Kingshot Research Strategy: What to Focus on in the Academy

Overview

There are many researches in the Academy, but not all of them are equally important. Since Academy researches can take years of base time without speedups, it is important to know which ones are actually worth focusing on

• F2Ps and low spenders, usually called rally joiners
• Heavy spenders, usually called rally leaders

Research Priorities for Joiners (F2P & Low Spenders)

This section collects the practical research priorities for joiners (f2p & low spenders) notes from the source guide and turns them into a quick planning checkpoint

Growth Tree Priorities

Command Tactics is the highest priority research in the Academy overall. Your main focus should be maxing this research as early as possible. The good thing is that it does not take very long to complete, and you can usually finish it around Town Center Lev...

Economy Tree Priorities

In the Economy Tree, you should mainly focus on gathering researches. Resource production researches give very poor returns compared to gathering. Resource buildings simply do not produce enough to matter in the long run

• Resource Output Researches

Battle Tree Priorities for Joiners

Regimental Expansion is the only truly important Battle Tree research for joiners. Most of the other researches focus on troop stats, but joiners do not contribute stats in rallies. The rally leader's stats are what matter

Research Priorities for Rally Leaders

When you are a spender and rally leader, your priorities change a lot. Since your troop stats affect the entire rally, Battle Tree researches become extremely important

Growth Tree Priorities for Rally Leaders

Even for spenders, Command Tactics is still one of the best researches in the game because the 3 extra march queues are extremely valuable. Tool Enhancement is very important for spenders because Academy researches require over 4000+ days of total base time

Economy Tree for Rally Leaders

This tree can mostly be ignored early on by spenders. Resources are usually not a problem for whales, so spending a lot of time in the Economy Tree early is not worth it

Battle Tree Priorities for Rally Leaders

The Battle Tree is the most important section for spenders. You eventually want to max the entire tree, but knowing the correct stat priority is also important