Anime Squadron Progression Guide: From Beginner to Endgame

Early Game Setup: Codes, Perk Priorities, and Initial Summons

When launching Anime Squadron on Roblox, your first priority is securing starting currency rather than diving blindly into combat. New accounts start with standard anime starters like Ichigo, Luffy, or Goku. Community reports confirm that these base heroes fall off almost instantly; you should bench them as soon as you pull your first Epic or Legendary unit.

Begin by checking the in-game Update Log and redeeming all active promotional codes. Afterward, interact with the Update Event NPC, claim the Roblox Group rewards, collect your Daily Login gift, and review the Beginner Missions tab. This initial routine provides enough Gems and Gold to fund your vital early upgrades.

Before entering any stages, visit the Perks vendor to adjust your passive stats. Your resource allocation should follow strict priorities:

• Maximum Yen: Upgrade this perk to level 3–5 right away. Your immediate goal is reaching a 2,000 Max Yen cap, which allows you to deploy high-tier Mythic units right at the beginning of a match.
• Yen Generation: Keep this roughly equal to or slightly ahead of Max Yen. Fast passive income ensures you can upgrade units mid-battle before waves overwhelm your base.
• Health: Avoid spending any Gold here. Player testing shows base health upgrades provide virtually no defensive value against mid-game and endgame stage scaling.

Warning

Do not over-deploy units during early stages. A common beginner mistake is filling all squad slots with random damage dealers. Deploying too many units spreads your mid-match Yen too thin. Running Fastwagon alongside a single dedicated DPS allows you to max out their combat levels rapidly, resulting in much faster clears.

Summoning Strategy: Basic Banner vs. Selection Banner

Managing your Gems efficiently during the first few hours dictates how fast you reach endgame content. The game features two distinct gacha banners: the Basic Banner (available at level 1) and the Selection Banner (unlocked at level 10).

On the Basic Banner, roll only until you secure a functional Epic or Legendary damage dealer to carry your early Story Mode stages. Once you have a temporary carry, stop spending Gems haphazardly. The Basic Banner pool rotates every hour, and you should only pull when top-tier targets enter the hourly rotation:

• Fastwagon (Epic): The undisputed economic pillar of any team. He generates essential Yen throughout the entire match.
• Kerashi (Mythic): An accessible, lightning-fast unit modeled after Kakashi. He excels at clearing trash mobs and low-level resource stages in record time.
• Goki & Vegata (Mythics): Required components for the game's most important mid-game quest.

Once you reach player Level 10 by clearing Story Stages, transition your Gem spending to the Selection Banner. This banner lets you handpick your target unit, eliminating the frustration of bad hourly rotations. Set your targets to Goki and Vegata until both are in your inventory.

Tip

Avoid chasing ultra-low drop rate units like Woo or Gometa (Blue) during the early game. With pity counters reaching up to 15,000 pulls, pursuing them early drains resources that are better spent awakening core quest units.

Core Unit Progression Route

Building an optimal team in Anime Squadron requires balancing income, area damage, boss mitigation, and tanking. Progressing through the unit hierarchy in the correct order prevents wasted materials and ensures you never get walled by stage bosses.

1. Kerashi & Fastwagon

• Role: Economy and Early-Game Speed Farmer
• Acquisition: Hourly Basic Banner rotation
• Why Pick: Fastwagon supplies the Yen needed to level up units mid-stage. Kerashi features unmatched attack speed among early Mythics, making him the most efficient unit for speed-clearing early content.

2. Goki & Vegata (SSJ4)

• Role: Prerequisite Carries & Quest Keys
• Acquisition: Selection Banner (Level 10+)
• Why Pick: Both units hit hard enough to farm mid-game Squadron Stages. More importantly, both must be collected and fully awakened to unlock the Primal Fusion questline.

3. Gometa (SSJ4 Fusion)

• Role: Primary Endgame DPS & Hybrid Support
• Acquisition: Special Quest: Primal Fusion
• Why Pick: The premier milestone unit in the game. Gometa handles high-difficulty raids, infinite wave scaling, and daily challenge stages through massive burst damage and broad support utility.

4. Shinks (Shanks)

• Role: Damage Mitigation & Boss Scaling Buffer
• Acquisition: Summoning Banner
• Why Pick: High-tier bosses possess massive attack values. Shinks reduces the damage your team receives while amplifying incoming damage onto the enemy, making him essential for high-end challenge stages.

5. Puppeteer (Aizen)

• Role: Ultimate Defense Tank
• Acquisition: Challenge Stage: Katakara Bridge
• Why Pick: The sturdiest frontline unit available. With his specialized crafted gear, he gains defense stacks per hit received, stalling lethal boss rushes indefinitely.

6. Garou & Falcon (Griffith)

• Role: Secondary DPS & Kill-Income Booster
• Acquisition: Banners / Evolution
• Why Pick: Falcon boosts Yen gains by up to 50% on enemy kills. Garou is significantly easier to awaken and gear than alternatives like Guts, offering elite critical strike scaling and dodge mechanics.

