province.
Train just a few Axe Barbarians for encounters featuring only Dryads and Bandits.
Train Crossbowmen II or Master Crossbowmen, as they perform better than the Dryads I in this province.
ADVANCED
Orc Strategist II
Dryad II
Drone Rider II
Train mostly Orc Strategist II. Train Dryad II instead of Crossbowmen, and Drone Rider II instead of Axe Barbarians. At level 2, they both perform better than their Barracks’ counterparts.
THE ENEMIES
Ancient Orc
Light Melee
Moves: 4 Spaces
Attacks: 1 Space
Dryad
Light Range
Moves: 3 Spaces
Attacks: 4 Spaces
Bandit
Light Range
Moves: 3 Spaces
Attacks: 4 Spaces
Orc General
Heavy Melee
Moves: 2 Spaces
Attacks: 1 Space
NOTE: After the first few provinces the Dryads are replaced by Wild Archers. Both units move 3 spaces and attack 4 spaces away.
TACTICS TO CONSIDER
In encounters featuring both Dryads and Bandits, go after the Dryads First.
14-21
44
3
4
11-19
46
3
4
Their attack is stronger than the Bandits but their defense is weaker.
Fights with large combinations of all 3 enemy types will be the most difficult.
We recommend these be catered or fought manually using a mix and match of your fighters according to the obstacles on the battlefield, especially after round 3 of the tournament.
AUTO-FIGHT
Most tournaments in the first few rounds can be won with auto-fight. This can be a great option for fighting novices to still be able to use a mix of resources (units and goods) so more tournament provinces and rounds can be won.
For many of the first rounds of fights, if you pick the right match ups, the fight is easy enough for auto-fight to do as good of a job as manual fighting would do for far less effort.
Of course, choose at your own risk. The more difficult the fight, and the more even the match-up, the more likely it is that you are nearly guaranteed to lose far more units with auto-fight than with manual fight.
AUTO-FIGHT ELVES
BEGINNER
5 Golems or a combination of Golems and Archers
OR
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INTERMEDIATE
5 Golems II or a combination of Golems II and Archers II
OR
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ADVANCED
5 Granite Golems or a combination of Granite Golems and Dryads II
OR
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AUTO-FIGHT HUMANS
BEGINNER
5 Mortars or a combination of Mortars and Crossbowmen
OR
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INTERMEDIATE
5 Orc Strategists or a combination of Orc Strategits and Crossbowmen
OR
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ADVANCED
5 Orc Strategists II or a combination of Orc Strategists II and Dryads II
OR
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MANUAL-FIGHT
Manual fight is recommended in most instances for fewer losses of units. Manual fight may or may not make a significant difference compared to auto-fight in the easiest battles (usually only the first round of the tournament for each province.)
Use Axe Barbarians/Sword Dancers or Mortars/Orc Strategists/Golems
vs
Bandits, Dryads, Ancient Orcs and one or fewer Orc Generals.
Take out the Ancient Orcs first as they will do the most damage to any of these units.
OR
Use Crossbowmen, Archers or Dryads
vs
Bandits, Dryads, Orc Generals and one or fewer Ancient Orcs
Use Mortars, Golems or Orc Strategists
vs
Bandits, Dryads, Ancient Orcs and one or fewer Orc Generals.
Use combinations of Archers/Crossbowmen/Dryads and Golems/Mortars/Orc Strategists
vs
large combos of all 3 enemy types.
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