You have upto 4 ppl to fight AM1, but 3 is enough to get GoW title.
Note: The enemy positions change every time. The route can change since Batheo 2.0 patch.
1st image by Hoss
Some caveats
1. Position 1 needs to cope with Ares, better to put the strongest
player here. You'll get a STORM token on the road, which will increase
the attacking CD to 1 minute. Don't apply it until the last opp. If you
are not confident to beat Ares face to face, take an extra step to
attack Lenatos first, then apply the STROM token and attack Ares from
the flank (extra 10% att/def). You can still make GoW.
2. Postion 2 has a FASTER token on the road. Apply it after defeat the
2nd opps (Hippolytos). Usually this position take the longest time, and
the final score usually depends on this position.
3. Position 3 is the easiest one, neither tough opps, nor long marchs.
Usually you don't need to apply any token at all. However, if position 1
has an accident on Ares, you'll be the firefighter to save the whole
team. Although it's not necessary, not a bad idea to get the SWEEP and
FASTER token before attacking the final opp. Apply the SWEEP token
before attacking Adikia, which shorten the battle CD to 15 seconds.
Then, apply the FASTER token and rush to Ares, if postion 1 got stuck.
Typically the battle could be finished in around 2'30'', not a perfect
score, but good enough the get the full prize. The time limit of GoW is
2'50''
Bring in mind, in the battle you got 20% extra att/def, so the opps are
not as tough as you do the expedition. If you cannot beat Ares in
expedition, you might be able to beat him here.
Everyday, at 20:00 server time, you will loss some league contribution.
The league contribution you loss is about 3% per day.
However, Gold contribution when you upgrade league badge (converted to drachmas contribution) does not decrease.
The contribution loss does not depend on League rank or title, only your amount of drachmas contribution.
MORE DETAILS:
League contribution stop degrading if you are not in the top 31, but also stop if you are inactive.
You are inactive once you have been off for a full 24 hr day thru a 2nd reset. (splat)
Here is a guide, it gives the better pvp formations for each faction, and when/how to use specific heroes.
It assumes you are not capping your levels.
This guide is for players lvl 100+, without rhea/sult, with M40+ ranking
The gear requirements for all the following builds only require 2 mounts or 1 mount + 1 book
Poseidon:
Hero:
Hephaestus: A must if you are vip4+ player (purple books and red horns for +element enchants), double wash (valour+element) minimum.
Palaemon (Alternative to Hept): Second best sally-outburst hero in game (higher damage than Aether, but cannot dodge and has lower growth).
Lotis: Extremely strong hero. Best placed in the bottom column for maximal effectiveness.
Eurybia: Best morale-suppression hero in game. double wash (valour+spirit) for late game pve.
Only use for pvp when enemy has 3+ bm in formation.
Triton: Best crash-n-burn hero in game. Must have a dancer to use with him.
Best to strategically place him to take out priority targets.
Formation:
Up to the point until you have Rhea/Sult, best pvp comes from 1 dancer,2 bug,(Hept/Palaemon),(Lotis/Eurybia/Triton).
Best formations to use are Cresent, Skein, Boar's Head. And Gramarye if you have hept.
Zues:
Heros:
Zues: Must have, he's the only advantage to have if you are Zeusian. Double wash(valour+spirit) for pvp/pve.
Hera: Best stardust hero in game. Must for pvp.
Notus: PVE hero, ok for pvp if enemy has 3+ bms in formation.
Maia: Best zeusian pvp hero for sub 100, still good in 100+ but only with Zeus support.
Formation:
As zuesian, you don't really have many good choices in mid-game pvp, you shall stomp enemies early game with dancer+3bugs+maia,
but that dies off at lvl 100 when people finally get time to enchant clocks.
At 100+, before rhea/sult, best zuesian pvp formation is Zeus, 2 bugs, hera, maia
Use Inverted-Wedge formation, 1st bug, 2nd zues, 3rd hera, 4th bug, 5th maia.
Only weakness of this formation is morale-suppression, but hopefully zeus and hera can dodge that.
Athena:
Hero:
Dionysus: Best mutiny hero in game, extremely strong pvp/pve. Must have double wash (valour+spirit) for pve.
Aether: Best sally-outburst hero in game. Must for both pvp/pve.
Hemera: 2nd best stardust hero(higher base damage than hera, but cannot crit/dodge).
Syrinx: Best strike-column, highest crit-chance hero in game.
Asteria: ...... This mage will make or break you.
NOT recommended for fighting anyone that's around the same level or level lower than yourself.
However it is EXTREMELY recommended to use her to fight someone that's one or more tier above you.
Formation:
dancer, 2 bugs, Aether,syrinx - Here you want aether and syrinx to hide behind dancer and bugs, so they don't lose hp from normal valour hits.
dancer, 2 bugs, Aether,(Hemera/dio) - hide aether and put Hemera/Dio in the front row where they can absorb morale from attacks.
2 bugs, asteria, aether, (hemera/Dio) - just make sure u sacrifice a virgin everytime u go into battle!
You get prestige by investing in cities (max 3 invest/day).
You get prestige by attacking players of another faction.
Finally, you get some prestige from Levy event, and by exchanging laurels (not recommended)
You will lose prestige each day if your prestige amount exceed 500 000. (Amount shown at bottom of table)
You can also lose very very little prestige if you lose a battle and opponent gain troops (by healing).
Here's a list of what you get at each prestige title:
MORE DETAILS:
Prestige stop degrading if you are inactive.
You are inactive once you have been off for a full 24 hr day thru a 2nd reset.
I know because he was M48 the day he quit and froze at M47(splat)
See List of Prestige Heroes for more detail about heroes.
You will need them at Tartarus, Ragnarok and later maps.
Because the BM from these Npc after Ragnarok map will do huge damage to you
whenever what kind of clock you wear and how much you have enhanced
them.(Maybe fully enhanced purple clock is different LMAO)
The only way to avoid that is using high prestige Morale Suppression
BM(MSBM). They usually have a 100+ original spirit attribute. You need to
wash the attribute in full.(+120) If you can do double wash, it will be
even better.
The max moral the can suppress the enemy is 60, the lowest is 20.
And this BM can also do huge damage too if you equipped these MSBMs
with a good red horse(fully enhanced, at least 100 lv with 5985 spirit
attack)
Morale Suppression Heroes:
Zeus: Notus, 450 000 prestige, 88/101/61
Poseidon: Eurybia, 460 000 prestige, 77/110/32
Athena: The Oneiroi, 420 000 prestige, 73/97/68
All other morale suppression heroes are not needed.