What do Wizard Towers do in Clash of Clans?

In Clash of Clans, Buildings are one of the most central aspects of the game, that can play both, a defensive as well as an offensive role. Some Buildings play more of a complex role, such as the Wizard Tower, at which we will be taking a deeper look at in this guide.

What do Wizard Towers do in Clash of Clans?

The Wizard Tower is a defensive building that appears like a spiralling, cone-shaped tower of rock, then later a crystal-like rock that has a Wizard on the top of it. It is capable of dishing out powerful splash damage to both ground and air units, though it is limited to a relatively short range.

The Wizard Tower, just like the Mortar, excels at mowing down entire groups of troops. However, unlike the Mortar, it possesses a relatively decent damage per second (making it more effective against higher health troops like Giants), and will target air troops in addition to ground troops. Also unlike the Mortar, the Wizard Tower does not possess any blind spot.

Although the arcane blasts from the Wizard Tower deal less damage per shot than the Mortar, it makes up for this by showing off a much higher rate of fire. This makes the Wizard Tower an amazing choice for defending other structures by blasting troops that get a little too close.

The Wizard Tower can target both ground and air troops but can only damage either ground or air with each shot (not both). For example, if a Wizard Tower targets a Giant with some Balloons on top, only the Giant will be damaged, and vice versa.