Battle Realms - Winter of the Wolf
Wolf Clan FAQ
TheManWhoCan (joeyolbean@hotmail.com)
this FAQ is Copyright Joe Soloway
Version 1.00
This FAQ is geared only towards the Wolf Clan as it is in Winter Of The
Wolf.
It is basically an FAQ designed to enlighten people about the clan and
how
to use them.
It is not a walkthrough for the entire game, but it deals with all units
and upgrades, strategies and any info sent in by other people. Enjoy.
1) Backround Information
- history of the wolf clan
The wolf clan are nature loving people. They were enslaved by the Lotus
clan years ago and had to fight for their freedom. They were forced to
work for the Lotus and the Serpent in the mines (shale mines) in order
to survive. If they did not do as they were told, they were punished.
Grayback, the leader, organized his attack on the Lotus to free his
clan. Longtooth (his friend and strong general) was right by his
side in fighting for their freedom. Among others the Wolf clan set
out their revenge. Succeeding in their goals, they are now a very
powerful clan as they once were.
2) Beginning the game
- how to first play Battle Realms
Battle Realms is a very unique game.
It's not like any other RTS (real time strategy) you will ever play.
This game is different for a number of reasons :
Rice and water are the only two resources collected and somehow ,
they create buildings?
Yin/Yang is accumulated in the game. If you attack a far distance away
or in an enemy base , you accumulate it faster then if you were camping
in your own. It provides incentive for people because heros and upgrades
cannot be gained without it.
Peasants are the only way to train units. A unit starts as a pesant,
then goes through numerous training exercises to become something
better.
So far , I have found that this game is the only game that focusses a
lot of attention towards elevation. The higher you are, the farther you
can see and the more damage you can do.
This is where the best part of the game starts. The units are very cool
in this game and they are also very unique. Once you start out, it
seems a little confusing how to make certain units but the more you
play,
the more familiar it becomes.
In my opinion, the Dragon is the most overpowered clan in the game.
The Wolf are not especially hard all the time , but given a chance can
be very devestating in any circumstance. I'm not sure if they are the
strongest (damage wise) in the game but I think they might be since they
tend to be slow producers of both buildings and units, and generally,
the slower the builder, the stronger the units.
If your finding it hard to follow the unit production, try checking out
the buildings production first.
Pesant - basic units for every clan. they collect rice and water,
they build buildings and train to become your army. they have pretty
good health and arent that bad in hand to hand combat when compared to
other peasants. not a good idea to attack with these guys unless it is
to save your base.
Produced at Peasant Hut
Usefullness - 10/10 (they are the foundation of any army)
Damage (unit) - 4/10
Damage (building) - 2/10
Stamina - 5/10
Health - 4/10
Attack Speed - 4/10
Brawler - weilding two slabs of stone, the brawler is a good hand to
hand combatant. they have quick attacks and are produced quickly.
since they are the first unit produced, they are not too strong but can
pretty much hold their own (especially with the Zen Counterpuch,
formerly
known as the Zen Master Blaster - severly damages an attacker or
instantly kills a Zen Master [hero] in one blow). not a bad idea to keep
some of these guys around just in case
Produced in Combat Pit from Pesant
Usefullness - 6/10 (good strength, fast)
Damage (unit) - 5/10
Damage (building) - 4/10
Stamina - 6/10
Health - 6/10
Attack Speed - 6/10
Hurler - these guys have a giant hooked pitch fork that acts sort of
like
a slingshot. they hurl rocks and can hit multiple enemies as long as
they
are in a line becuase the rock bouces. these are the units that aren't
too
bad in hand to hand combat and aren't too bad at firing from a distance.
