Tiles Survive Alliance Siege Guide – Targeting, Defense & Victory Points

Alliance Siege is one of the events that decides whether your alliance is actually punching at its real weight or just coasting on a few strong accounts. It rewards alliances that plan their defense every single day, not just the ones who show up and swing randomly at whoever looks weakest on the board. If your alliance keeps losing matchups it feels like it should win, the problem is usually not raw power. It is almost always about how the defense lineup is being managed and how attackers are choosing targets.

This guide walks through how Alliance Siege actually works, how the alliance defense wall gets built behind the scenes, and the targeting logic that separates alliances that climb the weekly rankings from ones that stall out.

What Alliance Siege Actually Is

Alliance Siege is a turn-based alliance-versus-alliance event, which makes it different from the real-time combat you might expect from other siege-style modes. There is no manual piloting during a fight. Instead, each side assembles its strongest possible defense, and the game's combat engine resolves every challenge automatically. Your job as an attacker is to pick the right target, and your job as a defender is to make sure your personal lineup is the best it can be before the fighting starts.

To unlock the event, a state needs at least 30 Chiefs with an active Arena defense lineup set up, and only the top 36 alliances in a state get to take part. If your alliance is not there yet, growing overall alliance strength has to come before any siege-specific strategy.

Matchmaking runs on a weekly cycle. Six alliances are grouped together for the week, and each day within that week your alliance faces a different one of the other five. That gives you a five-day round robin: a new opponent every day, but the same group all week long.

 

How the Alliance Defense Wall Gets Built

This is the part that catches a lot of players off guard. The alliance's defense lineup is not something one officer sets up by hand. It is automatically assembled from the top 30 members in the alliance, ranked by total power, using each of those members' own 3v3 Arena defense lineup.

In practical terms, that means if you are in the top 30 by power, your personal Arena defense setup is literally part of your alliance's collective wall during Siege. You are not just fighting for your own rewards here. Whatever you have sitting in your Arena defense is what the rest of your alliance is relying on to hold the line, so treating that lineup as an afterthought during Siege week is a mistake that costs the whole group points.

Two habits matter most for keeping that wall strong:

• Equip and label signature gear the moment it unlocks for your key heroes, since the stat bonuses and exclusive skills can be the difference between a defense that holds and one that gets steamrolled.
• Refresh your Arena defense lineup after any other event that pushes your heroes, Behemoths, or troops forward. A power jump from another event does nothing for your alliance if your Arena defense still reflects last week's setup.

 

How Combat and Targeting Work

As the attacker, you challenge one lineup from the defending alliance at a time. Win, and your alliance earns victory points. Lose, and there is no real penalty beyond the attempt itself, so you can simply challenge again. That removes any reason to play it safe by avoiding a fight.

The strategy comes in choosing who to challenge. Not every target is worth the same number of points. Beating a stronger opponent nets significantly more victory points than beating someone weaker than you, so the goal is to find the highest-power lineup you can realistically beat rather than defaulting to the easiest target on the board every time.

Timing matters too. Your first win of the day is worth the most, since it locks in points early and sets the tone before anything else changes. Save that first attempt for your best realistic matchup instead of spending it on a throwaway target.

 

Reinforcing Members: The Steady Point Source

Reinforcing members act as backup defenders, and the key difference is that they can be challenged an unlimited number of times. The trade-off is that beating a reinforcement awards fewer victory points than beating a main defender.

That makes reinforcements the fallback option rather than the main event. Once you have taken your best shot at the strongest target you are confident you can beat, or once there is genuinely nobody left on the board you can defeat outright, farming reinforcements becomes your reliable way to keep adding points for the rest of the day.

A practical daily routine looks like this:

• Snipe your best beatable target first, before anything else changes.
• Look for one or two more solid wins against strong opponents.
• Switch to farming reinforcements for steady, low-risk points.
• Do a final check before the daily cutoff for any challenges or points left unclaimed.

 

Rewards and Weekly Standings

Every day, victory points are tallied at a fixed daily cutoff, and the day's winning alliance is decided. Winning that day earns bonus daily rewards, plus group points, which determine the alliance's overall standing across the full week.

After all five days are complete, rewards for the week get distributed based on where the alliance ranks within its group of six. Finishing near the top does not just mean better rewards for that week. It can also promote the alliance to a tougher tier, which unlocks bigger rewards in future Siege cycles. That is why the daily cutoff matters so much: any victory points or challenges left unused when the day closes are points that simply do not come back.

 

Practical Tips for Siege Week

• Check your Arena defense lineup first thing every day of Siege week, and update it immediately if anything changed from another event.
• Scout the opposing alliance's board before attacking, and look for the strongest lineup you are genuinely confident you can beat.
• Take your best fight first, then keep climbing the power ladder with additional wins while you can.
• Once strong targets run out, move to reinforcements for steady points instead of sitting idle.
• Do one last check before the daily cutoff so no points or challenges go to waste.

 

FAQ

Do I need to be a top alliance officer to affect Alliance Siege results?

No. Any member ranked in the top 30 by power has their personal Arena defense lineup pulled into the alliance's collective wall, so keeping that lineup updated matters regardless of rank.

Is there a penalty for losing an attack in Alliance Siege?

No. You can simply challenge again, which means there is little reason to avoid attacking a target you are unsure about.

Should I always attack the weakest lineup on the board?

Not if you want to maximize points. Beating a stronger opponent earns more victory points than beating a weaker one, so it is usually better to find the strongest target you can still realistically beat.

What is the difference between attacking a main defender and a reinforcing member?

Main defenders can only be challenged a limited number of times and are worth more victory points. Reinforcing members can be challenged unlimited times but award fewer points per win, making them better for steady, low-risk farming later in the day.

Does winning Alliance Siege only matter for that week's rewards?

No. Strong weekly performance can promote an alliance to a tougher tier, which unlocks better rewards for future Siege cycles, so consistent weekly results compound over time.