Gameplay Tutorial

There’s a lot to learn about War of Champions. This article covers the essentials. Explore the guide below to get the rundown on how to play the game!

## How to Play

### What is War of Champions?

War of Champions is a team-based strategy game (some can refer to it as a MOBA) where two teams of three powerful characters face off to overthrow the other's throne. Choose from over 30 characters to acquire resources, secure kills, and take down walls as you battle your way to victory.

### Starting a Game

Get a group of 6 players together to equally split amongst the purple and gold team. You can join teams by heading over to the Play Game menu!

After joining a team, you'll be prompted to select a character. Do so by stepping on the pressure plate associated with the character you'd like to play! If you wish to change characters, select the blue button before switching!

Once the gold team is ready, they can press the green button. After doing so, purple team can press their green button to officially start the game!

### Objective

The Throne is the heart of both teams’ bases. Kill the enemy King and overthrow the enemy’s Throne first to win the game.

Your Throne Room is where you spawn. Behind your Throne Room is the Merchant Base, where you can purchase standard or critical items or access your character's Trait Shop.

### Earn Nuggets

Each team has a jungle. The jungle contains monsters that you can slaughter to obtain team nuggets! If you are in gold team's jungle, you'll earn gold nuggets. If you are in purple team's jungle, you'll earn iron nuggets.

To access the enemy's jungle, you'll need to move through the Neutral Zone. You can access the neutral zone via the side of your team's jungle. You'll need to do this to start earning enemy team nuggets!

You won't be able to access your opponent's jungle until you purchase an Iron Pickaxe in the Merchant Base from the Critical Dealer. The Iron Pickaxe will allow you to break your opponent's Jungle Gate, located in the Neutral Zone.

### Reaching the Enemy Throne Room

Invading your opponent's throne room isn't as easy as it sounds! Throne Rooms can be reached by walking through Center Lane, which you can access via pressure plate in your Throne Room! Center Lane is divided into sections made up of Obsidian Walls.

These walls can be broken using a Diamond Pickaxe, purchasable in the Merchant Base from the Critical Dealer. You'll notice in order to purchase this, however, you'll need enemy nuggets!

### Overthrowing the Enemy's Throne

After breaking down enough obsidian walls, you will have reached your opponent's Throne Room. In order to overthrow their throne and win the game, you must purchase the Overthrow Button from the Critical Dealer in the Merchant Base. Place it in the center of the Throne Room to summon the enemy's King! Kill the King to get the Throne Key. Place the Throne Key on your opponent's throne to win!

## Bonus Tips

### Killing Enemy Characters

If you score a kill on an enemy character, you'll receive nuggets as a reward!

If you are killed, you will spawn in your team's Death Lobby. Select the button to start channeling your revive. After 10 seconds, you will respawn in your team's Throne Room!

### Accessing the Trait Shop

In the Merchant Base, stand on the pressure plate in the back to teleport to your character's trait shop (it may take a few seconds to teleport). Here, you can purchase extra traits as well as your Ascension trait!

### Boss and Jungle Keeper

In middle of Center Lane, a Boss can be summoned. When killed, the Boss drops an Efficiency 5 enchanted book!

In the Neutral Zone of the Jungle, the Jungle Keeper can be summoned. When killed, the Jungle Keeper drops a Smite 5 enchanted book!

### Electric Fence

An electric fence prevents players from shooting projectiles or flying into the enemy jungle. You can open a gate through this electric fence after breaking through your enemy's Jungle Gate.

### Turrets

Turrets are located in Center Lane and will damage enemy characters within its range when activated.

### Nether Wart Traps

Nether Wart Traps are located near every monster camp and will automatically summon one monster of said camp type when activated.

### Reinforced Obsidian

If your opponent breaks down some of your walls, purchase some Reinforced Obsidian Walls from the Black Market! Use these blocks to replace the broken walls. If your opponent puts up reinforced walls, you'll have to spend extra income on a Reinforced Obsidian Wall Destroyer to break them!