They are better from a distance because they are meant to be positioned
from a distance. They take more damage if they are in hand to hand
(as does every balistic unit). good for starting out but the upgrades
are
much better
Produced in Balistics Ground from Pesant
Usefullness - 6/10 (hits multiple enemies, good range)
Damage (unit) - 5/10
Damage (hand to hand) - 4/10
Damage (building) - 5/10
Stamina (not in hand to hand) - 6/10
Stamina (hand to hand) - 4/10
Health (not in hand to hand) - 5/10
Health (hand to hand) - 3/10
Attack Speed - 5/10
Mauler - they have big boulders chained to their hands and they attack
by
smashing anything near them. in theory they sound good, but their
actually
pretty bad (in my opinion) they seem to lack the intensity that other
units
have and they don't seem to have a lot of power. the upside is this,
they
can be upgraded into two of the most useful units of the Wolf Clan
Produced in Quarry from Pesant
Usefullness - 5/10 (not too good but can produce two great units)
Damage (unit) - 5/10
Damage (building) - 5/10
Stamina - 6/10
Health - 6/10
Attack Speed - 5/10
Pack Master - masters of the wolves. they control wolves (three at a
time)
and are pretty good in hand to hand combat. the problem is, the strength
with these guys lies in the wolves, and in order to get the wolves, you
must
attain horses to feed the wolves. unless you have wolves with the
master,
they are not useless, but not that great
Produced in Wolves Den from Pesant
Usefullness - 6/10 (great with wolves, not so great without)
Damage (unit) - 5/10
Damage (building) - 4/10
Stamina - 6/10
Health - 6/10
Attack Speed - 6/10
Wolf - they usually hunt with the pack master but can be found roaming
around some maps. ancestrial wolves are stronger, faster etc. then
normal
wolves
Produced in Wolves Den by feeding horses to the Den
Usefullness - 8/10 (they only get eight when they are in a pack of
three)
Damage (unit) - 4/10
Damage (building) - 3/10
Stamina - 4/10
Health - 4/10
Attack Speed - 6/10
Druidess - the basic magic of the Wolf Clan. the druidesses helped save
the wolf clan in the story line. anyway, they use an entanglement spell
that
instantly gounds any attacker to the ground. the attacker can no longer
move
or attack for a short while. she can also recieve blessings from the
Carin
to bestow special powers among wolf units. if they are used though, the
shale
armor disappears from the wearer (more on the gifts later)
Produced in Druidesses Garden from a male Pesant?
Usefullness - 8/10 (stops enemies from attacking you)
Damage (unit) - 4/10
Damage (hand to hand) - 3/10
Damage (building) - 3/10
Stamina (not in hand to hand) - 6/10
Stamina (hand to hand) - 4/10
Health (not in hand to hand) - 6/10
Health (hand to hand) - 3/10
Attack Speed - 5/10
Digger - they have very sharp claws on their hands and they can attack
pretty
quickly. they are not too powerful against buildings but have a good
upgrade
(able to burrow without enemy detecting it). they are produced pretty
quick
but again, there are stronger units so don't use these guys as anchors
or
life savers. With the damage upgrade, they are actually quite strong
but they have low health.
Produced in Forest Temple from Pesant
Usefullness - 6/10 (fast attackers with good upgrade)
Damage (unit) - 6/10
Damage (building) - 5/10
Stamina - 6/10 (with upgrade 8/10)
Health - 4/10
Attack Speed - 6/10
Balistamen - carrying a giant crosbow on their back, balistamen attack
heavily destroying units very quickly. they can also kill buildings but
units are mainly what they should be killing while your stronger units
are destroying the buildings. with the two upgrades from the balistics
ground, balistamen are very fierceome opponents
Produced in Balistics Ground from Brawler or
Produced in Combat Pit from Hurler
Usefullness - 9/10 (with upgrades, nearly unstopable in groups)
Damage (unit) - 8/10
Damage (hand to hand) - 4/10
Damage (building) - 6/10
Stamina (not in hand to hand) - 4/10
Stamina (hand to hand) - 3/10
Health (not in hand to hand) - 6/10
Health (hand to hand) - 3/10
Attack Speed - 3/10
Pitch Slinger - thowing very hot stones at anything near them makes them
rather efficient at destroying anything. even though they can kill
enemies, the main purpose of these guys is to destroy buildings. they do
a tonne of damage to buildings and sets them on fire. one pitch slinger
can bring down a building in a very short amount of time. (look under
strategies for a great tip on how to use these guys efficiently)
Produced in Quarry from Hurler or
Produced in Balistics Ground from Mauler
Usefullness - 9/10 (destroys buildings faster than anything)
Damage (unit) - 6/10
Damage (hand to hand) - 4/10
Damage (building) - 8/10
Stamina (not in hand to hand) - 5/10
Stamina (hand to hand) - 4/10
Health (not in hand to hand) - 6/10
Health (hand to hand) - 3/10
Attack Speed - 4/10
Dryad - not too effective in combat but has a good upgrade and it is
still another unit that can be used effectively if used correctly, so
don't
disregard them right away. they can drain towers of their chage
(with upgrade) which makes all units fight way better
Produced in Forest Garden from Druidess
Usefullness - 6/10 (good upgrade, good in combat)
Damage (unit) - 4/10
Damage (building) - 4/10
Health - 5/10
Stamina - 5/10
Attack Speed - 5/10
Sledger - they carry an enormous hammer and they smash units and
buildings
to pices. very useful unit because of their strength and health. they
are
produced kinda slow, but for the usefullness of this unit, makes it well
worth the wait.
