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There are many researches in the Academy, but not all of them are equally important. Since Academy researches can take years of base time without speedups, it is important to know which o...
There are many researches in the Academy, but not all of them are equally important. Since Academy researches can take years of base time without speedups, it is important to know which ones are actually worth focusing on.
There are generally two types of players in the game:.
Your research priorities change a lot depending on which type of player you are.
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Kingshot Research Strategy: What to Focus on in the Academy There are many researches in the Academy, but not all of them are equally important. Since Academy researches can take years of base time without speedups, it is important to know which ones are actually worth focusing on.
This section collects the practical research priorities for joiners (f2p & low spenders) notes from the source guide and turns them into a quick planning checkpoint..
Command Tactics is the highest priority research in the Academy overall. Your main focus should be maxing this research as early as possible. The good thing is that it does not take very long to complete, and you can usually finish it around Town Center Level 18.
In the Economy Tree, you should mainly focus on gathering researches. Resource production researches give very poor returns compared to gathering. Resource buildings simply do not produce enough to matter in the long run.
Regimental Expansion is the only truly important Battle Tree research for joiners. Most of the other researches focus on troop stats, but joiners do not contribute stats in rallies. The rally leader's stats are what matter.
When you are a spender and rally leader, your priorities change a lot. Since your troop stats affect the entire rally, Battle Tree researches become extremely important.
Even for spenders, Command Tactics is still one of the best researches in the game because the 3 extra march queues are extremely valuable. Tool Enhancement is very important for spenders because Academy researches require over 4000+ days of total base time.
This tree can mostly be ignored early on by spenders. Resources are usually not a problem for whales, so spending a lot of time in the Economy Tree early is not worth it.
The Battle Tree is the most important section for spenders. You eventually want to max the entire tree, but knowing the correct stat priority is also important.