By fine-tuning the way you upgrade Zakarov’s skills and gear, you can save yourself quite some valuable and limited resources 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 Zakarov does in the current meta of all heroes in Top Force, please check out my current tier list of all heroes here.
Tier S+Here is a quick overview of the rankings of Zakarov for the different modes of the game. Please refer to the full tier list linked below to see the ranking of all heroes in Top Force and full evaluation and priority.
Zakarov’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 Top Force. Also upgrading gear gets very expensive and you simply can’t just pump all your Alloy and Ore randomly on gear.
- +1Tap a slotEvery gear slot around Zakarov 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 Zakarov show how far your gear is.
Zakarov’s Optimal Skill Upgrade Order
Upgrading skills is possible after you get Zakarov to 1-Star and then you will be able to upgrade each skill in 5-level increments. While the first skill levels 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 Zakarov so you only spend the Skill Medals where they actually provide good value.
Basicbasic
Ultimateactive
Passivepassive
Supportpassive
- 1Upgrade to 1 StarRequired
- 2UltimateLv 1 to Lv 5Start hereRequiredUpgrade your active Ultimate to Lv 5. Only move on to other skills once it gets there.Pause at Lv 5. You'll come back to this skill after the upgrade to 2 Stars.
- 3PassiveLv 1 to Lv 5RequiredFocus on Passive: Lv 1 to Lv 5. The other skills can wait.Pause at Lv 5. You'll come back to this skill after the upgrade to 2 Stars.
- 4BasicLv 1 to Lv 5RequiredBring Basic up from Lv 1 to Lv 5, and keep the rest of the skills as they are.Lv 5 is enough for now. The next levels come after the upgrade to 2 Stars.
- 5Upgrade to 2 StarsRequiredUntil this upgrade, keep Basic, Ultimate and Passive at Lv 5.
- 6UltimateLv 5 to Lv 10RequiredTake your active Ultimate from Lv 5 to Lv 10 before you touch any other skill.Lv 10 is enough for now. The next levels come after the upgrade to 3 Stars.
- 7PassiveLv 5 to Lv 10RequiredNext up: Passive, Lv 5 to Lv 10. Don't spend medals on other skills until then.Pause at Lv 10. You'll come back to this skill after the upgrade to 3 Stars.
- 8BasicLv 5 to Lv 10RequiredPut your medals into Basic until it hits Lv 10. Everything else waits.Stop at Lv 10 for now; the rest comes after the upgrade to 5 Stars.
- 9Upgrade to 3 StarsRequiredUntil this upgrade, keep Basic, Ultimate and Passive at Lv 10.
- 10UltimateLv 10 to Lv 15RequiredPush your active Ultimate to Lv 15 first. No other skill upgrades before that.Stop at Lv 15 for now; the rest comes after the upgrade to 4 Stars.
- 11PassiveLv 10 to Lv 15RequiredAll medals go into Passive here: Lv 10 to Lv 15. The other skills stay where they are.Lv 15 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.
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- GOAL
- MAX
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Conclusion
I hope this guide helped you to build your Zakarov without just pumping your books into the skills. I assure you this will make your progress in Top Force 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.
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