Produced in Quarry from Brawler or
Produced in Combat Pit from Mauler
Usefullness - 8/10 (great at smashing anything)
Damage (unit) - 6/10
Damage (building) - 6/10
Health - 7/10
Stamina - 6/10
Attack Speek - 5/10
Berserker - slow to build but again, well worth the wait for a number of
reasons. with no upgrades, the Berserker is very strong and attacks
fast.
with the upgrades, he is able to transform into a werewolf just before
he
dies, which he then regains fully. the werewolf can then be upgraded
into
doing critical damage on the next hit. if it kills, one or two wolves
emerge
from the body
Produced in any one of the buildings because the Pesant must pass
through
every building (Combat Pit, Balistics Ground, and Quarry in any order to
become Beserker)
Usefullness - 9/10 (with upgrades nearly perfect, but slow to build)
Damage (unit) - 7/10
Damage (building) - 6/10
Health - 8/10
Stamina - 7/10
Attack Speed - 6/10
Werewolf - an upgrade from Berserker available from Druidess blessing.
very tough to beat in combat and generally gets elimated first because
of their strength. they attract a lot of attention
Produced from Berserker after blessing from Duridess
Usefullness - 10/10
Damage (unit) - 8/10
Damage (building) - 7/10
Health - 7/10
Stamina - 8/10
Attack Speed - 6/10
Heros for the Wolf Clan - all heros are produced in the Keep
Grayback - the Wolf clan leader. great in hand to hand combat and just
as good in destroying buildings.
Special Abilities - Howl - Grayback howls which gives nearby allies a
temporary increase in damage. costs stamina
Yin/Yang Cost - 2
Rice/Water Cost - 600/300 (around that)
Usefullness - 10/10 (great hero for the wolf clan)
Damage (unit) - 8/10
Damage (building) - 8/10
Health - 8/10
Stamina - 9/10
Attack Speed - 6/10
Longtooth - friend of Grayback and trusted general. weilds a magical
boomerang. able to shoot from a tremendous distance away and is pretty
good in hand to hand combat.
Special Abilities - Industructible Boomerang - boomerang passes through
buildings and enemies damaging anything that it touches. costs stamina
Yin/Yang Cost - 1
Rice/Water Cost - 250/300 (around that)
Usefullness - 9/10 (great in long range but not too deadly)
Damage (unit) - 7/10
Damage (hand to hand) - 6/10
Damage (building) - 7/10
Stamina (not in hand to hand) - 10/10
Stamina (hand to hand) - 7/10
Health (not in hand to hand) - 8/10
Health (hand to hand) - 6/10
Attack Speed - 6/10
Shale Lord - a giant angry walking rock. tremendous damage against
anything. need I say more
Special Abilities - Shale Armor - gives shale armor to any nearby foe,
excluding heros at the cost (small) of health.
Yin/Yang Cost - 2
Rice/Water Cost - 500/250 (around that)
Usefullness - 10/10 (very dangerous against anything but special
ability is not so great)
Damage (unit) - 9/10
Damage (building) - 10/10
Stamina - 8/10
Health - 9/10
Attack Speed - 5/10
Gaihla - a nymph with healing powers. she's the only unit that can heal,
but it costs almost all of her stamina, but it heals almost all of the
health of nearby enemies. a good idea to keep her away from the battle
Special Abilities - Heal - nearby allies are healed at the cost of
stamina
Yin/Yang Cost - 1
Rice/Water Cost - 250/350 (around that)
Usefullness - 8/10 (heals but just isn't that much of a threat)
Damage (unit) - 6/10
Damage (building) - 5/10
Stamina - 7/10
Health - 6/10
Attack Speed - 7/10
Wildeye - a packmaster master. the ultimate master of the wolves.
