Watch Tower

[e][h] Watch Tower

Building Information

Built From:

Peon

Build Time:

60

Hotkey:

W

Requirements:

• War Mill

Cost:

110 80

Hit Points:

500

Armor:

/ 3

Level:

1

Race:

Orc

Sight Range:

1600 / 800

Acquisition Range:

900

Selection Priorty:

2

Classification:

• Mechanical

Pathing Map

Icon

Combat

Damage:

16 - 18

Range:

800

Weapon Type:

missile

Cooldown:

0.6

Targets:

• ground
• structure
• debris
• air
• item
• ward

The Watch Tower is a basic defesive structure. With it's high range it can be used to defend against tower rushes. The Reinforced Defenses upgrade changes their armor type to Fortified, making them very hard to kill.

Spells & Abilities

Blight Dispel Small
	Cast Type : Passive Target Type : No Target Removes nearby Blight once the building finishes construction.
Area of Effect : 768 Notes : Only blight that was created by buildings and has no source buildings nearby can be removed with this ability.

Spiked Barricades
	Cast Type : Passive Target Type : No Target  Damage Type:  Magic Enemy melee units attacking the building take damage.
Targets Allowed : Enemy Spike Damage : 5 per attack plus 20/50% of the attacker's damage Upgrade required : Spiked Barricades

Reinforced Defenses
	Cast Type : Passive Target Type : No Target Upgrades Burrows and Watch Towers so that they have Fortified armor.
New Armor Type : Fortified Old Armor Type : Heavy
Upgrade: Reinforced Defenses
Cost : 75 175  Research Time:  60 Researched at : War Mill  Hotkey : D  Requirements : Stronghold

Upgrades

Spiked Barricades

Surrounds Orc buildings with spikes that damage enemy melee attackers. Deals 5 damage per attack plus an additional X % of the attacker's damage. Researched at : War Mill  Hotkey : S  Cost : 25 75  Research Time:  60 Base Damage : 5 per attack Additional Damage : 20% of the attacker’s damage

Improved Spiked Barricades

Cost : 50 100  Research Time:  75 Requires : Stronghold Base Damage : 5 per attack Additional Damage : 50% of the attacker’s damage

Version History

Balance Patch History
Patch Version	Balance Changes
1.30.0	Reinforced Defenses lumber cost reduced from 200 to 175. Reinforced Defenses now unlocks with Stronghold instead of Fortress. Reinforced Defenses gold cost increased from 50 to 75.
1.15	Watch Tower build time increased to 60 seconds from 55 seconds.
1.03	Watch Towers now do 16-18 damage, down from 19-22 damage.

Trivia

• The Watch Tower has the highest attack rate of all units in the game
• Its dps is the highest of all Orc units