With roguelike games becoming more popular, games likeJust Kingstand out by moving beyond one character and having you form a small army. As you play through the game, you’ll need to make your way through different areas, choosing various paths that lead to enemies, elite foes, and even events that can give you rewards.

Since every run bring different events, items, and classes, it can be challenging for new players to learn how the game works and win runs. From balancing your party to understanding how to rank up your characters, you can learn how to control your army, keep your king safe, and unlock more areas.

Selecting the first unit to use in the first area of Just King.

Start With A Melee Unit When Possible

You start the game by choosing between multiple units. When possible, you shouldstart the match with a melee unit, like the Knight or Paladin, since they’ll stay alive and deal decent damage.

you’re able to start with a ranged unit,like an Imp, Ranger, or Wizard,but you’ll need to kite enemies. If you put the ranged unit in front, they’ll go down quickly, or you could lose the run if the King must tank.

A party with the Hoplite, Bard, Paladin, and Cleric in Just King.

Don’t start a run with a support or hybrid character, since you won’t deal enough damage. The King has built in healing, so you won’t need to worry about staying alive for the first few rounds.

Fill The Party Slots Immediately

Having four rank one party membersisstrongerthana rank two character. After each round, you’ll gain four gold, which is more than enough to buy one class.

Since enemies won’t be too strong, this isa great time to test out classesand combos. You can sell the ones you don’t want to keep and use their tokens to level up your other characters.

The party with all three ranks ready in Just King.

Prioritize Ranking Up Your Army Members

Speaking of which,ranking up your characterswill be moreimportant than itemsearly on. Your characters will level up every time they get five tokens, which unlocks them a new skill.

Characters maxout atrank three, which requires ten tokenstotal. They passively gain a token when they’re the MVP in a match, which is determined by how much they contribute to damage, healing, and tanking.

The team in a circle as they prepare for the second round of combat in Just King.

Because of that,you’ll mostly see your frontline charactersorranged units getting the MVP, which will leave the others in the dust. Between rounds, you can use your money to buy and immediately sell classes, leaving the traits behind as tokens.

The traits are split intocategories, with each class having two. For instance, a Cleric has Heavenly and Speedy, so if you have one of those tokens, you can place them on the Cleric and work toward the next rank.

Multiple routes for the first act in the first area of Just King.

You’ll mostly get common items early, sohold offonbuyingthem until youstart seeing items worth fiveor more money.

Have A Fighter, Tank, Healer, And Ranged Character

If you neglect any part of your party, you’ll find yourself getting destroyed by enemies. You needa tank to soak damage, a fighter for damage and tanking, a healer to protect your team, and a ranged unit for damage.

Fighter

Front

The front characters are the easiest to control,letting them constantly attack and tank.

Healer

Side

Theside character won’t get flanked from the back. You’ll also turn them away while positioning the other side and front to face enemies.

Tank

Other Side

You canplace your cursor to have your fighter and tank in front of your other units, letting them protect the others.

Ranged

Back

If you canhave the wall facing your back, ranged characters will be safe.

If you want some examples, you canhave a Hoplite in front, a Cleric on one side, a Knight on the other,andan Imp in the back. You can also round out your team by replacing your tank with a Druid or Bard if your fighter does a good job of tanking.

Highlighting the dice roll, explaining that it costs one gold to use in Just King.

Once you’re comfortable with a balanced setup, try tomax out the trait benefitson theleft side of the screen. Doing so will give you some powerful passive effects, letting you see which combinations work for your playstyle.

Take The Path With The Most Events

While events tend to be risky in many roguelikes,Just Kinghashigher oddsofgood events occurring. Even if something bad happens, like someone throwing tomatoes at you, you’re able to equip it to a character and gain some stat boosts.

Look over the different pathways andchoose the one that willlead to the most events. These include question marks and treasure chests.

The king’s army prepares for combat as enemies spawn across the field in Just King.

You can go for the stronger enemies if you’re feeling confident and want to gain more gold, but it could end your run. Going to the events alsoreduces your total number of battles, increasing your odds of winning.

Avoid Re-Rolling Multiple Times In One Round

You can re-roll items and classes in the shop for one cent. Each time you roll,the next roll will cost more, so you should avoid re-rolling repeatedly.

Don’t assume a class is useless to sell just because one of the traits doesn’t match your characters. With four characters, you may onlyhave eight traits at once, meaning you’ll always be missing one.

The party standing in the top left corner, fighting off foes while the tanks defend them in Just King.

Since you’ll get money every time you win in combat,you can afford to use one re-roll, but anything more will be a waste of money. You can also lock the re-rolls if you have something you want to buy, but you don’t have the money for it.

Focus On Your King While Moving

Even though you have five characters on screen,you only directly control the King. That means when you’re moving, you should focus on where the King goes and everyone will follow you accordingly.

You must be careful while you walk along the edge of the stage, becauseif you push the King against the wall, your army will bunch together. This will impact your strategy, since characters can suddenly get hit and enemy AOE moves will decimate your team.

The party standing in the corner and fighting off multiple enemies, including mages in Just King.

Onlyfocus on the other characters if they’re low on health. You can make small rotations around your King, helping those characters avoid attacks.

Corners Are Powerful With The Right Setup

Normally, you want to keep kiting in a roguelike, but if you have enough healing, a corner can be an amazing option.

If you’removing around, you leave your healerandranged unit open to attacksfrom enemy flanks or ranged attacks. However, if you sit in the corner with your fighter and tank facing outward, enemies won’t be able to reach your healer and ranged unit.

This setup will allow yourKingandhealer to heal more health than enemies can dealwhile letting your ranged unit to deal plenty of damage and the frontline helps.

You shouldswitch to kiting if your frontline gets low on health. you may run away while your units heal, then gather in another corner once you’re ready to fight.

Take Down Mages First

Mages have some powerful abilitiesthat can bechallenging to deal withduring a run. Some will drop AOE attacks that deal tons of damage, others will heal, and some can even revive enemies.

Ranged enemies can be a pain, but their damage will be negligent compared to what mages do.Chase the mages down, then go for ranged units, and take down tanks or close ranged units next.

This also applies during boss fights:always take out anything the boss summons. Bosses are damage sponges, so it’s better to remove the weaker enemies early, so you’ll take less damage overall.