attacks
quickly but main strength is within the ability
Special Abiliey - Ancestrial Wolf - Wildeye summons a very powerful wolf
to serve whoever he chooses. up to three can be active at once. costs
nearly all of stamina
Yin/Yang Cost - 1
Rice/Water Cost - 350/300 (don't quote me on that)
Usefullness - 9/10 (wolves are very stong and not so bad himself)
Damage (unit) - 7/10
Damage (building) - 6/10
Stamina - 8/10
Health - 7/10
Attack Speed - 8/10
Monk - a quick attacking monk. not much else
Special Ability - Meditation - Monk stands still and regenerates very
quickly but cannot attack
Yin/Yang Cost - 1
Rice/Water Cost - 50/50 (around that)
Usefullness- 6/10 (yin/yang points can be spent better)
Damge (unit) - 6/10
Damage (building) - 5/10
Stamina - 8/10
Health - 7/10
Attack Speed - 7/10
Buildings are just as important as the units. Without the proper
knowledge
or the proper buildings, you will be crushed, surely. It's a good idea
to familiarize yourself with the buildings, just so making units becomes
a routine. Note - I haven't given the price for the buildings for good
reason, it will take too long and is generally not that important as
long as you are not scavenging for resources.
Don't qoute me on what you need to build the buildings because this is
usually what I have built by the time I get the desired building.
(ie, Carin - I usually have almost everything I need before I build
this)
Pesant Hut - this is where pesants are generated. pesants are
automatically generated, and the speed at which they are generated is
determined by how many people you have out of your total population.
the higher the number, the slower the production rate.
Combat Pit - this is the first building that should be produced next
to the pesant hut. a lot of good units can come from here, and this
is where your first units will come out of (Brawler)
Requirements - Pesant Hut
Balistics Ground - this is where units are trained in long range
attacks. Hurlers are the first units that come out of here froma pesant.
another important building and should be one of the first that
you build.
Requirements - Pesant Hut
Quarry - units are trained here to become more powerful. a great
building that produces many good units. again, build this one fast.
when you have the other two buildings (combat pit, balistics ground),
you're ready to make most of the units that you will need to win
the game.
Requirements - Pesant Hut
Druidess Garden - produces Druidess. a vital building as Duridess
are a very important unit.
Requirements - Pesant Hut
Well - a well that contains water. good idea to place it right next
to a pesant hut so water is collected faster. needed to build other
buildings so it's a good idea to get this out of the way soon.
Requirements - Pesant Hut
Wolves Den - a den that contains wolves only if you feed them horses.
it trains pack masters, and is needed to build the Wolf Ball Cout
Requirements - Pesant Hut (mabye something else)
Wolf Ball Court - can be upgraded to Forest Temple. it increases the
amount of rice you can hold and it increases the rate at which you
accumulate Yin/Yang
Requirements - Wolves Den
Forest Temple - produces Diggers and Dryads. not an essential building
but still something to upgrade anyway
Requirements - Wolf Ball Court
Shalery - an absoloutely necessary building for your survival. it gives
all units armor that is made from rock (shale) and is particularily good
against magic attacks although is still great against all forms of
damage.
always something to be used.
Requirements - Well
Carin - this is where the druidess can give her allies special
abilities.
if the ability is given to a unit wearing armor, then the armor
disappears. three blessings are given at first to the druidess
and can be upgraded to five later on.
Requirements - Druidess Garden (I think)
Keep - heros are summoned from here at the cost of Yin/Yang and
resources.
Requirements - Carin
Tower - towers are very important in protecting you base. they have
lots of health, a charge that has a special effect based on your clan
chosen, and you can place a person in it.
Requiremnts (1) - Pesant Hut
Requirements (2 and 3) - Wolf Ball Court
Requirements (4) - Keep
5) Upgrades for Units
- all of the upgrades for the wolf
The upgrades in this section involve every upgrade from the Druidess
and from the building itself. They are quite important but they have
to be used wisely because they get rid of armor and they cost Yin/Yang.
Druidess Blessings :
Brawler - Zen Counter Punch - Causes critical damage to the on the next
hit or instantly kills a Zen Master (Hero)
Hurler - Explosive Rocks - the Hurlers rocks now explode, causing
splash damage to nearby enemies
Mauler - Spinning Attack - Mauler spins in a circle causing damage
to nearby enemies. costs stamina.
