Formations

Ton's Labyrinth guide: shop priority (Mithril, XP Components, Lucky Hero Gear Chest, Refined Fire Crystal), zones by day, and the new default of two marksman ratios + one lancer ratio.

Arena tiers move generation by generation, not as a fixed ranking. F2P needs just five heroes: Molly, Alonso, Greg, Gwen, then Renee and Wayne. Slot targeting order, positioning rules, G1-G6 lineups.

The four joiner slots are decided by join order — offensive rallies only by pre-assignment, garrisons by promotion cycling. Plus why 20% skills lose, Mia's 43.75% EV, and the filled-in Gen 12 table.

Stop memorising joiner tables and compute them: three leaders and a troop ratio in, slot saturation, widget firing, dead class-locked skills and ranked joiners out. 45 heroes built in.

Stop memorising joiner tables and derive them: SkillMod split into nine slots, the +100% vs +144% stack-vs-split gap proved, plus the investment threshold that decides who actually gets picked.

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.

Building a formation means reading their ratio and picking yours. The counter table, the banned pairings that lose the fight outright, the six formation categories, and the heroes that break a 60/40.

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.

Registered ratios no longer cluster at 50/20/30, so opposing power has to be normalized before you compare it. How to read an opponent's lane pattern from four data points, and why SS/mid/mid beats strong/strong/weak.