In Clash of Clans, using lightning spells to destroy an opponent's air defenses is a common technique in most attacking strategies.
Since there are multiple tiers of Lightning Spells and Air Defenses in the game, it's fairly common for a player to be confused as to how many Lightning Spells it takes to destroy a certain tier Air Defense.
To solve this problem I decided to create this article.
The number of lightning spells required to destroy an air defense can easily be calculated as follows: air defense hit points of a given level / damage per lightning spell of a given tier.
I've done all the necessary calculations in this article so you don't have to!
In this article I have listed the number of Lightning Spells required to destroy an Air Defense considering all levels of Lightning Spell and Air Defense.
So without further ado, let's get down to business!
- Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 1 air defense
- Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 2 air defense
- Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 3 air defense
- Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 4 air defense
- Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 5 air defense
- Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 6 air defense
- Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 7 air defense
- Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 8 air defense
- Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 9 air defense
- Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 10 air defense
- Number of Lightning Spells required to destroy a level 11 Air Defense
- Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 12 air defense
- Diploma
Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 1 air defense
The table below shows the exact number of lightning spells you need to take down a level 1 air defense:
| Lightning spell level | Number of Lightning Spells required |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 |
The above data can also be interpreted as:
In order to take down a Tier 1 Air Defense, you will need one of the following items:
- six level 1 lightning spells
- five level 2 lightning spells
- four level 3 or level 4 beam spells
- three level 5 or level 6 beam spells
- two level 7 or level 8 or level 9 beam spells
Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 2 air defense
The table below shows the number of Lightning Spells you need to use to destroy a Tier 2 Air Defense:
| Lightning spell level | Number of Lightning Spells required |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 |
It can also be interpreted as:
To destroy a tier 2 air defense you will need one of the following:
- six level 1 lightning spells
- five level 2 or level 3 beam spells
- four level 4 or level 5 beam spells
- three level 6 or level 7 beam spells
- two level 8 or 9 lightning spells
Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 3 air defense
The table below shows the required number of lightning spells to destroy a level 3 air defense:
| Lightning spell level | Number of Lightning Spells required |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 |
The data in the table above can also be interpreted as:
To destroy a tier 3 air defense you will need one of the following items:
- six level 1 lightning spells
- five level 2 or level 3 beam spells
- four level 4 or level 5 beam spells
- three level 6 or level 7 beam spells
- two level 8 or 9 lightning spells
Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 4 air defense
The table below shows the number of lightning spells you need to take down a level 4 air defense:
| Lightning spell level | Number of Lightning Spells required |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 |
The above data can be interpreted as:
To take down a tier 4 air defense you will need one of the following:
- seven level 1 lightning spells
- six level 2 lightning spells
- five level 3 beam spells
- four level 4 or level 5 beam spells
- three level 6 or level 7 beam spells
- two level 8 or 9 lightning spells
Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 5 air defense
The table below shows the required number of Lightning spells to destroy a level 5 air defense:
| Lightning spell level | Number of Lightning Spells required |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 |
It can also be interpreted as:
To destroy a tier 5 air defense you will need one of the following items:
- seven level 1 lightning spells
- six level 2 lightning spells
- five level 3 or level 4 beam spells
- four level 5 or level 6 beam spells
- three level 7 or level 8 beam spells
- two level 9 radiance spells
Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 6 air defense
The table below shows the number of Lightning spells required to destroy a level 6 air defense:
| Lightning spell level | Number of Lightning Spells required |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 |
The data in the table above can be interpreted as follows:
To destroy a tier 6 air defense you will need one of the following items:
- seven level 1 lightning spells
- six level 2 lightning spells
- five level 3 or level 4 beam spells
- four level 5 or level 6 beam spells
- three level 7 or level 8 beam spells
- two level 9 radiance spells
Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 7 air defense
The table below shows the number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 7 air defense:
| Lightning spell level | Number of Lightning Spells required |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 |
It can also be interpreted as:
In order to take down a Tier 7 Air Defense you will need one of the following items:
- eight level 1 lightning spells
- seven level 2 lightning spells
- six level 3 lightning spells
- five level 4 or level 5 beam spells
- four level 6 beam spells
- three level 7 or 8 lightning spells
- two level 9 radiance spells
Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 8 air defense
The table below shows the required number of lightning spells to knock down a level 8 air defense:
| Lightning spell level | Number of Lightning Spells required |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 |
It can be interpreted as:
In order to destroy a level 8 air defense, you need one of the following items:
- nine level 1 lightning spells
- seven level 2 lightning spells
- six level 3 or level 4 beam spells
- five level 5 lightning spells
- four level 6 or level 7 beam spells
- three level 8 or 9 lightning spells
Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 9 air defense
The table below shows the number of Lightning spells required to destroy a level 9 air defense:
| Lightning spell level | Number of Lightning Spells required |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 |
The data in the table above can be interpreted as follows:
To take down a level 9 air defense you will need one of the following:
- nine level 1 lightning spells
- eight level 2 lightning spells
- seven level 3 beam spells
- six level 4 lightning spells
- five level 5 or level 6 beam spells
- four level 7 lightning spells
- three level 8 or 9 lightning spells
Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 10 air defense
The table below shows the number of lightning spells you need to take down a level 10 air defense:
| Lightning spell level | Number of Lightning Spells required |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 |
It can be interpreted as:
In order to destroy a level 10 air defense, you need one of the following items:
- ten level 1 lightning spells
- eight level 2 lightning spells
- seven level 3 beam spells
- six level 4 or level 5 beam spells
- five level 6 lightning spells
- four level 7 lightning spells
- three level 8 or 9 lightning spells
Number of Lightning Spells required to destroy a level 11 Air Defense
In the table below you can check the number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 11 air defense:
| Lightning spell level | Number of Lightning Spells required |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 |
The above data can be interpreted as:
In order to take down a level 11 air defense, you will need one of the following items:
- ten level 1 lightning spells
- nine level 2 lightning spells
- eight level 3 radiance spells
- seven level 4 lightning spells
- six level 5 lightning spells
- five level six lightning spells
- four level 7 or level 8 beam spells
- three level 9 beam spells
Number of lightning spells required to destroy a level 12 air defense
The table below shows the number of lightning spells you need to take down a level 12 air defense:
| Lightning spell level | Number of Lightning Spells required |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 |
The data in the table above can be written as:
To take down a level 12 air defense you will need one of the following:
- eleven level 1 beam spells
- nine level 2 lightning spells
- eight level 3 radiance spells
- seven level 4 lightning spells
- six level 5 lightning spells
- five level 6 lightning spells
- four level 7 or level 8 beam spells
- three level 9 beam spells
Diploma
In this article I have listed the number of lightning spells (of a certain level) needed to knock down or destroy an air defense (of a certain level) in Clash of Clans.
I will also update this article if numbers change in the game in the future.
Now I would like to hear from you:
Do you often use lightning spells in your army? Why or why not?
Or you have a question.
Anyway, please let me know by leaving a comment below!
Health,
Raj Oberoi