Troop Stacking
Use this every time you set up a march for an Epic Monster event or major raid. Getting the stack wrong is the most expensive mistake in the game.
See Combat & Battles for the full mechanics explanation.
1. Know Your Limits
- Open the march screen and note your Leadership limit (trained troops)
- Note your Dominance limit (Monsters)
- Note your Authority limit (Mercenaries)
2. Choose the Right Troop Type
- Epic Monster event → Guardsmen (mounted/flying preferred — bonus vs monsters)
- PvP attack → Specialists (base attack doubles vs players)
- Citadel/fort → mix with 10–15% Engineers
- Gathering → Spearmen infantry only (no combat troops needed)
3. Build the Leadership Stack (2:1 Pyramid)
- Identify your highest-tier available troop (e.g. G7)
- Set top tier to your target amount (e.g. 1,000)
- Each tier below = 2× the tier above (1,000 → 2,000 → 4,000 → 8,000…)
- Fill remaining Leadership capacity with sacrifice layers (lower-tier Specialists or Engineers)
- Sacrifice layers should have a higher total health pool than your top tier — they get hit first
4. Add Monsters (Dominance slots)
- Apply same 2:1 pyramid to Monster troops
- Monsters attack after leadership troops — they survive longer and deal late-battle damage
- Use all four sub-types if available (Beast, Elemental, Giant, Dragon)
5. Add Mercenaries (Authority slots)
- Keep Mercenary total health below your leadership stacks — you want them to survive the longest
- Include Epic Monster Hunter Mercenaries if the event qualifies
- Mercenaries attack last — surviving them maximises their damage output
6. Final Check
- Assign the correct captain (combat captain for events, Stror for gathering)
- Hero equipped with combat gear set
- Silver balance is enough for planned number of attacks
- Verified with Kaiculator or TotalCalculator.org
- No single-tier marches — pyramid is in place
- Correct troop type for this specific event
Common Mistakes to Catch
- Not a single troop tier flat — that defeats the entire strategy
- Top-tier troops are Guardsmen for monster events (not Specialists)
- Mercenary health pool is lower than leadership stack (not higher)
- Silver budget checked before committing to multiple attacks