Druidess - None - recieve blessing from Carin
Digger - Burrow - able to burrow anywhere on the map. can burrow a
pretty good distance and will stay burrowed until unburrowed, or
runs out of stamina
Dryad - Tower Drain - drains nearby enemy towers to make wolf
units fight better
Pack Master - Wolf Call - the Pack Master howls and calls wolves
fromt the Den
Balistamen - Totem - fires a wooden totem that sticks into the
ground, slowing enemy units and improving the abilities of allies
Sledger - Stun Slam - stuns nearby enemies for a short while
Pitch Slinger - Sight Pitch - the Pitch Slinger throws a pitch in
the desired location, it stays there and lights up the area as if
someone were standing there.
Berserker - Lycanthrope - Berserker transforms into a Werewolf which
replenishes his health and stamina
Werewolf - Wolves Bite - the next hit does critical damage, and if
it kills an enemy, they transform into one or two wolves.
Building Upgrades -each building has 3 upgrades that cost up to 4
Yin/Yang
Combat Pit :
Pesants have more health
Reduce the Combat Pit's Training Costs
Brawlers and Hurlers can run father
Balistics Ground :
Pitch Slingers , Balistamen and Hurlers can shoot farther
Pitch Slingers , Balistamen and Hurlers do more damage from higher
ground
Brawlers and Hurlers are less likely to be hit by projectiles
Quarry :
Sledgers do more damage
Maulers do more damage
Pitch Slingers, Hurlers and Sledgers take less damage from
explosives
Druidess Garden:
Druidess recieve 2 additional blessing from Carin
Increases the rate of natural healing
Increase the range of Druidess entanglement spell
Wolves Den :
Tamed Wolves have more health
Pack Masters have more health
Pack Masters , Berserkers and Werewolves do more damage
Forest Temple :
Diggers do more damage
Diggers and Maulers have more stamina
Dryads take less damage from ranged attacks
6) Starting an army
- beginnings of a good wolf army
This section of the FAQ is designed to give you and idea of how to START
an army. It just tells the basics or beginnings of a good army. All of
the suggestions are very open to change and do not need to be followed.
There are tonnes of variation on how to start your army.
A good idea : try a team battle in Battle Realms , and team yourself
with a computer and share vision , then watch how the computer does
things , then do them faster and better. Generally, it's a good idea
to follow the computers actions since they have been programmed to do
all the right moves very quickly, beating the compter is just a matter
of doing the actions faster.
1) take all your pesants and build 1 pesant hut
2) start to collect rice when finished building
3) keep collecting rice until you can build a combat pit
(should take about 1 trip)
4) when that's done, take one Pesant and start to collect water,
take another and collect some rice, the take your Hurler
(you started with) and build a Balistamen when combat pit is finished
5) build a Balistics Ground when you have enough water
6) any free Pesants should help building anything because the more
pesants you have, the faster your job is, when buildings are
complete, send the pesants back to collecting
7) Balistamen should be done soon, so then build a Brawler
8) build a Quarry (take 1 Pesant from water and one from rice)
9) Brawler is about done, send one to the Balistics Ground, and
when the Quarry is complete, send your first Brawler to it to build
a Sledger
10) I'm not sure what should come next but I think that you should
be building a Well or a Druidess Garden. If your building a well :
build it right next to a pesant hut as this saves a lot of time for
pesants to collect water
If you're building a Duridess Garden :
get 3 or 4 to build it and when done, build 1 Druidess, one Mauler,
one Brawler (if pesant is left over, send him to collect or build
a Tower)
11) build pretty much anything you want but shortly you should
have the following :
1 Druidess
2 Balistamen
1 Mauler
1 Sledger
with that being said, do the following :
take Mauler and build a Pitch Slinger
build another Brawler and when that's done build another Sledger
you should now have the following :
1 Druidess
2 Balistamen
1 Pitch Slinger
2 Sledger
This is a pretty tough unit to beat for the following reasons :
the druidess can help stop any incoming attack and save some of
your lives
the Balistamen do a crazy amount of damage and can easily take
out a bunch of people
the Pitch Slinger is ready to burn any building down that's
in the area
the Sledgers have a great health rating and do a good amount
of damage to any unit
Like I said, it's just a basic starting so it's not the greatest
army in the world, yet. This is usually the plan that I end up
following, with some variation. You don't have to follow it at all
if you don't want to, it's just a beginning so use your discretion.
