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Stick empires 2 guide7/12/2023 Deadlocks don't usually kill many units if both players are equally matched - It just severely weakens them as the healing tends to almost cancel out the arrow fire. Eventually, all deadlocks are broken, either by a team losing too many units due to all the damage, or a breakthrough attempt, which usually fails because of Shield Bash. What makes deadlocks so strong is the only way to break them is to retreat or force the opponent to retreat, and retreating will usually cost a lot of units as Merics cannot outpace chasing Archers and Speartons will die quickly under arrow fire when deprived of the Shieling damage reduction and healing of Merics. If one army has even the slightest advantage, like an extra Merics or more Archers, this can make it unbalanced, and slowly during the deadlock, the health of one team will fall below. These deadlocks can last super long, as the constant damage and healing on a Shielded side quickly makes the other side lose if they try to back away and stop Shielding themselves. This creates a deadlock line of two armies with a wide open space in the middle (and if a unit ventures into firing zone, it will die very quickly). Along with this, both move at approximately the same speed, giving mobility and the ability to easily micro the army together.Īnother combo strategy is a Shield Wall of many Speartons, backed by Archidons and Merics wherein Speartons take in all damage and block units walking past their line, Archers deal the main damage, and Merics provide support for the Speartons under constant fire. Spearcher is a very common strategy as the archers provides ranged DPS and kiting ability, while the Speartons can tank for the archers. Using this with multiple Speartons will increase the number of miners you kill. You can also use bash to prevent a unit from garrisoning. This is perfect when combined with merics. ![]() The castle archer will only do minimal damage. One of its uses is when the opponent has a castle archer, you can just run in a spear and then toggle shield wall. As such, Speartons become a central part in many strategies, more so since the auto-shield bash patch. They can be used offensively due to their speed and damage, or used defensively with their abilities and health. UsesĪ deadlock of Speartons in Shield Wall backed by Archidons. Speartons can also be used to run down archers or other ranged units. That way they get an extra stun on a unit. More advanced players can use this offensively by toggling shield wall and then quickly toggling it off after the Spearton uses the shield bash. This is useful for keeping certain units out and for buying time. Upon getting hit, the unit will get pushed back and stunned. After patch 1.89 the Spearton will automatically use shield wall should any units get too close. This ability can only be used if Shield Wall is on. This ability costs 50 gold and 100 mana to research. As a bonus, Medusa's Petrify cannot stone a full health Spearton in this state, although Giants and Enslaved Giants are still able to knock them back. You can also use this in front of a wall to protect it from ranged units and increase the survivability of the wall. This ability is very useful when tanking for weaker units like Archidons, Magikill, Merics etc. However, this ability will be automatically toggled off if the Spearton is commanded to move or attack in any way or manner. The Spearton will take 40% less damage and can use their Shield Bash ability. ![]() When toggled on, a Spearton will take a stance resembling a phalanx as shown in the picture. This ability costs 50 gold and 50 mana to research. ![]() The Spearton has two abilities which are meant to be used mainly defensively, but can also be used offensively. Shield Wall & Bash in action as it stuns the opposing army. ![]() All numerical data is now derived from Abilities Note: The Stick Empires community previously had no numerical information on Damage or Speed, so these values were merely comparative. And of course, they can be updated with different armour and weapons in the Armoury. Speartons appear armoured in a fashion similar to the Spartans of antiquity or any other Hoplites of the time meaning they wield a shield and a spear along with a helmet.
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