Drone Skill Chips and Combat Boost
This guide describes the new system for drone skill chips and combat progress. The system has been completely reworked in the game and makes this new guide necessary. If the update has not yet taken place on your server, you can find the original guide for the old drone skill chip system here. If you are currently in the process of switching, here is a short guide on how to switch from the old to the new system.
Introduction
As already described in the guide to the tactical drone, there are various ways to upgrade the drone. You have already seen some of them in the previous guide. This guide is about Combat Boost, which unlocks up to four different sets for use with your formations and increases the bonus level of your skill chips. It also covers the Skill Chips themselves, what they are, where you get them and what they do for your drone.
Combat Boost
You can find the Combat Boost page in the game by tapping on your drone center and selecting the "Combat Boost" tab. Combat Boost is a level-based system that has several tasks. Starting at level 0, it can be expanded up to level 750.
Unlocking the Drone Skills Chip System
When you reach level 10 in Combat Boost, the Drone Skills Chip System is unlocked.
Unlocking the Drone Skills Chip Sets
Skill chips can be combined into up to four sets, which are assigned to up to four garages for use. For example, you can build an aircraft-specific set and assign it to the garage in which the aircraft heroes are located. If there is only one set, all garages use the same set, which means the use of the skill chips is greatly limited. It is therefore advisable to unlock further sets as quickly as possible, or until this is achieved, to concentrate on the skill chips that correspond to the type of the strongest formation.
The sets are unlocked at combat progress levels 10, 150, 300 and 450.
Increase in the Skill Chip bonus level
When you reach Combat Boost levels 150, 300, 450, 600 and 750, the Skill Chip bonus level is increased by 1 each time. Once reached, this is applied to all drone skill chips in use.
Increasing the Combat Boost level
On the main Combat Boost page, you can increase your Combat Boost with various materials. The following materials are used:
Drone Combat Boost Exp Card (100 points)
Drone Combat Boost Exp Card (10,000 points)
uncommon Skill Chip of the type Initial Move skill type (400 points)
uncommon Skill Chip of the other types (200 points)
rare Skill Chip of the type Initial Move skill type (4,000 points)
rare Skill Chip of the other types (2,000 points)
epic Skill Chip of the type Initial Move skill type (40,000 points)
epic Skill Chip of the other types (20,000 Points)
To see where you can get the individual components, please look further down in this guide in the "Components" section.
You can select the individual materials you want to use for an upgrade yourself by tapping the “Plus” button, or you can have materials automatically selected by tapping the “Quick Add” button. With each change you can immediately see how your combat progress will change with the selected materials. The adjustment is carried out by tapping the “Promote” button.
Note: If increasing the combat progress does not result in an increase in level, the combat power of the drone remains unchanged.
Skill Chips
What are skill chips?
Skill chips are extensions for your drone that not only increase certain attributes such as HP, Def or Attack, but also grant very specific bonuses with which you can upgrade heroes. There are a total of 32 different skill chips and you can even make some of them yourself, more on that later. Let's first look at the division and function of the individual chips.
Quality / rarity
The quality or rarity of the chips is divided into four categories, and there are quite some differences.
Uncommon and rare ability chips come from the corresponding chip chests and cannot be made yourself. Their function is quite simple and applies to all hero types.
Epic and legendary chips also come from the corresponding chip chests, but they can also be made in the chip lab. In addition, they can be expanded, increasing the effect of their functions. Their function is somewhat more complex and always designed for a specific hero type, which is why they come in more variants than the uncommon or rare chips.
Even if we should focus on the legendary chips, the lower qualities also have a right to exist. They can still be used to increase the Combat Boost level.
Type of chip
Furthermore, the skill chips are divided into their type. There are four different types with different functions. The types of chips can be recognized by their symbol in the upper left corner.
Initial Move Skill (drone symbol) in the middle
- Epic: At the beginning of the battle, your Tank/Aircraft/Missile Vehicle heroes gain a Shield with a fixed value of X, lasting Y seconds.
- Legendary: At the beginning of the battle, your Tank/Aircraft/Missile Vehicle heroes gain a Shield with a fixed value of X for Y seconds. Once it's gone, all damage received is reduced by Z until battle ends
Attack Skill (bullet symbol) at the top
- Epic: When the Drone bombs, your Tank/Aircraft/Missile Vehicle heroes gain X Attack boost, lasting Y seconds.
- Legendary: When the Drone bombs, your Tank/Aircraft/Missile Vehicle heroes gain X Attack boost, lasting Y seconds. The drone bombing hits Z more targets).
Interference Skill (lightning symbol) at the bottom left
- Epic: When the Drone bombs, your back row Tank/Aircraft/Missile Vehicle heroes get a X Damage Increase for Y seconds.
