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Ultimate Beginner Guide For Summoners War In 2026! Want Fast Progression? Watch This!

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Storyline / Progression Flow

The video doesn’t focus on a narrative “story mode” plot. Instead, it follows a chronological progression storyline for early/mid game players in Summoners War:

  • Learn core systems via the author’s 2024 beginner guide (resources, upgrading, evolving, awakening).
  • Decide whether the game is worth starting in 2026, then prioritize faster, chill farming and free-to-play progression.
  • Progress through:
    1. Summoner’s Way (until “intermediate” / core stages)
    2. unlock Dimension Hole and begin building 2nd Awakening (2A) units
    3. build a first Necro team to reach rune upgrade efficiency (specifically Will runes)
    4. expand into R5 (Raid 5) farming
    5. shift toward PVP (Arena/Siege/RTA) after the PVE foundation is stable
    6. add advanced systems: scourge battles, decks, artifacts, rift beasts/gems, relics, and seasonal events

Gameplay Highlights & Key Systems Discussed

1) Scourge Battles (2025/2026 AFK Background Farming)

A newer, chill farming mode you can do AFK in the background while running chosen dungeons.

  • Requirement: complete a dungeon run within a set time threshold (noted as run of 30).
  • Benefits:
    • ~3–4x cheaper in energy than normal dungeon farming
    • better efficiency: faster average times increase how many “value runs” you get
  • Goal: improve progression without needing to constantly keep the phone active.

2) Mass Rune Upgrade Quality-of-Life

Rune management improvements include:

  • Sell selection to choose multiple runes at once
  • upgrade/sell in batches, then decide what to keep after each round

3) Scout Battles (Overnight Progression)

Once you clear a dungeon enough times (the guide cites one dungeon at 30 times):

  • scout battle that content
  • run overnight for extra farming without active attention
  • later improve speed and increase scout battle throughput

4) Deck System (Major Rune-Management Improvement)

Decks let you store and swap rune loadouts for different content types.

  • Prevents reruning repeatedly by reusing overlapping best runes across teams/dungeons
  • The author uses decks across:
    • Arena offense
    • Cairos dungeons
  • Aim: stay “super chill” while rune swapping

5) Artifacts (Steel Fortress Focus)

  • Unlocking the dungeon improves base/initial artifact stats.
  • Key learning tip: artifacts have multiple lines, and the author claims many players misunderstand them (with a separate deep-dive video mentioned).

Farming advice:

  • Farm mainly in Steel Fortress
  • Look for elemental/type artifact lines for elemental damage scaling
  • Cordelia is highlighted for:
    • buff-blocking
    • making farming easier via the elemental lineup event

6) Rift Beasts & Gems (Unlock Rune Potential)

  • Rift beast score-based rewards matter.
  • Target mentioned: 7 million+ average to maximize value.
  • Gems can turn “bad-looking” runes into strong runes by adding missing stats—especially speed.

7) Relics (Global Account Power on 100 Units)

  • Relics are global (not deck-bound like runes).
  • Sources include:
    • Arena
    • Guild
    • Amir’s luck pass
    • later, the ancient crystal shop (mostly late game)
  • Powering relics involves durability + failure chances, generally ending around +6/+7 on average.
  • Early recommendation: don’t over-invest early; focus on useful main stats + reasonable secondary traits.
  • Example archetype: relics that scale patterns like “damage by every attack” using attack-related main stats.

Strategies & Key Tips (Step-by-Step Where Mentioned)

What to do first (Early-Game Roadmap)

  • Start with Summoner’s Way
    • follow it “until intermediate”
  • After intermediate, add special steps:
    • include the 4-star and 5-star selection units for that stage
    • continue Summoner’s Way intermediate progression while preparing for 2A units
  • Don’t rush rune farming early:
    • prioritize scenario progress
    • use free runes from Summoner’s Way/events
    • energy spent can unlock free rune sets (example: early 250 energy usage giving 150 due to a first-login bonus)

Focus early on 2nd Awakening (2A) for dungeon progression

If you get stuck:

  • level units in scenarios
  • farm duplicates needed for 2A skill-ups

Duplicate farming examples:

  • Inugami: farm Telain Forest (prefer the highest comfortable level; author suggests pits level 5)
  • Griffins: Tamor Desert (Hell Center)

First dungeon recommendation: Necro → why

Recommended order: Necro first, not Giants first.

  • Necro provides Will runes, essential for:
    • R5 progression
    • immunity / turn-control needs
  • Rage is acknowledged as strong, but Will-immunity setup is treated as the real early requirement for consistent R5 clears.

