Torch Battle (TB) rules, information and strategy

[reckoner]

TB wiki page:

http://castle-clash.wikia.com/wiki/Torch_Battle

When:

Wednesday and Saturday

Starts at server time 0900 and goes until 2100.

How we run TB:

1. NO HAULING OR GUARDING IS ALLOWED BEFORE 2045

unless a guild leader specifically asks you to help.

If necessary, guild leaders will adjust our TB ranking during

the day. We try to position ourselves so we don't get attacked

too much at the end of TB.

2. Hauling:

At 2045, a leader will pick a target guild. There are 30 pages

of guilds. Use the search box in the bottom right of the 

"Haul Torch" tab to jump to the correct page. You can use the

"page left" or "page right" buttons as well. Try to use all 10 of

your haul chances on the chosen target. If that guild runs out

of torches, pick any other guild on that page, or on pages

20-30, and finish sending all of your hauls. We attack lower-

ranked guilds since they are less likely to defend well. You

should haul right away, after the target guild is announced,

so that your hauls will have enough time to complete.

You should use your second-best set of 10 heroes to haul.

You should save your 10 strongest heroes to defend.

While your heroes are hauling, you cannot use them to defend.

The better heroes for hauling will have faster movement speed.

For example, Ninjas are better than Paladins.

3. Guarding:

After you've sent all 10 of your hauls (step 2 above), then

you can go to the "Guard Torch" tab and help defend our

torches. You will see a list of heroes and the remaining time

for each haul. If you click the "guard" button next to a hero,

you can see that hero's level. Then you can use one of your

10 guard attempts if you want to try to kill that hero, and help

us regain that torch.

Don't try to fight any heroes that are too strong for you to kill.

Since only one person can fight a hauler at a time, leave the

stronger ones for our stronger guild members to fight. Don't

waste valuable time by blocking our bigger members from

regaining those torches.

Don't defend any hauls that will end after 2100. Those torches

will be returned to us anyway. If ALL of the remaining hauls

against us will end after 2100, then you can defend just for

practice.

Knowing which heroes can kill other heroes more easily, is

good information to have beforehand. Here is a very old thread

with some hero vs. hero matchups:

http://us.forum.igg.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=159780&extra=&page=1

In general, I fight high-DPS heroes with Atlanticore. You can

also try "brute force", by using a higher-level hero of that same

type (only works with certain heroes). For example, i will

fight a TG with my higher-level TG. Of course, hero talents,

inscriptions, crests, artifacts, evolution, and skill levels

also matter, so you may still lose with a higher-level hero.

Don't fight Ghoulem vs. Ghoulem or AC vs. AC. Those 

fights can take forever and will waste a lot of your time.