Puzzles and Survival: Improving Troop Size - March Cap

A lot of people ask me about increasing troop size and/or how to improve overall troop might. This video focuses on all the ways in which it is possible to increase the size of your march, or how many troops you can send into battle. I briefly cover what you need to know about improving overall troop might, reinforcement size and rally size as well. However the main focus is just improving troop size. If you feel like I missed anything, made any errors or if you have any questions please put in the comments section. Thank you everyone for your suggestions, your feedback, and as always, Thanx for watching! Like the video if it helps and Subscribe for more content like this!

[@demonicangel7685]

Can you make a video on how you train troops? do you just train the highest troops or good to have a bit of everything?

[@babysinn]

Great information thank you

[@ValenceRing]

Happy to help and I appreciate the feedback!

[@twopac187]

Actually the apex weapons ADD a second troop size boost for Ironclaw. So if you have him +6 you get +40,000 troop size (15,000 for +4 and 25,000 for +6), That is a total of +25,000 for Leah and Scarlett with their Apex weapons.

[@ValenceRing]

Good catch! Thanx for the correction!

[@sueellenbricker363]

Love your videos! I’m learning! Thank you!

[@ValenceRing]

Happy to help thanx for watching

[@ShamelGataje]

thank you val, is there a way to get ironclaw frags other than those 29 frags from UC

[@blizxiong3566]

Can you do a video on testing your solo rally. How should a person test to find out what their solo 1 troop rally should be.

[@ValenceRing]

I'll try to put something together on this soon. Thanx for the suggestion!

[@PreFlasH]

Hi, thanks for the video and I have a question: did I understand correctly from the video that the power of the squad and its size should try to develop simultaneously?

[@ValenceRing]

Yes

[@adamcwynar6958]

Hey there, I appreciate your videos so much! I was wondering what lvl zombie I should hunt to get easy Otto frags? I’ve tried lvl 14 where it says that he is a potential reward, but have only gotten Chester frags still even though he is maxed out. Thank you!

[@ValenceRing]

I think 14 to 20ish is good to get otto. It's still a random drop so you can get Chester or otto frags. If possible you want to move up to the highest level lair you can do anyways. The frag drops start with Chester then otto then requiem then 4* hero choice cards and eventually 5* hero choice cards. So if you can get to the 4* hero choice card level you can use those for any 4* star hero which is much better than just otto. I know that's not super easy early on. But my recommendation is to stay as high as possible on lairs. The frags will come! Good luck!

[@adamcwynar6958]

@@ValenceRing Thanks for the tip! I might have to use some choice cards. I’ll be waiting til the next event

[@lmasterlee]

I've noticed when I rally with big lairs, I've been using my choice cards mostly on Heros that support my Troop type primarily. I wish I was able to just run small Zombie attacks to get the Otto frags, my alliance is #1 and have big players, so whenever a small Lair comes up, no one is really motivated to support the rally because they wait on the lvl 30+ rallys instead of my lvl 14-20ish rallys for Otto lol

[@kipwinger5781]

Hey Val, good video as always. popular question. There is the monthly subscription as well. i kind of suspect that the players with 350K troop marches have had the monthly subscription. I think it boosts your gather speed and other things too. I don't spend nearly as much as many, but i do spend a little. That new monthly event thing drops quite a few 5-star and perfect frag for the $10 fee. Need those promoters and diamonds too. thanks again.

[@ValenceRing]

Definitely! That was added after this video which is why it wasn't included. Thanx for adding it in the comments!

[@larissa10103]

Hey! I like the video, it's really good. I was wondering something: I want to promote my troops but I can only promote 370 at a time, though I have much more to promote. Is there a way to like level up the promotion so that I can promote more at a time? :D

[@ValenceRing]

There are a few ways to do this but none are very quick. Upgrading bootcamps increases how many units you can train/promote at one time (also improves the speed). In addition there are bonuses for hq level (I think) and research and talents. Having more bootcamps also boosts the amount you can train at once.

[@larissa10103]

@@ValenceRing Thank you for the reply and help ^^

[@user-hv1mw2eg7x]

Hi! When I check troop size, I have 58200. But I can use only 43987 for sending out to collect resources or going to rallies. Do you know how to max it to what is says, 58200?

[@ValenceRing]

Tough question to answer without seeing it. If you are looking in your parade grounds and see amount of troops as 58k that isnt your march size. That's how many troops in total you have. Your march size can be checked in your hall of war. Troop form set and in your commander stats under boosts (troop boost specifically I think) hope this helps!

[@emcardenas07]

Hey Valence, I have considered resetting both my Economy and Balance talents to build my Military talents, would you recommend that, does that help build troop size and march?

[@ValenceRing]

It can. My recommindation is to get to vip level 10 as soon as possible. That will allow you to switch talents as often as you like for free. And youll be able to save 3 setups.

[@emcardenas07]

Nice okay I’m at 8 right now, I will try to work on that. I have 4 of the 7 Heroes you mentioned, so gonna work on that as well! Awesome videos man, super helpful!!!

