How to make a Relic 2.0 castellan
Preparation: Know your situation: if you’re a big spender make sure you always delete the ‘junk’ equipment before you spin and only keep the best, if you’re a medium spender don’t delete things to fast or you might not be able to effectively puzzle your equipment together
I have added multiple tables that guide you in understanding how good your equipment is based upon the star rating and effects that you have on the equipment/ gem/ hero
Equipment bonuses explained:
Helmet:
1 non variabel bonus: wall protection
3 random bonuses: See table Random bonuses
Armor:
2 non variabel bonusen: moat + gate protection
2 random bonuses
Weapon:
2 non variabel bonuses: melee and ranged unit strength
2 random bonuses
Artifact:
1 non variabel bonus: Resources lost
3 random bonuses
Non variable bonus is always assigned to the equipment
Random bonuses that any equipment can have:
Preferred
- wall limit
- courtyard strength
-melee strength - ranged strength
Alright
moat protection
wall protection
Not that good
gate protection
Losing less resources in case of a loss
Specific bonuses linked to certain equipment
Preferred
Weapon: X combat strength for defense units
Armor: X combat strength for defense units on the flank
Not that good
Helmet: X combat strength for defense units on the front
Artifact: Get supported by X protector of the north in courtyard defense
relic 2,0 gems: 4 random bonuses
Random bonuses that any relic 2,0 gem can have:
Preferred
- wall limit against castle lords
- courtyard strength against castle lords
- melee strength against castle lords
- ranged strength against caslte lords
Alright
Moat
Wall
Earlier detection
Not that good
gate protection
X% extra glory
Reduce fire (if you want a fire castellan its usefull otherwise not)
Defence relic 1,0 gems: 3 random stats
Random bonuses that any relic 1,0 gem can have:
Preferred
- wall limit
- courtyard strenght
- melee strenght against castle lords (Weaker as relic 2,0)
- ranged strenght against caslte lords (Weaker as relic 2,0)
not amazing for relic 2,0 castellan
- wall limit against castle lords (Significantly weaker as relic 2,0 gems)
- courtyard strenght against castle lords (Significantly weaker as relic 2,0 gems)
Defence hero relic 2,0: 4 random pvp bonuses + 2 economical ones
Pvp bonusses
preferred
- wall limit against castle lords
- courtyard strenght against castle lords
- melee strenght against castle lords (preffered over ranged)
- ranged strenght against castle lords
- earlier detection
- strength when defending main castle (main castle or kingdoms)
Or strength for units stationed in outposts and landmarks
allright
Moat
Wall
Not that good
gate protection
X% extra glory
Reduce fire (if you want a fire castellan its usefull otherwise not)
Economical
- extra hospital capacity for soldiers
- extra honey or mead storage capacity
- extra recruitment speed
- faster construction
- faster research
- more mead production
- more honey production
- extra public order
- extra resource transport capacity
- + X base resource production
- + kingdom resource production
Maximum values for equipment/gems/hero:
You can use the stars as an indication of how good the % on an effect is
3 golden stars is the best (but those are extremely rare at the moment for relic 2,0)
3 silver stars is also really good and more common but still pretty rare
3 blue stars or less indicates that the % isnt that high
Note: you can’t use the stars as an indication when comparing relic 1.0 and relic 2.0
So for example when your going through your helmet equipment you can look up the table and see there are three random effects assigned to the helmet and you ideally want the helmet to have 3 preferred effects with a good star rating if you see a helmet like this it’s perfect to use when building your castellan; If you see a helmet that has 3 random effects that are allright/ not that good its better to sell it (again keep in mind your personal situation sell more aggressively If you spin a lot don’t sell your equipment to fast if you don’t spin that often or if you are f2p)
Now that you have prepared your equipment inventory you can start assembling your castellan:
First puzzle the helmet –weapon – armor and artifact together
You should try to aim for:
140% ranged and melee strength
100% courtyard strength
50% wall limit
Optional effects that are nice to have:
Weapon: X combat strength for defense units
