"The Headquarters is the nerve center of your base. Upgrading the HQ unlocks new base buildings and upgrades. If your HQ is destroyed, the attacking enemy wins the fight and can steal your resources. The HQ receives damage whenever one of your base buildings is destroyed."
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| Level 1 | Level 2-3 | Level 4 | Level 5 |
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| Level 6 | Level 7-10 | Level 11-16 | Level 17-20 |
Special Headquarters
These Headquarters are owned by certain characters. They have the same mechanics and health as a regular Headquarters.
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| Dr. Terror's HQ | Lt. Hammerman's HQ | Colonel Gearheart's HQ |
| Level 1-20 | Level 1-20 | Level ?-20 |
Summary
- If the Headquarters is destroyed, the attacker wins the battle, the Victory Points, and all of the resources that were at risk.
- The higher the level your Headquarters is, the more buildings you will unlock.
- The higher the level your Headquarters is, the higher the level you can upgrade your buildings to.
- Troops, Defensive Buildings, and Gunboat Weapons unlocked at or before HQ level 6 have 20 levels, while those unlocked later follows this pattern: (HQ level that unlocks it) + (its maximum level) = 26. For example, the Scorcher is unlocked at HQ level 18 and has 8 levels. The exceptions to this rule are the Gunboat weapons that are upgraded by effect duration (Flare, Shock Bomb, and Smoke Screen).
- Upgrading your Headquarters is also a good defensive move because it significantly increases the amount of health that the Headquarters has. Whether a Warrior rush wins or fails is heavily dependent on the amount of health that the Headquarters has.
- To upgrade your Headquarters to the next level, you need to reach the experience level that is reached by getting at least half the total amount of experience that can be obtained at the current HQ level. For example, currently you can get 44,707 experience within HQ level 19; therefore, upgrading the HQ to level 20 requires level 47, which requires 23,029 experience.
Headquarters Damage
- When all of the Buildings on a base except for the HQ are destroyed, the HQ will have 30% health remaining.
- That 70% damage is distributed evenly across all the buildings on the base, so if a base has many buildings, then each building will do less damage.
- Example: A base has 10 buildings plus the HQ, so each building takes away 7% of the HQ's total health.
- The only exception is when there are 3 or fewer buildings on the base besides the HQ. In this situation, the damage that each building deals to the HQ is capped at 20%.
- Example: A base has 3 buildings plus the HQ, so when those 3 buildings are destroyed, the HQ will have 40% of its health left.
- These rules do apply to Outposts and Power Cores as well.
- This type of damage is able to destroy the HQ given that the HQ has already been damaged by something other than it.
| Check out our Headquarters Damage Calculator to find out how the Headquarters Damage Rules affect your attack. |
Upgrade Differences
- When starting your base the Headquarters appears as a structure with stone walls, a wooden roof, a flag at the side, sandbags lying on the ground and a tripod on the roof
- At level 2, the Headquarters gains more sandbags on the ground and on the roof and crates against the wall. A small part of the roof has blue boards.
- At level 4, more blue boards and sandbags are added to the roof.
- At level 5, the antenna gains a top, and the front entrance gains a white outline and a wooden door.
- At level 6, the roof changes entirely, becoming blue entirely except for the center. It gains a pole on top, and the three crates are replaced by one, larger crate.
- At level 7, the Headquarters gains a blue corrugated metal roof, a hatch on the roof and 3 poles at the back.
- At level 11, the Headquarters gains reinforced blue steel plating as a roof and a satellite dish on the top.
- At level 17, the Headquarters' satellite dish turns dark grey and becomes bigger, and it gains a signal pole. A lock appears at the front door, and hazard tape is on its bottom. The crate is replaced by 3 orange tubes. A second, smaller floor is added, as evidenced by the windows. The windows on the side are removed.
- Headquarters that are owned by Lt. Hammerman or Dr. Terror do not undergo any visual changes at all.
