Quote Originally Posted by Evonator View Post
Well, I've never been very good at determining the proper layering and what not, but I managed to take out the pike/cav/ram combo losing about 1 million archers (ouch!) using all lvl 100 heroes with 290-310 attack. I sent tons of 3k warrior waves to clear traps, forgot to send 100k warrior wave before launching spearhead, and then followed with about 10 2k war/sword/pike + 94k archer waves (20 seconds apart) before I broke defense. Waves 3-7 failed to wipe out 10% of troops so I didn't get a battle report, not sure exactly why, assuming it had to do with poor layering or not allowing enough regen time? Either way, it cost alot but I am happy to finally have my first 12, and still have a few million archers to spare . And this morning a powerful enemy just ported near my HC so I am looking forward to drafting from him before he runs away, unless he plans on trying to wipe out my 2 million+ archers and 3 million+ warriors sitting in their new home.
If you're getting no reports on a 12, you probably didn't clear the archers ahead of time. Otherwise, you almost always get reports. war/sword/pike layering won't clear the archers, it looks like you forgot your "wave 4" mentioned above.

Congrats on the 12.