Early Necro team (Example Lineup)

The video provides a recommended team framework including:

  • Abigail (Cannon Girl)
  • Seara (named as Harpu in subtitles)
  • Bro Oak
  • Astar (Magic Knight)
  • Shaman (cited as needed; often via secret dungeon/random summon)

Units are obtained via:

  • Summoner’s Way/events/secret dungeon/free sources (distribution details are presented through the guide’s narrative).

Unlock value farming: Scout Battle once eligible

  • After clearing a dungeon 30 times, start scout battling it for overnight progression.

Rune selling/upgrading principles

Avoid rolling with “sell everything” logic.

  • Roll some “no-speed” runes to workable breakpoints (examples: upgrades to 3 or 6)
  • Keep strong outcomes even if they’re not perfect at first
  • Don’t adopt the mindset: “sell everything, then claim you’re unlucky.”

R5 transition

  • Aim for good scoring runs (author targets 30–sub40 seconds).
  • Efficiency first: later you can score battle without maintaining full teams.
  • Reference: a separate “R5 team explained” video is mentioned.

PVP Timing and Advice

  • The guide argues: don’t rush PVP—build stable PVE foundations first.
  • When PVP comes:
    • do Arena wings and Rivals for crystals/EXP
    • Arena Rush is mentioned as every other week for crystal value
    • also do World Guild Battle and Siege for rewards (including devilmons)
  • RTA: learning approach suggested via Challenge Battle
    • enemy and you use pre-selected sets in a shared rune environment
    • helps you understand meta builds/roles
  • Milestone claim: reaching P1 (upper-tier context described) in about 22 days is possible, but after that matches become much harder.

Event / Selection Advice

  • A recurring Net 5 choice event is highlighted as running until June 1 (year not fully consistent in subtitles, but treated as the guide’s current timing).
  • Recommendation:
    • Choose Teshar to fast-enable early progression
    • later, if you’re PvP-focused, consider switching/replacing because Teshar is positioned as more PvE-centric

Unit Recommendations Featured (By Role and Progression)

Free-to-play “2nd Awakening” and other early focus units (High-level)

Fire (examples):

  • Raoq: must-build for Necro; skill-up direction implied via multiple copies
  • Spectra: strong TOA/dragons-style damage (described as HP% style)
  • Abigail / Seara / Astar / Shaman tied repeatedly to early Necro progression
  • Sath: PvP dot-oriented (later focus)
  • Khali: siege-oriented (later than pure Necro stage)

Water (examples):

  • Tractor: siege-tank-like; not defense-breakable (good later early/mid)
  • Nicole: recommended for Punisher’s Crypt
  • Vigor: all-around PvP kit (defense break + healing speed)
  • Lulu: healer/core support option
  • Yurian: highlighted for strong PvP (AoE/crit + AoE attack bar gain)

Wind (examples):

  • Proline: early siege/arena offense support-style unit (front placement)
  • Cordelia: best Steel Fortress buff blocker (core farming pick)
  • Roswell (spelled inconsistently in subtitles): recommended to max (buffs + branding)
  • Many other wind 2As described as optional/not priority early

Dark (examples):

  • Living Armor (2A): “must” for R5 due to slowing on hits
  • Siren: must-build for the first Necro team (multi-hits + shield-breaking logic)
  • Other dark 2As referenced:
    • Train style synergy (plague/dots + team-up behavior)
    • Crow: R5 nuker
    • Shumar: strong PvP/siege (possible later nerf mentioned)

Fusions (What to build)

  • Veromos: must-build
  • Belgar: must-build to make R5 easier (skill mention)
  • Several described as later/optional:
    • Dokkaebi Lord (Gapso): RT/siege late focus
    • Katarina, Totemist/Riley: late PvP/TOA siege niche
  • Some fusions are downplayed as not required early.

Early Net 5 pick event pair/logic

Core points:

  • Teshar is recommended for early PvE but may be swapped if PvP direction is intended
  • The guide emphasizes team pairing logic (not only solo unit value)

Example pairing logic mentioned:

  • Amber / Lamellia / Trix paired conceptually with Veromos or other accessible pair units
  • Tiana pairs conceptually with Zaiross (and alternates if Zaiross is missing)

The author asks players to specify:

  • what they already own
  • what content they want to pick correctly.

Key “Firsts” and Targets (What You’re Aiming to Unlock)

  • Clear Necro sufficiently to progress rune upgrades and reliable farming
  • Reach R5 and stabilize “fast run” timings (sub-40 seconds target mentioned)
  • Farm Steel Fortress artifacts (elemental artifact upgrades)
  • Reach 7 million+ rift beasts average for gem value
  • Transition into PVP after stable PVE

Gamers or Sources Featured

  • The video author/channel host (no specific gamer name provided in subtitles)
  • Com2uS / the game developers (mentioned as creators of the game; not a person/source channel)
  • Linked external guides/videos are referenced, but no specific creator names are given in the subtitles.

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