There are some posts here in which I disagree with. To find a nuke to fit you build use - it is approved:
http://fluffy88.com/farmspace-calculator.html
Yeah, that is off by quite a bit. Shoot whoever told you that was a nuke.
A nuke build is purely by preference, me personally, this is what I use.
5-7k axe (5.5 and 6.25k the most frequently)
2.5-3.5k LC (Depends on area, if farming is more efficient, how clustered it is, yada yada)
230-280 rams (with an occasional nuke with 400-600 rams for wall bashing purposes)
Then on archer worlds, such as world 1 I throw in a minimum of 300 MA, up to 1k depending on how often I run into archers. So far they have not been frequently used, so I generally do 300-500.
A nuke build is purely up to preference though.
I agree with the fact that a nuke build is up to preference - however, with top players they fall within a band. Having been top 30 on en41 and #1 on en50 (for 3 weeks) I can safely say that nobody with any decent knowledge of the game used a 5.5K axe nuke. That's actually pretty useless and generally stupid. Now I hate archer worlds so that may bare an impact on the number of axes but I would say any decent player has a minimum of 6K axes. The same can be said about 2.5K lc - any sp/hcav defence will make mincemeat of that - totally axe heavy. Rams and cats are the only unit with any
real variation between players. Some people use 200/100 other 300/20 some 320/0. There is complete personal preference involved here - myself within a standard nuke I go for 300 - 320 rams and 10-20 cats. It does the damage necessary and when I'm hitting stacks (as per usual) they can remove the wall quickly, thus increasing efficiency of the nuke itself.
My nuke on a non-archer world:
0,0,6420,30,3150,0,300,15,0
Well balanced and guarantee to slice any defences in half. The most common nuke used by most players:
0,0,7000,50,3000,0,270,10,0
If your looking for advice about a nuke the best I can give you is try different ones out. You can only find you own nuke by your own personal style of play. Take a look at this post:
http://forum.tribalwars.net/showthread.php?p=4981672&highlight=welsh+celts#post4981672
Welsh Celts was completely trashed by KidaLimbo on W11. KidaLimbo's nuke was made up of 100 cats per nuke - hence destroying welsh celts and giving him 1,025 villages averaging 27 points apiece. That's just one example of why you have to find your own nuke - yes you can argue he was an experienced player but everyone starts somewhere - try different nukes out, use the simulator but most of all don't be afraid to fire them off.
Respectfully, I disagree. A terrible nuke can impede your growth significantly. In the early stages of a world activity is key. The more active you are and the more aggressive you are, the better. But in the later stages of a world, the difference between it taking 5 nukes to clear a village and 7 nukes is significant. Your nuke is by no means a terrible nuke, it is widely effective against a number of defensive builds and fast to replace. And I do agree that tactics and skills are very important, but if you have equal players, the nuke build can make a huge difference.
Yes a terrible nuke can impede your growth but what would you class as a terrible nuke? Each nuke to its own has its benefits - lc heavy super farming. Axe heavy good for clearing. Yes they will be weak but once you've lost it you can rebuild it - not as devastating as you make it out to be. Being aggressive has its advantages but it also has its disadvantages. Being partly aggressive rarely works - its either being a monster (Mezonis W12/41 comes to mind) or not as aggressive but silently killing Jmslcks93 (W12/41). Both successful with totally different styles of play. Drawing attention to yourself may not be good - its only benefit is you get a reputation, maybe you would even risk a gang-bang, who knows. Again, its about finding out what works for you. Rarely do you find equal players in equal tribes and if you did both starting from scratch you would want a quicker but slightly less effective nuke - really it all depends on position and is all relevant to the situation.
The ideal nuke is really a pointless discussion.