7) Strategies for using wolf against any opponnent
- good strategies for using the wolf clan
- in depth
This is where the really good stuff is. It's strategies that usually
work on anything, and generally helpful regardless of how you play the
game. Enjoy.
Pitch Slingers are incredible at burning buildings. Whatever squad you
have, have at lest 3 pitch slingers in there somewhere. When you get
near the enemy base, let the rest of your men worry about the enemy
units, and take your Pitch Slingers right into the center of the base.
Get them to attack the buildings (individually - each Pitch Slinger
attacks a different one). This way, you get to attack multiple buildings
at once, and it takes way longer to put out the fires that you have set.
As long as eveyone is doing their job, your Pitch Slinger are in very
little danger of being attacked because the enemy is too occupied with
the rest of your guys.
Use the upgrades a lot. First upgrade the Balistics Ground - Pitch
Slinger
Balistamen and Hurlers have a longer range and Pitch Slingers Balistamen
and Hurlers do more damage from higher ground. With this upgrade,
Balistamen can hit about as far away as Longtooth can and the
Pitch Slinger can hit as far as Balistamen can without the upgrade.
Place one in a tower and they are nearly unstopable because of the bonus
for higher ground. Balistamen placed in towers with these upgrades can
kill a Samurai in 3 to 4 shots easily. So in closing, upgrade things a
lot.
Towers are very important. Use them a lot and only place Balistamen in
them. They do the most damage to units even though the fire slower, and
they can hit people that are really far away.
Lots of Druidess are a good idea. Trap the enemy as quickly as possible
then use the rest of the units to kill them.
If you are sending out 1 big squad to attack the enemy and you have no
units left, build a Druidess to help protect your base. If you have
towers armed with Balistamen, they will take care of the problem in no
time because they wll be trying to hit a still target, which isn't a
difficult task.
Do not send all of one squad that has Druidess blessings into an attack.
Even though they have blessings, the missing armor is still a huge
drawback. Only bless some of your troops (1 Berserker, 1 Balistamen,
1 Hurler if you decided to use one, or 1 Brawler if you use them).
The armor is incredibly important to every unit. Once you are out of
blessings, go get armor for the Druidess.
Armor should be equipped on every unit unless a blessing is given. Do
not send units out without the armor. It takes way longer for you to be
killed if you are wearing it.
Attack with a lot of different people. Sending in one unit has lots of
the same uint has obvous drawbacks.
If the enemy has lots of ranged attacks, take a couple of your melee
units and go send them to attack the shooters (one melee unit per ranged
attacker.) this way, the ranged attacks are completely nullified, and ,
all ranged attackers that get into hand to hand against a melee
fighter,
are at a huge disadvantage.
Only use the Keep after upgrading from buildings. Getting a Hero is not
as good as upgrading every single unit that you create. A permanent
upgrade is better than a temporary one as long as you use the unit that
you upgraded. Upgrading Maulers to do more damage is useless if you
never use Maulers.
Heros are incredibly powerful people and should be used often as long as
you are upgraded, and have lots of resources to spare. You should also
send in at least 2 heros with your squad. Don't forget, Heros cannot be
destroyed completely. Once they have died, they can come back after a
short while.
Have lots of ranged attackers in your army. The Wolf ranged attacks are
great and are very usefull. But don't only take ranged attackers, for
obvious reasons.
I'm still looking for any sort of help for strategies so if anyone has
any strategies, send them in to me using the e-mail at the top of the
FAQ.
Your strategies will be placed here, and you will recieve full credit
for it. Thanks.
This section is just to show the pros and cons of the Wolf.
Pros :
Very strong units
Only clan that can regenerate
Heros are very strong
Great ranged attackers
Armor is available for every unit and lowers damage against all attacks
Druidess Blessings are very effective when used correctly
Lots of health
Can devestate buildings easily
Cons :
Slow builders
Buildings are enormous
Slow unit producers
Expensive
Can have low stamina
Can be slow attackers
Druidess Blessings remove Shale Armor
