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For burning cities, run 60% infantry / 40% lancers. Lancers' Ambusher (20%/turn) chews through the enemy's marksmen first, and with no marksmen in your march the enemy's Ambusher has nothing to hit. Hero picks (Bradley > Alonso ≈ Greg ≈ Lynn), lancer-hero roadmap, pros & cons, PCB report.
Bear Trap is PvE with a 38.4B reward cap — stop optimizing around Gen 5–6. How to read ratio ranges, why joiner gains shrink 25→20→16% (additive buckets), Raina, low-attendance Bear, pet myth.
Day-5 (October) overhaul: hearts 5 regular · 6 warden → 606 total, morale −5/−5/−2 → two chip attacks per target max. Boards harder to clear, whales worth far more, rewards go by alliance at reset.
Leaders, ratios and joiners for every generation, for rallies and garrisons - never the Bear Trap. Four different joiners beat the same hero four times, because mixing skill families multiplies instead of adding.
The ratio that works on one account will not work on another, so test several. Widgets do nothing here because the Labyrinth is not a rally, and 60/40 only functions if you have the Lancer-specific skill heroes.
Infantry tanks while Lancers snipe enemy Marksmen, so one 60/40 covers attack and defence. It demands the fewest stats of any build, which makes it the cheapest route to strength for dolphins - and it beats whales that look far stronger.