Last Asylum: Plague: Plague Troop Training Waterfall Method Guide

To maximize event points while conserving speedups in Last Asylum: Plague: Plague, train lower-tier troops during non-event days and promote them to higher tiers once a troop training event starts. Because training events award points based on the point difference between tiers rather than requiring full recruitment cycles, upgrading existing units yields substantially more event points per speedup minute than training high-tier units from scratch.

How the Waterfall Method Works

Troop training events calculate score progress based on the tier of units completed during the active scoring period. Direct recruitment forces you to pay the entire time and resource cost of a soldier during the event window. In contrast, upgrading an existing unit credits you with the point difference between the base tier and the promoted tier.

Because upgrading takes only a fraction of the time needed to recruit that higher-tier unit outright, every training speedup applied to an upgrade produces far more event points.

Recruitment Method	Timing	Speedup Demand	Event Points per Speedup Minute	Primary Function
Direct Recruitment	During active event	High	Low to moderate	Raw troop generation without prep
Single-Step Promotion	Event day using prep stock	Moderate	High	Fast point gains with balanced costs
Tier-by-Tier Cascade	Event day using lowest tiers	Very low	Maximum	Highest point yield per minute used

Step 1: Prepare the Base-Tier Stockpile

The foundation of the Waterfall Method relies on keeping your barracks active outside of scoring windows.

Queue low-tier units continuously: Train Tier 1 or Tier 2 infantry, cavalry, or ranged units during non-event days. Their raw production time is short, and their base resource costs are minimal.
Monitor settlement upkeep: Check that your food production and warehouse capacities can handle a large headcount of unpromoted troops.
Align recruitment timers: Set production batch sizes to match your schedule so barracks queues never sit idle between active play sessions.

Step 2: Execute Promotions During the Event

Do not upgrade any units until the training event is live and all available multipliers are active.

Activate training buffs: Apply alliance training bonuses, equip training-oriented hero skills or gear, and confirm any active training speedup runes before starting.
Choose your promotion path:

The Direct Jump: Upgrade low-tier units straight to your highest unlocked tier. Use this when you need rapid point spikes to compete during short hourly ranking windows.
The Step-by-Step Cascade: Upgrade Tier 1 units to Tier 2, then Tier 2 to Tier 3, continuing upward tier by tier. This method maximizes the efficiency of short speedup increments across multiple milestones or micro-events.

Apply training speedups: Use your training-specific speedups on the active promotion queues to collect milestone points immediately.

Stopping Points and Resource Management

To prevent common resource and defense setbacks, manage your troop numbers and speedup inventory carefully:

Halt at the final milestone: Unless you are competing for a specific top leaderboard rank, stop promoting once you clear the final milestone chest. Save remaining low-tier units for the next event cycle.
Keep universal speedups separate: Reserve universal speedups for research and construction bottlenecks. Use only training-specific speedups during the cascade.
Respect hospital and defense limits: Stockpiling hundreds of thousands of low-tier units leaves your settlement vulnerable to heavy losses during kill events or server warfare. Keep your unpromoted troop numbers within ranges you can shelter, shield, or hide in rallies if an attack occurs.