Best Missile Hero Skills for Winning Battles in Last War: Survival

Missile heroes are among the most versatile and lethal units in Last War: Survival. They specialize in precise backline elimination, rapid burst damage, and strong counters to aircraft-heavy formations. To win consistently, you need to prioritize the right skills, manage your scarce Skill Medals effectively, and set up formations that protect your fragile damage dealers. This guide presents a fact-checked, player-tested plan to get the most out of your missile squad.

 

Upgrade Strategy and Medal Economy

Skill Medals are one of the most limited resources in the game, so every investment must count. The recommended approach is:

Baseline First: Bring every important skill to level 10 to ensure each hero’s kit is functional. This prevents any hero from being handicapped by unupgraded abilities.

Incremental Jumps: Upgrade in 10-level steps (10 → 20 → 30) instead of spreading medals too thin. This delivers stronger marginal gains and avoids inefficient spending.

Prioritize Actives: Upgrade Tactical Abilities and Auto Attacks before passives, since actives directly swing battles. Passives can follow once your main damage skills are at strong levels.

Conditional Flexibility: In some cases, a passive tied to an exclusive weapon can be worth earlier investment, but only if that weapon is equipped.

 

Core Missile Heroes and Their Skill Priorities

Swift

Swift	Rarity
	Hero Vehicle Type
	Specialty
	DMG Type	Physical Damage

Swift excels at executing low-HP enemies and cleaning up carries.

Skill Priority: Targeted Strike (Auto Attack) → Weakness Targeting (Tactical Ability) → Precise Guidance (Passive).

·Swift’s strength is cleanly finishing low-HP targets; his Targeted Strike scales with crit/ATK and provides consistent single-target burst, so you push it first to secure reliable executes.

·Next, raise Weakness Targeting because it amplifies his finishing role—higher ranks widen its damage window and improve multi-target finishing potential, turning close fights into clean wins.

·The passive Precise Guidance is excellent but has better ROI after his actives are strong; upgrading it later consolidates damage and crit synergy once the core killing tools are maxed.

Tip: Swift is fragile, so keep him in protected rows unless he has an exclusive weapon or high-tier gear to survive frontline deployment.

 

Tesla

Tesla	Rarity
	Hero Vehicle Type
	Specialty
	DMG Type	Energy Damage

Tesla’s chain lightning and electric grids disrupt enemy backlines.

Skill Priority: Electric Grid Lockdown (Tactical Ability) → Lightning Chain (Auto Attack) → Electric Power Boost (Passive).

·Tesla’s kit is built around backline suppression. Electric Grid Lockdown is the primary AoE/tactical that hits rear enemies and applies Inductive stacks—upgrading it first multiplies your ability to cripple enemy carries in one window.

·Lightning Chain provides steady, chainable damage and stack generation; raising it second sustains pressure between tacticals.

·The passive Electric Power Boost raises energy/skill scaling but yields smaller immediate fight-turning gains than the two actives, so it’s best raised after the tactical+auto form the damage backbone—especially important to time with his exclusive weapon.

Tip: Tesla’s value skyrockets once his exclusive weapon is unlocked. Plan to push him further at that point.

 

Fiona

Fiona	Rarity
	Hero Vehicle Type
	Specialty
	DMG Type	Physical Damage

Fiona covers the missile team’s weakness against aircraft.

Skill Priority: Double Trajectory (Auto Attack) → Atomic Blast (Tactical Ability) → Ballistic Boost (Passive).

·Fiona’s Double Trajectory is her AA/multi-hit backbone that both handles aircraft and chips clustered backlines; prioritize it to secure the team’s anti-air reliability.

·Atomic Blast gives heavier multi-target or burst windows that swing teamfights—raising it after the auto ensures her burst is available when enemies are softened.

·Ballistic Boost increases her overall damage scaling and crit/attack synergy but provides best value once her actives are dependable. Also, Fiona’s exclusive weapon often multiplies her AA potency—so moderate early investment then aggressive follow-up on weapon release is optimal.

