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'''Entrenchment''' is a [[military]] tactic that involves a [[:Category:Ground|ground division]] (excluding [[:Category:Naval|navy]] and [[:Category:Air|air]]) maintaining a static position for a certain period of time to yield additional defense bonuses, reducing the damage delivered by enemy [[:Category:Units|units]] towards the entrenched division. 

When a ground division remains static, their entrenchment bar will automatically begin increasing until it reaches the maximum threshold, taking around 14 [[Ticks|seconds]]. However, if the division moves upon entrenching, the entrenchment bar, along with the defensive bonuses, will completely nullify until the division returns to a static position.

Some external factors can influence the speed and the defense bonus surrounding entrenchment, specifically [[Military Doctrines|doctrines]], [[terrain]], [[biomes]], [[Military Operations|operations]], [[fortifications]], and [[Military Leaders/Traits|traits]].
==Modifiers==
Entrenchment will '''only''' increase defense over the entrenched division, mitigating the damage delivered by enemy [[:Category:Units|units]]. For instances, defense can also be viewed as HP (health percentage), as 100K (100,000) fully entrenched [[infantry]] on {{Mountainous}} terrain are <span style="color: Lime;">4x</span> stronger, acting as 400,000 troops, or 100K fully entrenched infantry on {{Jungle}} would be <span style="color: Lime;">3.25x</span> stronger, acting as 325,000 troops. Additionally, some modifiers can exclusively increase the speed of which the entrenchment bar grows, without affecting the defense modifier.

The maximum base entrenchment defense modifier is <span style="color: Lime;">1.25x</span>, and the time required to maximize the entrenchment bar is 14 seconds. This applies to flat lands (no [[terrain]]), no [[biomes]] (excluding {{Arid}}), or any other external entrenchment modifiers.
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! style="background:#212121; border:2px solid #800000; text-align:center; " |Entrenchment Modifiers Chart
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| style="text-align:left;" |<big><big><big>'''Terrain'''</big></big></big><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
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!'''Terrain'''
!'''Maximum Defense Modifier'''
!'''Entrenchment Speed'''
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! style="text-align:center;" |'''Flat'''
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Lime;">1.25x</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Yellow;">0x</span>
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! style="text-align:center;" |'''{{Hilly}}'''
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Lime;">1.7x</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Yellow;">0x</span>
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! style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color: #DAC03E;">'''{{Semi-mountainous}}'''</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Lime;">2.75x</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Yellow;">0x</span>
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! style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color: #DAC03E;">'''{{Mountainous}}'''</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Lime;">4x</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Yellow;">0x</span>
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| style="text-align:left;" |<big><big><big>'''Biomes'''</big></big></big><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
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!'''Biome'''
!'''Maximum Defense Modifier'''
!'''Entrenchment Speed'''
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! style="text-align:center;" |'''No Biome or {{Arid}}'''
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Lime;">1.25x</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Yellow;">0x</span>
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! style="text-align:center;" |'''{{Mild Winter}}'''
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Lime;">1.4x</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Yellow;">0x</span>
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! style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color: #DAC03E;">'''{{Severe Winter}}'''</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Lime;">1.63x</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Yellow;">0x</span>
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! style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color: #DAC03E;">'''{{Arctic}}'''</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Lime;">1.75x</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Yellow;">0x</span>
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! style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color: #DAC03E;">'''{{Jungle}}'''</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Lime;">3.25x</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Yellow;">0x</span>
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| style="text-align:left;" |<big><big><big>'''Military Doctrines'''</big></big></big><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
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!'''Doctrine'''
!'''Branch'''
!'''Defense Modifier Boost'''
!'''Entrenchment Speed'''
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! style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color: #DAC03E;">'''Static Lines'''</span>
! style="text-align:center;" |'''Static Lines'''
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Lime;">1.25x</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Yellow;">0x</span>
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! style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color: #DAC03E;">'''Downfall Initiative'''</span>
! style="text-align:center;" |'''Massed Attack'''
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Yellow;">0x</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Lime;">1.25x</span>
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| style="text-align:left;" |<big><big><big>'''Military Operations'''</big></big></big><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
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!'''Operation'''
!'''Defense Modifier Boost'''
!'''Entrenchment Speed'''
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! style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color: #DAC03E;">'''Elastic Defense'''</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Yellow;">0%</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Lime;">+35%</span>
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! style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color: #DAC03E;">'''Maginot Theory'''</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Lime;">+50%</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Yellow;">0%</span>
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! style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color: #DAC03E;">'''Lightning Offensive'''</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Yellow;">0%</span>
| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="color:Red;">-50%</span>
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| style="text-align:left;" |<big><big><big>'''Extra Modifiers'''</big></big></big><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
*The <span style="color: #DAC03E;">'''Unyielding'''</span> [[Military Leaders/Traits|trait]] for specifically ground/army [[Military Leaders|military leaders]] increases both the entrenchment speed and the defense modifier at a randomized percent.
*'''[[Fortifications]]''' inherently multiplies by attack and defense modifiers by <span style="color:Lime;">2x</span>, in which the multiplier will stack on the entrenchment's defense modifier. For example, to determine the total defense modifier of the {{Mountainous}} [[terrain]] applied to a fort, you must calculate the following: 4 x 2 = 8. Meaning, a fully entrenched division stationed on a mountainous fortified [[Cities|city]] will have their base defense multiplier quadrupled to <span style="color:Lime;">8x</span>.
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==Usage==
===Entrenchment Exploitation ===
With a strategic playstyle, one can exploit the terrain or biome, such as {{Mountainous}}, {{Jungle}}, {{Severe Winter}}, and more, to reap additional entrenchment defense bonuses to effectively repel or weaken an invasion against the aggressor, who will probably charge at the entrenched divisions, not realizing that the entrenched troops are 6x stronger, providing a major foothold in the [[war]].

Entrenchment presents a unique and realistic gameplay element, shifting the focus of wars from numbers of troops to strategic utilization.
===Countering===
Since entrenchment is an extremely powerful tactic, the enemy deploying a large number of troops entrenched in a strategically important city, especially in challenging [[terrain]] and [[biomes]], can make it nearly impossible to dislodge the garrison and win the siege by attacking it directly without any external support. 

In such situations where direct attacks are proved futile, the use of [[artillery]], [[Attacker|attackers]], [[Bomber|bombers]], [[Fighter|fighters]], [[Aircraft Carrier|aircraft carriers]], [[Battleship|battleships]], [[Destroyer|destroyers]], and, to a lesser extent, [[Frigate|frigates]], can actively weaken the entrenched division. This forces the defenders to continually replenish their forces, leading to increased [[War Exhaustion|war exhaustion]] due to losses, or they may be compelled to move their division away from the bombardment zone. This action breaks their entrenchment, nullifying their defensive bonuses, or they might suffer from [[attrition]], especially in harsh geographic terrain.

If the enemy deploys artillery to counter-bombard your forces, several solutions can be used. This includes having a greater number of artillery units to surpass their bombardment damage (or acquiring modifiers that increase artillery damage), upgrading artillery range through [[technology]] to outgrow their bombardment radius, or utilizing attack [[:Category:Air|aircraft]] and [[:Category:Naval|ships]]. However destroyers and frigates are vulnerable to artillery, so other types of ships, such as battleships within close-range and aircraft carriers positioned from afar, should be considered for this purpose.
===AI Luring===
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A common strategy that involves capturing a city within the range of AI home guards, then waiting a few seconds to automatically attract the AI home guards toward your entrenched division at the captured city. This tactic provides a significant advantage, reducing the damage from enemy forces and effectively eliminating the home guards faster.
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