By fine-tuning the way you upgrade Cage’s skills and gear, you can save yourself quite some Skill Medals and Universal Shards in the process and as not all skills have the same amount of impact but have the same amount of costs leveling up, fine-tuning them is worth it in the end.
Important! If you want to check how well Cage does in the current meta of all heroes in Last War Survival Game, please check out my current tier list of all heroes here.
Tier BHere is a quick overview of the rankings of Cage for the different modes of the game. Please refer to the full tier list linked below to see the ranking of all heroes in Last War Survival Game and full evaluation and priority.
Cage’s Optimal Gear Setup(s)
Now we have to take a look at the gear setup, as it takes a lot of time and resources to craft higher rarity gear and not all gear is as impactful as the other one and you have to gear a couple of heroes in Last War Survival Game. Also upgrading gear gets very expensive and you simply can’t just pump all your Upgrade Ore randomly on gear.
- +1Tap a slotEvery gear slot around Cage can be tapped. Empty slots pulse until you set them.
- −Lv 22+2Set what you have nowPick the item that's equipped in your game and its level. Nothing equipped? Choose "None yet".
- ▸ Upgrade next12 → 203Follow "Upgrade next"We compare your gear with the ideal order and show the one upgrade that gives the most power right now — plus the steps after it.
- ✓ Saved4Come back & updateYour gear is saved on this device. After upgrading in-game, update the slot and you get your next step.
Minimum, Sweetspot and Optimum under Cage show how far your gear is.

Cage’s Optimal Skill Upgrade Order
Upgrading skills is possible after you get Cage to 2-Star and then you will be able to upgrade each skill in 5-level increments. White the first skills are rather easy and cheap, it will start to eat quite a bit into your Skill Medals and as you can’t produce them, you might end up with half-built heroes. So, here is the order you should work on the skills for Cage so you only spend the Skill Medals where they actually provide good value:
Autobasic
Passivepassive
Tacticactive
Expertiseexpertise
- 1Upgrade to 2 StarsRequired
- 2
TacticLv 0 to Lv 5Start hereRequiredNext up: your active Tactic, Lv 0 to Lv 5. Don't spend medals on other skills until then.Stop at Lv 5 for now; the rest comes after the upgrade to 3 Stars. - 3
PassiveLv 0 to Lv 5RequiredPut your medals into Passive until it hits Lv 5. Everything else waits.Pause at Lv 5. You'll come back to this skill after the upgrade to 3 Stars. - 4
AutoLv 1 to Lv 5RequiredYour basic Auto goes from Lv 1 to Lv 5 now. Hold off on every other skill.Stop at Lv 5 for now; the rest comes after the upgrade to 3 Stars. - 5Upgrade to 3 StarsRequiredUntil this upgrade, keep Auto, Passive and Tactic at Lv 5.
- 6
TacticLv 5 to Lv 10RequiredAll medals go into your active Tactic here: Lv 5 to Lv 10. The other skills stay where they are.Lv 10 is enough for now. The next levels come after the upgrade to 4 Stars. - 7
PassiveLv 5 to Lv 10RequiredUpgrade Passive to Lv 10. Only move on to other skills once it gets there.Stop at Lv 10 for now; the rest comes after the upgrade to 4 Stars. - 8
AutoLv 5 to Lv 10RequiredFocus on your basic Auto: Lv 5 to Lv 10. The other skills can wait.Lv 10 is enough for now. The next levels come after the upgrade to 4 Stars.
Low investment and nice improvement accross the board here that absolutely is worth it before starting to get more seelctive on what skills you actually upgrade next.
- CORE
- GOAL
- MAX
Unlock all 2 sections−30% Hide plans
Cage’s Exclusive Weapon + Mythic Awakening
There is no Exclusive weapon for Cage so far.
Conclusion
I hope this guide helped you to build your Cage without just pumping your manuals into the skills. I assure you this will make your progress in Last War Survival a lot faster and get the biggest bang for your buck in terms of making the skills rock that really make a big impact espcially as costs get higher and higher.