To earn combat points during the Saturday Alliance Raid in Top Lords without exposing your city to destruction, keep your personal peace shield active and send defensive reinforcements to unshielded alliance targets. Saturday is the combat phase of the cross-server Alliance Duel. You do not need to drop your shield or attack enemy territory to hit your individual point milestones.
How to Earn Combat Points Under an Active Shield
Directly attacking an enemy base, resource tile, or field march triggers Battle Frenzy, which immediately strips your peace shield and leaves your city vulnerable to counter-rallies. You can bypass this restriction by acting purely as a defensive garrison.
When your peace shield is active, you can send your strongest defensive march to reinforce an unshielded allied castle, an alliance fortress, or a kingdom landmark.
- Shield Protection: Your home city remains fully shielded. Enemy scouts and rallies cannot target your base resources or unassigned troops.
- Point Generation: You receive full combat elimination points whenever hostile players attack the structure or castle your troops are defending. Points scale with the tier of enemy units wounded or killed.
- Reinforcement Stacking: When multiple alliance members reinforce a single unshielded target, incoming solo attackers face combined defensive stats, creating favorable point trades for low- and mid-tier defenders.
Once your garrisoned squad takes heavy damage or fills your hospital beds, recall the march, heal your units, and re-deploy.
Avoiding Teleport Traps and Escape Mistakes
Fleeing incoming enemy attacks requires strict execution. Making an error while an enemy march is inbound can lock your base in place or cause catastrophic losses.
| Tactical Factor | Common Mistake | Required Action |
|---|---|---|
| March Status | Teleporting while squads are deployed outside | Recall all field and gathering marches using speedups before attempting a base teleport. |
| Shield Deployment | Trying to activate a shield while in Battle Frenzy | Monitor your frenzy timer; wait until the offensive cooldown expires before attempting to bubble. |
| Teleport Selection | Using a Random Teleport near enemy hives | Use an Advanced Teleport to jump directly to friendly alliance territory or isolated map edges. |
| Incoming Rallies | Allowing returning squads to march at base speed | Use a March Recall or 50% March Speedup immediately if an enemy rally locks onto your city. |
Never leave resource-gathering marches deployed during Saturday's event. If an enemy alliance rallies your city while your strongest heroes are deployed in the field, your base defends with reduced strength. If you are caught in Battle Frenzy and cannot shield, use an Advanced Teleport immediately to relocate away from enemy clusters before rallies connect.
Managing Casualties With the UR Diplomat
Wounded soldiers that exceed your total hospital capacity die permanently, destroying weeks of troop training. The UR Diplomat hero provides hospital-focused skills that make cross-server defense sustainable.
- Hospital Bed Capacity: The UR Diplomat provides passive buffs that increase your total hospital space, ensuring high-volume defensive battles do not result in permanent troop death.
- Treatment Speed: Skills from this hero reduce hospital healing time, lowering the speedup and resource cost required to cycle defensive squads back into the fight.
Appoint and level your UR Diplomat before Saturday morning to maximize your survival threshold during heavy defensive engagements.
Alliance Raid Checklist for Low-Spenders and F2P
Follow this operational routine to hit your individual reward chests without losing your army:
- Deploy a 24-Hour Shield: Activate your peace shield before the daily reset transitions into Saturday so you are never caught unshielded offline.
- Recall All Gatherers: Clear the map of your farming marches before cross-server invaders arrive to deny easy kill points.
- Reinforce Designated Targets: Send one primary defensive squad to an unshielded allied bait castle or active alliance structure.
- Heal in Small Batches: Treat wounded soldiers in short time increments to take full advantage of alliance help taps and preserve healing speedups.
- Recall and Stop: Once you reach the final individual reward chest milestone, recall your garrisoned march and remain shielded until the event concludes.
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Emily Johnson
Emily writes practical mobile strategy guides with a focus on resource planning, base progression, and the early decisions that shape a long-term account.
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