[548] Sholf's Trapway

Hey guys~! X3
This is the first (working) trap that I designed.



The picture on the left shows the base structure of the trap in order for it to work, while the picture on the right shows the simple upgraded version that I like. Of course you are free to upgrade it any way that you want.

This trap will only work if the enemy is coming from right to left.
If you make the mirrored version of the trap it will work from left to right.

This trap is completely team-safe, unless they're stupid enough to jump on it of course.

Advantages:
-Fast kill.
-Surprise attack, enemy wont destroy it because they think they can simply go through it.
-Enemy most likely wont jump over it as it looks harmless.
-With certain upgrades, enemy can't jump over it.
-Cheap, fast, and easy to make. The base structure only costs 80 woods and 26 stones.

Disadvantages:
-Because it works as a surprise trap, once enemy knows it they can easily disarm it with bombs or builders.
-Some newb builders in your team would actually mess up the trap by placing doors or fixing the trap bridge.

How does it work?

Notes:
-Despite what it looks like, her health bar was full before she went in the trap.
-This trap utilizes the auto-spike* mechanism and will insta-kill any enemy running through it.
-This is why the trap works best with baiting as shown in the picture.

How to make it?

Notes:
-I used team door because I could destroy it in 1 hit when its open.
-You need to hit the lower trap bridges once to make it as shown in the picture above.
-Do NOT put anything in the red boxes shown in the picture below, or the trap will malfunction.


That's about it, critiques and suggestions are very welcome! ;)

Important note:
This trap shouldn't be used as a base of a big structure (like walls or towers) as it can be easily destroyed. The best place to put this trap would be at small passages like tunnels. (Thanks ParaLogia for the suggestion!)

*If you don't know about the auto-spike mechanism, you should read this:
https://forum.kag2d.com/threads/228-auto-spikes-air-spikes.2712/#post-43162
Credits to Wyeth for making an awesome guide about it!

 

Thanks for the feedback! :)
Yeah it's true that once the enemy figures out that it's a trap they can easily disarm it, I wrote that in the disadvantages section.
I wouldn't use this as a base of a structure, this is more suitable in the middle of the map (and maybe inside tunnels like you suggested, that's a great idea!), but maybe I should mention that in case people use it as a base of a big structure.

Thanks again for the suggestions! Sorry if the design is very basic, I'm quite new on KAG but I love the builder so much! X3

 

Nice design. But the problem I have with these type of buildings is their bomb vulnerability. 1 bomb from the enemy and the trap is rendered useless with the base structure making it easy for the reds to turn it into their forward tower. And assuming that it will be built in a CTF server, thats a lot of bombs. You should consider putting a roof over it (So enemies cant jump over it...) and then putting doors behind it. So that if the trap is destroyed then you have a secondary defence. Nice design though I wouldnt recommend it for a tower.

 

Interesting design. Enemies can easily shut down with bombs or builders.

 

https://forum.kag2d.com/threads/203-acavado-spikes.2109/


The problem with this type of building is that enemies some smart enemies, will simply jump on the bridge, or destroy the bridges if nobody is defending. also, many new players dont understand these traps and will door that area, or simply remove everything.

 

Hmm I can't seem to get this working. How flexible is it near structures?

 

Thanks for the feedback guys!
Yes I do realize it's bomb/builder vulnerability, I wrote that in the disadvantages section.
One thing to keep in mind though that this trap works as a surprise trap.
Unless the enemy is experienced, they wouldn't waste a bomb to destroy something that they can simply walk though right?
That's why putting a door, like Force recommended, would actually ruin the purpose of the trap.

What Froghead48 said is completely right though, many newbie builders in our team would "fix" the trap because they thought it was a "broken" structure. In fact, when I use that trap in CTF it gets destroyed more often by builders in my team than by enemies lol.

Jackard: You can't put any solid block (including team bridges) one block above the right spike and one block top-right of the right spike or the trap will malfunction. I'll try to add a new section about it with pictures when I have time.

 

Good point. I hadnt thought about it at that aspect. But just wondering. If the enemy were to, say jump over the trap would they still be instakilled?

 

Nope, that's why you should either use it at tunnels or upgrade it (like I did with mine) so the enemy can't jump over it.

Anyway from my experience sometimes enemies doesn't jump over it even though I only make the base structure. Maybe that's because they saw me walk through it without getting harmed so they thought it wouldn't harm them as well?

 

Just a little question : Does the trap work in the new release? I tested it but it seems to not work.

 

I just tested it and it still works for me.
Keep in mind that the trap is team-safe, so it wouldn't work on the builder, you.
One way to test the trap by yourself is to remove both upper trap bridges (those are the part of the trap that makes it team-safe).

 

Yeah, I know. It was probably a bug when I built it. Thanks for the answer ^^ and btw, nice trap ;).

 

How and why do these works?

 

ty.

 

a bad version of your trap but this has already been made
https://forum.kag2d.com/threads/514-low-resources-trap-by-savoy.9449/

 

I'm sorry but I don't seem to see the similarity. Mind explaining to me?

 

http://i49.tinypic.com/2mg1mrt.jpg
light green part look at it closely its bad version of yours