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Arrow Ladder Duel

Arrow Ladder Duel

Arrow Ladder Duel

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Tip: turn your phone sideways, or tap Full screen, for a bigger game.

Arcade Ages 12 and up More Arcade games Teens

How to play

  • Take turns. Drag back and let go to shoot: the angle and the pull's length set the shot. The dots show the arc's start.
  • An arrow that misses and hits wood stays there as a peg. Stone breaks arrows.
  • Once a turn, before you shoot, tap a glowing peg to hop onto it (up to 3.5 steps up, 5 across).
  • Shoot from 1.5 steps above your rival and every hit does double. Head 50, body 25, legs 15; 100 health each.
  • Hits knock archers back: an archer that falls into the pit loses the round. Best of 5 rounds.
  • Climb the Tower Ladder to open new bows: Longbow, Heavy, Triple, Ice and Rope, two shots of each a match.

Controls

  • Phone or tablet: Drag back anywhere and let go to shoot. Tap a glowing peg to hop onto it. Hold the phone sideways.
  • Keyboard: ↑ ↓ aim, ← → power, Space shoots, E hops up, 1-6 pick a bow, Esc pauses.
  • Mouse: Drag back and let go to shoot; click a glowing peg to hop.
  • Gamepad: A shoots, Y hops up.

Tips

  • Missed? Good: that arrow is a step. Hop up before you shoot, hits from 1.5 steps above do double.
  • A head shot from the high ground is a knockout in one arrow.
  • Your misses are your rival's steps too. Shoot straight, or shoot where you want to climb.
  • The dots show only the start of the arc. Watch the flag: wind bends long shots most.

About this game

Arrow Ladder Duel is a turn-based stick archer duel with one twist: every miss is a step up. Arrows that miss stick in the wooden walls and stay there as pegs. On your turn you can hop onto any peg in reach, so your rival's bad shots, and your own, become a ladder to the high ground.

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And the high ground matters: from up there every hit does double damage, and a head shot from above knocks your rival out in one. Pegs below you are cover, too. But climb carefully: a hit knocks you back, and the pit waits below. Two arrows break a crate out from under someone's feet.

Learn in five quick duels, then climb the Tower Ladder: twenty rivals in a row, each sharper than the last, from Twig to Hawkeye. Every match adds to your total. On the way you open new bows: the fast Longbow, the Heavy arrow that knocks twice as far, the Triple shot, the Ice arrow that freezes the peg under your rival so they slide off, and the Rope arrow that pulls them toward the pit.

Six arenas, from Sunset Canyon to the Bell Tower, with wind that changes every round. A Daily Duel gives everyone the same arena and rival each day, and two players can duel on one screen, each pulling on their own half.

Play free in your browser on a phone, tablet or computer. Knocked-out archers tumble like rag dolls: no blood.

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