‘Pocket Troops’: Top 10 Tips & Cheats You Need to Know

Here are the top 10 tips/tricks/cheats you need to know for Pocket Troops.

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1. Always Spend Some Time Going Over Your Approaches to Defense

• Always stick to Kevin McCallister’s motto, the greatest defense tactician of all times – “This is my house, I have to defend it.” Leave a defense setup for your battle squad up when going offline. Once you’re offline, that’s the time when your base can be targeted for attacks by other Commanders. Cash can also be stolen due to an unsuccessful defense. However if your troopers hold off an attack you will get extra gold coins, which is always nice. In most cases, your defense squad will be different from your attack setup. Keep in mind that attacking troops make the first move, so put your best defense forward. Normally, the best approach is to have heavily armored Spies with Teleportation of 3+ level supported by Snipers equipped with a BKB. Each trooper’s position in the squad matters, so don’t forget to rearrange them through drag-n-drop movement options.

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2. Unlock New Trooper Classes

• There are six unique classes in the game, three of which are accessible from the very start. The other three classes (heavy commando, spy and grenadier) are unlocked when you complete the Main Campaign missions. Trooper symbols on the Campaign map indicate points where you can unlock new classes. Once unlocked, they will appear at the recruit zone.

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3. Tackle Thunderstruck Operations

• Complete “Super Creeps,” the 8th mission of the Main Campaign, and you’ll get access to a Thunderstruck Operation. These are weekly events that take place on special hover platforms in the middle of a thunder storm. Though Thunderstruck Operations missions are tougher then regular ones, the loot is really worth it. Beating these missions is the best way to farm resources and legendary weapons if your squad setup is skilled enough for each specific fight. It is seemingly impossible to complete all Thunderstruck missions, though. You can disprove this myth somehow by obtaining the best rank by the end of a Sunday night, when these events end. Keep an eye on your opponents, near and far.

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4. Properly Train Your Troops

• Training is the key point for developing your troopers. While skills and weapons boost their parameters, training is the only way how to constantly upgrade health, armor, attack and accuracy. Think economically and tactically – make sure that your exercisers are constantly busy. The best approach is to send troopers of higher training levels into offline training, so they’re almost done when you return. Each trooper class has a predefined training setup. However you can change it at any time for a specific trooper. Once you make that change, the new training plan will automatically be assigned to the trooper during their next training regimen.

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5. Properly Equip Your Troopers

• Think outside of your troopers’ class specification and equip their secondary weapons wisely. Fights are intense and bite-sized, but situations on the battlefield changes all the time. Long-range weapons easily become useless when a heavily armored tank enters their line of sight. Equip your snipers with close combat weapons such as pistols. This will give them a chance against Spies in their proximity.