Eli Hart

Eli turns the game roster into decisions with visible assumptions. He avoids universal tier lists when a recommendation depends on the arena, mode, offered cards, or a particular synergy.

His guides show the numbers that matter, the conditions that change the result, and the cost of choosing one plan over another.

Editorial approach

Defines the scenario first, checks the relevant record, and keeps recommendations conditional on the run in front of the player.

Guides by Eli Hart

• Choose a leader and two recruits

  Start with one readable leader, then recruit for a problem visible in the current run.

• How Weapon Upgrades and Replacements Work

  Trace exact level changes, replacement gates, final choices, permanent-boost ownership, and supported timing.

• How Level-Up Offers, Reroll, and Banish Work

  Diagnose missing offers, follow cumulative Reroll history, and apply Lockdown, Banish, and Skip rules.

• Which Items Can Appear in Chests, and Why?

  Find the first failed unlock, mode, pool, preset, or carry gate across the complete current Item set.

• How Ground Pickups and Timed Power-ups Work

  Apply exact ambient attempt schedules, failed retries, map caps, pickup conditions, XP values, and compaction rules.

• How Luck Actually Works

  Turn the shared Team statistic into exact combat additions, pickup timing, XP pool odds, passive quality, and useful breakpoints.

• How Military Training Actually Works

  Choose for the current run problem, assign Team and Survivor cards correctly, and check one result from the current raw statistic.

• How Badges and Specialization Actually Work

  Read every Badge unlock, level effect, tag count, shared slot, and per-Survivor Specialization reward step.

• How Armor, Critical Chance, and Dodge Work

  Calculate Armor reduction and effective health, then keep Weapon and Ability Critical Chance and both Dodge checks separate.

• How Damage Types and Status Effects Work

  Calculate tag damage, status chance and duration, threshold effects, status Items, replacement pairs, and complete current source coverage.

• How Run XP and Team Level Work

  Check one exact Team Level bar, pickup scaling, truncation, carryover, direct level grants, and Gold Medal.

Shared standards

Every recommendation must show its assumptions, useful values, tradeoffs, and limitations. Read the editorial policy for the publication standard.