How to use your Troops and Rally’s correctly Guide
Ok, so here is a guide on everything to do with Troops from the basic stuff to the more important advanced stuff within the game State of Survival, understanding how to use your troops correctly is crucial for success. Troops play a vital role in various aspects of the game, including defending your base, attacking other players’ bases, and participating in events. This guide will go over everything to do with Troops from the basic stuff to more advanced and in detail.
Get to know your Troop types
Troop attributes
Troop attributes can be categorized into four main types: attack, lethality, defence, and health. These attributes are essential for determining the strength and durability of troops in various combat scenarios.
In combat, two crucial factors come into play: attack and lethality. These determine the extent of damage your troops can inflict on the enemy and their chances of successfully damaging or eliminating the enemy. On the other hand, defense plays a significant role in minimizing the damage your troops receive. Meanwhile, health refers to how much damage your troops can withstand before defeat.
Both defense and health determine how long your troops will stand while your enemy continues to deal damage.
Troop Types
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Infantry:-
These guys are like the tough guys on the battlefield, armed with shields and melee weapons or shotguns. They charge right into the action, forming a human shield to protect the rest of the formation. It’s like having a bunch of shotgun-wielding superheroes in your formation! But these are not invincible as you might think. Its vital to keep these the stocked up on. Nearly every formation will use Infantry to protect the rest of your Troops. If these die then the rest of your march/rally will get hit in full force.
The infantry is divided into two sub-units:
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- Shotguns: Increase infantry defence against Riders
- Shields: Increase infantry defence against Hunters.
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Riders:-
Picture this: the riders, those brave souls on bikes or APV’s, are in the middle of troop formations. They hold their ground right in the midst of it all, neither too close nor too far. It’s almost like they’re saying, “Hey, don’t forget about us! We’re here to bring balance and kick some butt!” These are easily put to one side, however ideal for taking down the frontlines (Infantry) or have a chance at taking down Hunters. ATV’s deal more damage against infantry, while bikers deal more damage against hunters. They can sometimes bypass Infantry to cause Damage against Hunters directly.
The riders are divided into two sub-units:
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- ATV’s: cause more damage against infantry.
- Bikers: deal more damage on hunters. They may sometimes skip infantry to deal direct damage on hunters.
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Hunters:-
Hunter troops are snipers and bowmen in your army, armed with super long-range attack abilities. These bad boys don’t mess around – they hang out in the backline of your troop formation and take down enemies from a safe distance. Talk about picking off the baddies without breaking a sweat! However these are glass-cannons and easily killed.
The hunters are divided into two sub-units:
- Bows: deal more damage against infantry.
- Snipers: do more damage to riders. They can sometimes bypass infantry to direct damage riders.
Using your Troops effectively
To use your troops effectively, you need to consider several factors. One key aspect is troop composition. Building a balanced army that combines different troop types can provide you with versatility on the battlefield. For example, having a mix of infantry units for tanking damage and shooters for dealing ranged attacks can be super effective. However sticking to one method can easily be outsmarted by the enemy.
Another crucial factor is understanding counters and matchups between troop types. Certain troops are more effective against specific enemy units while being weak against others. Learning these matchups can give you an advantage in battles by exploiting your opponent’s weaknesses. If you don’t know this, you are cannon fodder and you might be better jumping your troops off the nearest cliff. if fighting someone stronger.
For example, if the enemy has more Infantry units, you might want to march with more ATVs and/or bows than infantry; because they have increased damage against infantry units. This would kill their Infantry units, leaving them open for a second attack/rally which would annihilate all hunters and riders.
Rally’s
The Rally Leader(s):-
Rally Leaders are the members that have the highest stats in the entire alliance. They are the front lead that needs to start the rallies. Their main job is to start the rally or be a war spear.
- Every single stat matters for this member since the supporters or joiners will join the rallies made by them.
- This member will need to have the best heroes and be always updated based on the growth timeline of your state.
- The Rally power is judged by how many strong players have joined.
As for the disadvantages: This member will be under pressure because they will need to rush their growth. They will have a harder time healing troops as they will have to swap into economic talents whenever they need to heal on a large scale, or they will have to enjoy micro healing for a very long time. Rally Leaders will direct their research focus to war 80 and development 20 percent.
The Joiners:-
A joiner will have a bit of a easier time than the rally leader(s) since they will fill all the rallies made by the leaders. They will inherit all of their stats, so they don’t need to spend as much to keep up. Many players confuse this and attempt to create their own rallies which either leads to more losses or wounded troops.
But what is their responsibility? They will need to have updated stats too but they will have less focus, so no need to rush to get the best heroes as the purple heroes will do fine. They will have different growth and talents too. Their research tree can be a mix of the three trees but as a general rule they will always be in economic talents, and they will need to spend way less in the long run.
The Supporters (Clickers):-
- Supporters can fill either the main rally if there are not enough members or they can always fill the secondary rallies.
- Supporters are the members that can have somewhat mixed feelings about the enjoyment during wars. Usually the casual players.
The Supporters are seriously needed for micro/batch/quick healing and help during wars. They can be permanent joiners if they did extra effort. Every single click they do takes away three minutes of your current members suffering and needs to heal them up. They can go on the economic tree most of the time and pick development too. They can support the team by sharing resources. They are always on economic tree talent and war tree might be useless for them during wars. One of the advantages is supporters will be more relaxed and have the lowest pressure of all.
The disadvantage: supporters may only rally an infected fiend. Supporters may not have the game enjoyment the other two roles have. Having them join main Rallies can fill that rally with low level troops and more or likely will suffer losses or even worst break a solid attack or defence which can turn the tides of war around completely.
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