Last War: How to Build and Balance Three Equal Squads

Building three squads with equal progression in Last War trades single-march peak power for consistency across multi-team formats. While standard account advice recommends funneling over 80% of upgrades into a single primary squad, an equal three-squad investment secures regular 2–1 victories in best-of-three arena modes, stabilizes base defense, and enables simultaneous objective control in alliance events.

If your primary focus is solo open-field dueling, keep funneling upgrades into a single strike squad. If your alliance needs multi-objective map control or you want to climb 3v3 rankings, adopt the equal progression framework below.

When to Choose Equal Squad Progression

A balanced build changes how your roster performs across different game modes. Because standard accounts rely on one overwhelming squad followed by two severely underleveled teams, a balanced roster exploits the drop-off in rounds two and three.

Equal progression performs best in structured formats like 3v3 Arena and territory battles such as Desert Storm and Canyon Storm, where splitting forces across buildings is required. Its main drawback is head-to-head open-field combat: an opponent of equal account power who concentrated all resources into one squad will almost always defeat any single march from a split account.

Structuring Squad Types Across Your Roster

To prevent your marches from stepping on each other's upgrade paths, dedicate each squad to one of the game's three unit branches. This setup takes advantage of the combat counter triangle: Tank counters Missile, Missile counters Aircraft, and Aircraft counters Tank.

• Squad 1 (Tank Focus): Build as your frontline tank core. Use this squad against missile-heavy enemy lineups.
• Squad 2 (Aircraft Focus): Build around aircraft damage dealers. Deploy this march to counter tank-heavy rosters.
• Squad 3 (Missile Focus): Build as your missile artillery core. Use this lineup to counter aircraft formations.

Separating your squads by branch ensures an enemy who fields a hard counter against your primary lineup cannot neutralize your entire deployment roster.

Resource Allocation Priorities

Dividing resources across fifteen active heroes requires strict milestone planning so your squads do not stall at ineffective power levels.

1. Equipment Synchronization

• Craft and upgrade UR gear in matching tiers across all three squads rather than pushing single items to maximum.
• Prioritize offensive weapons and radar items for your primary damage carries in each squad first.
• Bring frontline defensive heroes across all three squads to identical armor and radar baselines to prevent early burst-damage wipes.

2. Universal Shards and Skill Medals

• Distribute universal hero shards across the primary carries of each squad instead of dumping all shards into one legendary hero.
• Level the active skills of your primary damage dealers and crowd-control specialists evenly to ensure all three squads maintain functional burst cycles.
• Accept that five-star promotions and exclusive skill masteries will take longer to unlock due to divided shard distribution.

3. Drone Combat Chips

• Prioritize drone components that grant account-wide defensive and offensive utility, such as shield timing and artillery barrages.
• Because drone bonuses apply across your account, leveling baseline chips provides equal combat value to all three marches without splitting materials.

Next Steps for Your Roster

1. Audit your current power distribution: Check whether your second and third squads can currently survive a single round in 3v3 Arena or hold an auxiliary garrison node.
2. Assign branch roles: Lock Squad 1 into Tank, Squad 2 into Aircraft, and Squad 3 into Missile to eliminate gear and team-comp overlap.
3. Halt single-hero over-investment: Pause upgrades on your highest-rated hero once they hit their current tier milestone, and redirect shards, medals, and gear materials to bring your second and third squad carries to that same threshold.