Beginner Tips

New to Synergy? This guide breaks down essential beginner tips, hero assignments for missions, and crucial strategies to help you succeed in your dispatch shifts.

Welcome to Synergy! As you begin your dispatch shifts, keep these fundamental tips in mind to navigate the early stages of the game effectively. Understanding hero roles and mission requirements is key to success.

• Hero Assignments: Pay close attention to the recommended heroes for each mission. For example, 'Return to Crypto Night' requires Punch Up, while 'Evacuation Order' needs Prism and a Charisma goal of 7 for an XP boost.
• City HP: Failing missions will decrease City HP. Ensure it doesn't reach zero to save the city and earn an achievement.
• Hacking Sequences: Missions like 'Locate the Tracker' and 'Locate Sonar/Coupe OR Phenomaman/Waterboy' involve timed hacking sequences. These often require using 'Build Paths' to create routes, lure enemies like the Antivirus, and reach objectives quickly.
• Special Abilities: Utilize hero-specific abilities and stat requirements (e.g., Mobility, Vigor, Intellect, Charisma, Combat) to complete tasks efficiently. Some missions offer exclusive dialogue or actions based on these stats or specific characters.
• Outcomes and Choices: Be aware that dialogue choices and mission outcomes can affect character relationships and future events, such as Invisigal rejoining your team or influencing who joins later.
• Weakening Objectives: In some shifts, like weakening Sonar/Coupe, the goal is to reduce an HP bar to zero by completing specific calls, which is crucial for progressing and unlocking future options.
• Injury Management: Later in the game, heroes may be at high risk of injury. Use special items and heroes like Malevola or Waterboy for healing.