The Psychology Of Overtime In Tower Rush

If your tower is sitting at 300 hitpoints, and the opponent's tower is completely untouched at 3000 hitpoints, the logical part of your brain assumes the match is already over.


Because Overtime is sudden death—the first tower to fall ends the game instantly—a massive health advantage can be erased in a single, catastrophic mistake.

The Arrogance of the Lead

The single greatest weapon you have when facing a massive health deficit in overtime is the opponent's own psychology.


If you maintain absolute, zen-like focus and defend their desperate attack perfectly, they are now completely out of elixir and their defense is shattered.

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Desperate Measures

If you are hopelessly behind in overtime and defending perfectly is no longer mathematically possible (e.g. Should you have virtually any issues concerning where and also tips on how to employ tower rush, you are able to e mail us on the web site. , they are just cycling Rockets at your tower), you must execute a 'Hail Mary'.


Even if you lose the base race, executing a Hail Mary is vastly superior to sitting passively and waiting to be destroyed.

The SituationOpponent's MindsetYour Counter-PlayYour tower: 200 HP "I just need to cycle one more Fireball; I will ignore their attacks and just defend cheaply."Build an overwhelming, 15-elixir push that completely crushes their 'cheap' defense before they can draw the spell Theirs: 50 HP"It's a spell race! I need to drop my Log instantly!"Hover your spell directly over their tower; the player with the lower ping and faster reaction time wins
The True Test of Character

Winning a match in sudden death when your tower was sitting at 1 hitpoint for an entire minute is a memory that lasts forever.


Fight for every single pixel of health, punish their arrogance, and steal the victory.