Summary
- Ice Shields is a Hero Ability that Dr. Kavan can use during attacks.
- When used, Dr. Kavan creates ice shields on every nearby troop, as well as Critters and himself. These shields have low hitpoints but can negate excess damage from a single hit.
- Shield Hitpoints deplete over time upon activation.
- Each use costs 8 more Energy. With a starting cost of 6 Gunboat Energy.
Offensive Strategy
- You can use Ice Shields to have your troops survive an attack from high damage defense such as Boom Cannons or Doom Cannons, without being destroyed or taking serious damage. Notably, it works well with Tanks and Scorchers, buying valuable time for such vulnerable units to avoid or eliminate these defenses.
- Using the Ice Shields ability can protect Zookas from being destroyed by Mortars or Sniper Towers.
- The ability is ineffective against defenses that deal continuous damage such as the Flamethrower since the low damage per hit means that the Ice Shields only serve as extra hitpoints; they negate little damage.
- If the ability is used while troops have shields (either through the use of this ability or through the use of the Crystal Shield Projector temporary Gunboat ability), the ability will merely regenerate the shields back to maximum health; it does not create an extra layer of shield. Hence it should only be used when the troops do not already have such shields.
- Before unlocking Pvt. Bullit and his first ability Taunt, Ice Shields can be used with Warriors in order to get temporary additional protection from defensive buildings. Since the Warriors' attacks are quite fast, Ice Shields will be able to improve their survival during the time they destroy Headquarters.
Statistics
Area of Effect Radius |
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10 Tiles |
Number of Shots |
Energy Cost |
Cumulative Energy Cost |
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1 | 6 | 6 |
2 | 14 | 20 |
3 | 22 | 42 |
4 | 30 | 72 |
5 | 38 | 110 |