Joe’s Journal, Special Edition

I promised I would write something up on this, and now I have some practical experience in the technique… Pocket Forts! The term comes from having a fort in your back pocket, to bring out at just the opportune moment. With this technique, you can save yourself and your clan a massive headache, if attackers from outside the clan decide they want to test your mettle.

Having your clan capital attacked, as I am sure you can imagine, is a bummer. Enemies can steal the resources you have stockpiled there through such an attack. The capital cannot be attacked, however, while the clan still has forts standing. Forts can be attacked at any time, and when they are attacked, they go into “Conflagration” status which means they cannot be rebuilt for 40 hours. When the last fort is destroyed, a shield will appear over the clan capital, which lasts for 20 hours.

I am sure you can do the math on that one. If your forts are destroyed quickly, your clan capital could be unprotected for up to 20 hours! But here’s my tip for you; don’t build all your forts. If you have 4 forts available to you, have three built and save the other one in your pocket, for that rainy day. When you do lose your three forts, set a timer for the end of your shield over your clan capital, and build your last fort as soon as the shield drops. The enemy (who has surely been waiting for this moment) will not be able to attack the capital because lo and behold, you have another fort there protecting it! If they are to destroy this one, you get another twenty hours on your clan capital’s shield. But wouldn’t it be better to put that fort right back in your pocket?

Now doing this requires some finesse. You won’t want to be stuck without clan speed-ups trying to build your pocket fort while your capital is unprotected. You also will need to “recharge” your capital’s shield using food. But the real tricky part is the timing. After that shield drops, but before your clan capital is attacked, you will want to make sure the fort is built. Then you’ll recharge the shield, quickly after that, demolish the newly built fort and have an ally attack an already burning fort to restart the shield timer. This needs to be done in quick succession, and if done correctly you could have infinite protection of your capital!

TLDR: Pocket Forts! Keep your last fort ready to be built. Once all other forts are burning, wait the 20 hours until your capital shield drops. Build the pocket fort. Recharge the capital shield. Demolish the pocket fort. Have an allied non-clan member attack a burning fort.

If I missed anything, please name your dragon your message to me and I will make sure to update based on your feedback!

Thanks 275,

Joe