Building Gnome Boss March: Early game

Building Effective Early Game Marches for Tackling Gnome Bosses in Infinity Kingdom

Unlock the Secrets to Gnome Boss Dominance

Harnessing the right combination of immortals and skills can turn the tide of battle, transforming your legion into a formidable force against gnome bosses.

Introduction

Tackling gnome bosses in Infinity Kingdom requires strategic planning and a keen understanding of the game's mechanics. Free-to-play players, in particular, need to optimise their resources and skills to ensure they can compete effectively. By carefully selecting the right immortals and skills, and understanding how these elements synergise, players can maximise their legion coins, reduce troop losses, and maintain a balanced resource approach. This guide will explore the best strategies, provide examples of effective marches, and offer insights into the mechanics and synergy of skills and immortals.

Optimising Your March Composition

Crafting the perfect march composition is the first step toward success. Let's dive into the specifics of selecting the right immortals and skills to tackle gnome bosses effectively.

Selecting the Right Immortals

Choosing the right immortals for your march is critical. F2P players should focus on powerful yet accessible immortals that offer strong ultimate skills and complementary abilities. When an immortal reaches 3, 5, and 7-star development bonuses, ToK skills are implemented. Maxed skill slots, used in conjunction with ToK skills are invaluable in enhancing your immortals Ultimate skill.

Example March Composition and Synergy

Empress Wu (Fire, Backline): Wu Zetian's ultimate skill, Imperial Fire is perfect for inflicting significant damage. 

ToK Skills: 

• Concentration: Boosts Wu Zetian's ultimate skill damage by 30%, making it 780% instead of 600%.
• Heavenly Thunder: Has a 30% chance to deal 150% damage to more than two random targets, totalling 450% magic damage against a boss.
• Poison Thorn: Causes 350% damage to a single target and an additional 300% over three hits, totalling 650%. (ss of Wu Ultimate skill info card)

Yoshitsune (Water, Backline): Yoshitsune's ultimate skill hits three times by 410%, excellent for high single-target damage.

ToK Skills: 

• Anger: Increases damage to 533% per hit. If the target's HP is below 50%, it deals 50% more damage, totalling 2079% over three hits.
• Speed Blessing: Increases attack speed, enhancing the frequency of skill activation.
• Berserk (Aura): Increases the attack rate of all nearby allies. Aura skills are powerful because they provide continuous benefits to all nearby allies, making your entire march more effective.

Unleash the Frontline Power: Hannibal and Alexander

When selecting the perfect frontline immortals in Infinity Kingdom, look no further than Hannibal Barca and Alexander the Great. Here's why they stand out:

Hannibal Barca: Howling Blast

• Ultimate Skill - Deals massive physical damage to a single target.
• Highly effective against bosses and high-priority targets.

Synergizing ToK Skills:

• Cleave: Adds additional damage to nearby enemies.
• Combo: Increases the frequency of his attacks.
• Coercion (Aura): Reduces the attack power of nearby enemies, enhancing both survivability and damage output.

Alexander the Great:

• Ultimate Skill - Eternal Conquest
•  Delivers significant physical damage.
•  High chance to stun the target, providing crowd control.

Synergizing ToK Skills:

•  Cleave: Ensures damage to multiple enemies.
•  Combo: Boosts his attack rate. Increases the likelihood of multiple strikes in a single attack.
•  Coercion (Aura): Weakens enemies' attack power, reducing incoming damage. It will provide a continuous defensive benefit to the March.

Key Takeaways

• Massive Damage: Both immortals excel in dealing significant physical damage.
• Crowd Control: Alexander's stun capability adds valuable crowd control.
• Enhanced Survivability: Coercion (Aura) reduces enemy attack power, improving march durability.
• Versatility: Effective in both PvP and PvE scenarios, making them indispensable for various battles.

By leveraging these ToK skills, Hannibal and Alexander can maximise their potential, providing a robust and formidable front line for any march.

Hippolyta (Fire, Frontline): Her ultimate skill and defensive abilities make her an ideal tank.

ToK Skills:

• Life Link: Returns a portion of the damage received to the attacker.
• Absolute Defense: Significantly reduces incoming damage and can return substantial damage to bosses.
• Weakness: Reduces the target's defence, making them more susceptible to attacks.

Synergize for Success

The true power of your march lies in the synergy between your immortals and their skills. Understanding how to combine these elements effectively is key to dominating gnome bosses.

Creating a synergistic march involves selecting skills that complement your immortals' ultimate abilities, maximising their overall effectiveness.

Strategic Application

Minimize Troop Losses: Using skills like Life Link and Absolute Defense ensures that your march can sustain prolonged battles without significant troop losses.

Maximize Damage Output: Skills like Concentration and Anger enhance the damage capabilities of your immortals, ensuring that you can take down gnome bosses efficiently.

Experimentation and Skill Crafting

The path to mastery involves experimentation and learning. Let's explore how you can fine-tune your strategies and make the most of your skills.

Continuous experimentation and understanding of your battle reports are essential for refining your strategies and maximising your effectiveness.

Analysing Battle Reports

Identify Weaknesses: Use battle reports to identify where your march is falling short and adjust your strategy accordingly.

Adjust Skills: Experiment with different ToK skills and immortals to find the optimal combination for your march.

An Example of an Immature March build, immortals and skills are not maxed, BUT it show the potential and how to build. By working out the dragon level your march is comfortable with, you will kill more Bosses and add vital resources to your packback.

Balanced Resource Approach

Minimize Resource Drain: Focus on creating a march that minimises troop deaths, reducing the need for healing and training. If your Hospital has taken on heavy casualties, this will reduce the amount of troops you can train. 

Resource Management: Ensure that your resource allocation is balanced, with enough resources reserved for PvP scenarios. It is beneficial to save your Action Point (AP) bottles to be prepared to take advantage of future events, for example, Frostborne SvS

Conclusion: Pros and Cons of Skill Synergy

Understanding the pros and cons of your strategy is crucial for continuous improvement. 

Pros

• Sustained Damage Output: Effective skill synergy ensures consistent and high damage output.
• Minimised Troop Losses: Skills like Life Link reduce overall troop casualties, preserving resources.
• Flexibility: Continuous experimentation allows for adaptive strategies.

Cons 

•  Resource Intensive: Initial experimentation and skill acquisition can be resource-intensive.
• Skill Accessibility: Some ToK skills may be challenging to obtain for F2P players. An example are Triss' Skills and those bought from the Frostborne shop with Cold coins. 
• Balancing Act: Finding the right balance between offence and defence can be challenging.

In summary, building an effective march for tackling gnome bosses in Infinity Kingdom involves strategic planning, understanding skill mechanics, and continuous experimentation. By leveraging the synergy between immortals and ToK skills, players can maximise legion coins, and dragon chests, while reducing troop loss and maintaining a balanced resource approach. Keep experimenting with different setups, analyse your battle reports, and refine your strategies to become a formidable force in the game. Hopefully, this guide has provided you with a starting point and offered information that will aid your gameplay as you progress in the game. The suggested immortal and skill combination is a good starting point and will assist your progress through your early gameplay. Offers an opportunity to experiment during these first 6 months before new avenues open that offer the option to gain top Tier Immortals, for example, Seondak, Elizabeth on the backline or Tutankhamon, Siegfried for the frontline. But these Immortals are for conversation for another day.

Have fun experimenting and learning the game.

SOURCES

1. GRAMMARLY