Armor: X combat strength for defense units on the flank
Optional effects that don’t have a big impact:
Helmet : X combat strength for defense units on the front
(unless your planning on defending the front the bonus is useless but in general I would avoid that as a default defence setup)
Artifact: Get supported by X protector of the north in courtyard defense: getting 1000 soldiers is kinda insignificant on a courtyard of 600k soldiers so try to avoid this effect if possible
Note:
- Getting close to the theoretical maximum is also fine if your planning on upgrading the equipment later with coins/ ruby’s in the relicus each effect can get an extra 5% through upgrading the equipment or gem in the relicus
- if your castellan only has 60% courtyard or you don’t get to the 50% wall limit you still might be able to correct this to the wanted 100% courtyard or 50% wall limit by using one relic 1.0 gem instead of a relic 2.0
Step 2 Puzzle the four relic 2.0 gems together:
“Getting good gems is hard so you might have to compromise on some things here unless you have a lot of excellent ones”
You should try to aim for:
60% Strength in courtyard when defending against castle lords
40% wall limit against castle lords
50% Melee/ ranged (Generally higher melee preferred over ranged)
Try to prioritize the courtyard strength and the Wall limit first; Depending on the stones you use it will be easier or harder to get close to the theoretical max also remember that if you are planning on upgrading the stones with coins/ ruby’s you can still get 5% extra on each effect of the stones
Alternatively:
As said above if you didn’t get to the theoretical 100% courtyard strength when putting the equipments together or you didn’t get to the 50% wall limit its beneficial to use 3 relic 2.0 stones and one relic 1.0 stone (relic stone with just 3 stats) to correct the courtyard strength or wall limit that you are missing
Last step is choosing a correct hero: getting a perfect hero is extremely hard so you probably will have to compromise and prioritize:
Prioritize the following effects here if possible (number 1 is most important 4th least):
1 Courtyard strength: 60% theoretical max
2 Wall limit: 40% theoretical max
3 Melee strength or ranged 50% max (prioritize melee over ranged if you have the choice)
4 strength when defending main castle (if you put the castellan on your main castle or kingdoms)
Or strength for units stationed in outposts and landmarks if you put the castellan on an outpost
Important to note is that it is hard to get all of these bonuses on one hero and that the guide listed above prioritize max defence stats so the castellan doesn’t give any detection so watchtower lv 10 is advised
For the hero you could alternatively swap the 4th bonus for detection
You can also use this step to balance your castellan if you didn’t get your wall limit high enough you can prioritize a hero with wall limit or if you had good gems but they all had ranged strength, you can prioritize a hero with melee strength also if you don’t have courtyard or only a low courtyard bonus but you have a hero with a good star rating for wall limit/ melee/ranged strength/ strength when defending main castle you can use that hero instead of the hero with a low courtyard bonus
Economical effects if you want to hold max amount of soldiers:
- X % mead production
- X amount of public order
Depending on your situation you might prefer other economical effects if you have different goals; For example you might prefer extra recruitment speed over mead production etc.
In conclusion your castellan effects to focus on could be similar to the example below:
- 180 % ranged/ melee strength
= 140 % (from equipments) + 40 % (gems/ hero) - 200 % courtyard strength
100 % (from equipment + relic 1.0 gem) + 60% (gems relic 2.0) + 40 % (hero) - 110% wall limit
50 % (from equipment + relic 1.0 gem) + 40% (gems relic 2.0) + 20 % (hero)
You can have a better or a worse castellan depending on your spending and or luck in the game
Last thing to note is the the theoretical max of a stat is really a maximum and any amount that you are above the max is waisted:
So for example: combining 4 equipments with courtyard strength and putting relic 1.0 courtyard strength gems on it will give a value of 500+ courtyard strength but it will be capped at the theoretical max wich is 100% and everything above the 100% will be wasted.
Author: Glennmas