Summoning Tower/1.03.24

Level 1
Summoning Towers are what get the ball rolling for Daemons in the late game. With many great researches to be had, Generals to be built and even Quasits to summon, the Summoning Towers become highly important and can be quite busy. They're not particularly big, but they cost a fortune - and that's just to start with. With two following level upgrades, even more expensive that the initial cost, you will end up feeling robbed after getting just one to reach the final level. But the cost is well worth it and each level's upgrades really do a lot to the Daemon race, so building them when available is definitely something you should consider.

The first level offers faster Daemonic unit production and the ability to summon eight Quasits upon will. The typical high cost of the Daemon units can conflict with a faster production rate, but being able to summon a full mine's worth of workers immediately can lead to even faster income by fully filling a newly converted mine then and there.

Level 2
With each Summoning Tower upgrade comes more powerful researches for the Daemons, and here at level 2, all produced Daemon units become cheaper while summoned units become stronger! These two skills come at a great cost, though, for the Summoning Tower level 2 upgrade costs an incredible amount. But there are other added bonuses that come with it - an increased army limit and a 100 more hit points.

Level 3
It took 1250 Crystal, 900 Stone and 3 minutes, but you finally have you Summoning Tower level 3. Only one new research is granted upon reaching this level (Gate 2) but you can now produce the Daemons' General - the Summoner. This immediately opens up new strategies to the Daemon race through the use of a missile unit that can garrison towers, removing enemy Extra-Planar creatures from play and, more importantly, being able to summon the best Daemonic unit around, which takes delight in those Gate skills also obtained through the Summoning Towers. Due to the ridiculous cost to get a Summoning Tower level 3, you rarely will be able to pull off any more than two. This drastically reduces the amount of Summoners you can produce at once as well as drawing much enemy attention to itself. Fortunately though, it has a great amount of hit points - 800 in fact, which can help withstand enemy assaults while the rest of your army pushes them away.

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