Last Z Formation Power Guide — How to Reach 100M+ Power

Power Types Are Different

Your power changes depending on where you look:

• HQ Power: What you see in your base (includes decorations)
• Arena Power: ~66M (no siege building bonuses)
• Map/Rally Power: ~72M (includes siege building bonuses)
• Formation Power: Actual combat power with all buffs

Example: Same account shows 66M in arena but 72M on map — that's 6M from siege buildings alone!

Recent Update (Important)

A game update fixed power calculation issues:

• Hero exclusive equipment: Now properly calculated in power
• Modified vehicle skills: Now included in troop power calculation

If your power suddenly increased after an update, this is why.

The Biggest Power Multiplier

This is the single most important tip for formation power.

Real example:

• 5 Blood Rose heroes: 72 million power
• Remove 1 hero: 31 million power
• Difference: 41 million power lost!

Why Same Faction Matters

When you deploy 5 heroes of the same faction, you activate:

• Katrina 4th skill: +10% troop HP (all troops)
• Faction bonus: +15% attack
• Other hero 4th skills: +10% attack/defense
• Licia bonus: +7.5% damage resistance + troop capacity

Total bonuses: These stack to give massive multipliers that don't apply with mixed factions.

Even Blue Heroes Beat Orange from Other Factions

Surprising fact: A blue hero from your faction can give MORE formation power than an orange hero from a different faction.

Why? The faction bonuses from 5 same-faction heroes outweigh individual hero stats.

Example: Audrey (blue, Blood Rose) vs Scarlett (orange, Wings of Dawn) — Audrey gives higher formation power when completing the 5-Blood Rose bonus.

Recharge Seal Research

This research gives the highest formation power per badge spent.

• Located in: Siege to Siege research tree
• 1% troop HP = ~150-160k formation power
• Maximum: 10% HP increase per research line
• Total potential: 7.5+ million combat power

HP Research Priority

Research HP in this order based on your faction:

• Blood Rose: Assaulter HP first
• Wings of Dawn: Shooter HP first
• Guard of Order: Rider HP first
• Then: General Troop HP (applies to all)

Note: If switching factions (e.g., Blood Rose to Wings of Dawn), your power will drop until you complete the new faction's HP research.

Fully Armed Alliance Research

The ultimate goal for combat power:

• Final research: +25 troop size (max 500 total)
• Troop HP bonus: +10% (independent of troop type)
• Total combat power boost: ~7.5 million
• Troop size bonus: Only active during Enemy Buster day

Badge cost: ~1-1.5 million badges to complete. This is why Alliance Recognition must be maxed first.

What is Hall of Honor?

A building system that gives permanent buffs when you upgrade maxed heroes.

Unlock requirements:

• Toxic Fog Garden level 20: Blood Rose Hall of Honor
• Dawn Tower level 20: Wings of Dawn Hall of Honor
• Steel Factory level 20: Guard of Order Hall of Honor

Hero requirement: Hero must be maxed (level 150, 5-star) to appear in Hall of Honor.

Hall of Honor Bonuses

Each hero upgraded in Hall of Honor gives:

• Faction hero attack % — e.g., Blood Rose hero attack +10% at level 200
• All hero attack — Affects ALL heroes regardless of faction
• Troop capacity — Some heroes give +13 troops per hero (Vivian)

Stat Multipliers by Hero Rarity

Orange heroes:	5 stats per level, 3 all-hero attack
Purple heroes:	2 stats per level, 1.2 all-hero attack
Blue heroes:	1 stat per level, 0.5 all-hero attack

Multiplier: ~2.5x difference between tiers

Hall of Honor Strategy

1. Upgrade each hero to level 50 first
2. Then move to next hero, repeat
3. Get all heroes to level 50 before pushing any to 100+

Key insight: All hero attack bonus applies to ALL factions. Even upgrading Wings of Dawn heroes boosts your Blood Rose formation!