Unlocks
- At each new Headquarters level, new Buildings, Troops, and/or abilities are unlocked. This table lists each unlock by Headquarters level.
| HQ Level | Unlocks |
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| 1 |  New
 New
 New
 New
 x2
 New
 New
 New
 New
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| 2 | x1
 New
 New
x1
 x3
 New
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| 3 | x1
 New
 New
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| 4 |  New
x3
x1
 New
 New
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| 5 | x1
 New
 New
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| 6 |  New
x1
 New
x3
x1
 New
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| 7 | x1
 New
x1
x1
 New
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| 8 | x1
x1
x1
x3
 New
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| 9 |  New
 New
x1
 New
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| 10 |  New
x1
x1
x1
 New
 New
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| 11 | x1
x1
x1
x3
 New
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| 12 | x1
x1
x1
 New
x1
x1
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| 13 | x1
x1
 New
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| 14 | x1
x1
x1
x3
x1
 New
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| 15 | x1
x1
 New
 New
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| 16 | x1
x1
x1
x1
x1
x1
 New
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| 17 | x1
x1
x1
 New
x3
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| 18 | x1
x1
x1
 New
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| 19 | x1
x1
 New
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| 20 | x1
x1
x3
x1
x1
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Trivia
- The Experience level required to upgrade the HQ is the level that can be reached by accumulating 60% of the Experience points possible at the current HQ level.
- Because of this, Supercell adding new upgrades could cause one or more of the Experience level requirements to change.
- If a lot of enemy base Buildings remain after the HQ is destroyed, they will blow up faster.
- Upon upgrading the HQ to level 2, the Heavy says that the HQ is finally large enough for him and his compatriots, suggesting that untrained troops are housed in the HQ until they are trained.
- The HQ has a basement of sorts where all the loot, Power Stones, and island prisoners are held, released when an HQ is destroyed.
- To upgrade your HQ to level 4, you need to build the Radar.
- When the player attacks either by landing troops or damaging structures, all of the Blackguard villagers will rush into the HQ to hide.
- Following the "Revenge of the Magma" update, the HQ started burning as it took damage. However this was reverted in "The Flame Wars" update since the burning effect now means that the building is being burnt by the Scorcher and is taking damage.
- If you destroy the HQ right after a mortar (or any other defense in general) shoots, your troops will be damaged (or destroyed) by the fired shell (or projectile), despite that the buildings have already started to explode. The battle will be won even if the mortar shell (or projectile) kills your last remaining troops.
- Whenever another building is destroyed, the HQ's health bar will briefly increase in size (as well as showing the damage dealt) before going back to normal.
| Building Size | Special Ability |
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| 5x5 | If destroyed, the battle is won. |
| Level | Health | Storage | Upgrade Cost | Upgrade Time | Instant | XP Lvl Needed | XP Gain | |||||
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| Gold | Wood | Stone | Iron | Wood | Stone | Iron | ||||||
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| 1 | 10,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 11,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | N/A | N/A | 600 | N/A | N/A | 5m | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 12,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | N/A | N/A | 1,900 | N/A | N/A | 1h | 32 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 14,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | N/A | N/A | 5,900 | N/A | N/A | 2h | 62 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 16,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | N/A | N/A | 13,000 | N/A | N/A | 5h | 120 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | 18,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | N/A | 25,000 | N/A | N/A | 6h | 154 | 11 | 19 |
| 7 | 20,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | N/A | 33,000 | 5,800 | N/A | 7h | 198 | 14 | 20 |
| 8 | 23,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | N/A | 49,000 | 9,800 | N/A | 8h | 243 | 16 | 22 |
| 9 | 26,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 81,000 | 17,800 | N/A | 10h | 325 | 18 | 26 |
| 10 | 29,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 126,000 | 30,000 | 8,000 | 12h | 437 | 21 | 28 |
| 11 | 33,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 197,000 | 50,000 | 16,000 | 14h | 564 | 24 | 34 |
| 12 | 38,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 268,000 | 97,000 | 28,000 | 18h | 742 | 27 | 37 |
| 13 | 43,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 400,000 | 189,000 | 50,000 | 22h | 988 | 30 | 40 |
| 14 | 50,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 570,000 | 340,000 | 97,000 | 1d | 1290 | 32 | 46 |
| 15 | 58,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 790,000 | 690,000 | 189,000 | 1d 4h | 1762 | 34 | 54 |
| 16 | 70,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 1,350,000 | 1,020,000 | 370,000 | 1d 8h | 2417 | 37 | 64 |
| 17 | 85,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 1,900,000 | 1,700,000 | 740,000 | 1d 12h | 3284 | 41 | 73 |
| 18 | 100,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,690,000 | 2,220,000 | 1,410,000 | 1d 16h | 4260 | 44 | 77 |
| 19 | 120,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 3,300,000 | 3,000,000 | 1,970,000 | 1d 20h | 5143 | 46 | 81 |
| 20 | 140,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 3,700,000 | 3,600,000 | 2,830,000 | 2d | 5941 | 47 | 83 |
Economy Buildings
Upgrading your Headquarters unlocks the following number of Economy Buildings; see the page for each building for details.
