CLASH OF CLANS MORTAR – Level Upgrade Strategy

CLASH OF CLANS Mortar. In Clash of Clans, the Mortar is the most destructive defensive structure that players can build. The Mortar can mow down hordes of enemies by the splash damage from its shell. In Clash of clans, mortar can damage only ground troops. In this article, we will go through the details of Clash of clans Mortar. We will see different level of COC Mortars, their hit points and damage.  We will also see the best strategy for placing Mortars in your Farming and War Base.

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CLASH OF CLANS Mortar Summary

“The Mortar can mow down hordes of enemies by the splash damage from its shell. Don't let enemies get too close to it!”

• Mortars are the first defensive structure that a player get access to in Clash of Clans that can deal splash damage.


• Mortar is unlocked at Clash of Clan Town Hall 3.


• Mortars shoot long-range explosive shells every 5 seconds which deal devastating splash damage to every unit within a small radius of the impact point. Their splash damage, combined with their long range, make COC Mortars deadly weapons against large groups of weaker enemies such as Barbarians, Archers, or Goblins.


• In Clash of Clans, Mortars can shoot any ground units, such as Barbarians, but not any air units, such as Dragons, balloons, etc.

Damage Type: Splash (1.5 yards)
Attack Speed: 1 attack per 5 seconds
Range: 11 yards (4 yard minimum)
Targets: Ground
Building Size: 3 units by 3 units

Clash of Clans Mortar Defensive Strategy

• Mortars should generally be placed towards the center of your base, preferably behind at least one set of Walls. Its long range allows the Mortar to attack from far behind other structures.


• Despite the low Damage per second dealt by the Mortar, the Mortar tower will typically deal more damage than any other tower type throughout a raid (aside from perhaps the Inferno Tower). The large amount of splash damage dealt by the Mortar means that a single Mortar shot will often hit 10+ units with each shot.


• Since the Mortar deals heavy splash damage, it can quite rapidly eliminate attacking troops.


• It is smart to form a triangle or square with your Mortars near the center of your base, as this allows multiple Mortars to attack the same area.
  At each level, the Mortar can kill a same-level Archer in a single shot. i.e. A level 1 mortar can one-shot level 1 Archers, level 2 can one-shot level 2 Archers, etc.


• Putting a Mortar and Wizard Tower together makes a smart pair, because the Mortar covers a large area while the Wizard Tower helps protect the Mortar from mass air troops and covers the Mortar's blind spot.


• However, it is not a very good idea to place the two towers right next to each other (or separated by a single wall), because two or three appropriately leveled Lightning Spells can take them out easily. Try to put another building in between them if possible.


• It is a good idea to place Mortars near each other, without putting them in the same wall pocket (if possible). When more than one Mortars' range overlaps, it creates a kill-zone where almost no ground troops can survive.


• Take care when upgrading, as many players use this as a chance to attack. For this reason it is a good idea to only upgrade one Mortar at a time. However, upgrading all of them at once is also viable, as it gets the upgrades out of the way quickly, leaving you more time to benefit from all Mortars being online and maxed out at your current Town Hall level.


• A good strategy placement against all types of attacks is putting your mortar by a Wizard Tower and an Air Defense with a storage. The storage acts as a damage sponge, while the defenses will take out hordes of troops.

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Clash of Clans Mortar Offensive Strategy

• Mortar's blind spot, low rate of fire, and inability to target air troops makes them vulnerable to a wide variety of different attacks. Fast melee troops such as Barbarians or Goblins (after all resource structures are destroyed) can rush to the Mortar and quickly enter its blind spot.


• Unfortunately, Archers will always stop and begin firing at a Mortar before they enter its blind spot, so pairing them with a meatshield is ideal.
  The Mortar's relatively low hit points makes it very vulnerable to Giants and Lightning Spells. It takes only a pair of appropriately-leveled Lightning Spells to take out any Mortar.


• Their inability to target air troops makes Mortars easy pickings for Balloons, Dragons and Minions if they are not covered by Air Defenses.
  When deploying troops, try to avoid deploying low hit point ground troops in clumps. The Mortar does great splash damage unless a Healing Spell is in hand.

Clash of Clans Mortar Levels

Below table shows the details of clash of clans levels. Here it also mentioned, on which Townhall, we can upgrade it.

MORTAR LEVEL	TOWN HALL REQUIREMENT	DAMAGE PER SECOND	DAMAGE PER HIT	HITPOINTS	UPGRADE COST (GOLD)	BUILD TIME
1	3	4	20	400	8,000	8 hours
2	4	5	25	450	32,000	12 hours
3	5	6	30	500	120,000	1 day
4	6	7	35	550	400,000	2 days
5	7	8	40	590	800,000	4 days
6	8	9	45	610	1,600,000	5 days
7	9	11	55	640	3,200,000	7 days
8	10	13	65	670	6,400,000	10 days

No of COC Mortars in Each TH

With TH3, we start getting Mortars in clash of clan. By the end of TH8, we can create 4 Mortars in COC base.

TOWN HALL LEVEL	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
NUMBER AVAILABLE	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	4

Clash of Clans Mortar Upgrade Differences

Lets see how different level of clash of clan Mortars look and their details.

Clash of Clan Mortar Level 1

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When initially constructed, the Mortar consists of a solid black launcher tube with two half-disc gimbals on each side. It fires a gray stone shell.

Clash of Clan Mortar Level 2

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The level 2 and 3 Mortars grow larger and sport an increasingly wider gold trim on the outer rim of the tube.

Clash of Clan Mortar Level 3

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The level 2 and 3 Mortars grow larger and sport an increasingly wider gold trim on the outer rim of the tube.

Clash of Clan Mortar Level 4

 

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At level 4, the Mortar's gimbals change to a bright golden color, and it sports a wider, pitted ring of gold trim. Its shell changes to a black stone.

Clash of Clan Mortar Level 5

 

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At level 5, the Mortars gold rim reaches its greatest width.

Clash of Clan Mortar Level 6

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At level 6, the Mortar's tube turns entirely golden. Its shell becomes a golden fiery ball.

Clash of Clan Mortar Level 7

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At level 7, the Mortar's tube reverts to black with golden trim, but acquires a skull on each gimbal (which turn black as well) and bones and another skull on the ground in front of it.

Clash of Clan Mortar Level 8

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At level 8, the Mortar's color is metallic, and the inside of the tube becomes glowing with what appears to be lava. The golden fiery ball becomes noticeably larger. The gimbal of the mortar becomes larger in a somewhat trapezoid shape. Spikes appear on the ring around the top of the mortar, replacing the bones.

Clash of Clan Mortar Level 9

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At level 9, it gains a white plating and the barrel gets somewhat slimmer and longer. The gimbal goes from 4 spikes to 3 on the rim and from 5 spikes to 1 spike. There is a gold chain connecting the two half discs. The projectile gets slightly larger, has more bulk to it and has a rotating animation as it flies.

Hope, you enjoyed this small article on clash of clans Mortar. It will help you in making your Town hall defense better.