Clash of Clans

Clash of Clans
File:Clash of Clans icon.jpg App icon for Clash of Clans
Developer(s)	Supercell
Platform(s)	iOS, Android
Release	iOS August 2, 2012 Android September 30, 2013
Genre(s)	Strategy

Clash of Clans is a mobile freemium strategy video game from Supercell, a video game company based in Helsinki, Finland. A multiplayer game, Clash of Clans allows players to build their community, train troops, and attack other players to earn gold and elixirs while building their own defenses to protect against attackers. An interactive game, players can use the chat feature to communicate with others and join clans to aid each other.

Purchasing gems via credit card helps players advance faster in the game. The pay-to-advance feature has proved lucrative for Supercell's two iOS applications. Clash of Clans and Hay Day were reportedly generating $2.4 million per day for the company in the first half of 2013. Clash of Clans has been a top 5 download since December, 2012. The success of the game was described as being part of the ushering in of a new era in conjoint gaming.

On September 30, 2013, the game quietly soft-launched on Android in Canada and Finland.

On October 7, 2013, a week after the beta release in Canada and Finland, Supercell quietly released Clash of Clans to all other international Google Play Stores.

Gameplay

Clash of Clans is an online multiplayer strategy game. Players build their village by purchasing items from the in-game shop using currencies such as gold, elixir, dark elixir, and gems.

By upgrading their buildings, they unlock new items and expand their capabilities. Training troops (who can also be upgraded to give more damage and health) and attacking other players villages gains the player additional resources to fund their village upgrades. They can also build and upgrade their village defences to guard against attacks from other players. Clash of Clans is a freemium app; although free to download and play, players can pay real-world money to advance more rapidly.

Players can select how many of each type of troops they wish to train, all for the price of 'elixir' or 'dark elixir'. These troops can then be used to attack other players online to gain more gold, elixir, and dark elixir. They can also be used to attack the goblins in the campaign portion of the game. The campaign mode offers gold and 'elixir' to be raided, however players gain no trophies from destroying villages in this game mode. They will not defend your village. Only the clan castle troops and the heroes are able to protect your village.

Accumulating trophies is the end goal in the game. Although gold and elixirs are important for players to build up their villages, a high trophy count can allow players into more "elite" clans. Higher trophies can also lead to more lucrative rewards after battle.

Troops

Players can train fifteen different troop types and two heroes to use in the multiplayer and campaign modes.

The troops have various training times and 'elixir' costs to have them trained. As a player upgrades troops in the 'Laboratory', both training time and cost rise with every subsequent upgrade.

Along with the normal troops that are trained in the 'Barracks', there are additional troop types that are trained in the 'Dark Barracks' and cost 'dark elixir' to train.

Barracks troops

• Barbarians
• Archers
• Goblins
• Giants
• Wall Breakers
• Balloons
• Wizards
• Healers
• Dragons
• P.E.K.K.A.

Dark Barracks troops

• Minions
• Hog Riders
• Valkyrie
• Golem
• Witch

Heroes

Players can also attain a Barbarian King and Archer Queen once their town hall has been upgraded to the proper level. The Barbarian King and Archer Queen can be used for both attacking an opponent and defending one's village during an attack. These heroes are said to have been merely a Barbarian and an Archer who accidentally absorbed 'dark elixir' and have now turned into heroes with incredible strength and health. They can be upgraded (to a maximum level of 40) with dark elixir, each upgrade costing more each time.

Spells

Spells are also a part of a players arsenal when attacking opponents villages. Like troops, spells take a certain amount of time to create in the 'Spell Factory', depending on the amount of times a spell has been upgraded, as well as which spell it is. Unlike troops, spells are cast in certain areas of an enemy's village and have a limited area of effect. They either cause damage to the enemy defenses or help the attacking player's troops, giving them things such as more health or more strength. Also, spells are created at the cost of a player's gold, not 'elixir'.

Gems

Players can also buy, for real money, an in-game premium currency called gems. Gems enable players to instantly complete building upgrades, as well as to speed up troop-training and resource-collecting. By using gems to buy large amounts of the regular in-game currencies of gold, elixir or dark elixir, the player shortens wait times for their mines to produce sellable product, and eliminates the need to raid other villages to acquire it. It is also possible to earn a limited amount of gems by completing achievements and clearing in-game obstacles such as trees, rocks and mushrooms. Gems cannot be stolen from other players when raiding. Players start out with 500 gems.

Clans

There is also a co-operative element of the game. Once a player has rebuilt the Clan Castle ruins in his or her village, they can choose to establish or join a clan with other players. Once in a clan, the player can chat with and donate troops to other clan members and can be promoted by the clan leader or clan elder. The donated troops may be used either offensively or defensively. Clans have three different categories: Closed, Invite only, and Anyone can join. Closed means players are unable to join the selected clan at the current time. Invite only means players must either be invited to join the clan or they must request to join the clan. In which case the leader or a clan elder will either accept or deny the request. The final clan type of Anyone can join simply involves clicking Join Clan as long as there is open space in the clan and the player fits the requirements. All clans have a 50 member limit and may choose to invoke other regulations as including a minimum amount of trophies to join and a minimum amount of donations per season (two weeks).

Despite being called Clash of Clans, clans cannot actually face off against each other. Barbarian Rushes are used in the early stages. Deagons and Pekkas are used in later stages. Plz join Nub Destroyers ( It's a clan) and it is awesome

External links

• Official website