How to Win in the Game of Thrones Ascent

Sygrid and Aldrahn of the House Stormbrynger

This guide will help you build your character and work towards helping win a region in
AvA. You will not be able to do this overnight, or even in one phase, but everyone should
be working towards these goals over the next weeks.
1/ Finish your reincarnations!
Reincarnate into all fealties and in the end of each reincarnation, choose to perm the
fealty building (e.g. Hunting Lodge for Stark). Go through the reincarnations as fast
as possible! (It does tend to get borning after awhile.) Produce a lot of bread on the
way, and then produce some more! Bread bread bread! End in your favorite fealty, or
should you choose one of the AvA powerful fealties Tyrell, Baratheon, Lannister,
Martell or Greyjoy.
2/ Power Level!
Power leveling is when your character levels up faster than normal!
How to Power Level in 6 steps
step 1: Reincarnate into your final fealty (See 1). Decide which stat you are going to
keep at 0.
step 2: Open your buildings, but be careful about which buildings you open, do not
upgrade the buildings of your 0 stat. For example, if you keep battle at 0, do not upgrade
the smithy, do not do the battle upgrades in any building!!!!
step 3: Join the facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/GoTABQSlowKill/?ref=bookmarks, fill in the
registration form, join the boss quests, post yours.
step 4: Hit the boss quests with your 0 stat (so, if you choose to keep battle at 0, hit with
fight, harass, or aid). Hit them as much as you can. The boss quests will run for days, so
you will get a lot of hits out of them, and gain a bunch of levels.
step 5: Repeat until you are at a level you think is good. For example, ideally if I dont get
bored, I will stop power leveling at ~level 3000
step 6: Stop power leveling. Open all upgrades on your buildlings

3/ Build an army (You can do this while you Power Level)

Once you have done all the featly reincarnations, buy as many swords as
possible. What does a powerful AvA army look like?

100+ Corruptors (at least 50)

100+ Vanguards (at least 50)

100+ Charlatans (at least 50)

100+ Saboteurs (at least 50)
100+ Agents Only if you are part of the Spymaster team
Mechants and protectors - do not train, we wont use these for fighting.

In the new AvA, Harass and Steal are nerfed. Build skirmishers and
thieves only if you like the actions!
4/ Train your army ( Again, you can do this at the same time as you Power
Level)
Open the adventure party talents. After you Power Level, you will be able
to send out large adventure parties. This way you will train your army, plus
you will farm for sworn sword gear and resources useful for dragon crafting
etc.
All Sworn Sword training points should be applied only to the specialty %
ie fight, swindle, etc. You can equip your SS before or after you train them. It
does not make a big difference. Personally, I train my s swords naked and
then equip them once they are level 18 and I remove them from the
adventure party. Train your swords in an adventure party up to level 18 (there
is a more than 7000 point gap between 18 and 19 so focus on getting a large
number of level 18 SS and then go back and train a group of each combat
specialty to higher levels). The best way to train SS is to use the high level
adventures in vol 3 and vol 4. Vol 3 give you powerful items like false coins
and grand short hauberks (youll need a lot of these for your charlatans and
vanguards). Vol. 4 gives you the fealty banners that are good (at least if you
are in a fealty like greyjoy, martel, baratheon, and lannister) and also in the
other adventure they give you a strong companion.
Have a seperate group of peerless Sworn Swords for Tales. Train them in
their "main stats" ie Battle, Trade or Intrigue. Playing tales will gain you gold!
6/ Character Gear ~ Need for Speed
Speed is the key to win in AVA. Sending out faster attacks basically means
you send out MORE attacks in an hour, and therefore gain more VP. Before
you know it you are scoring 2 Million VP, and you are annihilating your
enemies. Below is a guide to the best gear in AvA, which you buy and wear
on your main character. NOTE: Only put speed gear on your main character,
otherwise you will have some SSs come back before the rest and they will
have a greater chance of dying.

Armour
The best AvA armours atm are the Targaryen evolvable armors. You need to buy
the first item from the shop and then work on evolving it into:

Companions
*** A young, adolescent, or mature dragon trumps any other companion for your
main character. They will give you more stats and speed than anything else out
there. Equip the colour dragon that matches the attack you're sending out.

All Around Gear

Recomended Seal

Battle Gear

Recommended Seals

Arya Starks Insignia

Balon Greyjoys Insignia

Rangers of the Watch Mark

Obara Sands Insignia

Nymeria Sands Insignia

Sand Snakes Insignia

Queen Nymerias Insignia

Seal of the Iron Islands

Trade Gear

Recomended Seals

Bran the Builders Mark

Missandeis Insignia

Littlefingers Insignia

House Lannister Insignia

Seal of the Lion (Lannister Mine)

Tywin Lannisters Insignia

Tyrion Lannisters Insignia

Cersei Lannisters Insignia

Margaery Tyrells Insignia

Tommen Bratheons Insignia

For Drogos Belt only

Renly Bratheons Insignia

Ser Loras Tyrells Insignia

For Margaerys Dress only

Olenna Tyrells Insignia

Seal of the Warlocks of Qarth

Intrigue Gear

Recommended Seals

Varys Insignia Seal

Stewards of the Watch Mark

Maggy the Frog Insignia

Seal of the Dreadfort

Lann the Clevers Mark

Salladhor Saans Insignia

Seal of the Falcon (Shanty)

Mixed Gear

Recommended Seals
For the Red Vipers Armor

Benjen Starks Insignia

For Olennas Headdress

Olenna Tyrell Insignia Seal

6/ SS Gear ~ Equip your army

Sworn Swords Equipment Guide

Find information below on how to equip your sworn swords.

