How to Play & Strategy Guide
Duel Siege AI is a real-time, five-lane siege duel. You build towers, summon units, and manage a live economy while an AI commander — powered by a large language model — studies your habits and adapts every match. This guide walks through the controls, the full roster, the economy, and the tactics that beat an opponent that learns.
▶ Play the game한국어 안내는 이 페이지 하단의 한국어 가이드 섹션을 참고하세요.
The battlefield: five lanes, one castle
The map is split into five horizontal lanes running between your castle on the right and the enemy fortress on the left. Each lane is an independent front. You win by breaking through and marching a counterattack into the enemy fortress; you lose if the AI breaches your castle. Because the AI concentrates pressure where you are weakest, no two lanes can be ignored for long.
Controls
Desktop
- Left-click + drag — box-select your units on the field.
- Right-click a destination — order selected units to move there.
- Mouse wheel — zoom the camera in and out (toward the cursor).
- Arrow keys / WASD — pan the camera when zoomed in.
- H — hold position; G — resume advancing; R — ultimate; A — unit ability.
Mobile / touch
- Tap a unit to select it, then tap an empty spot to open the command ring (Move / Retreat / Advance / Hold).
- Pinch to zoom; on-screen +/− buttons also adjust zoom.
- Play in landscape for the full HUD; a rotate prompt appears in portrait.
Towers — your static defense
Towers are placed on fixed pads along each lane. Choose by role, not by cost alone:
Archer & Crossbow
Reliable single-target damage. Your bread-and-butter early game.
Wall Bastion
A hard blocker that buys time on a collapsing lane.
Healing Shrine
Sustains nearby units and towers under sustained pressure.
Powder Trap & Ice Circle
Area control — slow or burst clustered enemies.
Heavy Ballista & Mortar
Long-range siege answers to tanks and rams.
Rune Obelisk & Command Banner
Buff anchors that amplify everything around them.
Units — your mobile force
Units are summoned into a lane and march forward. They come in roles — frontline (swordsman, shield soldier), support (monk, alchemist, standard bearer), ranged and specialist (frost mage, powder carrier, raven scout, spearman, engineer). The key skill is positioning: select a group, send them to a precise spot, and use Hold so they defend a chokepoint instead of wandering into a bad fight.
Enemies — what the AI throws at you
The AI fields fifteen enemy types, from cheap raiders and shielded soldiers to siege carts, assassins, necromancers, bombers, heavy rams, armored beasts and plague bishops. Each demands a different answer: area towers for swarms, single-target siege for tanks, healers to outlast attrition.
The economy
Gold flows in over time and from objectives. Spend it on towers, units, tech research (infantry drills, arcane focus, siege engineering, fortification plans), castle repair, income boosts, and a counterattack charge. Random lane objectives appear with gold or buff rewards — taking the risky ones accelerates you, but pulls attention off defense.
Beating an AI that learns
This is what makes Duel Siege AI different. The commander builds a memory of you across matches: your favorite lane, your opening, whether you turtle behind towers or rush. It escalates a rivalry — and it will name you for your habits ("Wall Master", "Center Breaker"). To stay ahead:
- Vary your opening. A repeated first move is the easiest thing for the AI to punish.
- Don't over-commit one lane. The AI shifts pressure to whatever you neglect.
- Bank for a swing. A well-timed counterattack charge can end a stalled match.
- Use Hold deliberately. Holding a chokepoint beats chasing into the open field.
- Grow veterans. Units that survive carry bonuses into future battles — protect them.
Progression, modes & extras
Every battle builds a persistent profile, so Duel Siege AI rewards the long haul:
- Commander level & War Funds. You gain XP and the War Funds meta-currency every match — framed as the AI taking you more seriously, not a generic XP bar.
- The Armory. Spend War Funds on permanent, stacking upgrades (more starting gold, a tougher castle, cheaper early tech) and on cosmetic Commander Banners that fly your colors on the menu.
- Battle modes. Normal is the standard duel; Hard starts the AI under heavier pressure for a bigger payout; Endless drops the win condition so you survive as long as you can; and the Daily Challenge is a seeded gauntlet — the same modifiers for everyone that day — with a personal best score and a completion streak.
- Nemesis Rematch. Once the rivalry escalates, the commander demands a reckoning — a harder duel named after your rival.
- Achievements & Career. 18 achievements track milestones from your first blood to a worthy rivalry; the Career screen shows your win rate, favorite lanes, veteran roster, and rivalry timeline.
- Global leaderboard. The Daily Challenge and Endless survival feed a global, no-login leaderboard — climb the ranks from the 🏆 button on the menu.
Want the numbers? The Codex lists every unit, tower, and enemy with full stats and counters, and the FAQ answers the common questions.
한국어 가이드
Duel Siege AI는 실시간 5라인 공성 듀얼입니다. 타워를 짓고 유닛을 소환하며 경제를 운영하는 동안, 거대언어모델 기반 AI 사령관이 당신의 습관을 학습하고 매 전투마다 적응합니다.
전장
지도는 오른쪽 내 성과 왼쪽 적 요새 사이의 5개 가로 라인으로 나뉩니다. 적 요새로 반격을 밀어넣으면 승리, 내 성이 무너지면 패배입니다. AI는 당신이 약한 곳에 압박을 집중하므로 어느 라인도 오래 방치할 수 없습니다.
조작
- PC: 좌클릭 드래그로 유닛 선택, 우클릭으로 이동 명령, 휠로 확대/축소, 방향키·WASD로 화면 이동, H=정지 / G=전진 / R=궁극기 / A=유닛 능력.
- 모바일: 유닛을 탭해 선택 → 빈 곳을 탭해 명령 링(이동·후퇴·돌격·정지). 핀치 또는 +/− 버튼으로 확대/축소. 가로 모드 권장.
학습하는 AI 이기기
- 오프닝을 바꾸세요. 반복되는 첫 수가 가장 쉽게 역이용당합니다.
- 한 라인에 올인하지 마세요. AI는 비워둔 곳으로 압박을 옮깁니다.
- 한 방을 위해 모으세요. 타이밍 좋은 반격이 교착을 끝냅니다.
- 정지를 활용하세요. 길목을 지키는 편이 추격보다 낫습니다.
- 베테랑을 키우세요. 살아남은 유닛은 다음 전투에 보너스를 가져옵니다.
진행 · 모드 · 부가 요소
- 사령관 레벨 · 군자금: 매 전투마다 XP와 메타 화폐 군자금을 얻습니다.
- 병기고: 군자금으로 영구 강화와 코스메틱 사령관 깃발을 구매합니다.
- 모드: 일반 · 어려움 · 무한(생존) · 오늘의 도전(시드 기반, 최고 점수·연속 기록).
- 네메시스 리매치: 라이벌 관계가 깊어지면 별명이 붙은 더 강한 결전이 열립니다.
- 업적 · 전적 · 리더보드: 18개 업적, 커리어 화면, 무로그인 글로벌 리더보드(🏆).