Archer Tower vs Firebolt Tower

Which one of them is better?

As usual, my benchmark for time is 2:43

We will use the Starting time minus the time of my death to determine Tower's DPS

I will be using maxed Towers

In the First round of my experiment, I will not be wearing any equipment with Fire Shield.

So here is goes, 1 Firebolt Tower

2:43 - 2:05 = 38 Seconds

1 Archer Tower

2:43 - 1:58 = 45 Seconds

1 Firebolt Tower deals higher DPS than 1 Archer Tower

2 Firebolt Towers

 2:43 - 2:19 = 24 Seconds

1 Firebolt Tower + 1 Archer Tower

 2:43 - 2:20 = 23 Seconds

 Surprisingly, 1 Firebolt Tower + 1 Archer Tower deals higher DPS than 2 Firebolt Tower!

I believe it is due to 'burning' effect not stacking, causing 2 Firebolt Towers to lose some DPS

source: http://royalrevoltaddicts.blogspot.com/2015/05/how-do-firebolt-tower-gargoyle-tower.html

One could consider adding Archer Towers into Arrays of  Firebolt Towers.

 For the Second round of test, I will be wearing equipments with 2271 Fire Shield

 

So here it goes again, 1 Firebolt Tower

  2:43 - 1:53 = 50 Seconds

 1 Archer Tower

  2:43 - 1:55 = 48 Seconds

1 Archer Tower is now dealing higher DPS than 1 Firebolt Tower

2 Firebolt Towers

  2:43 - 2:13 = 30 Seconds

1 Firebolt Tower + 1 Archer Tower

 2:43 - 2:16 = 27 Seconds

Again, 1 Firebolt Tower + 1 Archer Tower deals higher DPS than 2 Firebolt Tower

Conclusion

With the added Fire Shield bonus, 1 Firebolt Tower + 1 Archer Tower combo's DPS gap has widened!

Without Fire Shield, 1 Second DPS Difference(24s vs 23s) 

With Fire Shield 3 Seconds DPS Difference(30s vs 27s)

What this tells us is that Firebolt Tower's effectiveness is greatly reduced at higher level of Game play when Kings have lots of Fire Shield! 

Archer Tower outshines Firebolt Towers when:

More than 1 Firebolt Tower are placed together.

Kings have Fire Shields.

Archer Towers out DPS Firebolt Towers WHEN more than 1 Firebolt Tower is placed together OR when attacking Kings have Fire Shields. The fact that there isn't Piercing Shields make Archer Tower's damage stand out against Firebolt Towers as Fire Shields are very common!

Tips

• Level up your Archer Tower. They are NOT USELESS!
• Don't stack Firebolt Towers!
• Mix in Archer Towers into Arrays of Firebolt Towers.
• Be Careful of having too many of either as both of them are weak to Fire Storm Spell!