Susanoo: Kusanagi and supported myth armies — Retold
By Ajax (compiled) · retold
Use Kusanagi to change a meaningful engagement while Shrine income and human support sustain the myth-unit plan.
Susanoo: make disruption and contact coincide
Susanoo emphasizes myth units and god powers. Kusanagi strikes an area with the divine sword and a riptide that damages and throws nearby enemies. Use it to improve a fight your army is ready to take, protect a retreat, or interrupt a dangerous approach. Put troops in position to exploit the disruption.
Scout the target area and put the ordinary army in position first. Keep valuable monsters away from concentrated enemy heroes where possible, while human troops handle the escort. Bring a suitable hero response to hostile myth units instead of assuming your own monsters answer every threat.
Maintain the favor economy behind the plan. Miko and resource-aware Shrines must remain usable while the army moves forward. A divine-power focus can fail through interrupted support income even when the main fight looks successful. Protect the ordinary resources and production needed to reinforce as well.
Choose battles for an objective. Bushidō progress is a reward for useful fighting, not a reason to sacrifice a whole force after enemy reinforcement turns the exchange bad. Preserve survivors and the route home before attempting another power-supported engagement.
The July 2026 update fixed interactions involving Asura fireballs and Susanoo’s progression and technology. Practice the selected ability in a controlled fight before making it the only condition on which an expensive attack can succeed.
Two systems, one army plan
Heavenly Spear’s Japanese civilization connects military development to Bushidō and resource-sensitive divine income to Shrines tended by Miko. Keep those systems supporting the same army plan: losing workers and support while chasing battle progress can leave you unable to exploit the upgrades you earned.
Prepare the resources and population room for the next troop batch before committing to a power or Bushidō transition. Check the current unit costs, experience requirements, and power restrictions when deciding which investment the position can support.
Place Shrines for usable income
Evaluate the resources around a potential Shrine, then evaluate whether you can protect the position. The richest theoretical location may be a poor investment if enemy units can repeatedly force the Miko away or destroy the infrastructure. Begin with an area close enough to defend while your first army develops.
Keep an eye on how gathering changes the location over time. Resources that support a good early position may become depleted, and the front line may shift. Reassess whether a support unit should remain, move, or receive protection. Shrine management belongs in the normal economy cycle alongside worker production and scouting.
Do not allow favor planning to starve the ordinary resources needed for soldiers. A large divine stockpile is not a complete army. Keep enough food, wood, and gold income for the troops and supporting structures your chosen strategy actually needs.
Treat Bushidō as a reward for useful battles
Choose fights because they offer a good trade or a lasting objective. Experience or progression can make an already worthwhile engagement more rewarding; it does not make the destruction of your whole army efficient. Preserve damaged troops when a retreat is possible, and regroup before enemy reinforcements arrive.
Dojo units have powerful abilities and a distinctive progression. Add them to a composition that protects their approach and supports their target selection. An elite unit surrounded by the wrong opponents can still be lost inefficiently. Learn one ability interaction at a time, then add more simultaneous control tasks as your attention allows.
When an upgrade becomes available through Bushidō, check which existing units benefit and whether production should change. A transition is most effective when it uses the army and income you already have, rather than abandoning both for a newly attractive unit icon.
Bring the hero that can reach the problem
The Japanese have heroes associated with different human production buildings. Choose support for the enemy myth threat’s range and movement. A melee specialist and a ranged specialist do not provide the same access to a flying or screened target. Keep ordinary counter troops available to deal with the human escort while your hero performs its anti-myth role.
Avoid assuming that the first myth unit you see defines the entire opposing composition. Continue scouting reinforcements and production. If enemy heroes are concentrated on your own monsters, shift those monsters away from the worst contact while your human troops punish the response where possible.
A focused practice session
Choose Susanoo and prepare one supported engagement around Kusanagi. Scout the enemy formation, keep your counter troops together, and cast when your army can exploit the disruption. In the replay, compare the position before and after the cast: did you gain a resource, preserve valuable units, or open a safe reinforcement route? If the army arrived late or the economy stopped, fix that sequence before committing more resources to the next attack.