Army Battles are one of the three battle types in Suikoden 1 HD Remaster. Learn how to win army war battles, their mechanics, character roles, and see a full list of all war teams in Suikoden 1.

Army Battle Mechanics and Commands

Three Different Types of Attacks

Type	Description
Charge	Strong against bow, but weak against magic. Deals significant damage to the enemy if they use bows, but deal no damage when they use magic.
Bow	Strong against magic, weak against charge attacks. Deals damage whatever action the enemy chooses, highest damage against magic and lowest against charge.
Magic	Strong against charges but weak against bows. If the opponent charges, you can attack without taking damage. However, if the opponent uses bows and arrows, you will take damage without being able to counter.

In Army Battles, you and the enemy will be choosing one of three commands to give to your armies each turn. Depending on the choices, you'll either deliver more casualties to the enemy or take more yourself.

Army Battles is essentially a game of rock-paper-scissors with the goal of winning enough turns to reduce the enemy army to zero. The damage depends on the chosen team's attack strength and what your enemy does.

Other Types of Attacks

The number of times you can use each type of attack depends on the number of characters you've recruited for that category. For example, if you've recruited both Krin and Giovanni into the army, you can use the Thieves action twice. Recruit as much characters as you can for more chances of winning army battles!

List of All Characters and Recruitment Guide

Chance of Characters Dying

Some characters have a chance to permanently die when they lose the rock-paper-scissors in an army battle. The ones that could possibly die will be one of the characters in the losing team for that turn.

After the battle, the character will leave their last words and Mathiu will send you a battle report that includes the character deaths if there are any. Make sure to save before going into army battles if you don't want anyone to die!

How to Win Army Battles

Army Battle Tips
Make Use of Other Types of Attacks Take Advantage of Your Bowmen Bribe Enemy Troops

Make Full Use of Other Types of Attacks

The Other types of attacks can be used to your advantage without any downsides at all. Using these won't cost you a turn and you can even use multiple actions in this category before choosing what attack to do. The most powerful thing you can do is to use Thieves and Ninjas together with Strategists to destroy the enemy.

The number of uses for each one depends on the characters you have under that category and refreshes for each army battle.

Know Your Opponent's Actions

To win an Army Battle, you must predict the enemy's commands and input advantageous counter-attacks. Use Thieves like Krin or Giovanni and Ninjas like Kage or Kasumi to reveal the enemy's next move. Thieves have a chance of failing while Ninjas are guaranteed.

Power Up Attacks with Strategists

Strategists can be used to make your attacks even more powerful and deal massive damage to the enemy army. Use them in conjunction with Thieves or Ninjas to guarantee that your powered up attack hits the enemy.

Take Advantage of Your Bowmen

If a stealth attack fails with the Thieves or Ninjas, you will lose the ability to predict the enemy's command. In such cases, consider using Bow Teams if they have high attack power and you can afford to take some hits.

Bow attacks deal damage regardless of the enemy's move unlike Charge or Magic, but you'll still amass significant casualties if the enemy chooses to Charge. With this in mind, if the enemy is on the brink of defeat, you can use Bow Teams to finish them off.

Bribe Enemy Troops

If your army is small and there is a significant gap in military strength between you and the enemy, you can try using Merchants to convince the enemy to join your side.

However, Merchants will only succeed if your army has already sustained some damage, and they can be used only once, so timing is crucial.

