Top Lords Faction Counters: Tribe vs Legion vs Ranger

Every hero in Top Lords belongs to one of three factions: Tribe, Legion or Ranger. They form a rock-paper-scissors loop, and it matters more than people expect. If you keep losing to a squad with less power than yours, check the factions before anything else.

The rule, in plain terms

The game's battle report spells it out:

• Tribe heroes take 20% less damage from Legion heroes.
• Legion heroes take 20% less damage from Ranger heroes.
• Ranger heroes take 20% less damage from Tribe heroes.

Read that the other way round and you get the weak side of each matchup. Legion hits Tribe 20% softer. Ranger hits Legion 20% softer. Tribe hits Ranger 20% softer.

Why 20% is a big deal

A 20% cut to incoming damage works like a large chunk of extra HP across your whole squad. In a close fight, that's often the whole difference. It's also why the battle report grades matchups from "evenly matched" through "moderately countered" up to "hard-countered". The more of your heroes sit on the wrong side of the triangle, the worse the grade.

How to use it

Scout before you hit. If a target's squad is mostly Legion, a Tribe-heavy lineup soaks their damage much better.

Don't stack one faction blindly for defence. A mono-faction defensive squad is easy to counter-pick. Anyone who scouts you can bring the faction that resists yours.

Faction buildings feed this too. Your city has a building for each faction: the Tribe Forge, Legion Bastion and Ranger Retreat. Each one empowers heroes of its faction. Tech also includes lines that boost one faction's HP or reduce enemy HP for a faction. If you've committed to a main faction, those lines go further.

Quick reference

Want to see which heroes fall in each faction? The hero database can filter by faction. To see where each hero belongs in your formation, read the hero classes and formation guide.