This is mostly a quick PSA for a specific character that will carry you through early game. There's no strategies or convoluted planning. Just get this fella and throw upgrades.

Among all cheap units, Mars People becomes INSANE with some investment and a bit of item farming. To the point that can become a staple for your main team.


You wanna get the OG Mars People since its Special becomes spammable. Cadre (Brown)'s Special is too long and won't tank hits if needed, while Elite (White)'s will jump forward and thus get bodied by enemy waves quickly. Also the fact the OG is far cheaper, so you can spam more units.


What you wanna aim for is get enough equipment to reach three stars. Not only will obtain an attack and critical boost, but also additional projectiles. THE PROJECTILES ARE HOMING ATTACKS, covering both ground and aerial enemies on its own. This also allows us to discover hostages in the stage, granting us a guaranteed estimate of 3-4 item drops per run.

Obviously getting duplicates in the gacha also helps, so don't hesitate (But don't overdo it if you wanna pull for stronger units in mid to late game).

DON'T FORGET TO UPGRADE YOUR BASE, THE MORE AP, THE MORE MARS PEOPLE

Just to show the power of Mars, here's a quick slideshow of them carrying in 8-2. I have to let you know my units are underleveled here, and my team needs some tweaking for 8-3 onwards. But Mars People is the MVP nonetheless, specially since this showcase was done in AUTO MODE*. So playing on your own and/or using the martians with your prefered units might lead to even better outcomes.


Mars People's homing attacks and specials will cover a wide range, so will be your main infantry as the stronger units start to show up.


Soon enough an array of homing projectiles will stack together against enemies.


If combined with Recovery to heal and provide debuff inmunity, you'll sweep the level in no time.

*If you wanna focus on Auto Mode for farming or just being lazy, make sure the use of Specials are set to units in range, as otherwise the units will whiff attacks over and over.

Like I mentioned before, I am still struggling with some levels, so don't expect Mars People to be the Hyper MVP Tier 0 Meta lord. But once you get the proper team with everything upgraded, the team will carry along the martians.



Level your other units, grind your player level and get more equipment, pull the gacha for duplicates, and most importantly UPGRADE YOUR BASE. Some units like the Hi-Do are highly recommended, but to reach to its deployment you need not only Mars People but others to keep the pressure.

The main roadblock ends after World 8 since you're mainly stuck with a lot of foot soldiers in the gacha pool. But afterwards the waifus will appear, and will carry you along Mars People as I found out in the Online mode.