Originally Posted by
Jengiss
I've done it 4-5 times now with 8500 - 10k archer loss, doing 2k workers 2k warriors 4k scouts 2500 transporters and 89500 archers (my logistics is lower so I needed a few more transporters), hero started at 202 attack using excaliber and up higher now.
I've been scouting down the heroes to below 10 just in case. I'm not sure if it was ever resolved, but I know some people had been convinced that if your hero attack is less than.. maybe 220, and you got a defending hero with especially high intelligence, the defense/health boost would produce the total loss. But supposedly at around 220 attack, the attack bonus is enough to negate any defense intelligence bonus you might come across.
Anyway, if I get any weird results outside the range of what I've been getting now I'll post an update. Otherwise, I'd say 9 archery 8 compass with a 200ish hero is fantastic for 10 npcs :)
Unfortunately my archery will hit 10 before I get my compass up another one, so I won't be able to find out if 9 archery / 9 compass would be problematic.