Building a Tournament City

For anyone looking for information to update their city for a Tournament build. Check out this article in this link in the Elvenar Forum:  Building a Tournament city.

Pauly makes some good suggestions. If you want to have more balance I'd stick to the first set of Miltary AWs mentions. Check out the AW Comparison Guides in Elven Gems to review the different AWs. Some make more sense in early chapters than later. 

With the new rules having multiple Troop Buildings, Barracks, Training Grounds and Mercenary Camp is more useful because you can Train in all three simultaneously now. Training Troops uses Supplies so you will need to increase the number of and/or upgrade your Workshops to meet the increased demand. 

As always, you need to have enough Space, Population/Coins, Supplies and Goods. Using Spells and Instants frequently a sign of imbalance and that you have a shortage of the item(s) you are using them for. 

Comments with additional suggestions are welcome.

Fighting

Fighting
By FD

You want to have military boosts in place to so your troops don’t get wiped out. These are obtained by Crafting. They last 5 days and are stackable. Because they only last 5 days, I wait for the Tourney to start before placing them and starting both the Spire and Tourney. Before the Spire, all I crafted were military boosts and Pet Food. The Spire is loaded with the materials for crafting, so now I craft more now. If you have Fire Phoenix. Feed it for the run of the Tournament.

It is critical to fight smart. I only fight if I have an overwhelming advantage. That usually means one of my Units gets icons on all the enemies 4 at the minimum. Heavy Ranged units usually hold up better if they don’t have an advantage. If you hover over the enemies and you’ll see their damage for different types. Take that into account when you select yours. These apply to the Tourney as well.

If I don't have an advantage, I use Diplomacy. It doesn't matter what level. There's a good video tutorial that covers it pretty well Diplomacy in the Spire of Eternity. I'll add that keeping track of the "Wrong Person" and what has been played are crucial. Take notes if you have to. Make sure to keep stocked up on what you have to pay to play.