How to Play
Master the idle strategy loop — formation, fusion, and enchantment.
How to Play Portal Keeper
Automated turn-based strategy — build teams, not reflexes.
Steps
- Deploy your team before each portal engagement.
- Watch automated combat resolve.
- Note which skills trigger and which enemies survive.
- Upgrade the bottleneck — frontline, DPS, or support.
Tips
- This is NOT an action RPG — no manual attacks.
- Depth comes from roster construction and synergies.
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How to Play with a Core Six Team
Two frontline, two carries, one support, one flex.
Steps
- Identify your frontline, carry, and support from early units.
- Invest fusion and enchants only in these six slots.
- Swap the flex specialist per portal biome.
- Do not spread resources across bench units.
Tips
- Core six discipline is the single biggest progression accelerator.
- Rare units outside your framework can wait.
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How to Play with Formation Logic
Position affects skill triggers and damage flow.
Steps
- Read each unit's skill tags and range.
- Place frontline units to absorb first contact.
- Position supports where buffs reach the most carries.
- Test formations against failing waves — move one slot at a time.
Tips
- Formation matters as much as unit rarity.
- Automated combat exposes positioning mistakes quickly.
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How to Play the Fusion System
Combine duplicates into higher-tier units.
Steps
- Collect duplicate units from portal milestones.
- Unlock the fusion menu through progression.
- Fuse lower-tier duplicates into higher-tier versions.
- Prioritize fusions for your core six roster.
Tips
- Do not hoard every common past your first core team.
- Key fusions like King Sprout and Pazaru define mid-game.
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How to Play the Enchant System
Convert surplus gear into power spikes.
Steps
- Enchant weapons on units you plan to keep.
- Prioritize effects that change wave math: AoE, shield break, attack speed.
- Keep one enchant line per element or tag.
- Re-evaluate after patches — enchants get nerfed.
Tips
- Dual Strike on healing wands doubles revive value.
- Verify enchant recipes in-game.
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How to Play Royal Decree
Disable unwanted skills on key units.
Steps
- Obtain Royal Decree from Brimstone or Seal Shop.
- Open a unit's skill configuration.
- Disable all damage skills on healers like Nightmare.
- Enable only healing and buff skills.
Tips
- Essential for Nightmare instant-revive builds.
- Also used on buffers to prevent wasted casts.
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How to Play Mind Shard and Personality
Tune unit behavior with personalities.
Steps
- Obtain Mind Shards from shops and milestones.
- Apply personalities: Saint for healers, Greedy for DPS spam, Noble for tanks.
- Match personality to unit role in your build.
- Test in combat — personalities change skill priority.
Tips
- Saint on Nightmare maximizes healing frequency.
- Greedy on Sherm enables Mighty Whirlwind spam.
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How to Play the Scout System
Scout units and Trial Bell challenges.
Steps
- Progress to unlock scout mechanics.
- Send scout units to discover new allies.
- Complete Trial Bell challenges in Hall of Time.
- Use Rainbow Crystal speed buffs to accelerate scouting.
Tips
- Scouting is a long-term roster expansion path.
- Trial Bells tie into Boss Rush rewards.
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How to Play the Daily Loop
Efficient session routine for steady progress.
Steps
- Clear portals you can auto-win.
- Fuse duplicates for core six units.
- Enchant one priority weapon.
- Push one new wave before logging off.
Tips
- Consistency beats marathon sessions.
- Track which specialists solved which biomes.
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How to Play AFK and Idle Grinding
Maximize passive material gains.
Steps
- Purchase Rainbow Crystals from Seal Shop.
- Activate +60% speed buff.
- Set up auto-win portal waves.
- Let the game farm materials, scouting, and dust overnight.
Tips
- Combine with Umbral Trust in Void for portal speed.
- AFK grinding is a core design pillar — use it.
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How to Play Synergy Chains
Link buffs, debuffs, and skill frequency.
Steps
- Identify tag chains: curse + execute, buff duration + skill frequency.
- Pair AoE carries with cadence supports.
- Add shield break before single-target boss carries.
- Swap specialists when a chain does not match the biome.
Tips
- Synergy beats single high-rarity units.
- Sage-led rosters excel at chain builds.
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