Wizard

The wizard is like the archer, they both do damage from a distance and can attack over walls. The wizard shoots balls of fire that do high damage, especially when upgraded.

The wizard does not have much health, so it is easy destroyed. Most players use Giants as meat shield to protect the wizards.

Due to their low damage they are vulnerable to point defenses. They can attack a few splash damage waves.

They are the most effective when placed in groups. But some people use them in smaller numbers against low level players.

Appearance of the Wizard

level 1 & 2

level 3

level 4

level 5

level 6

Offensive Strategy With Wizard

Wizards are often used with Giants or P.E.K.K.A’s as meat shield to balance their low health. But be careful, wizards can still be damaged by splash damage.
Barbarians can also be used as cheap meat shields.
They can attack over walls, sometimes you can place them outside a mortar or wizard tower range.
They are good in taking out defenses, they do very high damage and take a cannon out with ease.
They are also very effective against clan castle troops. They do a high splash damage what results in killing many attackers in once.
A good strategy is to send 2 healers with a group of wizards, that way point defenses and splash damage can’t kill them and. Watch out for air defenses.
You must watch out for Giant Bombs and spring traps as they can take out many wizards at once. Deploying them more spread can help.

Defensive Strategy With Wizards

They are very good at defending in a clan castle. They attack the enemy behind walls. If a wizard is noticed by an attacking troop it will attack the wizard, even if it must destroy a wall first.
They do splash damage which is great against goblins, archers and barbarians.

Fun Facts about the Wizard

You can have 60 archers plus 8 if you max out your camps and clan castle.
The wizard tower also houses a wizard. You do not need to train or unlock a wizard to use it.
The wizard is the first unit used in the game due to the tutorial. In the real game it takes a while for unlocking it.
High level player use them instead of archers, because a archer can be killed in a single hit.
The wizard does have the highest damage compared to housing space.

Wizard Parameters

Preferred Target	Attack Type	Housing Space	Training Time	Movement Speed	Attack Speed	Barracks Level Required	Range
None	Area Splash 0.3 Tile Radius (Ground & Air)	4	8m	16	1.5s	7	3 tiles

Wizard research and training cost

Level	Damage per Second	Damage per Attack	Hitpoints	Training Cost	Research Cost	Laboratory Level Required	Research Time
1	50	75	75	1,500	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	70	105	90	2,000	150,000	3	1 day
3	90	135	108	2,500	450,000	4	2 days
4	125	187.5	130	3,000	1,350,000	5	3 days
5	170	255	156	3,500	2,500,000	6	5 days
6	180	270	164	4,000	7,500,000	8	14 days