Step-by-Step Guide to the Primal Fusion Quest

Unlocking Gometa marks the formal transition from mid-game grinding to endgame dominance. This unit is locked behind the "Primal Fusion" quest located under the Special Quests menu.

Completing the questline requires structured planning so you do not waste stamina or raid attempts.

1. Summon and Awaken Goki and Vegata: Use the Selection Banner at Level 10 to acquire both units. Visit the Awakening NPC to check their required evolution mats, then farm the corresponding stages.
2. Farm Ninja Village Squadron Stage Chapter 4: Run Chapter 4 on Normal difficulty to recruit Madora, then farm Chapter 4 on Hard difficulty to collect his awakening materials. Madora provides vital wave clear for subsequent raids.
3. Clear GT City Raid Act 4: Complete 20 successful clears of GT City Raid Act 4 using your awakened Goki, Vegata, and Fastwagon squad.
4. Accumulate 80 General Raid Clears: Run 80 additional raid matches across any accessible raid maps to satisfy the quest completion counter.
5. Survive 500 Infinite Waves: Enter the Infinite Game Mode. The quest tracks cumulative waves cleared across runs, meaning you can run this mode on auto-play until you reach 500 total waves.
6. Claim and Awaken Gometa: Turn in the Special Quest to claim Gometa. Immediately gather his required crafting and awakening materials to unlock his full passive potential.

Gear Crafting, Traits, and Stat Optimization

Once your core squad is assembled, raw unit levels alone will not suffice for late-game challenge modes. You must optimize your team using four upgrade systems: Awakening, Trait Rolling, Stat Rerolling, and Gear Crafting.

Trait Reroll Priorities

Traits provide massive global multipliers to unit performance. When using Trait Shards at the Trait NPC, aim for the following targets:

• Cloner: Clones unit functionality; widely considered an instant win roll for your primary DPS.
• Superior: Provides massive universal stat boosts. A pity system guarantees Superior at 1,250 total Trait Shards (with Cloner pity at 800 Shards).
• Entrepreneur / Wealthy: Essential traits for Fastwagon to skyrocket your in-match Yen flow.
• Rebirth: A strong secondary trait, particularly effective on support units like Shinks.

Stat Rerolling Guidelines

Early on, aim for at least A-rank stats in Damage (DMG) and Speed (SPD). Save your rare Perfect Cubes exclusively for Gometa, Goki, or Madora once they roll into the S or S+ tier. Player experience reveals that actively using a unit in farm stages right before rerolling noticeably improves the consistency of high-grade rolls.

Optimal Gear Builds

Equipping the right items from the Crafting Station turns high-tier units into unstoppable carries:

What to Do When Progression Stalls

Hitting a wall in Story Mode or failing a Challenge Stage is a natural part of the mid-game loop. When your team wipes, run through this diagnostic routine before spending valuable resources:

1. Check Unit Food Levels: Have you maximized your primary DPS unit's level using spare food drops? Level scaling directly impacts base attack numbers.
2. Review In-Match Economy: Did you fail because you could not afford unit upgrades? If so, invest Gold into your Yen Generation perk or prioritize leveling Fastwagon earlier in the match.
3. Audit Team Deployment: Are you deploying unnecessary units that steal Yen from Gometa or Kerashi? Reduce your field presence to two or three units.

If you fulfill all criteria and still cannot clear a stage, enter the GT City Stage 1 Hard farming loop. Community data confirms that GT City Stage 1 Hard provides the highest ratio of Gems, account XP, and unit food per minute spent.

Because Story Mode food drops do not scale dramatically in later acts, looping this stage on auto-play is the most reliable way to stockpile resources, trigger 5th-level account milestone rewards, and gather trait currency.

Should I spend Gems on the Basic Banner after reaching Level 10?

Generally, no. Once the Selection Banner unlocks at Level 10, spending Gems on the Basic Banner exposes you to unwanted units. Only pull on the Basic Banner if you urgently need Fastwagon during his active rotation or if you are deliberately banking pity points for specific banner-exclusive units.

Why is Guts not recommended over Garou as a secondary DPS?

While Guts deals strong physical damage, community testing highlights that his awakening and gear requirements require an extensive grind. Crafting his mandatory gear pieces can take days of targeted material farming. Garou achieves comparable damage output with far less farming investment, offering superior critical scaling and built-in dodge survivability.

How do I reliably clear Katakara Bridge Challenge for Puppeteer?

To farm Puppeteer (Aizen) on Katakara Bridge, deploy a team consisting of Gometa (DPS), Shinks (damage reduction), Fastwagon (income), and Kerashi. Shinks is vital here: his ability to reduce incoming boss damage prevents your base from collapsing before Gometa finishes ramping up his critical hit stacks. Clear Normal difficulty to unlock the unit, then run Hard difficulty to secure his awakening materials.