To make sure you are well defended, you should observe the following:
- Seek protection in an alliance, Alliance members can send each other support troops, thus providing easy defense, even against powerful defense.
- Remember to use defense tools to give your warriors significant bonus on the castle walls.
- When the attackers troops are near, you can see exactly how the enemy's troops are arrayed for the attack, and adapt your defenses.
- The way to counter melee attackers is with melee defenders, the same goes for ranged attackers.
- If you should not be able to with stand the enemy's troops, you can still decide to send your men away temporarily so that they escape the battle but this way you will get some of your buildings damage.
- You can also decide to open gates using rubies. It is better way to escape the battle than sending men away temporarily.