Z Route: Redemption Thursday VS Soldier Waterfall Training

To maximize Alliance Versus (VS) points on Thursday in Z Route: Redemption while preserving speedups, use the soldier waterfall training method. Instead of training top-tier units directly from empty queues, pre-train lower-tier soldiers on off-days, then promote them upward tier by tier once the Thursday event begins.

How Waterfall Training Works

Thursday VS awards points for recruiting and promoting troops. Direct recruitment of top tiers (such as Tier 9 or Tier 10) requires long base timers that demand substantial universal and training speedups.

Promoting an existing unit from a lower tier to an upper tier takes significantly less time than training that same upper-tier unit from scratch. Because the event awards points for reaching the target tier rather than the raw queue duration spent, sequential promotions provide far higher point returns per minute of speedup consumed.

Promoting a single unit across two tiers awards points at both thresholds:

Pre-train a pool of Tier 7 units during off-days using natural timers.
Promote Tier 7 units to Tier 8 on Thursday to trigger intermediate event points.
Promote those Tier 8 units to Tier 9 or 10 immediately to trigger top-tier event points.

How to Prepare and Execute the Waterfall

Follow this sequence to ensure your barracks have adequate promotional stock without wasting speedups outside the event window.

1. Off-Day Pre-Training (48 to 72 Hours Prior)

Set barracks to train units one or two tiers below your maximum available troop level.
Let natural timers complete these batches without spending speedups.
Keep completed queues ready without promoting them until the event reset.

2. Event Activation and Buff Checklist

Do not consume speedups or start promotions until the Thursday VS reset has officially processed. Before starting:

Activate alliance training buffs or request relevant alliance titles.
Equip development talent presets or hero gear that reduces training time.
Confirm that personal and alliance VS point multiplier cards are active.

3. Executing Promotions

Open a barracks and select the Promote option on your stockpiled lower-tier units.
Apply troop training speedups to finish the queue instantly, avoiding excess minutes.
Select the upgraded units immediately and promote them to your highest unlocked tier.
Apply speedups to finish the second jump and collect the high-tier point reward.
Repeat across all available barracks until your event reward goals are met.

Speedup and Resource Allocation

Promoting large batches of soldiers creates heavy, immediate resource demands. Plan your speedups and bags accordingly.

Element	Recommended Action	Risk
Resource Packs	Keep resource boxes in your inventory until promotion begins.	Keeping open resources in your settlement invites enemy scouting and raids.
Speedup Priority	Deplete Troop Training Speedups completely before using Universal Speedups.	Spending Universal Speedups early leaves building and research events unsupplied.
Queue Timing	Match promotional batch sizes so timers finish evenly.	Irregular timers increase the chance of accidental over-speeding.

Stopping Points and Common Mistakes

Over-promoting reserves: Do not promote your entire military population to maximum tier in a single week. Leave a pool of mid-tier soldiers intact so you have promotional stock ready for the following Thursday.
Over-spending past the final chest: Once you reach the final personal VS point milestone, stop spending speedups unless your alliance is in an active race where rank rewards justify the cost.
Starting before reset: Always verify that the Thursday VS event banner and score trackers are active in-game before applying your first promotional speedup.