Last Asylum Troop Guide: Tiers, Training Order and Squad Load

For Last Asylum: Plague alliance leaders and competitive accounts who want every troop tier, training decision and squad to turn into real battlefield power.

Heroes get the attention. Research gets the guides. But in Last Asylum: Plague, troops are what turn your whole account into combat output. Maxed heroes, unlocked research nodes and upgraded gear do not matter much if your troop base is too small, undertrained or deployed wrong.

The troop system is where waste hides. Training the wrong tier too early burns speedups. Ignoring squad load means your maxed heroes march with half the army they could carry. Skipping the Elite Troop research gate means you stall at Tier 9 while others push into T10 and take every contested objective.

This guide covers tier progression up to the T10 unlock, training priority, squad load and how to line up troops with your hero lineup and research order.

How the troop tier system works

Last Asylum: Plague uses tiered troops, from Tier 1 (basic recruits) up to Tier 10 (the highest combat power in the game). Each tier is a big jump in attack, defense and HP. In a head-to-head fight, the gap between T8 and T10 is not small. It decides the fight.

Tiers unlock through a mix of Training Grounds level and research. T1 to T6 unlock through normal building upgrades and Development research. T7 to T9 need deeper investment in the Soldiers research tree. T10 is gated behind the Elite Troop research tree, a separate branch that must be fully completed before T10 training opens.

Why tier beats volume

A common mistake is training huge numbers of lower-tier troops instead of pushing to higher tiers. Tier sets the combat multipliers. A smaller T10 army beats a larger T8 army in almost every situation: city attacks, territory defense, Rat Swarm waves and alliance events.

The goal is always to reach the highest tier available as fast as you can, then mass-train at that tier. Every day spent training T7 when you could be unlocking T8 is combat power you do not get back.

Training priority order

Efficient training means running three systems together: Training Grounds level, research progress and your resource economy. This order gets you to competitive troop power fastest.

Step 1: max your Training Grounds

The Training Grounds set your highest trainable tier and your batch size. Each level opens a new tier and raises how many troops you train per batch. Keep it at the highest level your Sanctuary level allows.

Speedups spent on Training Grounds upgrades give more long-term value than speedups on almost any other building. The sooner you reach each tier, the more training time you get at that tier before the next content push.

Step 2: Soldiers research, Load Training first

The Soldiers tree has four branches: Load Training, Attack, Defense and HP. Start with Load Training, not Attack. It raises squad troop capacity, the number of troops each squad marches with. That makes it the most important troop research node, because it multiplies every other troop investment.

A squad with 20% more capacity does not only deal 20% more damage. It also takes 20% more hits before your heroes start taking direct damage. Load Training scales everything.

After Load Training, put Attack research toward Squad 1 (your main offensive squad) and Defense research toward Squads 2 and 3 (gathering and support).

Step 3: Elite Troop research, the T10 gate

This tree is what separates competitive accounts from the rest. T10 troops cannot be trained until Elite Troop research is fully done. It is a hard gate with no workaround and no other path.

Elite Troop needs a lot of resources and speedups. The timing question is when to move research focus into it. The answer: as soon as the core nodes in your Development, Economy and Soldiers trees are done (Training Grounds unlock, Construction Master, Herb Gardens, Load Training). Once that foundation is in place, put your research queue into Elite Troop.

Every week you delay it after your foundation is done is a week other accounts train T10 while you sit at T9.

Step 4: train all the time

Your Training Grounds should never be idle. Every minute the queue is empty is troop production lost for good. Set batches before you log off. Use speedups to finish batches during event windows where training scores points, like certain Alliance Duel phases.

Training costs rise with each tier. From T8 up, continuous training needs a stable resource economy. If your Herb Gardens, Farms and Lumberyards cannot keep up, fix the economy first. Buying resource packs to fund training is paying twice for what your production buildings should give you for free.

Squad load

Squad load is the number of troops each squad carries into battle. It is the link between your troop investment and real results. Two players with the same heroes, gear and troop tier get very different results if only one of them has invested in Load Training.

How squad load works

Each squad has a base capacity set by your Training Grounds level. Load Training nodes in the Soldiers tree raise it. More comes from VIP bonuses (the VIP guide covers the breakpoints), hero skills that raise squad capacity, and some event buffs.

Total squad load decides how many troops march with your heroes. More troops means more damage dealt, more damage absorbed before hero HP drops, and better results in every fight, from Rat Swarm defense to open-field PvP.

Squads by role

• Squad 1 (main offense): your highest-tier troops, strongest faction-matched heroes and full Load Training investment. This is your city attack squad, rally lead and main PvP force. Every troop resource you put here gives the best return.
• Squads 2 and 3 (support and gathering): territory gathering, secondary objectives and defense. They gain more from defensive troop stats and do not need Squad 1's tier early on. Once Squad 1 is at max tier, push Squads 2 and 3 up too, because alliance warfare needs several working squads, not one.
• Squad 4 (specialist): low priority unless your alliance runs four-squad plans in competitive events. Build it last.

Training during events

Events in Last Asylum: Plague often score training. The Alliance Duel has phases where training gets you points. Saving training speedups and using them in those windows gives double value: the troops and the event points.

The plan: train continuously at your current tier outside events. Stockpile training speedups in the weeks between major events. When a training-scored window opens, use the stockpile to finish several batches fast. Same troops, same speedups, plus event rewards on top.

Alliance leader playbook

If you lead a competitive alliance, your own troops are only half of it. Alliance warfare depends on the troop quality of the whole roster.

• Set a minimum tier. Set a minimum troop tier, for example T8, that members must reach before the alliance enters competitive events. Help members below it with the fastest research and building path. An alliance where everyone has T8 or higher performs clearly better than one where half the roster is still on T5 to T6.
• Coordinate training windows. Before Alliance Duel or other scored events, announce a training push. Members stockpile speedups and use them together during the scoring phase. That raises the alliance score without anyone buying more.
• Track the Elite Troop timeline. Every member should know when they will finish Elite Troop research and unlock T10. Leaders who track this can plan competitive fights around when enough T10 accounts are ready.

Quick summary

• Troop tier is the biggest factor in combat. A smaller army of higher-tier troops beats a larger army of lower-tier troops almost every time.
• Keep the Training Grounds at the highest level your Sanctuary allows. Speedups on Training Grounds upgrades give the most long-term troop value.
• Research Load Training first in the Soldiers tree. It raises troops per squad and multiplies every other troop investment.
• Elite Troop research is a hard gate for T10. Start it as soon as your Development, Economy and Soldiers foundations are in place.
• Never let the Training Grounds sit idle, and save speedups for event scoring windows.
• Squad 1 gets your best troops, heroes and Load Training. Squads 2 and 3 come next. Squad 4 is last unless your alliance runs four-squad warfare.
• Alliance leaders: set minimum tiers, coordinate training pushes during scored events, and track Elite Troop timelines across the roster.

Every hero, research node and piece of gear you build only matters as much as the troop base carrying it into battle.

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