Invincible: Guarding the Globe Faction Recruitment Guide

To get the most value out of the Faction Recruitment event in Invincible: Guarding the Globe, save your Hero Dossiers and Gems until the shop rotates to high-impact factions—specifically Earth's Defenders and From Worlds Beyond. When your preferred faction is active, cycle refreshes until the shop rolls at least two Elite heroes before spending your recruitment currency.

Why Faction Recruitment Is More Efficient

The standard recruitment pool draws across all factions simultaneously: Earth's Defenders, From Worlds Beyond, the Global Defense Agency (GDA), and Criminals. This broad pool dilutes your odds of securing the specific duplicate copies needed to rank up your primary squad.

During Faction Recruitment, the pool is restricted exclusively to the featured faction:

Guaranteed Faction Elites: Every Elite unit that appears in the shop belongs strictly to the active faction.
Consolidated Promotion Food: Every Rare hero in the shop also belongs to that same faction, ensuring all secondary pulls serve as direct promotion fodder for your targeted units.

Faction Priority and Target Heroes

Focus your resources on rotations that provide the core carries, tanks, and sustain units for your main campaign teams. Spreading summons across all four factions leaves your roster with scattered duplicates and insufficient food to complete rank-ups.

Faction	High-Priority Elite Targets	Pull Recommendation
Earth's Defenders	Invincible, Atom Eve, Robot, Monster Girl, Omni-Man	Highest Priority: Houses core sustain (Robot, Atom Eve) and top frontline damage.
From Worlds Beyond	Battle Beast, Allen the Alien, Universa	Highest Priority: Crucial for top-tier DPS carries and premier tanks.
Criminals	Titan, Doc Seismic	Moderate Priority: Pull selectively if Titan is your primary frontline tank.
Global Defense Agency	Donald, Red Rush	Low Priority: Reserve resources unless targeting specific support utility.

Shop Refresh Rules and Purchase Thresholds

Cycling your shop correctly prevents wasted Hero Dossiers on low-yield boards:

Check the initial board: Use free periodic shop refreshes first before spending Gems.
Set a two-Elite threshold: Never spend dossiers on a board containing zero Elites. Refresh until you see at least two Elite heroes simultaneously, or a high-priority carry paired with essential Rare food.
Handle single-Elite appearances cautiously: If only one Elite appears, purchase it only if that specific duplicate hits an immediate rank-up milestone for a primary carry. Otherwise, continue refreshing.
Use "Buy All" on optimal boards: When two or more high-priority Elites appear together, clear the board using five dossiers or the "Buy All" option to guarantee you collect every target without RNG interference.

Resource Management and Pitfalls

Maintain a purchase reserve: Do not spend Gems on refreshes if you lack the currency to purchase the units that appear. Always keep at least five Hero Dossiers (or the Gem equivalent) in reserve so you do not strand a double-Elite board.
Skip low-impact days entirely: If an active rotation features Criminals or GDA and your core team relies on Earth's Defenders, freeze all spending until the rotation resets to your primary faction. Concentrating 30 to 50 dossiers into a single faction yields far more rank promotions than splitting those pulls across the entire event schedule.