Vivian special: At level 200, gives +13 troop capacity per hero = +65 troops total for your formation.

Faction Building Bonuses

Upgrading faction buildings (Toxic Fog Garden, etc.) also gives:

• Hero attack — Faction-specific
• Hero defense — Faction-specific
• Troop capacity: +1 per level (up to 26), +5 per level (27+)

Where Troop Capacity Comes From

Example: 3,523 troop capacity per hero

Hero Level:	~350 per hero (at level 150)
Hero Star:	~150 per hero (at 5-star)
Hero Skills:	~688 (includes faction bonuses)
Technologies:	~210-240
Structure:	~125 (25 per hero)

Hero Skill Capacity Bonuses

Blood Rose faction troop capacity: +16 per hero base

Season 3 hero bonuses:

• Licia (5-star): +7.5% troop capacity + damage resistance
• Oliveira (5-star): +10% troop capacity
• Total: ~17.5% extra capacity from these two heroes

Sophia: +5% troop capacity (4th skill)

Fully Armed Alliance Troop Size

• Maximum +500 troop size from research
• Important: Only active during Enemy Buster day!
• On normal days, this bonus doesn't apply to your march

Vehicle Upgrade Strategy

• Level 100: Unlock components (massive stat boosts)
• Component levels: Level 15 = 200% troop defense in siege
• Modifications: Use golden wrenches for damage, HP, defense stats

Expert Modifier Warning

Before upgrading to Expert Modifier, save 200k modification blueprints!

• When you activate Expert Modifier, you get a 30-minute window
• During this window: 100 attempts give double EXP
• Need 160k+ blueprints to maximize this opportunity

Don't accidentally activate it without enough blueprints!

Monday Upgrade Day

Upgrade all modified vehicle components on Monday (Modded Vehicle Boost day):

• Get Alliance Duel points
• Get Full Preparedness points
• Maximize value from your wrenches and blueprints

Three Siege Buildings

These buildings add power ONLY on the map (not in arena):

• Strategy Barrack — Troop attack ability
• Military Fortress — Troop defense ability
• Defensive Base — Damage bonuses

Combined bonus: ~6 million formation power on map battles!

Why Arena Power is Lower

Arena power doesn't include:

• Siege building bonuses
• Some modified vehicle skill effects
• Map-specific buffs

Don't panic if arena power looks lower than map power — this is normal.

Step-by-Step Research Order

1. Alliance Recognition — FIRST. Doubles all badge rewards. Required for everything else.
2. Badge-free research: New Home, Shelter Building, Elite Troops, HQ Management, Rapid Growth
3. Hero Training — Least badge cost among badge-requiring research
4. Troop HP research — Recharge Seal, faction-specific HP
5. Fully Armed Alliance — End-game goal (1-1.5M badges)

Badge Management

With maxed Alliance Recognition:

• ~3k badges daily increase (passive)
• Can maintain 100k+ badges while doing research
• No need to buy badges from Lucky Discounter

Without maxed Alliance Recognition:

• Constant badge shortage
• Forced to spend diamonds on badges
• Can't progress efficiently

When to Use Badges

• Day 3 (Age of Science): Badge research for Alliance Duel points
• Normal days: Only badge-free research (Rapid Growth, Elite Troops)

Equipment Priority Stats

Focus on these stats in equipment:

• Damage — Increases troop damage dealt
• HP — Increases troop survivability
• Attack/Defense — General stat boosts

Troop Type Alignment

Match your troops to your faction for maximum buffs:

• Blood Rose: Assaulter troops (Selena boosts assaulter attack)
• Wings of Dawn: Shooter troops
• Guard of Order: Rider troops

T9/T10 priority: Upgrade your faction's troop type first.

T10 Timeline

For non-spenders/small spenders:

• ~1.5 years from game start to unlock T10
• Requires Lab level 30
• Requires ~1-1.5 million badges

Focus on: T9 first, then promote all troops to highest tier available.