[@ValenceRing]

Thanx! And good luck!

[@jessel600]

Got any room in your alliance? Haha. How would you go about finding a different alliance? I’m in one and we can’t even compete in many challenges because we don’t have enough level 20 or higher people. And the others aren’t active. I’m only HQ 21 but want to find a more active alliance.

[@ValenceRing]

Lol my alliance is currently not recruiting for the moment. However I'd recommend connecting on my discord server if you are able because there are hundreds of people from many states that communicate on there and I have a channel dedicated to recruitment. This can also double as a way to look for a new alliance and/or state. Heres a link. Hope to see you there! discord.gg/UFhvbV8w

[@nitramalupet]

hi. is advisable to rush your hq? i am already at hq23 and planning to rush to hq26 for the T9 troops. thanks

[@ValenceRing]

I dont advise rushing HQ. If you already have strong boosts and are looking for the next big push then maybe otherwise no need to rush

[@candaceseibert8133]

Hi there! Love your channel....when training troops I can only train 790 at a time out of a possible 1085. My bootcamps are all at lvl 26 and 27. I am lvl 27 HQ. What am I missing to increase the amount I can train each time.....HELP please🤞

[@ValenceRing]

You need to have enough resources on hand to train max troops. If you don't have enough rss it will only select the max amount of troops you can train with what you have on hand. If you slide the bar to the max you can then hit the lock button on the left of the slide bar and it will lock you in at max then you can hit train and it will tell you what you need rss wise and you can use just enough from your bag to train the troops. Good luck!

[@candaceseibert8133]

@@ValenceRing tried what u said...slider stuck at 790. Messed around with talents so max 985 now but all good with that. Took a screenshot to show but now sure if it can be uploaded

[@candaceseibert8133]

Omg figured it out.....your hint was I the lock....just found it and it was locked. All good now thanks.

[@ValenceRing]

Awesome! Glad it worked out.

[@chopper6470]

Any idea what legion expansion in military 3 does?

[@ValenceRing]

Legion is a term 37games (the developer of PnS) uses in a different game to refer to rally size I do believe. So when it says legion expansion it means the same thing as rally size.

[@suebennett4121]

What does the tech hub blueprint do- used for?

[@ValenceRing]

Tech hub blueprint is part of the tutorial. All you do is collect them until you have enough and it opens up zenith war for you. You don't actually have to do anything with them.

[@meganbaldwin5880]

There is nowhere on mine to find the dang troop size and google is 0 help…any reason I can’t see it???

[@Hounnomefigo]

Hi, but how its possibile to switch talent? I’m vip9 and i have two set already registred

[@ValenceRing]

There are talent reset tokens that can be purchased from the alliance shop but you need 1 every time you reset your talents. Once you get to vip level 10 you can save 3 talent sets and reset them as often as you want for free which is why it's so important to get to vip level 10

[@Hounnomefigo]

@@ValenceRing oh ok! Thanks 😊👍

[@icedmocha5264]

I'm stuck at Ultimate Challenge level 160 for a long time! Very frustrating.

[@ValenceRing]

Most of the levels below 170 can be beaten strictly by having strong enough heroes. They are designed to be difficult enough to keep you from levelling too quickly. Good luck.

[@atvar69]

I can't figure out how to go about increasing the number of kills (the amount of enemies killed) they are only at 1762 and I don't understand where to fight to increase them. I did those 1762s without knowing I was doing them

[@ValenceRing]

So there are two kill counts. The main one under your avatar and the one in your commander stats. The main one includes kills you cause and wounded you cause. Most of those can be won in state vs state events, Nuka, res. War, VC and wasteland war. actual kills resulting in perma death of opponent troops is how you increase the kills in your commander record. Events like wasteland war and hitting inside your own state count for this. It isn't a stat that effects your gameplay outside of maybe bragging rights, the leaderboard or to scare off some opponents lol. Otherwise the stat is just a record of what has happened and has no bearing on gameplay.

[@atvar69]

@@ValenceRing Thank you..

[@ValenceRing]

Happy to help!

[@fracturedbrainstuff1265]

can you be attacked when you occupy land ? can someone answer this? I can't find out

[@ValenceRing]

Yes your stationed troops can be attacked in most cases. Ways in which you cant be attacked: during wasteland war nothing outside of the wasteland can be attacked by out of state forces so stationed troops are safe if they are not in the wasteland. And your troops cannot be attacked by your fellow alliance members. If you and someone else are shielded by try to station troops at the same spot this will not result in a battle either (very rare case).

[@SNNNKY]

Is Eve's nanoweapon exclusive stats (Rally troop HP+%... Rally troop DEF+%... etc) passive or she needs to join rally?

[@ValenceRing]

All nanoweapon stats are passive. As long as it is equipped to the correct hero the stats always apply.

[@clemysagastume5096]

@@ValenceRing how do I equip a weapon to a hero? I have Meyer and the weapon that goes with him but I don’t know how to add it to him

[@ValenceRing]

He has to be level 211 first then his nanoweapon slot will unlock. It will be a square on his avatar

[@clemysagastume5096]

@@ValenceRing thank you 😊

[@ValenceRing]

Happy to help!

