Territory sucks. It’s boring, it makes the game lag, and it takes up march slots you’d rather use for something else. But it’s also necessary to gain landmark buffs and provide our alliance with a safety buffer from our enemies so we have time to react to incoming attacks.
Opt for the combat loadout to strengthen your territory marches against attack or the Kaiju Defence loadout to better defend your oupost. Use the core PvP skills and work as a team to capture and maintain territory safely and efficiently.
It’s a good idea to capture territory whenever you raid from the hive.
Ciara and Sporefly Soldier are the faster progress bar picks for capturing territory. Each provides a capture speed bonus which can shave minutes off your timer. If you’re capturing multiple tiles at once, it’s better to split them between your marches.
Throwaway march: if you can’t watch the march or recall safely, send 1k T1 bombers. They’re cheap and have the highest speed stat, so your march arrives and returns slightly faster. These will fully capture a tile in 2 hours.
Goldilocks march: increasing your march size to 20k troops will cut the capture time in half. This is riskier, so be ready to recall and willing to lose it.
Full march: a full march (going higher than ~230k troops won’t decrease the capture time) can fully capture in under 30 minutes. Use ~70k armoured infantry and the rest bombers. Be vigilant and recall at the first hint of a scout or attack.
Don’t send a full march to capture territory unless you’re willing to risk them all. 50% of troops killed whilst capturing a tile are lost permanently. If you can’t babysit them or there’s room for an enemy to teleport next to it, opt for a throwaway march instead.
A trap tile is a capture march you send with the intention of baiting an enemy hit. It’s an advanced and risky strategy designed to cause your opponent permanent losses. It isn’t recommended unless you meet the recommended requirements for offensive PvP combat.
How to do it: send a full PvP deployment alongside several throwaway marches to try to hide it. Use high-tier troops (70k armoured infantry, the rest bombers) and make sure you are specced for combat. Then, wait for an enemy to march into it. Be ready to recall if they scout or send a march strong enough to defeat your tile.
Small marches of high-tier armoured infantry and bombers can also sometimes catch an enemy off guard and trap them if they attack without scouting, expecting a throwaway march.
Don’t overcommit: if in doubt, always recall your march.
Lairs, swarms, raids, rescues, and gather tiles that spawn in our territory will flip a tile to neutral after 8 hours if they are not removed. This creates holes in our territory for the enemy to teleport into.
Daily habit: sweep the territory when you log in and before you log off. Plug holes and remove tiles that have been there for a while, especially if they’re close to the hive. It’s a team effort that protects the whole alliance.
Fast response: if a hole appears near the hive, call it out, capture it, or teleport in if you’re shielded.
Keep your outpost ghosted whilst you capture territory so you can’t be punished by unexpected attack.
Neutral tiles become captured at 50% completion, so marches can be recalled early. Call these out for teammates if you see them.
Position outposts as buffers so enemies can’t teleport directly next to tile captures. This is especially important at the start of a new season.
Outposts will auto-capture a neutral tile adjacent to a captured tile in about 8 hours (same as a shield). If you’re shielded it can be a helpful way to capture a tile safely. This won’t contribute to the score in territory contest events though.
Capturing now? Use the combat loadout with the core PvP skills.
Can’t watch it? Send a throwaway march (1k T1 bombers).
Raiding? Passively capture some territory whilst you do it.
Logging on or off? Sweep the territory. Patch holes and clear old tile nodes.