Cannon

The cannon is the first building that a player of clash of clans build at the starting tutorial.

They are cheap and effective at low levels and in the beginning of the game. They attack only ground units.

The cannon is great as point defense against single units. They are strong against weak units like wall breakers, most of the time they are killed with 1 shot.

Appearance of the cannon

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Level 6

Level 7

Level 8

Level 9

Level 10

Level 11

Level 12

Level 13

Defensive strategy with the cannon

It is wise to upgrade the cannon and mortars at low levels, they are cheap and are fundamental for your defense.
Placing cannons close to air defenses can have it’s advantage. Air defense can only attack air targets, the cannon can protect the air defense.
Cannons do fire fast and can fire at middle range targets. When strategically placed they are great against wallbreakers.
If you place the cannon in the outside of your defense, giants will attack those first. Your mortars and wizard towers can attack the giant freely.

Offensive strategy against the cannon

The cannon can’t attack air units. Canons that are not guarded by defenses that attack air units it is easy to take it out with a balloon, or minion.
Cannons only attack single targets, you can take cannon out easy with a few barbarians or archers.

Cannon building cost

Level	Damage per Second	Damage per Shot	Hitpoints	Cost	Build Time	Experience Gained	Town Hall Level Required
1	9	7.2	420	250	1 minute	7	1
2	11	8.8	470	1,000	15 minutes	30	1
3	15	12	520	4,000	45 minutes	51	2
4	19	15.2	570	16,000	2 hours	84	3
5	25	20	620	50,000	6 hours	146	4
6	31	24.8	670	100,000	12 hours	207	5
7	40	32	720	200,000	1 day	293	6
8	48	38.4	770	400,000	2 days	415	7
9	56	44.8	830	800,000	3 days	509	8
10	65	52	890	1,600,000	4 days	587	8
11	75	60	970	3,200,000	5 days	657	9
12	86	68.8	1,070	6,400,000	6 days	720	10
13	98	78.4	1,170	7,500,000	7 days	777	10