ok so im new to this forum, and ive been wondering some questions in SE for a long time , i figured that nows a good time to ask,

1. how many miners does it take to kill a spearton without any deaths? (removing the almost dead ones of course)
2.how many seconds does it take for a miner to give you 75 gold?
3.if 4 speartons can kill one fully upgraded giant, can 8 speartons take on 2?
4. i know that poison does damage overtime, but does it do any damage upon contact?
5.whats the best starting setup for desert and/or swamp?

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ok so im new to this forum, and ive been wondering some questions in SE for a long time , i figured that nows a good time to ask,

1. how many miners does it take to kill a spearton without any deaths? (removing the almost dead ones of course)

I doubt if it can be done without any deaths. If he puts his spearton near to your gold, which ever miner he his hitting will die before it can enter the castle. Even if you have shed-loads of miners on gold and mana, most wont be close enough to kill the spearton before he kills at least 1 miner.

Thats unless you pull all your miners off mining before he reaches you, into a tight clump, in which case he's just gonna keep his spearton running in and out, as all your miners are not mining, he doesnt really need to fight your miner-mega-mass

2.how many seconds does it take for a miner to give you 75 gold?

Dunno exactly.
Test it and post the results.

3.if 4 speartons can kill one fully upgraded giant, can 8 speartons take on 2?

If 4 can kill 1, then 8 can kill 2 more easily.
Because;
4 vs 2 you have 1 in stun lock and 3 doing damage to a giant, but 8 vs 2 if the giants are hitting and stunning different targets you have 2 in stunlock but then there are 6 left hitting against one giant - it will die faster to 6 than 3.
Worse case, just put 4 on each giant, which since you say 4 kills 1 - then 8 kills 2, as its just 4 killing 1, but two sets doing it at the same time.

4. i know that poison does damage overtime, but does it do any damage upon contact?

I dont think so.

5.whats the best starting setup for desert and/or swamp?

2 miners 2 crawlers for chaos.
1 miner 2 swords seems to be 'the pro start' for order. Prefer 2 miners and a sword myself, start the second sword with the first gold return - but I suck at order.

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1 miner 2 swords seems to be 'the pro start' for order. Prefer 2 miners and a sword myself, start the second sword with the first gold return - but I suck at order.

1 sword 1 archer isn't bad either for swamp, and 1 archer 1 miner is acceptable for desert. Make sure to get a sword though before attacking in that case.

As for miner's mining rate: Each mining action (swing of the pickaxe) collects 15 gold and takes about 3 seconds to complete. Not counting time to get to the castle and back, it takes about 15 seconds to get 75 gold.

For start, I always use Archer and Sword on everything except grass hills, where I do an archer and a miner.

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For start, I always use Archer and Sword on everything except grass hills, where I do an archer and a miner.

What happens if they mass swords with rage?

Castle Archer... and walls

Magikill and albowtross XD!!!!

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What happens if they mass swords with rage?

Magikills pwned swords.

I'm just talking about the opening though, when you don't have enough mana for either of those. They overwhelm your archer on medium maps.

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For start, I always use Archer and Sword on everything except grass hills, where I do an archer and a miner.

don't you think 3 miners would be a better setup? also i could just get a spear ton and kick the archers ass

Not really, but I use that setup. Only doesnt use it in Castle, where its just too short.

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don't you think 3 miners would be a better setup? also i could just get a spear ton and kick the archers ass

Usually on grass hills I mass swords with rage + magikill support.

huh, i see, smart using the magikill to counter allows and sword wrath for pure destruction, i may have to look into that :P

Well..Uhm, I can't answer all your questions for sure, but I can help with start:

Short Maps: 1 sword, 1 archer.

Medium Maps: 1 sword, 2 miners.

Long Maps: 3 miners.

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Well..Uhm, I can't answer all your questions for sure, but I can help with start:

Short Maps: 1 sword, 1 archer.

Medium Maps: 1 sword, 2 miners.

Long Maps: 3 miners.

lol thats the exact system i use