Builder: The Artisan Who Turns New Land into a Fortress

The Builder at a glance

The official character write-up describes an artisan who turns empty ground into a fortress with one shovel. While others walk over the land, he packs it firm, and land shaped by his hands does not fall easily. In the app's story prologue, the Desert episode "It mustn't crumble!" leads to "Birth of the Builder!", the same theme as the job's real effect.

What the "capital effect" means

In the grid battle win-rate math, the land deduction is 1★ -24%, 2★ -28%, 3★ -32% and Capital -36%. The capital's deduction is the largest, and the app's Move Capital screen says it plainly: the capital has a higher defense success rate.

When someone attacks land you captured as a Builder, their win-rate chips show the capital's -36% instead of a star level. A tile you just took starts out tougher than a 3★ tile. It does not give you a second capital, though: your real capital stays where it is, and the captured land only gets the defensive effect. Zoom in on the map and these tiles show a semi-transparent capital look.

Which land gets it, and when it ends

• Only land captured while you are a Builder. Land you owned before becoming a Builder does not get the effect.
• It ends when your job changes. Switch to another job, or let your Job Pass expire and return to Starter, and every tile with the effect goes back to normal land.
• Becoming a Builder again does not restore old tiles. The effect starts over with land you capture from then on.

Planning your expansion as a Builder

1. Grow outward from your capital. A defending tile loses 1 for every 1,000 tiles from your capital, so the same capital effect is stronger close to home.
2. Take the border first. Tiles that touch other players are the ones attacked most. Capturing them as a Builder puts the capital deduction exactly where you need it.
3. Choose easy targets. The Builder has no attack or ticket bonus, and battles consume tickets based on the land's level, so work up from low-level land.
4. Check the disaster forecast. You can't attack or build in a disaster area. The Builder is immune to Flood, so a Flood in the forecast won't cost you your land while you are a Builder.

ARCADE HP and RPG road-building

ARCADE: HP

In 1 VS 1 battles and the Gauntlet, the Builder's job points go to HP, shown on the Practice Mode stat card as "Current job Builder → HP," and your fortune's Health score feeds HP as well. Each stat maxes out at 10, so if HP is already full, the overflow is split evenly among stats below 10.

RPG: the job that lays the road

The Builder is favored in Lewis & Clark, Roman Roads, Polynesian Voyages, South America: Andes & Amazon, Antarctica and Arctic, with more attack and less damage taken for the whole mission.

In Defense mode, the Builder card plays the Area role, damaging all enemies around it over time, and starting a defense as a Builder shows a "Job card cost -" advantage. Its Light Pulse is a yellow light quake.

Getting the Builder, who it suits, and mistakes

Open the Job tab in your profile, pick the Builder and tap "Apply." Job Passes are charged in 48-hour blocks and can be bought with gold. One change is available right after recharging; after that, you can change again 24 hours after your last change. Only one job is applied at a time, so you can't stack the Guardian and Builder effects.

The Builder suits players who want to expand and fortify at once and who stick with one job. In a clan, it is a natural pick for the front line facing other clans. In the clan battle Critical Hit chart, the Builder lands big hits on the Explorer and takes big hits from the Assassin.

• Expecting old land to get the effect. Only tiles captured while you are a Builder do.
• Switching away for a moment. The effect disappears the instant your job changes.
• Expecting easier attacks. The Builder's effect is purely defensive.