Gameplay Hints

Discover essential gameplay hints for Tides of Annihilation, including unit dismissal, engineer resurrection, improved targeting for Aerial Juggernaut and Neo Dragon, and easy map navigation.

While playing the campaign, I discovered a few tips that were not explained in the manual.

1. Dismiss/Kill a friendly unit: To get rid of unwanted units or structures, select them and press Ctrl+D. The unit will disappear within five seconds. It's unclear if dismissing units adds to your loss total, but sometimes the attack warning sound plays, suggesting it might.

2. Chief Engineer special skill: A Chief Engineer can resurrect a dead troop unit into an Automaton unit.

3. Better aiming with the Aerial Juggernaut: To do more damage and aim better, try moving the juggernaut beside the intended target instead of directly targeting it.

4. Easier targeting with the Neo Dragon's "Freeze Storm" attack: If the Neo Dragon refuses to use "Freeze Storm," manually target an area by pressing the A button. This applies to any attack that affects enemy groups. Manually targeting an area prevents the unit from trying to lock onto a moving target. Note that not all units can be frozen, such as the Amazon, Knight, and Swordsman.

5. Zooming around the map easily: To center in on a selected unit, press the T key. For example, if group #8 is being attacked and you are at group #2, press 8 then T to zoom in on group #8.