[@larrycushman8720]

Sanctuary boosts, military tactics, obtainable how?

[@ValenceRing]

Heroes mostly, research, alliance tech, nanoweapons, nova, etc. Did you have something in particular in mind?

[@r.l.9993]

Scarlet I bought one time, then just kept using perfect frags for her..

[@Liselita90]

Well i got J to the highest level and my troops didn't grow. what could be the posible reason ? Im so confused. Thanks

[@ValenceRing]

Not sure sounds like a bug. I would report the issue to customer service. Also when you load the game on the loading screen in the top right corner is a button that say ls "fix game" you can also try that first.

[@Liselita90]

@@ValenceRing Will do so, i trie the fix the game but no luck. Thanks 👍🏼

[@Liselita90]

@@ValenceRing BTW i find out what it was. Dr.J increase Rally size not troops size.

[@ValenceRing]

Glad you figured it out.

[@Melissa-db8nf]

What means if my leader ask me to send only one troop to join rally?

[@ValenceRing]

Sending only 1 troop is a way to minimize casualties. Healing costs resources so it's better to keep casualties and heals low.

[@ronaldgrimard9151]

They also asking to send one because they want to see what they can solo themselves and asking for one means send 1 troop ie 1 shooter or 1 rider

[@muhammadarham7442]

Sorry, what does TACTICAL SKILL DAMAGE mean?

[@ValenceRing]

Here is a link to the video explaining what tactical skill damage is. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKDdZ2t8fNJnpqM Simply put in troop based battles the tactical skill damage is a percentage of troop damage done instead of the hero using their special skills that only apply in the match 3 aspect of gameplay. Hope this helps!

[@jibakas]

so eve ,scarlet,varvara,leah,lady m,ironclaw and otto doesnt have to be in in march to increase the size?

[@ValenceRing]

Exactly. Just having the heroes and levelling them up will improve march size.

[@jibakas]

@@ValenceRing but it wasn't like that earlier?

[@jibakas]

@@ValenceRing I tried it earlier it was an active skill so work only whe heroes in march

[@jibakas]

@@ValenceRing it works thx

[@ValenceRing]

@@jibakas it's always been passive at least as long as I have been playing.

[@dimasangga184]

help me how to win ultimate challenge lvl 100 with meyers,mantis,eve,marlowe,and tomoyo

[@ValenceRing]

So UC level 100 has to be all purple (avid) type heroes. So meyers and mantis wont play. Marlowe eve and tomoyo are good then you want Dr. J. and Varvara. At the beginning of battle select Ephraim from the enemies to target him specifically. The goal is to destroy him first. May take quite a few tries. Good luck!

[@mattshowalter5953]

I see you can dismiss troops. Why would someone want to dismiss troops instead of promote them?

[@ValenceRing]

There are a couple tactical reasons for doing this. The main reason would be if you dont want to increase your troop count because you want to keep your food consumption below your food output. (Upkeep management).

[@YoLastFilms]

Can we get a short video on the jester event

[@ValenceRing]

Thanx for the suggestion! Video added!

[@KkevrockK]

Anyone else wonder if this dude died? Tons of vids…all a year old.

[@beniamin9993]

there a trick to train troops faster?

[@bellyflop9723]

Lol no.max out your barrack level.use speed ups.a few hero's help some but not really enough to tell a difference

[@bryanmcpherson2959]

Barracks level is huge for training faster. I have 10 barracks and keep them close to my HQ level. I can train 8500+ T9 troops per day without speedups.

[@ValenceRing]

So the biggest trick as Bryan and Belly said is to improve your barracks. The training speed boost is cumulative and adds a lot. Also after vip 10 using all your talents in your balance tree will give some significant boosts. There is a talent also for cost reduction and as long as you arent using it all the time you will also get plenty of 10 and 30% training boosts from events etc. that can be used for a boost when you are doing a lot of upgrades. Other then that. Try to train a specific number of troops that match the time you are going to be afk (away from keyboard) also know as idle. So if from the time you stop playing at night until you get back on in the morning or next day is 10 hours then make sure you train enough troops to cover the full 10 hours but not too much more. This way you constantly have troops training. Other then that it just takes time! Good luck!

[@twopac187]

​@@ValenceRing there is also a training speed 'talent' in EVA on the Economy side.

[@ValenceRing]

@@twopac187 absolutely correct! I always miss something lol. Thanx for adding it here.

[@jellybeanbear7017]

I never know how to enhance the star level of my hero

[@ValenceRing]

Only 5 star heroes can increase their star level to red star. 2, 3 and 4 star heroes will always be the same star level (unless they change that in a later update) you can use hero frags to increase their enhancement level up to +5 for 2, 3 and 4 star heroes or +8 for 5* heroes. Hope that helps.

[@megd8500]

Tell Daddy777 hello lol

[@ValenceRing]

Lol will do!

[@mozartcelioalmeida8369]

FICA.FRIO 😂