Last War: Should You Choose Carlie or Murphy?

Choose Murphy if you are in the early-to-mid game or running a standard 5-Tank squad. Choose Carlie if you are building an aircraft squad to counter enemy tank teams and energy damage carries in competitive PvP.

Both heroes serve as UR-grade front-row defensive anchors in Last War, but their value depends entirely on your squad archetype and the type of damage you need to absorb.

Core Defensive Differences and Synergy

Matching hero types in Last War provides percentage-based team bonuses to attack, defense, and HP. Because mixing classes reduces these bonuses, your frontline defender should match your backline damage dealers.

Murphy: The Universal Physical Tank

Murphy focuses on mitigating physical burst damage. His abilities deploy protective barriers and flat defense buffs across your squad, protecting vulnerable backline carries against standard campaign zombies, world bosses, and enemy physical attackers.

Because his shards are readily available through standard tavern recruitment and early progression milestones, Murphy is the fastest frontline defender to star up. However, he struggles against heavy energy damage burst unless heavily invested with specialized defensive gear.

Carlie: The Anti-Tank Energy Counter

Carlie specializes in energy damage reduction and personal durability scaling. She deploys barriers that dampen incoming skill bursts from prominent energy carries like Kimberly.

In addition to energy mitigation, Carlie benefits from the class triangle: aircraft units naturally deal increased damage to and take reduced damage from tank units. Deploying Carlie in a full aircraft squad gives you both the inherent class advantage against standard tank lineups and direct protection against their energy-focused damage dealers.

How to Prioritize Your Investment

Universal Hero Shards and defensive radar gear should not be split between frontline heroes of different vehicle types. Base your decision on your current account focus:

• Build Murphy first if:
• You rely on a 5-Tank lineup to clear campaign stages and daily PvE content.
• Your account is in the early server stages where accessible shards make four-star promotion faster.
• You need immediate teamwide physical shielding to keep your backline alive.

• Pivot to Carlie if:
• Your server's PvP meta is heavily saturated with high-star tank lineups and Kimberly carries.
• You are actively investing shards and gear into backline aircraft attackers like DVA and Schuyler.
• You have already stabilized your primary PvE squad and need a dedicated counter lineup for Alliance duel events and cross-server combat.