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

Power Types Are Different

Your power changes by context (arena vs map):

• HQ Power: What you see in your base (includes decorations)
• Arena Power: the formation number inside Arena, using Arena-eligible effects
• Map/Rally Power: the formation number in map and rally contexts, where other live buffs may apply
• Formation Power: Actual combat power with all buffs

Account example: The same lineup showed 66M in Arena and 72M on the map. Treat the combined ~6M difference as account evidence, not as a universal value from one building system.

The Biggest Power Multiplier

This is the single most important tip for formation power.

Account example, not a universal result:

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

Why Same Faction Matters

Five same-faction heroes activate the interface faction bonus and can complete hero skills with different scopes:

• Bella S2: +10% troop HP to the whole formation when five Blood Rose heroes are deployed
• Oliveira: +10% troop capacity to the whole formation when five Blood Rose heroes are deployed
• Miranda: +10% DEF to Blood Rose heroes
• Fiona: +10% ATK to Wings of Dawn heroes
• Isabella: +10% DEF to Wings of Dawn heroes
• Katrina and Sophia: each gives herself +10% ATK, +10% DEF, and +5% troop capacity
• Five-hero faction bonus shown in the interface: ATK +115%

Scope matters: some skills buff the whole formation, some buff only same-faction heroes, and some are self-only. See the Formations Guide for lineup and counter decisions.

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.

Account example: Audrey (blue, Blood Rose) showed more formation power than Scarlett (orange, Wings of Dawn) when Audrey completed the five-hero Blood Rose bonus. The exact difference depends on the roster and upgrades.

Recharge Shield Research

Once its prerequisites are complete, Recharge Shield gives the highest formation power per badge spent.

Military Strategies	3 levels / 990 badges
Peace Shield	10 levels / 56,970 badges
Siege to Seize	10 levels / 21,120 badges
Field Research	10 levels / 102,300 badges

Additional Recharge Shield nodes also appear later in Unit Special Training and Army Building. Compare the unlocked tree, prerequisite spend, and remaining levels before choosing the next node.

Observed account example: completing Field Research Recharge Shield added about 7.5 million displayed formation power.

The 7.5M result is an account example, not a universal calculation from each 1% of HP. The visible gain depends on the formation and its existing multipliers.

HP Research Priority

Research HP in this order based on your faction:

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

Military Strategies also contains separate Assaulter, Shooter, and Rider HP research, each giving up to +15% for that troop type.

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

A late Enemy Buster-only branch rather than an early universal power source:

• Full branch cost: 492,920 badges
• Final research, Move Out: 20 levels at +25 troop size, max +500
• Activation scope: Fully Armed Alliance, including Move Out, is active only during Enemy Buster day

Keep Alliance Recognition first for this formation-power route because it improves Alliance Duel badge income and reward chests—not because Fully Armed Alliance costs 1-1.5M badges. See the exact branch cost.

What is Hall of Honor?

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

Unlock requirements:

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

Hero requirement: A hero must be 5-star to appear in Hall of Honor. Level 150 is not required.

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
• Hero troop capacity — Capacity milestones on heroes such as Vivian, Christina, and Maria are the strongest Hall of Honor formation-power targets

Stat Multipliers by Hero Rarity

Orange heroes:	ATK or DEF +5 per level
Purple heroes:	ATK or DEF +2 per level
Blue heroes:	ATK or DEF +1 per level

Multiplier: ~2.5x difference between tiers

Hall of Honor Upgrade Priority

The strongest Hall of Honor formation-power route is to focus hero troop capacity heroes inside the faction you actually use. For Blood Rose, that means Vivian first; use the same logic for Christina and Maria in their factions.

Upgrade material: Hall of Honor levels use Hero Fragments and Universal Hero Fragments. Fragments are required on every level, so do not spread them randomly across low-impact heroes.

Vivian example: Vivian is Blood Rose, so her troop-capacity milestones apply to Blood Rose heroes. At level 200, she gives +16 troop capacity per Blood Rose hero, or +80 total across a full 5-hero Blood Rose formation.

