Total Battle Ragnarok Strategy - Day-by-Day Plan, Best Captains, and Shop Priorities

Ragnarok is one of the most rewarding tournaments in Total Battle, but most of its value gets lost to rushed spending and weak marches. Here you will find a clear day-by-day plan, the best captains for each boss, a troop stacking formula, shop buying priorities, and the level-lock trick that veterans use to climb guardsman tiers faster. Let's follow LDShop and turn your next Ragnarok into real account growth.

Ragnarok Strategy at a Glance

If you only have a minute, this table covers the whole event.

Stage	Main Goal	Key Action
Before the event	Get ready	Set talents to attack, stock gold and silver, save mercs
Day 1: Jörmungandr	Clan raids	Join raids with your strongest army, earn serpent coins
Between days	Prepare for Fenrir	Buy the Fenrir strength bonus from the Jörmungandr shop
Day 2: Fenrir	Solo hits	March with one strong captain, clear personal goals
After the event	Plan ahead	Bank leftover coins for VP packs at the next launch

 

How the Ragnarok Event Works

Ragnarok combines two tournaments. Jörmungandr's Invasion runs first, and you can only attack the serpent through raids. Fenrir's Invasion follows, and you attack the wolf solo with just one captain.

Here are the rules that shape every decision:

• Raid rewards depend on your contribution to the raid.
• Personal goals pay out coins. Their difficulty and rewards depend on your troop level.
• Unclaimed personal goal rewards vanish when the tournament ends.
• The top 100 clans earn an extra reward at the end.
• The shop has three tabs: Jörmungandr, Fenrir, and Equipment.
• Coins stay saved between event launches.

That last point changes everything. Ragnarok is not a use-it-or-lose-it event, so patient players always come out ahead.

 

Ragnarok Preparation Checklist

Your score depends heavily on the day before. Some settings lock the moment the first raid opens.

• Switch talents early. Set hero talents to pure attack before the event starts. They lock once it begins.
• Stock gold and silver. Revive mercs and monsters with gold. Retrain regular troops with silver.
• Save your mercenaries. Hold the mercs, potions, and gold from earlier events for the epics.
• Grab free resources. Redeem active Total Battle codes beforehand for extra revive materials.
• Watch Clash for the Throne. Attacking a player drops your peace shield. If both events overlap, join Clash only in its final hours.

Newer players should first learn the basics of troop tiers and marches. Our beginner guide covers those foundations well.

 

Day 1 Ragnarok Strategy: Jörmungandr Raids

Day 1 is a team effort. Your damage adds to the raid total, and your rewards scale with your share.

• Join raids as early as possible, since strong raids fill up quickly.
• March with your best troops, not leftovers. Weak marches drag down clanmates.
• Coordinate with your clan chat about raid timing and captain choices.
• Save enough serpent coins for the Fenrir strength bonus.

From experience, the first few hours of Day 1 produce the best raids. Late joiners often end up in half-empty groups.

 

Day 2 Ragnarok Strategy: Fenrir Solo Hits

Fenrir is where individual players separate from the pack. Never attack it without the strength bonus from the Jörmungandr shop.

• Hit Fenrir with a single high-damage captain.
• Revive mercs and monsters with gold between hits.
• Work through personal goals in order and claim each one before moving on.
• Top personal goals can take several hours of steady hitting. Plan your time and battery.

 

Best Captains for Ragnarok

Captain choice changes your damage more than most players expect.

Boss	Best Pick	Backup Options
Jörmungandr (Day 1)	Amanitore	Aydae or Cleopatra
Fenrir (Day 2)	Aydae or Cleopatra	Your strongest epic-focused captain

Cleopatra deserves special attention. Many veterans treat her as a mini Hercules against epics once she wears Ragnarok gear and a strong artifact. Orange captain fragments in the Jörmungandr shop go toward her, so free players can build her over time.

Skip captains designed for crypts, gathering, or solo monster kills. They add very little to epic fights. Your hero also matters, so check the hero tier list before locking talents.

 

Troop Stacking for Ragnarok Epics

Epic monsters punish poorly balanced armies. Your lower tiers should absorb damage while your top tiers survive longest and hit hardest.

Use a pyramid. A player running three guardsman tiers might bring:

Troop Tier	Example Count
Lowest tier (e.g., T7)	100,000
Middle tier (e.g., T8)	50,000
Highest tier (e.g., T9)	25,000

Follow these ratios for the rest of your march:

• Mercs: roughly 100 each, with the fewest Epic Hunters.
• Monsters: 10 to 20 each, with half as many M4 as M3.
• Guardsmen: half as many Riders as Archers or Spearmen.
• Leave catapults and spies at home.
• Turn on Elite Preservation so your top stacks last longest.

One point players often miss: overflow damage on Fenrir adds earns nothing extra. A right-sized squad saves gold on every revive. If your high tiers still die first, trim them slightly on the next march.

 

Ragnarok Shop Priorities

Spending coins wisely matters as much as earning them. Here is how we rank each tab.

Shop Tab	Buy First	Buy If Needed	Usually Skip
Jörmungandr	Fenrir strength bonus, clan chests, Red Books	Dragon Orbs, VP and XP packs, captain fragments	Low-value filler items
Fenrir	VP packs	Silver, resources, Dragon Coins, summoning scrolls	Keys, tar, speedups
Equipment	Complete sets of matching materials	Materials that finish a piece	Low-level materials

Each Ragnarok gear piece needs four materials of the same color. This gear is the best equipment for epic monster fights. Build a gear tier your clan can support, because chasing top-rarity sets can drain many events worth of coins.

Store offers also depend on your troop level when Ragnarok launches. Upgrading troops mid-event does not refresh them.

 

The Ragnarok Level-Lock Trick

This is where serious growth happens. Personal goals and store offers lock at your troop level when the event launches. Veterans turn that rule into an edge.

1. Enter Ragnarok at your current guardsman level so the goals lock in.
2. Unlock your next guardsman level during the event using banked Valor Points.
3. Buy the stronger mercenaries that the new level unlocks.
4. Clear the easier, locked-in goals with far stronger troops.
5. Bank every coin and buy VP packs at the next launch.

Players who pull this off report clearing every personal goal in around 20 hits. They carry hundreds of millions of coins into the next event and buy the VP needed for another tier.

It takes discipline. VP costs climb sharply after G5, and the shop will tempt you constantly. Some players add a small total battle top up before the event for extra gold, which funds more revives during the upgrade window. The best platform to make the top-up is LDShop, it lets players top up for less and it is a great way to save money.

In Seasonal Kingdoms, players also report big gains during the Rapid Development window. Revives cost far less then, so they attack nonstop and delay the Academy upgrade until it expires.

 

Common Ragnarok Mistakes to Avoid

• Buying expensive packs when free event mercs already cover your needs.
• Spending every coin right after Day 2 instead of planning around your next tier.
• Joining raids with weak armies or the wrong captain.
• Skipping clan requirements. Meet those first, then chase personal goals.
• Grinding past your limits. Pace yourself to avoid burnout.

 

Conclusion

A strong Total Battle Ragnarok strategy rests on four habits: early preparation, the right captains, balanced troop pyramids, and disciplined spending. Buy the Fenrir strength bonus first, craft gear your clan can use, and bank coins for VP instead of emptying the shop. Add the level-lock trick, and every Ragnarok becomes a stepping stone to your next guardsman tier.