War Inc: Rising: How to Control Goddess of War Shield Targeting

To control where Goddess of War places her shield in War Inc: Rising, deploy her within one to two hex grid spaces of your primary damage carry and isolate low-tier units on the opposite flank. Goddess of War prioritizes damaged allies within her immediate radius rather than your highest-value units. If disposable frontline units take damage near her, she burns her leap and protective barrier on them instead of saving your high-priority targets.

How Goddess of War Chooses Her Shield Target

Goddess of War triggers her leap and shield based on two factors: allied unit proximity and incoming damage. When battle begins, her targeting algorithm monitors allies inside her local engagement radius.

She targets an ally when:

An allied unit within her radius crosses a health depletion threshold or takes concentrated enemy aggro.
Multiple units take damage simultaneously, causing her pathing to prioritize the damaged ally closest to her current coordinates.

Placing Goddess of War centrally behind a wide frontline causes her to jump to basic infantry the moment lines clash. Low-tier melee units take damage almost instantly, consuming her shield cooldown before enemy burst damage or assassin abilities reach your backline carries.

Positioning to Force Shield Deployment on Carries

To ensure Goddess of War shields your carry, isolate the pair in a dedicated formation pocket. Deploy Goddess of War directly adjacent to or one row behind your priority damage dealer.

Frontline:   [Anchor Tank]             [Empty Buffer]
Midline:     [Trailing Unit]           [Priority Carry]
Backline:    [Support]                 [Goddess of War]

This arrangement limits her AI targeting pool:

Restricts nearby targets: Offsetting her from the main front line keeps cheap units out of her immediate reaction radius.
Synchronizes incoming aggro: When flanking units or enemy ranged attackers strike your carry, that carry is the only damaged target within her immediate reach.
Removes travel delay: Because she is already positioned within one or two hexes, she deploys the barrier immediately without walking across the board.

Isolating Summons and Swarm Units

Multi-model squads, summons, and light infantry possess smaller individual health pools. When these units take early hits, their rapid health depletion triggers Goddess of War's targeting threshold prematurely.

To prevent wasted shields, split your army by lane:

Unit Role	Board Placement	Tactical Function
Goddess of War	Carry-side midline or backline	Restricts shield radius exclusively to the priority carry
Primary Carry	Midline or backline adjacent to Goddess	Receives immediate protective barrier upon taking damage
Anchor Tank	Center-forward or opposite front lane	Absorbs the bulk of enemy frontline engagement
Swarms and Summons	Far opposite flank	Keeps rapid health drops outside Goddess of War's targeting range

Placing swarms on the opposite flank ensures that frontline chip damage occurs entirely outside Goddess of War's search distance, forcing her to reserve her shield cooldown for her assigned sector.

Defensive Adjustments for Arena and Clan War

In automated modes like PvP Arena and Clan War defense, you cannot react to enemy deployment in real time. Adjust your formation based on the primary threats you anticipate:

Corner Box Against Assassins: If opponents run backline divers or flanking cavalry, place your carry into a corner space, anchor a tank along the outer lane, and wedge Goddess of War directly between them. When divers hit the carry, Goddess of War shields the carry immediately, soaking the opening burst.
Frontline Cleave and Splash: If an attacking composition relies on frontal line damage rather than backline dives, keeping Goddess of War bunched with your carry exposes both to the same area-of-effect abilities. In this scenario, move Goddess of War forward behind your frontline tank to absorb heavy frontal assaults instead.