Boom Beach - General Tips and Strategy

Boom Beach is the newest hit from the makers of Clash of Clans. The two games have a lot of similarities and a few significant differences too. This guide will help beginners and Clash of Clans veterans quickly understand the best strategies to successfully storm the beach!

HEADQUARTERS

The headquarters in Boom Beach represents the be all and end all of each battle. If you destroy the headquarters, you win. Otherwise, you lose! It's that simple.......

Any troops left over from your battle return to your inventory and can be reused immediately.

ATTACKING AND OFFENSIVE STRATEGIES

The single most important element to attacking other bases in Boom Beach is the ability to scout the enemy's base. Never attack a base without scouting first. You should scout to understand the range if all weapons and figure out the best path around them. You'll use flares to navigate around the defensive weapons.

Flares are another wonderful element to this game, allowing player to deploy troops where they need to go, rather than watching then blindly charge towards the nearest target when the one next to it is picking them off with ease.

Your gunship provides long range back up to your troops on the ground. It deploys with a set number of tokens that you can spend on missiles, flares, medic lack and more. You receive additional tokens as you destroy buildings, so consider deploying troops to take out the smaller buildings to bolster your gunship's ability to fire in long range artillery.

Your gunship can also blow up mines.

Multiplayer base attacks should only follow careful scouting of the base first. Bases with defensive buildings out front can be easily defeated by using flares to send you troops to the back of the base, into the trees if necessary, and out of range of the defensive fire.

TROOPS

Riflemen

Use riflemen to overwhelm in numbers. They are cheap to deply and can quickly swarm a target, especially when combined with flares. They are especially effective against slow rate weapons, like mortars and cannons.

Heavies

Heavies can soak up defensive fire and protect your weaker troops. They don't cause much damage, so use them to protect your other troops rather tha. To take out buildings.

Zookas

Zookas fire long range but have very limited health, so keep them safe from enemy fire. Used correctly, they can dole out massive damage. Otherwise, they will be taken care of easily by the enemy.

BASE LAYOUT

Building up your base is just as important as attacking and plundering enemy resources.

Your headquarters is the jewel in your crown. Protecting it is not as easy as it might seem. Surrounding it with defensive buildings, allows your enemy to build up tokens while taking out your other buildings unopposed. Placing defensive buildings along the beach, leaves you very vulnerable from the back of the island.

Watch replays of attacks on your base, to see what worked and what didn't. It's also a great way to learn how to defeat other bases.

Your vault will protect a percentage of your resources. Keep is upgraded, as much as you can.

Check out the videos below for examples. 

BOOM!