DeletedUser
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best is not mixing HC with other troops. a good mixture of spears and swords are best. but it all depends on the troops the attacker has. most effective is 20K axes but it take too long to build so it is not much used.
While you may be correct in saying that sp/sw mathematically is the best build, sp/hc is a better build in terms of efficiency. If you have the time to build sp/sw by all means, go ahead, but if you have nukes coming in every few hours, sp/hc is better because it builds faster.
Dodging until you have enough troops to do damage is always preferable to losing 100sp/25 hc every time they attack and doing almost no damage in return.
Also, the 20k axes method is only the "best" assuming a world where the defender has mixed troops, if they are pure sword or something like that then that method is not necessarily the best.