🧭 Hive Layouts & Base Placement

Your alliance’s hive layout is your first line of defense during Kill Days, PvP events, and city wars. A smart setup minimizes losses, optimizes reinforcement timing, and helps manage virus infection spread.

🧱 What Makes a Good Hive?

• Bases are close together, but not clustered in straight lines
• Whales 🐋 are centered, with Light Spenders 💳 and F2P around them
• There’s 1–2 tile gaps between groups to limit virus splash
• Reinforcement targets (city/stronghold) are nearby or tile-linked

🧪 Anti-Virus Bomb Design

To reduce virus infection stacks from Suicide Squad attacks or missile bombs:

• Avoid tight lines or plus-sign shapes
• Use offset box patterns (like checkerboard)
• Don’t group 4+ bases in a 2×2 square — that’s splash bait

📌 Virus bombs hit up to 5+ bases if poorly clustered. Keep gaps!

🏛️ Base Roles in the Hive

Everyone should be within 2–3 tiles of garrison targets if possible.

🧠 Tips by Player Type

🧑‍🌾 F2P

• Stay near city and whale bases for reinforce speed
• Avoid leading rallies or exposing yourself on Kill Days
• Use 1-tile gaps to avoid virus chain splashes

💳 Light Spenders

• Flex between reinforce and rally duties
• Stay near center whales to act as a backup garrison
• Use speedups during defense

🐋 Whales

• Anchor the hive from the center
• Port first on city sieges, tank rallies or bombs
• Shield only when completely out of troops or unavailable

🚀 Deployment Prep

• Place hive 1–2 tiles from the city or stronghold
• Avoid high-traffic PvP zones if unprepared
• Always bring: 1–2 base relocators, shields, and virus heals