- Legendary: When the Drone bombs, your back row Tank/Aircraft/Missile Vehicle heroes get a X Damage increase, at the same time, reduce the damage of all enemy Tactics by Y for Z seconds.
Defense Skill (shield symbol) at the bottom right
- Epic: At the beginning of the battle, your front row Tank/Aircraft/ Missile vehicle heroes gain X Defense boost for Y seconds.
- Legendary: At the beginning of the battle, your Tank/Aircraft/Missile Vehicle heroes gain X Defense boost, your front row gains an extra Y Defense boost until the battle ends.
Hero type
While the uncommon and rare skill chips can be used regardless of the hero type, the epic and legendary skill chips have additional bonuses for specific hero types. Each chip is available in a version for tanks, aircraft and missile vehicles.
Arrangement of skill chips per formation
On the skill chips page in the drone center, you can create up to four sets of chips and assign them to the desired formation. Please note that the first set is basically free, and the other sets only become available after reaching the corresponding Combat Boost levels. The procedure is simple, select the appropriate set (1 - 4), select a corresponding chip for each of the 4 chip types and use the button at the bottom left to assign this set to one of your formations.
Ascending skill chips
By tapping a skill chip in the drone center, you will be taken to the chip's detail page. Here, in addition to the most important information about the chip, various actions are available.
You can use the red button to remove the chip or the blue button to exchange the chip for another one.
Much more important than this, is the large blue button labeled "Ascend". With this you can change the star rank of your chip and thus significantly increase its combat power by fusing the chip with several other chips of the same type. With each fusing, the chip receives an additional star, with the first 5 stars being legendary and the remaining 5 stars being mythical.
With each star earned, the number of chips required to achieve the fusing to the next star increases.
Note: The option to ascend chips only exists with epic and legendary chips.
Components
In this section, I will go into all the components that you need to expand your Combat Boost and build your Skill Chip sets. This is divided into three areas. The components themselves, the starter mission and last but not least the production in your new chip lab.
The individual components
Common Drone Combat Boost Exp Card
With this item you can increase your Combat Boost by 100 points. You will receive this as a reward during the starter mission (see the Starter Mission section below).
Epic Drone Combat Boost Exp Card
With this item you can increase your Combat Boost by 10,000 points. You will receive this as a reward during the starter mission (see the Starter Mission section below). You can also buy it in the Alliance Store. There are 5 pieces available every week for a price of 2,000 alliance points.
Basic Chip Material
This is the basic material for producing your own epic drone ability chips in your chip laboratory. You need this 800 times to produce a chip of the type "Initial Move Skill" and 400 times for each of the other types.
If you already had skill chips during the transition to this drone system, you will probably have received an initial stock via mail.
You will also receive these as a reward during the Starter Mission (see the Starter Mission section below).
Otherwise, you can buy 400 pieces per week in the campaign shop for 5,000 honor points 
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Premium Chip Material
This is the basic material for producing legendary drone skill chips in your chip laboratory. For each legendary skill chip you want to produce, you will need 800 pieces.
If you already had skill chips during the transition to this drone system, you will probably have received an initial basic stock via mail. If not, there are still enough sources for these materials:
You will receive these as a reward during the starter mission (see the Starter Mission section below).
The reward chests of levels 3, 6 and 9 in the daily Alliance Duel also give you 10 pieces each.
You will also receive premium chip materials when you open drone skill chip chests as explained in the following sections.
Common skill chip chests
These chests contain one of the following skill chips as well as 1 premium chip material .
- Uncommon Skill Chip (16.25% chance each)
- Rare Skill Chip (7.5% Chance)
- Epic skill chip for tank formations (0.4% chance each)
- Epic skill chip for aircraft formations (0.4% chance each)
- Epic skill chip for missile vehicle formations (0.4% chance each)
Legendary skill chip for tank formations (0.0167% chance each)
Legendary skill chip for aircraft formations (0.0167% chance each)
Legendary Skill Chip for Missile Vehicle Formations (0.0167% chance each)
You can get the Common Skill Chip Chests here:
- In the campaign shop there are 20 of them per week for a price of 300 honor points each
Rare Skill Chip Chests
These chests contain one of the following skill chips as well as 5 premium chip materials .
- Rare Skill Chip (17.0% chance each)
- Epic skill chip for tank formations (2.5% chance each)
- Epic skill chip for aircraft formations (2.5% chance each)
- Epic Skill Chip for Missile Vehicle Formations (2.5% chance each)
- Legendary Skill Chip for Tank Formations (2.5% chance each) 0.166% chance)
- Legendary skill chip for aircraft formations (0.166% chance each)
- Legendary Skill Chip for Missile Vehicle Formations (0.166% chance each)
You can get the Rare Skill Chip Chests here:
- In the VIP Shop there are 10 per week for a price of 800 diamonds each
- In the Alliance Shop there are 5 per week for a price of 4,000 Alliance Points each
Epic Skill Chip Chests
These chests contain one of the following skill chips as well as 30 premium chip materials .
