Crown of Greed Combat System: Auto Battle, Towers & Ruler Spells Guide

When heroes and enemies are in proximity, combat initiates automatically. Heroes use their skills based on AI behavior patterns defined by their class and traits. You cannot issue move or attack commands during combat. Your combat levers as ruler: 1. Placement of Guard Towers (passive auto-defense) 2. Bounty flags attracting heroes to specific combat zones 3. Ruler spells (area Cure, area Stone Shield, and others) 4. Gold amount on bounties (higher gold = more heroes respond) This creates a fascinating tension: you want to intervene decisively but must always weigh the gold cost of every action.

Guard Towers are your only reliable passive defense. They automatically attack enemies in range without requiring bounties or hero involvement. Optimal placement strategies: - **Chokepoint coverage**: Place towers where terrain naturally funnels enemies (forest edges, bridge entrances) - **Layered defense**: Two towers with overlapping fields of fire are far superior to two towers covering different areas - **Economic cluster protection**: Surround your Market-Forge-Inn cluster with at minimum two towers - **Tax Collector route**: Map your Tax Collector's path and place a tower at the most exposed point Upgraded towers gain increased range, damage, and can pierce multiple enemies. Upgrading two towers is better than building four low-tier towers.

Crown of Greed features a variety of enemies drawn from Slavic mythology: **🐺 Wolves** — Fast, hunt in packs. Primarily target your Tax Collector and isolated heroes. Counter: Guard Towers + Ranger bounties. **🕷️ Giant Spiders** — Medium threat, slow approach. Build webs that slow heroes. Counter: Ranged heroes (Rangers) and Guard Tower clusters. **💧 Drowners (Topielce)** — Slavic water spirits. Found near swamp biomes. Resistant to physical damage. Counter: Mage-class heroes with elemental spells. **😈 Devils** — High-threat melee enemies with significant health. Appear in mid-to-late game raids. Counter: Knight + Berserker parties with Cleric support. **💀 Undead / Skeletal Enemies** — Common in Deathlands biomes. Weak to holy damage. Counter: Cleric/Paladin heroes are 2–3× more effective against undead. **👁️ Baba Yaga (Boss-type)** — Rare, very high threat. Requires a full coordinated party with high bounties to engage. Do not send lone heroes against boss-type enemies.

If you leave enemy Nests unchecked for too long, enemies will 'enrage.' Enraged enemies: - Launch large coordinated attacks instead of scattered raids - Have increased stats (health, damage, movement speed) - Target multiple buildings simultaneously - Are significantly harder to repel with the same forces Proactively clearing nests is always cheaper than defending against an enraged coordinated assault. Use cheap Recon bounties to identify nests early, then immediately escalate to Clearing bounties before enrage timers trigger.

As the ruler of Rodovia, you have direct access to a limited spell system. Spells cost gold to cast and cannot be used infinitely. Confirmed spells (Demo version): - **Area Cure**: Heals all friendly units in a selected area. Essential during coordinated enemy assaults. - **Area Stone Shield**: Provides temporary damage reduction to all friendly units in an area. Use before a major enemy wave hits your hero party. Spell upgrades are unlocked through the Mage Tower / Library buildings and Heritage Points. Advanced spells include targeted elemental attacks and larger area-of-effect variants. Resource management note: Every spell costs gold. Do not cast defensively during minor skirmishes — save spell charges for coordinated enemy assaults or boss encounters.

For clearing high-tier nests or defending against large waves: 1. Wait until your Inn has formed a 3–4 hero party 2. Post a high-value Nest Clearing bounty (150–200+ gold) to attract the full party 3. Pre-cast Area Stone Shield on the anticipated combat zone before the party arrives 4. Keep Area Cure ready in your spell queue 5. Post a backup Defense bounty on your city center to catch any enemies who slip past Never send solo heroes against nests rated as high-threat. The death of a veteran high-level hero is a severe economic setback.