Starter tips for Last War: Survival Game

There’s a lot more to Last War: Survival Game than breaking through red and blue screens as you battle zombies – but that’s what makes it fun. Use this guide as the starting point to your journey – from the opening battles to constructing the best buildings. Keep these tips in mind as you play, and you’ll have no trouble taking down the zombie hordes.

As power-ups come down the lane in battle, you’ll often have to choose: do you attack the red wall in the hopes of turning it blue, or do you try to gather whatever's in the barrel rolling your way? While the blue wall offers more troops, we recommend sticking with barrels in the early stages.

The red walls can do a lot of damage to your hero units, and they're harder to activate since they rely on individual hits rather than damage. Barrels, meanwhile, take damage into account, so some hero units can break one open with a single shot. Until you have heroes who fire dozens of bullets at once, stick with the barrels.

Progression in Last War: Survival Game hinges on having your Headquarters upgraded as soon as possible, so don’t wait until the last minute to do so. As you level up, you’ll unlock more buildings to create and more opportunities to upgrade existing buildings.

Sometimes though, you’ll need to upgrade other structures before you can level up Headquarters, so keep that in mind when planning your strategy. The last thing you want is to be stuck waiting for the Barracks to upgrade as the clock strikes zero on a hero unit strapped to a bomb in HQ.

Assembling a team of hero units is good strategic fun, and lining them up in the right formation to get that perfect squad can be one of the most satisfying parts of the game. Just remember that these heroes all start at level one, so you'll want to upgrade them as you progress in order to stay competitive.

If you find yourself stuck on a level where the monster hordes continually defeat you, try upgrading your preferred squad to the max level your Headquarters will allow at that time. After doing that, you should be able to breeze through the level, and move on to the bigger challenges.

The Tank-type heroes of Last War: Survival Game aren't just called that because they often appear as actual military tanks. They also share the properties of the common video game character class of "tank," meaning they can take loads of damage without falling to the enemy. As such, when building a formation, keep them in the front.

Tanks are tailor-made for the front two slots of your squad, as they can protect the rest of the units while dealing damage by the truckload to the enemy hordes. If you can find a pair of tanks with abilities that complement one another, then you'll be in serious business.