All Army Battle Character Roles

List of Characters and Army Battle Abilities

Character	Lead Attack	Sub Attack	Soldiers	Team
Alen	13	3	150	Humphrey's Team
Anji	11	2	300	The Pirates
Antonio	6	4	180	Cooks
Apple	-	-	280	The Strategists
Blackman	15	4	110	The Fellows
Camille	12	4	90	The Soldier Beauties
Chandler	-	-	150	The Merchants
Chapman	-	-	80	The Merchants
Cleo	14	3	170	The Soldier Beauties
Clive	9	4	30	The Experts
Crowley	20	5	50	Children of the Runes
Eikei	7	3	180	Invulnerable Defense
Eileen	13	7	150	The Lepant Family
Esmeralda	6	3	70	The Narcissists
Flik	11	5	300	Warriors' Village Kids
Fu Su Lu	2	1	10	Kobolds & Pal
Fukien	6	6	110	The Elderly Warriors
Fuma	-	-	10	The Ninjas
Futch	-	-	60	The Dragon Knights
Gaspar	14	4	10	Invulnerable Defense
Gen	7	3	300	The Carpenters
Georges	6	2	20	The Archers
Giovanni	-	-	30	The Thieves
Glenshiel	13	4	150	Humphrey's Team
Gon	5	7	50	Kobolds & Pal
Gremio	10	7	80	Commander's Team
Griffith	12	3	400	Former Imperial Soldiers
Hellion	17	3	70	The Magic Users
Hero	14	5	700	Commander's Team
Hix	5	4	10	Warriors' Village Kids
Hugo	4	4	110	The Engineers
Humphrey	17	3	450	Humphrey's Team
Ivanov	6	2	140	The Fellows
Jabba	9	1	30	The Tricksters
Jeane	15	2	200	The Magic Users
Joshua	-	-	600	The Dragon Knights
Juppo	3	3	70	The Tricksters
Kage	-	-	10	The Ninjas
Kai	13	3	140	The Elderly Warriors
Kamandol	3	2	130	The Carpenters
Kanak	7	7	90	The Pirates
Kasim Hazil	15	2	200	Former Imperial Soldiers
Kasios	8	3	30	The Musicians
Kasumi	-	-	90	The Ninjas
Kessler	8	4	270	The Bandits
Kimberly	5	2	280	The Fishermen
Kirke	9	3	5	The Wild Geese
Kirkis	13	3	380	Keepers of the Forest
Kreutz	17	3	300	The Wild Geese
Krin	-	-	5	The Thieves
Kun To	-	-	240	The Merchants
Kuromimi	9	4	60	Kobolds & Pal
Kwanda Rosman	14	3	300	Invulnerable Defense
Ledon	-	-	20	The Thieves
Leon	-	-	250	The Strategists
Leonardo	9	5	90	The Pirates
Lepant	17	3	900	The Lepant Family
Lester	5	4	190	Cooks
Liukan	6	5	100	The Elderly Warriors
Lorelai	11	3	90	The Adventurers
Lotte	15	4	220	Children of the Runes
Luc	19	1	20	Children of the Runes
Maas	7	4	90	Black Iron
Mace	10	4	100	The Experts
Marco	5	2	30	The Archers
Marie	11	5	250	Good Buddies
Mathiu	1	0	550	The Strategists
Maximillian	19	3	1200	The Knights
Meese	8	4	90	Black Iron
Meg	13	2	190	The Tricksters
Melodye	9	3	60	The Musicians
Milia	-	-	180	The Dragon Knights
Milich	14	3	270	The Narcissists
Mina	4	2	160	The Adventurers
Moose	9	4	90	Black Iron
Morgan	5	4	80	The Wild Geese
Mose	8	5	350	Secret Factory Team
Odessa Silverberg	-	-	-	-
Onil	9	2	20	Good Buddies
Pahn	12	5	150	Commander's Team
Pesmerga	8	6	5	The Experts
Qlon	6	4	300	The Knights
Quincy	9	4	180	The Adventurers
Roc	7	4	70	Cooks
Ronnie Bell	6	2	110	Secret Factory Team
Rubi	4	2	10	The Archers
Sanchez	-	-	-	-
Sancho	12	7	200	The Knights
Sansuke	5	3	90	Good Buddies
Sarah	12	4	180	Secret Factory Team
Sergei	5	5	80	The Engineers
Sheena	8	2	60	The Lepant Family
Sonya Shulen	13	4	250	The Soldier Beauties
Stallion	5	3	20	Keepers of the Forest
Sydonia	12	4	120	The Bandits
Sylvina	7	5	60	Keepers of the Forest
Taggart	4	6	10	Viktor's Team
Tai Ho	13	3	120	The Fishermen
Ted	-	-	-	-
Templeton	8	3	120	The Engineers
Tengaar	12	2	30	Warriors' Village Kids
Tesla	1	5	70	The Carpenters
Valeria	13	4	250	Former Imperial Soldiers
Varkas	13	3	600	The Bandits
Viki	13	2	220	The Magic Users
Viktor	14	2	300	Viktor's Team
Vincent	10	1	5	The Narcissists
Warren	12	3	700	Viktor's Team
Window	11	3	60	The Musicians
Yam Koo	11	4	60	The Fishermen
Zen	6	4	300	The Fellows