Tip: Fiona’s true potential emerges with her exclusive weapon. Invest moderately early, then commit heavily once it’s available.

 

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Adam

Adam	Rarity
	Hero Vehicle Type
	Specialty
	DMG Type	Physical Damage

Adam protects the squad with front-row damage reduction and counterattacks.

Skill Priority: Spike Armor (Passive) → Counter Defense (Tactical Ability) → MK43 Vehicle-Mounted Machine Gun (Auto Attack).

·Adam’s role is keeping fragile missile dealers alive. Spike Armor reduces front-row damage and is therefore the highest-leverage upgrade: a stronger passive immediately reduces enemy burst on your carries across many matches.

·Counter Defense complements this by turning incoming hits into retaliatory value—raise it second to convert tanking into tempo.

·His Auto Attack contributes marginally to team DPS compared with his protective functions, so it’s last. Prioritizing survivability tools first increases win rates more than bleeding medals into Adam’s low-impact offense.

Tip: Adam’s passive allows your fragile missile dealers to survive longer, enabling aggressive positioning when necessary.

 

McGregor

McGregor	Rarity
	Hero Vehicle Type
	Specialty
	DMG Type	Physical Damage

McGregor offers disruption and survivability through taunts and debuffs.

Skill Priority: Unyielding Heart (Tactical Ability) → HP Boost (Passive) → Forward Rush (Auto Attack).

·McGregor is a utility/tank whose core value is control and durability. Unyielding Heart taunts and disrupts enemy targeting—upgrading it first buys windows where your carries fire safely.

·HP Boost increases raw survivability and multiplies the benefit of that taunt across PvP skirmishes; put it second to make taunt windows stick.

·His Auto (Forward Rush) deals least toward team objectives, so leave it for last. This order maximizes McGregor’s protective role: make enemies waste time on him while your missile heroes remove carries.

Tip: McGregor is more valuable in PvP than PvE. Focus on him if you regularly face human opponents with glass-cannon carries.

 

Formation and Targeting Principles

Missile squads dominate when they remove enemy carries quickly. Use these principles:

Frontline: Place McGregor in the front-left to soak hits and taunt. Position Adam strategically (front or back depending on enemy focus) so his Spike Armor protects key units.

Backline: Keep Swift, Fiona, and Tesla protected in mid or back rows where they can freely output damage.

Target Focus: Skills that prioritize back rows or lowest-HP units should always come first, since eliminating carries is more efficient than grinding tanks.

Conditional Adjustments: Swift can move into the front line only when supported by his exclusive weapon or strong defensive gear.

 

Exclusive Weapons and Long-Term Planning

Exclusive weapons are game-changing for missile heroes.

Swift’s and Tesla’s exclusive weapons significantly boost their active skill scaling and targeting rules.

Fiona’s exclusive weapon makes her anti-air capabilities decisive against aircraft metas.

Only push skills beyond level 30 when an exclusive weapon justifies the investment. Without it, the medal cost is rarely efficient.

 

Practical Roadmap

1. Upgrade all missile hero skills to level 10 baseline.

2. Push Swift’s Targeted Strike and Tesla’s Electric Grid Lockdown to 20.

3. Raise Fiona’s Anti-Aircraft Missile and Adam’s Spike Armor to 20.

4. Add McGregor’s Unyielding Heart if you play PvP regularly.

5. Save heavy medal investments (30+) for heroes with exclusive weapons equipped.

 

Conclusion

Missile heroes shine when built right, turning fights into precision strikes that erase top threats before retaliation. Stick to medal-efficient upgrades, invest in key skills, and shield fragile DPS with smart formations to unlock their full potential.

While meta shifts and exclusive weapons may tweak priorities, the core never changes—prioritize actives, protect your carries, and strike enemy backlines. For faster progress, buy Standard Packs at LDShop to fuel your missile squad upgrades.