If you’re a regular sea-farer in Sea of Conquest: Pirate War, then you might be aware of the importance of constructing a strong hero and ship formation. The game has multiple avenues of growth but all is in vain if you do not have a strong setup. Many players might believe simply putting together their strongest heroes and ships is enough, but that is far from the truth. A robust and synergized formation is needed to counter the ever-increasing difficulty of the campaign mode. Let’s learn more about them!

Strategy Used to Create Strong Hero and Ship Formations 

Your formation strategy can be summed up as follows: the other ships should be specialized in dealing damage and should deal as much damage as they can, while your flagship should be as durable and fortified as possible, drawing all the enemy’s attention. Further, you can customize the formations depending on the type of damage you want and the type of enemies you are fighting. For example, artillery ships that launch multiple missiles are good for clearing multiple enemies in the sea. Similarly, you can use single target damaging ships to deal with anomalies like the Sea Monster. 

#1. Flagship Hero and Ship Formation Build

Since your flagship is subjected to the most abuse and damage, you want it to be as resilient as possible. This implies that you can directly develop your other ships in your formation to deliver damage so they can scale effectively and deal the damage while your flagship absorbs the brunt of the blows. Here are the hero recommendations for this formation:

• Old Ahab – Ideal captain for your flagship since, in the end, you want something with durability and a shield.
• Cordelia – Ideal for your flagship since she can heal your flagship while also removing debuffs and providing some chip healing for other ships in your formation. 
• Magnus – Excellent gunner with increased protection and aggro. Perfect overall, but exclusive to VIP13 users

Here are the ship part recommendations for this formation:

• Shelter o’ Yamata
• Sovereign o’ the Sea

#2. Artillery Hero and Ship Formation Build

When attacking anything using formations, your artillery ship in your formation is often the first to deliver damage to several adversaries. Not as effective against lone targets as monsters. Here are the hero recommendations for this formation:

• Ophelia – She makes perfect sense as your artillery ship’s captain; she strikes numerous targets with great force and a ton of artillery damage synergy.
• Chizuru – Ideal for your first mate on the ship, thanks to her excellent synergy and skills.
• Oscar – Ophelia and Sharky’s artillery damage will rise while Oscar is in the Gunner position, and this will scale exponentially when they hit many targets at once.

Here are the ship part recommendations for this formation:

• Satjit
• Fearless Princess
• Black Raven

#3. Cutthroat Hero and Ship Formation Build

This ruthless ship is an explosive damage-dealing single-target vessel that you employ against either strong formations in which you must overcome a formidable flagship or against lone targets such as sea creatures. It isn’t ideal in formations with plenty of ships unless the opposition has a strong flagship. Here are the hero recommendations for this formation:

• Bones – Ideal captain for your cunning, ruthless squad that deals a ton of damage and can slice through any single target like a hot knife through butter.
• Onimusha – One of the best options for your first mate as he can deal a ton of damage. 
• Luna – With the help of the other heroes, this ship can deliver a tremendous amount of damage to a single target, making it an excellent choice for a superb gunner like Luna on your cunning vessel.

Here are the ship part recommendations for this formation:

• Warhammer
• Black Raven
• Fearless Princess

#4. Drowning Hero and Ship Formation Build

One particular kind of damage that ignores armor is drowning damage, which takes longer to really manifest but is still useful because of its damage-over-time component. This build revolves around utilizing drowning damage to slowly take down enemies. Here are the hero recommendations for this formation:

• Barnacle – Ideal captain for this team comp as he synergizes well with heroes that can deal damage-over-time and make use of drowning damage.
• Eileen – She deals drowning damage to multiple targets at a time, making her the first mate for this type of team comp.
• Adeline – She is best suited as the gunner since she brings the Drowning effect and Taking on Water effect in power. 

Here are the ship part recommendations for this formation:

• Stormbringer
• Crimson Sentinel
• Black Raven

#5. Blaze Hero and Ship Formation Build

Blazing ship only deals damage over time, hence; it should only be used in lengthier conflicts where the damage can accumulate over time and against enemies with strong armor that will not be affected by burning damage. The perfect targets for this are sea monsters or other robust adversaries with lots of armor. Here are the hero recommendations for this formation:

• Lester – Ideal captain for your Blazing ship in the Sea of Conquest, constantly applying the burning effect to many targets and deftly using his passives to sway the actions of every other hero using their burning.
• Tanaka – A must-have first mate for any Blazing team comp.
• Ned – He deals amazing Blazing damage to targets in front when deployed in the Gunner position.

Here are the ship part recommendations for this formation:

• Stormbringer
• Crimson Sentinel
• Black Raven

#6. Strategic Hero and Ship Formation Build

One particular kind of damage that ignores armor is drowning damage, which takes longer to really manifest but is still useful because of its damage-over-time component. This build revolves around utilizing drowning damage to slowly take down enemies. Here are the hero recommendations for this formation:

• Griffin – Your preferred captain for a ship built to deal strategic damage in conjunction with other heroes who work together to deal strategic damage
• Boa – She should be in the First Mate position alongside Griffin to deal massive strategic damage.
• Molly – One of the best universal Gunners in the game. Add her to synergize with Griffin and Boa. 

Here are the ship part recommendations for this formation:

• Orochi
• Fearless Princess
• Black Raven

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