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| attack        = 13
| Defense  = 11
| defense        = 11
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| shots          =
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}}{{CreatureNew
| U_special = • [[Lightning strike]]
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{{Cram|Cliff Nest|Roc|Thunderbird|no_dwelling=|pad=2px 8px 3px 3px|-={{---}}}}
'''Rocs and Thunderbirds''' are the level 5 creatures of [[Stronghold]]. They are recruited from the [[Cliff Nest]].
'''Rocs and Thunderbirds''' are level 5 creatures of [[Stronghold town]]. They are recruited from the [[Cliff Nest]].


''"Rocs and thunderbirds are the only [[flying]] units available at Stronghold towns. When thunderbirds attack, there is a 20% chance thunderbolts will strike their target, delivering 10x the number of attacking thunderbirds in additional damage."{{-}}<sup>[[Restoration of Erathia Manual Page 110|RoE manual]]''</sup>
''"Rocs and thunderbirds are the only [[flying]] units available at Stronghold towns. When thunderbirds attack, there is a 20% chance thunderbolts will strike their target, delivering 10x the number of attacking thunderbirds in additional damage."{{-}}<sup>[[Restoration of Erathia Manual Page 110|RoE manual]]''</sup>
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== Lightning strike special ability ==
== Dwellings & Portraits ==
Thunderbirds have special ability lightning strike, which has 20% probability to occur after the stack have attacked, including [[retaliation]]s. When the stack attacks, the lightning strike occurs before the enemy has a chance to retaliate. If successful, the lightning strike deals additional damage for the amount of ten times the number of attacking Thunderbirds. The thunderbolts have the same visual effect as the spell [[Lightning Bolt]], and the special attack is also counted as one in terms of immunities.
{{DwellingPortrait
| dwelling      = Cliff Nest
| creature1      = Roc
| creature2      = Thunderbird
}}
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== Heroes with a [[Specialty#Creature_specialties|specialty]] ==
*{{H|Shiva|Barbarian}}


== Heroes with a specialty ==
== Special Ability: Lightning Strike ==
*{{H|Shiva|Barbarian}} has rocs as a [[Specialty#Creature_specialties|specialty]], which increases the attack and defense skills of any rocs or thunderbirds for each level attained after 5th level and gives them a [[speed]] bonus of 1.
When the stack attacks, the there is a 20% chance that a lightning strike occurs before the enemy has a chance to retaliate. If if occurs, the lightning strike deals damage equal to ten times the number of attacking Thunderbirds. The lightning strike has the same visual effect as the spell [[Lightning Bolt]], and the game also treats it as such in terms of damage increases/resistances/etc. See the [[Lightning Bolt]] page for a list of things that affect this ability.
 
== Official Renders ==
<gallery mode="packed-hover">
Roc render.gif
Thunderbird render.gif
</gallery>


{{Fanopinion|
{{Fanopinion|
Since they are the only flying Stronghold unit, the rocs and thunderbirds usually die in large numbers if they are to be sent to attack the enemy straight away. They should be used tactically and not draw too much damage towards themselves, even if their health stat is the third highest for a level 5. Their defense is also pretty low. Save lives of thunderbirds as the bigger is a stack, the better will be lightning strike, and if there are only 2-3 remaining, damage 20 or 30 will be useless for a battle. Use [[Cure]] when necessary.
Since they are the only flying Stronghold unit, the rocs and thunderbirds usually die in large numbers if they are to be sent to attack the enemy straight away. They should be used tactically and not draw too much damage towards themselves, even if their health stat is the third highest for a level 5. Their defense is also pretty low. Try to upgrade Rocs to Thunderbirds as soon as possible, as with speed 7 Rocs are quite useless. For that reason, capturing Rocs' external dwellings is not that difficult (however, beware of first turn right, and if you cannot kill all 9 Rocs guarding the dwelling at the same time, [[Slow]] is still a good idea as the guardians may attack twice due to high morale, reaching some of your troops).
 
Since the lightning strike deals direct [[damage]] that is unaffected by most combat modifiers, it's most effective against heavily armored stacks, although with only a 20% chance of occurring it cannot be relied upon.
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{{creature 'see also'}}
{{creature 'see also'}}
* [[Comparison of Level 5 Creatures]]


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Latest revision as of 20:53, 11 February 2025

Stronghold creatures
Level

1

Level

2

Level

3

Orc Orc Orc
Level

4

Level

5

Roc Roc
Level

6

Level

7

Castle
Rampart
Tower
Inferno
Necropolis
Dungeon
Stronghold
Fortress
Conflux
CoveNeutral
Factory
Neutral
Roc
13
11
11–15
60
7
Move
Flying
Size
2
Growth
3
1027
790
Cost Per Troop

600
Flies.
Thunderbird
13
11
11–15
60
11
Move
Flying
Size
2
Growth
3
1106
869
Cost Per Troop

700

Rocs and Thunderbirds are the level 5 creatures of Stronghold. They are recruited from the Cliff Nest.

"Rocs and thunderbirds are the only flying units available at Stronghold towns. When thunderbirds attack, there is a 20% chance thunderbolts will strike their target, delivering 10x the number of attacking thunderbirds in additional damage." RoE manual

Dwellings & Portraits[edit | hide | hide all]

Cliff Nest

Heroes with a specialty[edit | hide]

Special Ability: Lightning Strike[edit | hide]

When the stack attacks, the there is a 20% chance that a lightning strike occurs before the enemy has a chance to retaliate. If if occurs, the lightning strike deals damage equal to ten times the number of attacking Thunderbirds. The lightning strike has the same visual effect as the spell Lightning Bolt, and the game also treats it as such in terms of damage increases/resistances/etc. See the Lightning Bolt page for a list of things that affect this ability.

Official Renders[edit | hide]

User commentary

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Some may find the information in this section subjective or irrelevant.

Since they are the only flying Stronghold unit, the rocs and thunderbirds usually die in large numbers if they are to be sent to attack the enemy straight away. They should be used tactically and not draw too much damage towards themselves, even if their health stat is the third highest for a level 5. Their defense is also pretty low. Try to upgrade Rocs to Thunderbirds as soon as possible, as with speed 7 Rocs are quite useless. For that reason, capturing Rocs' external dwellings is not that difficult (however, beware of first turn right, and if you cannot kill all 9 Rocs guarding the dwelling at the same time, Slow is still a good idea as the guardians may attack twice due to high morale, reaching some of your troops).

Since the lightning strike deals direct damage that is unaffected by most combat modifiers, it's most effective against heavily armored stacks, although with only a 20% chance of occurring it cannot be relied upon.

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