Talk:Memory of Samurai/@comment-123.21.113.16-20150620083324/@comment-26319193-20150621163611

It depends of the level of your swords. The first time I played and was just clearing maps as I reached the previous one's boss, 5-2 ate A LOT of my golden troops (not to mention trapped me there for days before I could get to the boss node -.-). If your swords are all lvl. 50/early 60, they will suffer with losing troops in that map for a while.

If you have patience, keep leveling them more on 5-1. For my third formation I kept leveling them there until they reached the EXP limit and they don't lose any troops on 5-2. Now if you want to go fast and losing golden troops bother you... you can equip everyone with silver troops, preferably shields, and keep going till you reach the boss. It's what I did (though I mixed golden troops), and though I did lose some troops and my Nakigitsune was slightly damaged, I managed to get to the boss node eventually. 5-3 is not as bad imo.