9 Kings Guide | How to Beat King IX as King of Nomads

King of Nomads represents the newest and most versatile king with multiple viable strategies. This king offers flexibility through unit manipulation and base-sharing mechanics. Understanding his unique mechanics enables several different approaches to victory.

Understanding Nomad Mechanics

Nomad's base attack shares damage, HP, and potentially crit damage with targeted allies while continuing attacks until Warlord survives.

Mob gains people equal to the nearby unit's placement or movement. Dragon's Nest gains 20% attack when any slot becomes empty. Shield and Sword provide flat stat additions to units.

Required Perks

You need Nurturer x3 and Khan x3 for Warlord stat enhancement. Leader x2 provides starting cards. Choose between Defensive x2 for early security or Immigrant x2 for guaranteed power spikes, with Immigrant being the recommended option.

Warlord Strategy

Roll for Nature or Spell while avoiding Progress or Blood opponents. For Nature, spam Procreate on Warlord. For Spell, use Offering on additional units while seeking Procreate cards.

Select first augments focusing on double HP, Poison Thorn, Double Crit, or double destruction effects. Spam Procreate and Migrate combinations. Until you exceed 60 units, manually control base attacks as automatic targeting fails with low unit counts.

American Politics Strategy

Follow the initial steps from the Warlord strategy. Create a cage system by placing the Warlord in the upper corner, blocking the upper slot, setting the Mob in the middle, and blocking the opposite edge. Replace cage components with Mobs and use Migrate on Warlord.

Mobs facing Warlords gain units equal to the Warlord unit count. Spam Procreate and Migrate on Warlord while moving between the two mob parties. This creates exponential unit growth that overwhelms opponents.

Combat Management

Warlord scales damage, crit damage, and crit chance on top of attack damage and HP, enabling 25k crits with 150 attack damage. Focus on attack speed and HP enhancement through Shield cards rather than raw damage increases.

Augment Selection

For the Warlord path, prioritize double HP, Poison Thorn, Double Crit, or double destruction effects. For the American Politics path, search for Gigantify or Unify during rainbow rounds. Early augment determines your scaling potential.

Loot Priorities

Target Nomad for Migrate, Mob, Shield, and Warlord cards. Nature provides Procreate and Clone opportunities.

Spell offers Offering and Pillar for unit enhancement. Blood provides Graveyard access. Progress offers Overhaul options. Stone provides Earthworks opportunities.

Alliance Management

You must choose between Nature and Spell as allies. Spell provides higher risk and randomness but offers greater early rewards. Nature presents early challenges due to archer targeting but provides consistent late-game rewards.

Nothing and Stone serve as beneficial friends. Avoid Spell unless playing Mob builds, and avoid Progress as opponents. Never ally with Blood due to excessive DPS and unit count. Avoid Greed unless playing Warlord builds specifically.

Tips for Success

Manual-based control becomes crucial early in both strategies. The cage system in American Politics strategy creates exponential growth when executed properly. Warlord scaling depends on proper Shield card timing and unit count management.

Also, check our other guides below:

• 9 Kings Guide | How to Beat King IX as King of Progress
• 9 Kings Guide | How to Beat King IX as King of Nothing
• 9 Kings Guide | How to Beat King IX as King of Nature
• 9 Kings Guide | How to Beat King IX as King of Blood
• 9 Kings Guide | How to Beat King IX as King of Greed
• 9 Kings Guide | How to Beat King IX as King of Stone
• 9 Kings Guide | How to Beat King IX as King of Spell