All Army Battle Teams

List of Army Battle Teams

Team	Members	Type & Power
Black Iron	Maas (Captain) Meese (Vice Captain 1) Moose (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 15
Children of the Runes	Crowley (Captain) Luc (Vice Captain 1) Lotte (Vice Captain 2)	Magic 25
Commander's Team	Hero (Captain) Pahn (Vice Captain 1) Gremio (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 26
Former Imperial Soldiers	Kasim Hazil (Captain) Griffith (Vice Captain 1) Valeria (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 22
Good Buddies	Marie (Captain) Onil (Vice Captain 1) Sansuke (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 16
Humphrey's Team	Humphrey (Captain) Alen (Vice Captain 1) (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 24
Invulnerable Defense	Kwanda Rosman (Captain) Eikei (Vice Captain 1) Gaspar (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 21
Keepers of the Forest	Kirkis (Captain) Sylvina (Vice Captain 1) Stallion (Vice Captain 2)	Bow 21
Kobolds & Pal	Fu Su Lu (Captain) Kuromimi (Vice Captain 1) Gon (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 13
Secret Factory Team	Mose (Captain) Ronnie Bell (Vice Captain 1) Sarah (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 14
The Adventurers	Lorelai (Captain) Quincy (Vice Captain 1) Mina (Vice Captain 2)	Bow 17
The Archers	Rubi (Captain) Georges (Vice Captain 1) Marco (Vice Captain 2)	Bow 8
The Bandits	Varkas (Captain) Sydonia (Vice Captain 1) Kessler (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 21
The Carpenters	Gen (Captain) Kamandol (Vice Captain 1) Tesla (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 14
The Cooks	Antonio (Captain) Lester (Vice Captain 1) (Vice Captain 2)	Bow 14
The Dragon Knights	Joshua (Captain) Milia (Vice Captain 1) Futch (Vice Captain 2)	Dragon Knights N/A
The Elderly Warriors	Kai (Captain) Liukan (Vice Captain 1) Fukien (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 24
The Engineers	Sergei (Captain) Hugo (Vice Captain 1) Templeton (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 12
The Experts	Clive (Captain) Pesmerga (Vice Captain 1) Mace (Vice Captain 2)	Bow 19
The Fellows	Blackman (Captain) Zen (Vice Captain 1) Ivanov (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 21
The Fishermen	Tai Ho (Captain) Yam Koo (Vice Captain 1) Kimberly (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 19
The Knights	Maximillian (Captain) Sancho (Vice Captain 1) Qlon (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 30
The Lepant Family	Lepant (Captain) Eileen (Vice Captain 1) Sheena (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 26
The Magic Users	Jeane (Captain) Hellion (Vice Captain 1) Viki (Vice Captain 2)	Magic 20
The Merchants	Kun To (Captain) Chandler (Vice Captain 1) Chapman (Vice Captain 2)	Merchants N/A
The Musicians	Kasios (Captain) Melodye (Vice Captain 1) Window (Vice Captain 2)	Magic 14
The Narcissists	Milich (Captain) Vincent (Vice Captain 1) Esmeralda (Vice Captain 2)	Magic 18
The Ninjas	Kage (Captain) Kasumi (Vice Captain 1) Fuma (Vice Captain 2)	Ninjas N/A
The Pirates	Anji (Captain) Leonardo (Vice Captain 1) Kanak (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 23
The Soldier Beauties	Sonya Shulen (Captain) Cleo (Vice Captain 1) Camille (Vice Captain 2)	Bow 20
The Strategists	Mathiu (Captain) Leon (Vice Captain 1) Apple (Vice Captain 2)	Strategists N/A
The Thieves	Krin (Captain) Ledon (Vice Captain 1) Giovanni (Vice Captain 2)	Thieves N/A
The Tricksters	Juppo (Captain) Jabba (Vice Captain 1) Meg (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 6
The Wild Geese	Kreutz (Captain) Morgan (Vice Captain 1) Kirke (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 24
Viktor's Team	Viktor (Captain) Warren (Vice Captain 1) Taggart (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 23
Warriors' Village Kids	Flik (Captain) Tengaar (Vice Captain 1) Hix (Vice Captain 2)	Charge 17

What is An Army Battle?

Story Events That Require Armies to Battle

Army Battles are story-driven confrontations between armies. To win, issue strategic commands and reduce the enemy's military strength to 0 before they eliminate yours.

First Army Battle Trophy

Unlocks Debut Deployment Trophy

Debut Deployment
Bronze	Commanded an army battle for the first time ► Army Battle Guide

Commanding an Army Battle for the first time will unlock the Debut Deployment Trophy upon the battle's conclusion.

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