Elven Court · Levy · Starting troop

Thornguard

Blackthorn spears set in the treeline. Cheap, patient, and pointed at the horses.

Brace · guts cavalry & giants

Stats

Health: 38
Damage: 6per hit
Damage per second: 9.1
Attacks every: 0.66s
Range: Meleereach 46
Move speed: 66
Sight: 205how far it spots a foe
Population: 1of the army cap
Raise: 400gold, in battle
Armory: Starteryours from the first match

These are the Thornguard's own figures, the ones the Armory prints. In battle the Elven Court's trait is added on top: +11% damage · +6% range · +3% speed · +2% health. Range, reach and speed are in the battlefield's own units.

Special powers

Brace. Deals ×2 damage to cavalry, beasts and other big targets.
Forest-walker. Crosses forest at full speed.

Strong and weak

Strong: Cavalry, beasts, woods.

Weak: Archers, AoE.

As a levy troop, it deals extra damage to Cavalry (×1.3) troops.

Cavalry (×1.35), Beast (×1.3) and Siege (×1.2) troops deal extra damage to it.

Raising it

The Thornguard comes out of its own spawner, which your Builder raises for 400 gold in the middle of a battle. Once it stands it musters a Thornguard every 7.6 seconds by itself, and levelling it shortens that — to 4.9 seconds at level 2 and 4.3 seconds at level 3.

Upgrades cost 250 gold to level 2 and 1,100 gold to level 3. Every level also makes the troops it musters hit harder and last longer.

It is one of the five troops the Elven Court roster opens with, so it is yours from the first match — no unlocking.

Other Levy troops

Every other levy troop in the game, cheapest to raise first. See all Levy troops.

Troop	Kingdom	Raise	Health	Damage	Range	Speed
Skeleton	Undead	250	28	6	Melee	60
Militia	Humans	300	34	6	Melee	64
Conscript	Orcs	350	40	6	Melee	58
Gleaner	Fallen	350	51	8	Melee	74
Gnoll	Beasts	350	35	7	Melee	76
Grunt	Orcs	350	33	7	Melee	66
Stoker	Overwound	350	53	7	Melee	70
Ashigaru	Dynasty	400	38	6	Melee	66
Clan Miner	Dwarves	400	47	7	Melee	50
Shambler	Undead	400	76	7	Melee	38
Thrall	Damned	400	56	9	Melee	72
Penitent	Damned	450	70	9	Melee	66
Rivetman	Overwound	450	59	8	Melee	64
Scrapling	Fallen	450	57	9	Melee	70
Soldier	Dynasty	500	53	9	Melee	62
Footman	Dwarves	550	64	9	Melee	60
Spearman	Humans	600	48	7	Melee	58
Sergeant	Humans	1,000	102	11	Melee	54

More Elven Court troops

The Elven Court page has all 26 of them side by side, with the kingdom's powers.