| HQ Level | Residence | Sawmill | Quarry | Iron Mine | Gold Storage | Wood Storage | Stone Storage | Iron Storage | Vault |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Upgrading your Headquarters allows the following buildings to be upgraded to these levels; see the page for each structure to learn what each upgrade brings.
| HQ Level | Residence | Sawmill | Quarry | Iron Mine | Gold Storage | Wood Storage | Stone Storage | Iron Storage | Vault |
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| 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 5 | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | 5 |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | - | 6 | 5 | 2 | - | 6 |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | - | 7 | 5 | 3 | - | 7 |
| 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | - | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 13 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 14 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
| 15 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 14 |
| 16 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 15 |
| 17 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 16 |
| 18 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 17 |
| 19 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 19 |
| 20 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Support Buildings
Upgrading your Headquarters unlocks the following number of Support Buildings; see the page for each building for details.
| HQ Level | Landing Craft | Gunboat | Sculptor | Radar | Armory | Submarine |
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| 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Upgrading your Headquarters allows the following buildings to be upgraded to these levels; see the page for each structure to learn what each upgrade brings.
| HQ Level | Landing Craft | Gunboat | Sculptor | Radar | Armory | Submarine |
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| 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | - | 3 | - | - |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | - | 4 | 1 | - |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | - |
| 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | - |
| 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | - |
| 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 5 | - |
| 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 11 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 |
| 12 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 5 |
| 13 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 |
| 14 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 7 |
| 15 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 8 |
| 16 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 9 |
| 17 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 10 |
| 18 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 10 |
| 19 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 10 |
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 10 |
Defensive Buildings
Upgrading your Headquarters unlocks the following number of Defensive Buildings; see the page for each building for details.
| HQ Level | Sniper Tower | Machine Gun | Mortar | Cannon | Flamethrower | Boom Cannon | Rocket Launcher | Shock Launcher | Mine | Boom Mine |
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| 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 | - |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 | - |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 12 | - |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 12 | - |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 12 | 1 |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 15 | 1 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 15 | 2 |
| 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 15 | 2 |
| 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 18 | 3 |
| 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 18 | 3 |
| 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 18 | 4 |
| 17 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 |
| 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 |
| 19 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 5 |
| 20 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 6 |
Upgrading your Headquarters allows the following buildings to be upgraded to these levels; see the page for each structure to learn what each upgrade brings.
| HQ Level | Sniper Tower | Machine Gun | Mortar | Cannon | Flamethrower | Boom Cannon | Rocket Launcher | Shock Launcher | Mine | Boom Mine |
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| 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 3 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 | - |
| 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | 8 | 2 |
| 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | 10 | 4 |
| 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 11 | 5 |
| 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | - | 12 | 6 |
| 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | - | 14 | 8 |
| 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 5 | - | 15 | 9 |
| 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 7 | - | 17 | 11 |
| 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 13 |
| 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 14 |
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 15 |
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 16 |