Best Team Formations / Lineups in Last War Survival Game (Summer 2024)

What are the best team formations to use in Last War Survival Game? This is a question I hear a lot from you reading my tier list of heroes as sometimes it isn’t that easy to just use the best heroes you have as you have to also mind the synergies those heroes share and also how the current meta in Last War Survival game works.

So, I decided to give you a snapshot of the meta and what teams work, from earlier stages to the best team setup right now so every player will find something here to build a team that will push your progress.

Team Building in Last War Survival Game – Intuition VS The Meta

So, you have two front row positions to fill and 3 back row positions – obviously you might think that 2 tanks and 3 damage dealer or 2 tanks + 2 damage dealer + 1 support hero is the way to go. But the way new heroes come to the game and the numbers are calculated, the trend goes more towards using rather 3-4 tanks that block damage since surviving is often more important than dealing damage and the more your tanks hold up, the better your damage dealer(s) can do their work. Even some setups use just 5 tank heroes. But be aware this is more for end-game players than for players that play Last War Survival Game for a couple days or weeks.

Below I have a couple of setups that are popular in Last War Survival right now for the plain and simple reason that they work the best.

Current Meta. I know there has been quite some critic on the old version here that I wrote late in 2023 but the game evolved and this got outdated. I updated the formation more with the meta and game mechanics that we now have with Season 1. Apologies that this took a bit but I am sure you will now find the formations way more useful and informative.

What Are The Best Team Formations in Last War?

So, let’s not waste more time and just dive into the formations that I recommend. The formations are sorted from top (best) to more budget-friendly and early-game friendly options.

Starter Formation

When you are new to the game, the heroes you have and the options that bring is quite limited and in my opinion, this is the very first formation you’re going for:

You have with Violet and Murphy a strong frontline and by that time Mason simply shreds (attention, please see the hero tier list to understand that this will not stay like this forver!) and you want him hidden behind ideally Mason to stay alive as long as possible and take your enemies down.

Post-Starter Formation

With more heroes available you will change up your game here and in the current state of Last War Survival, you always try to make a team of one type to get the 20% stat bonus which are huge and are simply making team the best possible. This means you will go for a Tank Formation, an Aircraft Formation and a Missile Vehicle formation. The best ones are listed here and you rather want to put a lower tier hero in them than a random off-type hero that might be strong but will decreases your overall bonus!

This is just the way that stats mitigate their power through the skills with the multipliers and can’t be beaten.

Best Tank Formation

For tanks this is the go-to formation right now with the two defensive tank heroes Williams and Murphy in the frontline and the backline dealing great damage with Kimberly, Tesla and Stetman.

You can also switch in Marshall instead of Tesla if Tesla is not yet available on your server or you seem to struggle with survival, this makes it a more balanced and sturdy formation, espcially if you haven’t built your heroes to a higher point so far.

Best Aircraft Formation

Looking at aircraft you want to use Carlie and Lucius as your frontline since they are the more viable defensive option here and in the backline run Schuyler, DVA and Morrison.

This formation nukes like crazy but also tends to be a tad fragile so if you struggle with survivability, switch in Sarah or Marshall for Morrison (applies to most of you looking at the way you unlock heroes) or the backline hero here that you have built the least. Marhsall is an amazing support hero although you will lose the 20% bonus since he is a tank hero, but if you have him built a lot more than Sarah it is worth it at the end of the day. Best to test out yourself and see whether Sarah or Marshall are better substitutions.

Best Missile Vehicle Formation

Missile Vehicle is probably the last formation you’re working on since the core heroes here unlock later and are not available on newer servers (yet) and will unlock after a couple weeks. Without the strong frontline heroes McGregor and Adam there is little sense in building this squad until you have them available.

Possible substitutes here are Elsa as frontline for either Adam or McGregor but I am honestly not the biggest fan of that since she is not that sturdy enough to hold the frontline and you have to quite build her up to decently do the job, so I rather recommend waiting a bit more until you can make your Adam and McGregor frontline. Without any support Missile Vehicle hero so far available, you need that sturdy frontline with those two heroes actually or you will more often than not end up in failure.

Where is the Budget Pairing?

This is a question that is hard to answer. Budget means for some players they miss the latest heroes and for some they have a few epics, so I could potentially try to make up some teams here but in general here are my recommendations that should help you alter the setups above:

• Marshall is a great universal hero that makes all teams and heroes better so get him and build him and you can use him as a great wildcard here (recommended gear and invest order here)
• Scarlett is the best epic tank hero and getting her is just a matter of time and building her goes a long way (recommended gear and invest order here)
• Mason is the best damage dealer and as you get him easily early building him is not too hard and he will outclass many legendary heroes for quite a while until you build them up. He is a great damage dealer to use for a long time (recommended gear and invest order here)

With those heroes you will be able to keep up with the good builds until you hit the paywall which the game absolutely has. But those three heroes also give you a ton of flexibility to adjust the lineups above.