Winter Siege Guide: Which Formation Should You Use? | Whiteout Survival

Winter Siege Overview

Winter Siege runs across six stages:

• Previous stage: Monday–Tuesday
• Matchmaking: Tuesday
• Preparation: Wednesday–Thursday
• Scouting: Friday, when teams can inspect opponents’ power
• Battle: Saturday
• Results: Sunday

Each side has four shelters: one main shelter and three standard shelters. Battles involve destroying the opponents’ stars, or hearts. Clearing all three standard shelters opens the way to the main shelter.

Battle Rules and Updates

The result rules were changed after an earlier version made troop power too decisive:

• If an alliance reduces its opponent’s stars to zero first, it wins immediately.
• If neither side reaches zero by the end of the battle, the alliance with more stars remaining wins.
• If the remaining stars are tied, the winner is determined by the total power of surviving troops in the shelters.
• If that is also tied, the alliance that reached the tied star count first wins.

Non-Guardian teams’ HP increased from three to four, while Guardian teams remain at five. Rewards and starting leagues are now based on an alliance’s Alliance Championship tier, rather than having everyone start as a rookie.

Formations and Preparation

Choose formations based on your account’s development—heroes, gear, charms, and stats—rather than copying a standard setup.

The guide highlights these options:

• 60% Infantry / 40% Lancers: Presented as one of the strongest formations for one-on-one fights.
• 50% Infantry / 50% Marksmen: Another strong option.
• 50/20/30: Also mentioned, though the best choice depends on the account.

Register a formation that suits your strongest heroes and equipment. In one battle example, a 60/40 formation beat a 50/20/30 formation, though the presenter notes that the players’ stats differed.

Before battle, alliance officers should assign positions and choose the strongest, best-equipped players as team leaders. Each position can hold 30 defensive marches, not 30 players. Players outside the top 30 defensive marches can still attack.

Morale Strategy

The central tactic is to use repeated attacks to lower opponents’ morale before sending in stronger players. Successful defenses reduce morale, which in turn lowers combat stats.

• Use farm or weaker accounts to attack the strongest opposing players and reduce their morale.
• Once morale is lowered, send stronger players to attack and take a heart.
• After a heart is taken, the opponent’s morale rises again. Use weaker accounts to lower it before the next strong attack.
• Coordinate attacks across the alliance, especially against the strongest defenders.
• Each player starts with three attacks. Attacks refresh every two hours, and players can store up to seven.
• Save attacks for difficult positions rather than wasting them on secondary farm accounts.

Morale tactics can help weaker or free-to-play players challenge stronger opponents, but overall troop power still matters.

Rewards and Shop

The presenter considers the event shop’s currency and purchase limits disappointing, and recommends buying only items you specifically need. Rewards are expected to improve as alliances advance through the league system.

Gamers and Sources Mentioned

Black TED (presenter), Amit, and John.