- Epic skill chip for tank formations (7,083% chance each)
- Epic skill chip for aircraft formations (7,083% chance each)
- Epic skill chip for missile vehicle formations (7.083% chance each)
- Legendary skill chip for tank formations (1.25% chance each)
- Legendary skill chip for aircraft formations (1.25% chance each)
- Legendary skill chip for rocket vehicle formations (1.25% chance each)
You can get the Epic Skill chip chests here:
- In the campaign shop there is 1 per week for a price of 10,000 honor points each
Legendary skill chip chests
These chests contain one of the following skill chips as well as 100 premium chip materials .
- Legendary skill chip for tank formations (8.33% chance each)
- Legendary skill chip for aircraft formations (8.33% chance each)
- Legendary Skill Chip for Missile Vehicle Formations (8.33% chance each)
You can get the Legendary Skill Chip Chests here:
- In the Honor Shop there is 1 per month for a price of 50,000 Honor Points each
Starter Mission
As usual, there is a Starter Mission. This runs over a period of 7 days and provides you with a basic stock of materials to increase the Combat Boost of your drone.
Tasks of the Starter Mission
The following table shows you the tasks that have to be completed in the week of the starter mission.
| Complete 100 Radar Tasks | Combat Boost Reached Lv. 10 | Alliance Support 100 times |
| Complete 1 Radar Tasks | Log in for 1 day in total | Unlock the Combat Boost System and reach Lv. 3 |
| Craft any chip in the Chip Lab 1 time | Combat Boost reaches Lv. 5 | Alliance Support 20 times |
| Log in for 5 days | Combat Boost reached Lv. 20 | Create any chip 2 times in the chip lab |
| Send the trade truck 10 times | Help allies 200 times | Use any accelerator for 3,000 minutes |
By tapping the respective field, you can see the progress of the respective task and, if completed, collect your reward.
Rewards
Of course, as always, there are some rewards:
For each completed task
- 10 times Common Drone Combat Progress Exp Card (100 points)
1 times 100 diamonds
Per complete row
- 100 times Basic Chip Material
- 40 times Common Drone Combat Progress Exp Card (100 points)
Per complete column
- 100 times Basic Chip Material
- 5 times Epic Drone Combat Progress Exp Card (10,000 points)
All tasks completed
- 800 times Premium Chip Material
- 1 time Epic Drone Combat Progress Exp Card (10,000 points)
30 times Drone Parts
1 times 1,000 Diamonds
The Chip Lab
From headquarters level 5 there is now a new building with the task of producing epic and legendary drone ability chips yourself. The Chip Lab. There is a requirement for the level of the chip lab for each of the different drone skill chips, which means you should upgrade this building to at least level 20 in order to be able to produce all skill chips yourself.
Here is a list of the required levels:
- Chip laboratory level 0: For epic drone skill chips of the first movement ability type
- Chip laboratory level 5: For epic drone skill chips of the other types
- Chip laboratory level 15: For legendary drone skill chips of the first movement ability type
- Chip laboratory level 20: For legendary drone skill chips of the other Types
After you have opened the chip lab, you will see two tabs at the bottom: "Craft" and "Inventory". It is self-explanatory what this means. Let's take a look at the manufacture.
In the middle we find three buttons for selecting the type of chip we want to manufacture. Tank, aircraft or rocket vehicle. Directly below, we see the Drone Skill Chip types available for selection. These are divided into four chip variants: "Initial Move", "Attack", "Interference" and "Defense" and are each available in epic and legendary versions.
By tapping the respective chip, you will see the description of the chip at the top and you will see both the cost of the chip and the production time at the bottom of the screen. By tapping the "Craft" button, production begins. The production time is 10 seconds and then you can collect the chip.
The cost of legendary chips is 800 premium chip materials , regardless of the type of chip. For the epic chips, the "Initial Move Skill" type costs 800 and all other types 400 basic chip materials .
Chests and VS Alliance Duel
Opening the chests always gives you points for the Alliance Duel on Mondays, so keep the chests closed in your inventory and always wait until Monday to open them.
- Common Skill Chip Chests
- Rare Skill Chip Chests
- Epic Skill Chip Chests
- Legendary Skills Chip Chests
Legendary Skills Chip Choosreward chests
There are no points for opening the arms race, so you can do this at any time of day on Mondays.
Reaching the 3rd, 6th and 9th reward chests of the Alliance Duel now also gives you 10 premium chip materials .
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