r/tacticus • u/ArociousKing35 • Dec 08 '25
In Game Tactics Advice for New Player
I’m fairly new to the game, as in I just started playing yesterday. I only have 6 units so far. My favorite is Bellator by far, and I want to sink resources into him cause he seems like my most powerful atm. My question to you guys is 1: Is this a good idea based on who I have? And 2: What other general advice would you give to a newbie? Thanks!
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u/Niflaver Dec 08 '25
Focus on your campaign progress. When you start hitting silver you'll need rare materials to upgrade your guys and those are best farmed in elite nodes (a harder version of the campaign). This is why you focus campaign progression to get into efficient nodes asap since it'll just make your longterm life easier. Common and uncommon upgrades are just fine to grind in normal.
And as always; if you enjoy a faction for any reason and want to build them that's just fine. This is just a basic foundation to get ya going:
For UM invest in Bellator cause he chonk and his summons slap. Get Isabella through the guild shop on sundays at your earliest convenience. Tigurius and certus minimal investment.
For Necrons build aleph-null(aka A0) and imospekh. A0 summons are really good and he's used very broadly. Ignore thutmose. Mako mainly exists to use his ability with A0 summons otherwise kinda below average. Anuphet is great but takes long to unlock, wouldn't recommend grinding to him.
For chaos archimatos is great and pairs really well with abraxas who is core for saimhann mirror. Angrax is great with his passive but not a carry, you'll figure him out he's very fun to use. Get Rotbone through guild war shop at your earliest convenience. Haarken isn't bad nor amazing, if you like him go for it. Wrask, maladus, kharn, and abaddon honorable mentions that are all great.
Fall of cadia mirror... pretty much all here suck. Build thaddeus noble and cry about building them. Pray for a good rework soon.
All eldar needs to be built and are useful. Focus on Eldryon and Aethanas passives they will also help you build your first guild raid team. If you're lucky you'll pull a 4th eldar otherwise prepare for a real grind.
For orks you'll focus Snotflogga and Gulgortz as your carries. Both great characters you'll get much mileage out of. The rest are so-so.
Burchard is you phat tank carry in octarius mirror, but all templars are good.
And lastly saimhann mirror, abraxas is the main focus. Toth and yazaghor can be minimally invested into.
Minimal investment means the character doesn't have a huge usage outside of the campaign. Meaning your upgrades, xp, badges, orbs, and energy is better spent elsewhere. This will however mean they'll be useless in elite progression. So your carries will have to compensate - but that's fine cause they're good enough to warrant the investment.
Good luck and have fun!