Narcos: Cartel Wars & Strategy: How to Beat Raid Events

To beat PvE raid event stages in Narcos: Cartel Wars & Strategy, initiate assaults from unfortified base perimeters, neutralize area-of-effect defensive towers with targeted strikes, and funnel damage dealers behind high-health frontline units. Rushing entire squads into fortified zones triggers rapid squad wipes and expensive troop retraining timers.

Scout Perimeter Angles and Farm Command Energy

Before deploying any units, inspect the raid base perimeter to identify dead zones outside the range of defensive emplacements:

• Locate Unprotected Facilities: Search the compound edges for resource extractors, storage tanks, and non-defensive utility buildings sitting outside the firing radiuses of Mortars and Rocket Launchers.
• Harvest Command Energy Safely: Drop infantry on the softer flank to destroy exterior utility structures first. This generates tactical command energy without exposing squads to defensive fire.
• Avoid Defensive Crossfires: Approaching from an isolated flank forces perimeter turrets to engage your vanguard along a narrow angle rather than trapping your forces in overlapping fields of fire.

Prioritize Tactical Strikes on Splash-Damage Defenses

Starting tactical energy reserves are limited in raid stages. Conserve command points strictly for structures and threats that endanger whole squads:

• Primary Artillery Targets: Use missile bombardment to eliminate high-impact area-of-effect emplacements, primarily Mortars and Rocket Batteries. These weapons deal heavy splash damage that can wipe packed infantry groups within seconds.
• Utility Over Raw Damage: Rather than spending energy trying to flatten durable defensive towers with repeated missile strikes, cast tactical utility powers such as Freeze abilities on clusters of Heavy Machine Guns or Sniper Towers while your ground troops advance.
• Avoid Low-Value Obstacles: Do not spend tactical strikes on perimeter walls or isolated barricades.

Deploy Vanguard Tanks and Funnel Damage Squads

Dropping an entire army at once causes pathing splits and exposes fragile damage dealers to defensive fire. Stagger deployments to maintain unit cohesion:

1. Send in the Vanguard: Deploy high-durability frontline Sicarios or armored units first. These units absorb the opening fire from frontline bunkers and safely detonate concealed minefields.
2. Follow with Ranged Firepower: Once defensive turrets lock onto your frontline tanks, deploy ranged units like RPG gunners and rifle squads directly behind them.
3. Clear Peripheral Anchors: Units automatically target the closest standing building. Destroy perimeter utility buildings on both sides of the insertion point to prevent squads from drifting sideways into outer crossfires, ensuring they push straight into the core compound.

Counter High-Threat Defensive Emplacements

Different defensive structures require distinct tactical responses:

Manage Troops Across Escalating Tiers

Raid stages scale in difficulty, featuring denser turret arrangements, reinforced walls, and increased structure health. Sustaining heavy Sicario casualties or losing full army rosters in early stages triggers lengthy recovery timers that stall milestone progression.

• Preserve Squad Health: Complete early and mid-tier bases cleanly without spending high-value tactical boosts, keeping Sicarios healthy to avoid squad recovery downtime.
• Prepare for Peak Stages: Before attempting advanced raid stages, confirm that all primary Sicario active talents are fully off cooldown and enter the battle ready to spend full command energy on neutralizing key splash-damage threats immediately.