Start on an easy map with one opponent, push straight for the nearest high-value tiles and stop attacking once you lead on score.

Play short 8x8 boards; five quick matches teach you how garrisons, morale and the end-of-round scoring work together.

Consistency beats aggression: keep your territory connected so every attack is supported by reinforcements from the rear.

Play the clock as a resource: in the last two rounds grab cheap adjacent tiles instead of gambling on a defended prize.

At this level economy wins: hold value tiles longer, since production compounds every round you keep them.

Mix difficulties and map types; twenty-five matches on varied terrain is where opening patterns start to feel automatic.

Use easy matches to test openings: try a wide expansion in one game and a single spearhead in the next, then compare scores.

Medium bots defend their prize tiles. Attack only with roughly twice the defender's soldiers so morale swings stay in your favour.

Watch which prize tile each bot is walking toward and take it one turn before it arrives; tempo decides most medium games.

Hard bots race to the richest tiles from turn one. Claim a chokepoint early and let them break themselves on your stack.

Learn one hard map deeply instead of rotating maps; knowing where the gates and mega tiles are is worth more than raw troops.

Never leave a one-soldier front line. Hard bots probe for the thinnest tile and cut your territory in half through it.

Each tier plays differently — easy bots wander, medium bots defend, hard bots rush prizes. Adapt your opening to the tier.

Keep the same map and settings while streaking; familiar terrain removes most of the mistakes that break streaks.

Protect the streak by playing safe endings: once you are ahead on value, defend and reinforce instead of expanding.

Ten clean wins need error-free logistics: move surplus troops forward every single round so no stack sits idle in the rear.

Avoid coin-flip attacks. Skipping a risky assault and reinforcing instead protects your win rate more than a lucky raid.

Pick matchups you understand and finish games decisively; every loss costs several wins to repair at this ratio.

Each map rewards a different opening; try the walled and open boards back to back.

Rotate maps every few games to learn where the value clusters sit.

The maps you still need are listed below.

Track which maps still need a Hard win and take them one at a time.

Every match adds the soldiers you hold at the end - keep finishing games.

Hold value tiles and let production compound into one big army.

An army this vast only forms on the largest boards with near-total control.

Funnel reinforcements into one safe backline tile match after match.

Your bomb recharges every 10 turns, so use it in every match.

Castles recharge every 10 turns; fortify your key tiles.

Save bombs for tiles stacked with troops — big stacks count more.

Expand steadily and squeeze the AI into a corner before time runs out.