Lightning
Short discharges that jump from one target to the next, a defense that soaks them up, a special that rains lightning.
How it plays
Lightning works up close. The Lightning Pylon is a circle tower: it hits everything around it, Walls don’t stop it and it hits several targets at once. The Lightning Rod soaks up enemy lightning and charges your Pylons. Its limit is range: whoever hits it from far away gets no answer.
When to choose it
- To hold a contested bridge tip, where the enemy has to come close.
- Against Mortars: a Pylon inside their minimum distance hits them with no answer.
- In a Storm, which makes it stronger.
In the story
It’s the element of Saetto, the impatient God who loves whoever challenges him. See The story of Aeolia.
The buildings
| Building | Role | Cost | In the game |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning Pylon | Attack | 45 | circle, short: the discharge jumps to 2 more targets |
| Lightning Rod | Defense | 35 | soaks up nearby enemy lightning and charges your Pylons (double damage) |
| Thunderstorm | Special | 80 | special: 5 lightning bolts on an area (8 in a storm); they break bridges too |
| Stele of Lightning | Light | 25 | lights a circle of Lightning: Lightning buildings can only be placed in its light |
| Spark Nest | Nest | 65 | two swarms that burn enemy buildings. They die in the Mist |
With the weather
See also
- Buildings of the element
- Lightning Pylon · Lightning Rod · Spark Nest · Stele of Lightning · Thunder Well · Thunderstorm
- Skies that help
- Storm
- Skies that hinder
- Tailwind (weather)
- Gift of
- Saetto
- Mentioned here or mentioning this page
- First match · Reading the weather · The story of Aeolia