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New Reserves in Strongholds: Artillery Strike and Airstrike

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Update 9.6 adds two new buildings to Strongholds: Artillery Battalion and Attack Bomber Squadron. These buildings produce special Clan Reserves that can be used directly in battles.

Please be aware that these Reserves are currently only available in Raids, and cannot be used in Skirmishes.

Artillery Battalion

The Artillery Battalion structure produces the Artillery Strike Reserve, which allows the Detachment Commander to request a dense salvo of high-explosive artillery shells in the targeted map square.

Artillery Strike is just like a shot from artillery: shells arrive from your base at a 45-degree angle, with damage values identical to the default ammunition from the artillery arsenal.

The artillery shells' damage, number, and total impact area are dependent on the level of the Artillery Battalion structure.

Attack Bomber Squadrons

The Attack Bomber Squadrons structure produces the Airstrike Reserve, which allows the Detachment Commander to call in Il-2 attack aircraft to strike the targeted area with an intensifying barrage of anti-tank bombs.

Unlike the Artillery Strike, bombs from the Airstrikes arrive at a 90-degree angle. The Il-2 attack aircraft release their payload from above their target, allowing them to hit weak spots on enemy tanks and enemy vehicles hiding behind buildings or terrain.

The bombs' damage and number are dependent on the level of the Attack Bomber Squadrons structure.

Restrictions

Each Reserve can only be used once during a battle.

The Reserves are activated by the Detachment Commander, who is the first player to join, by default. The Detachment Commander role can be reassigned in the Detachment ready room. After the Commander's tank is destroyed in battle, no Reserves can be deployed.

The Detachment Commander must add the Reserves in the Detachment ready room before the battle starts.

Reserve Characteristics Per Level

Artillery Strike

Characteristics	Level of Artillery Battalion
Characteristics	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Cooldown before strike (seconds)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Caliber	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Destruction radius (metres)	6	6	7	8	9	10	10	12	14	15
One shell damage	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420
Penetration	80	80	80	80	80	90	90	95	95	100
Amount of shells per a strike	25	30	35	40	50	75	100	120	140	150
Cost of preparation ()	50	75	100	150	200	300	400	500	650	750

Airstrike

Characteristics	Level of Attack Bomber Squadrons
Characteristics	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
One airbomb damage	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420
Amount of bombs per one flight	15	20	25	30	35	70	75	110	120	125
Destruction radius (meters²)	300	300	600	600	600	1200	1200	1925	1925	1925
Penetration	80	80	80	80	80	90	90	95	95	100
Flight time (seconds)	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5
Cost of prep ()	50	75	100	150	200	300	400	500	650	750

New features were also recently added to the Strongholds page that show extra information on Clans:

Statistics in Raids, complete with comprehensive statistics including the number of ransacked structures and Command Centers
Defense Period, Server, Ceasefire Day, and Neutrality
Battle calendar, where you can find scheduled attacks, or schedule one of your own
Information about the location of Structures on Zones, attacks scheduled on the Zones, and planned attacks on other Clans

You will find the following information on your own Strongholds page:

Hit points of your Command Center and all Structures
Number of Industrial Resources stored in Structures
A list of Clan members and the number of Industrial Resources they've earned in total, and for their current Structure

Check out your Clan's updated Stronghold page by clicking the Stronghold link on the menu to the right of your Clan's profile page.

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