Grinding efficiently is the core of progression in Anime Tactical Simulator. Without a proper strategy, you might find yourself stuck dealing minimal damage to high-HP enemies while wasting hours of potential progress.
This comprehensive guide will break down the exact methods top players use to maximize their coin income, roll the rarest traits, and farm high-tier units with zero downtime.
The Core Farming Loop
The absolute fastest way to progress early on is to automate your gameplay loop as much as possible. Instead of opening cards and fighting enemies as two separate tasks, you should do them simultaneously.
- Position yourself in the card opening area so you can summon units with your coins[cite: 70, 75].
- Enable auto-attack to ensure your equipped units are constantly clearing enemies in the background[cite: 53].
- Turn on the 'auto-fuse' feature for lower-tier units (like Epics) to keep your inventory clean and build up your best units without manual clicking [cite: 77-79].
Pro Tip: Don't forget to equip a mount, like the bike, to travel between quest givers and farming zones much faster[cite: 55].
Building the Ultimate Luck Team
Having a dedicated 'Luck Team' is arguably the most important mid-game goal. This setup dramatically increases your chances of pulling valuable drops and rare units from card packs.
To build a proper luck team, you need to gather specific units and roll the right traits on them:
- Aim to roll the 'Fortunate' trait on multiple units to stack your luck multiplier [cite: 279-281].
- If you are incredibly lucky, you might roll 'God's Blessing', a top-tier trait with a 0.01% drop chance that provides a massive boost[cite: 285, 288].
- Always equip luck-boosting accessories, such as the specific gear piece that increases your overall luck by 10%[cite: 306].
Mastering Overnight AFK Farming
If you want to pull Secret units, you must utilize overnight AFK farming. By leaving the game running while you sleep, your team will constantly farm coins which are instantly funneled back into auto-summons.
Because your coin income often outpaces the cost of opening packs, your money will barely go down while your roster gets exponentially stronger[cite: 328, 329].
This method is the most reliable way to obtain Secret units, which are significantly stronger and better balanced than Shiny Mythics[cite: 391].
Warning: Always double-check your auto-clicker and auto-sell settings before going to bed. A slight misclick or broken macro can completely ruin an 8-hour farming session[cite: 388].
Pushing Tower and Farming Raids
While the overworld is for coins and units, Tower and Raids are mandatory for optimizing your team's raw power and unlocking late-game features.
- Farm raids to earn the specific currency required to reroll traits on your Mythic and Secret units [cite: 194-195].
- Pushing into Nightmare difficulty raids is the best way to secure high-value gear and accessories[cite: 228].
- Climbing the Tower is crucial. Reaching specific floors (like Floor 21) rewards you with movement medals to increase your attack range and unlocks extra unit equip slots, which instantly spikes your total DPS [cite: 235-238, 451, 601].
Warning: Do not attempt Boss Gates or Nightmare Raids if you are struggling to clear standard map enemies. You need a fully leveled Mythic team with DPS traits to clear them within the time limit [cite: 167-168, 423].
Utilizing Potions and Free Spins
Don't hoard your consumables forever. A standard Gold Potion lasts for 10 minutes and is incredibly valuable when stacked with a Damage Potion to clear waves faster[cite: 151, 153].
Additionally, make sure to visit the Vending Machine in the lobby. You earn free spins simply by playing the game (roughly every 30 minutes), which gives you a chance to pull powerful artifacts or even a 1% drop rate unit like Alucard [cite: 207-209, 212].
The Optimal Late-Game Farming Setup
Before you leave your device to AFK, ensure your team composition looks like this:
- 1 to 2 Hard Carry DPS Units equipped with traits like 'Dead Eye' or 'Annihilator' to ensure fast kill times[cite: 272, 274, 570].
- Remaining slots filled with Luck Units holding 'Fortunate' or 'God's Blessing'[cite: 279, 285, 290].
- Accessories that boost Ability Damage (e.g., +50% or +75% damage gear) on your carries, and Luck accessories on your supports[cite: 112, 306, 408].
By combining this optimized loadout with the overnight auto-loop, you'll be well on your way from Noob to Pro in record time.