Nikephoros II Phokas

Nikephoros II Phokas
Details
Building	Hall of Heroes
Civilization	Byzantines
Preferred Target	Walls
Units per Squad	1
Movement Speed	---
Attack
Type	Area Splash xx Tile Radius
Speed	---
Range	---
Ability	Rapid Barrrage

"Nikephoros was a general, and later an emperor, who continued the Byzantine resurgence against the Arab expansion in the tenth century."

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Summary

• Nikephoros's special ability, Rapid Barrage, increases the rate of fire of his trebuchet and nearby trebuchets for a short time.
• Good HP for a trebuchet unit.
• Engineer Trap, Ballista Tower and Trebuchet Emplacement are his weaknesses

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Offensive Strategy

• His Rapid Barrage ability applies to all other trebuchet units in the range, best combination is with Conrad the Elder to give him speed & protection to reach and take down the castle quickly
• For a proper attack, deadly combination with an upgraded level 3 Henry as his rapid barrage can take out three defense structure within 30 seconds.
• Can be used to save 10 slots of the army by using him in combination with Saladin.
• Nikephoros is basically a buffed up Trebuchet and is very useful with or without using his ability. He is best used during an attack to quickly take out a defensive structure using Rapid Barrage.
• Alternatively he can be used to attack another part of the base away from your main focus of attack as he is capable of holding his own with minimal supporting units. He can then be used to loot resources on the other side of the base.

Level	Health	Attack	DPS	Recovery Time	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Ability
1	15,000	3,600	1,184	6h	3,500	N/A	x1
2	17,250	4,500		7h	7,500	2d	x2