Buff split: faction hero attack and defense apply only to that faction. All-hero attack applies across factions.

Faction Building Bonuses

Upgrading faction buildings such as Toxic Garden, Dawn Tower, and Order Hall also gives:

• Hero attack — Faction-specific
• Hero defense — Faction-specific
• Troop capacity: +1 per level through level 26, +5 per level at levels 27-29, and +2 per level from level 30 onward

Where Troop Capacity Comes From

Use the live formation details as a checklist instead of relying on one account's total:

• Hero progression: level, stars, and capacity skills
• Hall of Honor: the milestone table above and faction-specific hero bonuses
• Faction buildings: ATK, DEF, and capacity for the matching heroes
• Research: troop-size nodes, including event-limited effects such as Move Out
• Formation buildings: use the Formation Buildings Guide for Formation I-IV costs and unlocks

Hero Skill Capacity Bonuses

Use the Hall of Honor milestone table above for fixed capacity gains instead of adding a duplicate faction base value.

• Licia: +7.5% troop capacity; she has a faction-parallel skill to Liliana
• Oliveira: +10% troop capacity to the whole formation when five Blood Rose heroes are deployed
• Sophia: self-only +10% ATK, +10% DEF, and +5% troop capacity

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, treat 160k+ modification blueprints as the working minimum; 200k is the safer reserve.

• 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

For activation timing and blueprint prep details, see the Vehicle Modification Cost Table.

Don't accidentally activate it without enough blueprints!

Mod Vehicle Boost

Use modification blueprints and golden wrenches during the separate Full Preparedness theme, Mod Vehicle Boost:

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

Current Winter Buildings

On newer servers, Season 2 is Winter. These personal seasonal buildings add Season Troop stats:

• Command Post: +1% Season Troop DMG per level; base F2P cap level 30, giving +30%
• Icy Arsenal: +3% Season Troop ATK per level; base F2P cap level 50, giving +150%
• Icy Fort: +3% Season Troop DEF per level; base F2P cap level 50, giving +150%

Season Pass or Wartime Investment can add levels beyond these base F2P caps.

Upgrade Order and Stop Points

• Protect the season engine first: use Bio Lab 28 as the practical checkpoint for level 60 Frostbanes after switching into Combat
• Smart Greenhouse stop: level 25-26 is usually enough before heavier combat-building spend
• Combat baseline: start with Command Post
• Offense: push Icy Arsenal for Season Troop ATK
• Defense: push Icy Fort for Season Troop DEF

These are seasonal combat effects, so do not treat them as permanent account-wide power sources. Use the Season 2 Combat Buildings Guide for the full timing decision.

Step-by-Step Research Order

This is the formation-power research route. Alliance Recognition remains the first badge priority for sustainable formation-power growth. For the broader account route and UST/T10 tradeoffs, use the Research Guide.

1. Badge-free research: use available badge-free trees until those branches are complete
2. Alliance Recognition — FIRST for this Job. It doubles Alliance Duel daily rewards and improves the reward-chest route.
3. Hero Training — Least badge cost among badge-requiring research
4. Troop HP research — choose the next reachable Recharge Shield or the +15% HP research for your faction's troop type
5. Fully Armed Alliance — late Enemy Buster goal; 492,920 badges for the full branch

Badge Management

Why Alliance Recognition comes first here:

• Alliance Duel daily rewards: 240 badges instead of 120 at the relevant maxed reward step
• Reward access: more valuable daily chests, including the later chest tiers
• Planning rule: reserve the exact cost of the next node; there is no universal 100k badge floor

When to Use Badges

• Day 3: Age of Science gives points for research, while Alliance Duel counts badge consumption
• Normal days: prefer badge-free research while any badge-free tree remains; after those trees are complete, do not leave the Laboratory idle solely to preserve this rule

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

F2P estimate:

• About 1.5 years from game start to unlock T10 for a F2P account
• Unit Special Training requires Laboratory level 30
• The full Unit Special Training tree costs 1,488,100 badges

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