X-Bow

This is a page about the X-Bow, the tower with an incredible fire-rate.

What is it?
The X-Bow is the Defence unlocked at Town Hall Level Nine, costing 3,000,000 Gold. It has an incredibly quick fire-rate, but small damage per shot. Apart from the Inferno Tower, it is the only Defence that needs re-filling. You can see whether the X-Bow is filled or not by the small line of Elixir-like substance in the loading area. It is the only tower which can be changed to attack Ground Troops with long range, or Ground and Air Troops with reduced range. You can also see if the X-Bow is changed to target Ground and/or Air Troops by looking at the angle of the bow.

The X-Bow was considered the strongest Defence, until the Inferno Tower came. However, the Mortar is the strongest Defence, in many different ways.

One more thing: no-one actually knows if the bullet is made of Elixir, but it probably is as the X-Bow is loaded with Elixir and the bullet is the same colour as Elixir.

Defensive Strategy
The X-Bow is best placed in the centre of the map, as it has very large range. If the X-Bow aims both the air and the ground, then you could put Air Defences around the outer defences, in a much more vunerable position, although this is not advised. It fires incredibly quickly, and for a rapid-fire turrent, has high damage points. You should always remember to fill your X-Bow, and you shouldn't upgrade it unless you use it often. To ensure you use it, make sure that Elixir Storages are more protected than Gold Storages. Your opponent cannot tell how much Elixir is left in the X-Bow, but they can tell whether it has any Elixir in it or none.

Offensive Strategy
The X-Bow doesn't have any apparent weaknesses, unless it is set to ground-only. You should treat an X-Bow like an Archer Tower or Cannon, except with much more range and a lot stronger. A P.E.K.K.A can destroy an X-Bow in 3-4 moves, but as most X-Bows are centered, the P.E.K.K.A would be significally damaged before it managed to reach the X-Bow, even if the X-Bow isn't centered it would still be weakened. Troops that attack Defences primarily will still attack an X-Bow whether it is loaded or not, even though an un-loaded X-Bow is completely useless and just a watse of space.

Remember, you, the attacker, can tell whether the Air Defence is loaded or not, and if it is set to ground or both ground and air.