If you want to start winning PvP matches you need good teams. It doesn’t matter what your skill level is, this guide will help improve your teams.
In this guide I will go through my method of making teams. how to put units together, and some examples of good teams.
If there had to be just one take away I wanted players to get from this guide, it would be the 3 – 2 – 1 rule, that is using 3 of one unit, 2 of another unit, and 1 final unit to hero. units typically synergies well with itself, so take advantage of this by using 3 of the same unit on a team, then 2 of another to either cover a weakness, or further synergies with the team. That final unit is usually a cupcake or mushroom as they make for the best 2 heroes in this game, just which ever one works better with the rest of the team.
Note that this guide will be focused on 1v1s, for 2v2s though generally speaking you can just upscale this and come out with solid 2v2 teams. PvP is not equal to PvE, teams that are good for PvP will not necessarily be good for quests, and vice versa
The 3 – 2 – 1 rule
The most common mistake I see players make is they add one of each unit they can get their hands on onto their team, thinking they have an answer to everything because of the verity of units they have on their team. the reality is if you bring a team like this into pvp, you get matched into someone with 6 pixies, you will have 1 unit say an electro bot to deal with 6 pixies. The pixies will blow up the rest of your team, and your electro bot will just just get overwhelmed by all pixies
Example of a BAD team
take that 6 Pixie team, this team will beat any team that doesn’t have any pixie counters on it naturally, just losing to electric weapons, electro bots, and kobolds, bows and mortars teams. It takes just a couple of these things to beat the entire pixie team. so while 6 pixies can be a strong team, it is not hard to counter.
So lets now try doing a 3 – 2 -1 rule version of the team, you will find that 3 pixies will do everything 6 pixies will, so that leaves 3 unit slots to fill with something else, so lets try 2 sets of kobolds to deal with those pesky archers, and a hero cupcake to keep them alive. Now you have a team that will beat everything that 6 pixies already beats, on top of beating any ranged human teams, and any other pixie teams out there, as kobolds have fire resist. you effectively taken that 6 pixie team, but changed it to a team that only loses to electro bot teams, and some kobold teams.
Example of a good team
When making your team, you really have a lot of freedom as to what units you want to put together for your 3 unit slots, and your 2 unit slots, whatever units you think work together try them in this format. That being said for your last unit slot, your hero, the game only really gives you 2 solid options, cupcakes, and mushrooms. Cupcake healing does so much to keep a your team alive. If your team uses Electro bots, or Zombies, units that do not get healed by a cupcake, then you use a Mushroom for your hero.
More Examples of teams
The final thing I want to make clear is the 3 – 2 – 1 rule is just guidelines, there is plenty of extremely good teams that use 2 of a unit, 2 of another, a hero, and a ranged unit. Or teams that use 3 of a unit, then 3 different units for the final 3 slots. following the 3 – 2 – 1 rule is just meant to be a jumping off point for making teams, and wont guarantee you a good team. At the end of the day the only way to know if your team is good or not, is by trying it in the pit.
