How to Use Bombardiers and Medics in Boom Beach: War Strategy Game

Deploy Bombardiers behind your front line and guide the group toward key defenses. Before attacking, scout the base and plan a route that avoids the defenses posing the greatest risk to your troops. The supplied material describes this combination but does not establish that it is unmatched or suitable for every base.

Plan the attack

1. Scout the base and identify dangerous defenses along your intended route.
2. Choose a landing point and path toward the Headquarters rather than spending time clearing every defense.
3. Use Gunboat Energy on threats that can endanger the group before Bombardiers reach a useful firing position. The draft names Barrage and Artillery for damaging defenses and Shock Bombs for temporarily disabling threats.

Guide the group and manage energy

Use Flares to direct troops toward key targets, and keep the group close enough for Medics to support it. Avoid spending energy on defenses the Bombardiers can handle without help. If the route exposes the group to heavy fire, the draft suggests using shocks to interrupt defenses; it does not establish a universal energy priority or a guaranteed result.

Watch the attack timer. If clearing side defenses is taking too long, focus on the route to the Headquarters. The draft also flags splash-damage defenses and a Shield Generator as possible obstacles, but it does not provide specific matchup results or a verified performance comparison.