Fight
Recommended Setup
Heavy Warhammer

Grand Short
Hauberk

Marching Formation

Crafting
Feast

Adventure
I.88 or III.95

Alliance Challenge
Islands of Gold - 1st
place

Cheap alternatives to buy/craft/farm

Shop

Adventure - I.85

Shop

Crafting - Armory

Shop

Best alternatives to buy

Shop

Shop

Shop

Best alternatives to craft

Crafting - Feast

Crafting - Holdfast

Crafting - Armory

Harass
Recommended Setup
Grand Ice Axe

Grand Short Hauberk

Marching Formation

Adventure
I.85 or III.100

Adventure
I.88 or III.95

Alliance Challenge
Islands of Gold - 1st
place

Cheap alternatives to buy/craft/farm

Shop

Shop

Shop

Adventure I.77 or III.96

Crafting - Armory

Shop

Best alternatives to buy

Shop

Shop

Shop

Best alternatives to craft

Crafting - Glasshouse

Crafting - Shipyard

Crafting - Armory

Bribe
Recommended Setup
Grand Jade Ring

Jewelled Armor

Trade Envoy

Adventure
I.80

Crafting
Mine or Dragon Pit

Alliance Challenge
Deal of a Lifetime - 1st
place

Cheap alternatives to buy/craft/farm

Shop
- Nothing to Buy atm

Adventure - I.60

Adventure - I.70 or III.100

Crafting - Treasury

Crafting - Warehouse

Crafting - Artisan Quarters

Best alternatives to buy

Shop

Shop

Shop

Best alternatives to craft

Crafting - Sept

Crafting - Fishery

Crafting - Artisan Quarters

Swindle
Recommended Setup
False Coin

Polished Antique Gold

Necklace

Parade Mummer

Adventure
I.83 or III.86

Adventure
I.98 or III.86

Crafting
Feast

Cheap alternatives to buy/craft/farm

Shop / BQs

Crafting - Glasshouse

Shop

Crafting - Reliquary

Crafting - Warehouse

Crafting - Artisan Quarters

Best alternatives to buy

Shop

Shop

Shop

Best alternatives to craft

Crafting - Reliquary

Crafting - Artisan Quarters

Spy

(Note: Only for Spymasters)

Recommended Setup
Nightshade

Grand Embroidered
Raiment

Corrupt Gaoler

Crafting
Embassy

Adventure
I.91 or III.89

Alliance Challenge
Free. from the Shadows 1st place

Cheap alternatives to buy/craft/farm

Crafting - Mine

Crafting - Reliquary

Shop

Shop

Crafting - Rhllor Temple

Shop

Best alternatives to buy

Shop

Shop

Shop

Best alternatives to craft

Crafting - Feast

Crafting - Reliquary

Crafting - Watchtower

SABO

Sabotage
Recommended Setup
Undetectable Poison

Warm Fur-Lined Cloak

Corrupt Gaoler

Crafting
Arbor

Crafting
Hunting Lodge

Alliance Challenge
Free. from the Shadows 1st place

Cheap alternatives to buy/craft/farm

Shop

Adventure - I.94 or III.87

Shop

Adventure I.71 or III.99

Crafting - Treasury

Crafting - Shipyard

Best alternatives to buy

Shop

Shop

Shop

Best alternatives to craft

Crafting - Arbor

Crafting - Glasshouse

STEAL

Crafting - Alchemists Guild

Steal
Recommended Setup
Stolen Heavy Coinage

Grand Rope Belt

Madam, madam, madam...

Adventure
I.71 or III.99

Adventure
I.88 or III.95

Crafting
Shanty

Cheap alternatives to buy/craft/farm

Crafting - Mine

Crafting - Feast

Shop

Crafting - Shanty

Adventure I.16

Crafting - Shanty

Best alternatives to buy

Shop

Shop

Shop

Best alternatives to craft

Crafting - Shanty

7/ Death
Do not get attached to your s swords. They will die! This is why we train a lot
of swords. When your frontline of swords die, garrison your second line of
swords and pay 100 silver to replace your dead.
8/ Upgrade camps
Use your resources wisely, upgrade the high priority camps as the leadership
announces.
9/ Attack
Everyone should garrison their full GP in the camps. Send out waves of
attacks (when you reach level 3000, you should be able to send 195 SSs at a
time) This is much easier than sending out one SS at a time. Garrison
according to the instructions posted on the facebook War Chat, or the rookery
chat. We win as a team!!!!
10/ Barters

Send as many barters to teammates (check the bartering post on facebook

group) as possible to save up silver for the camps, and to level up further.