Synergies

LLM Auto Chess uses a dual-axis synergy system: each unit has both a Faction and a Role. Placing enough units of the same faction or role on the board activates powerful bonuses.

Faction Synergies

● Google (7 Units)

Threshold	Bonus	Applies To
2	+15% ATK Speed	all
4	+30% ATK Speed	all
6	+50% ATK Speed	all

Units: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, Gemini 3 Flash, Gemini 3 Pro Preview, Gemma 4 31B, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview, Gemma 4 26B A4B

● OpenAI (7 Units)

Threshold	Bonus	Applies To
2	+15% ATK	all
4	+30% ATK	all
6	+50% ATK	all

Units: GPT-5.4, GPT-5.3 Codex, GPT-5.4 mini, GPT-5.4 nano, o3, gpt-oss-120B, gpt-oss-20B

● Anthropic (3 Units)

Threshold	Bonus	Applies To
2	+15% HP, +5 Armor	all
4	+25% HP, +10 Armor	all
6	+40% HP, +20 Armor	all

Units: Claude Opus 4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude 4.5 Haiku

● Alibaba (8 Units)

Threshold	Bonus	Applies To
2	+1 Gold per round	economy
4	+3 Gold per round	economy

Units: Qwen3.6 Plus, Qwen3.5 397B A17B, Qwen3.5 27B, Qwen3.5 122B A10B, Qwen3 Max Thinking, Qwen3.5 Omni Plus, Qwen3.5 35B A3B, Qwen3.5 9B

● NVIDIA (5 Units)

Threshold	Bonus	Applies To
2	+20% ATK Speed	all
4	+40% ATK Speed	all

Units: NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano, Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5, Llama Nemotron Ultra, NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL

● Meta (5 Units)

Threshold	Bonus	Applies To
2	-1 Shop cost	economy
4	-2 Shop cost	economy

Units: Muse Spark, Llama 4 Maverick, Llama 3.1 405B, Llama 3.3 70B, Llama 4 Scout

● Amazon (4 Units)

Threshold	Bonus	Applies To
2	+20% Ability Power	all
4	+40% Ability Power	all
6	+70% Ability Power	all

Units: Nova 2.0 Pro Preview, Nova 2.0 Lite, Nova Premier, Nova Micro

● Mistral (7 Units)

Threshold	Bonus	Applies To
2	+15% Evasion	all
4	+30% Evasion	all

Units: Mistral Small 4, Magistral Medium 1.2, Mistral Large 3, Mistral Medium 3.1, Magistral Small 1.2, Ministral 3 14B, Ministral 3 8B

● xAI (4 Units)

Threshold	Bonus	Applies To
2	+15% Crit Chance	all
4	+30% Crit Chance	all

Units: Grok 4.20 0309 v2, Grok 4.1 Fast, Grok 3 mini Reasoning, Grok Code Fast 1

● China Rising (8 Units)

Threshold	Bonus	Applies To
2	+10% ATK, +10% HP, +5% ATK Speed	all
4	+20% ATK, +15% HP, +10% ATK Speed	all
6	+30% ATK, +25% HP, +20% ATK Speed	all

Units: GLM-5.1, GLM-5, MiniMax-M2.7, MiMo-V2-Pro, Kimi K2.5, DeepSeek V3.2, MiMo-V2-Flash, Step 3.5 Flash

● Startup (6 Units)

Threshold	Bonus	Applies To
2	+25% ATK, +15% ATK Speed	faction only
4	+50% ATK, +30% ATK Speed, +20% HP	faction only

Units: Mercury 2, Trinity Large Thinking, LongCat Flash Lite, Sarvam 105B, Sarvam 30B, LFM2 24B A2B

● Legacy (8 Units)

Threshold	Bonus	Applies To
2	+15 Armor, +10% HP	all
4	+30 Armor, +25% HP	all

Units: K-EXAONE, Ling-flash-2.0, ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B, Ring-flash-2.0, Command A, Jamba 1.7 Large, Granite 4.0 H Small, Phi-4

Role Synergies

● Tank (15 Units)

Ability: Firewall — Self-heal 30% max HP x Ability Power

Threshold	Bonus	Applies To
2	+20% HP, +10 Armor	role
4	+40% HP, +25 Armor	role

Units: Qwen3.6 Plus, MiMo-V2-Pro, Grok 4.20 0309 v2, Grok 4.1 Fast, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Nova 2.0 Lite, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview, Qwen3.5 9B, Grok 3 mini Reasoning, Trinity Large Thinking, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano, Nova Premier, Llama 4 Maverick, Llama 4 Scout

● DPS (11 Units)

Ability: Benchmark Strike — 2.5x ATK damage to nearest enemy

Threshold	Bonus	Applies To
2	+20% ATK, +10% ATK Speed	role
4	+40% ATK, +25% ATK Speed	role

Units: Muse Spark, GLM-5.1, GLM-5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3 Flash, GPT-5.4 nano, Qwen3.5 122B A10B, Gemini 3 Pro Preview, MiMo-V2-Flash, Step 3.5 Flash, Qwen3.5 35B A3B

● Assassin (7 Units)

Ability: Execute Process — Instant kill if target < 20% HP, else 1.5x ATK

Threshold	Bonus	Applies To
2	Jump to backline + 20% Crit	role
3	Jump to backline + 40% Crit	role

Units: gpt-oss-120B, Mercury 2, K-EXAONE, Gemma 4 26B A4B, Grok Code Fast 1, gpt-oss-20B, Granite 4.0 H Small

● Support (23 Units)

Ability: Context Heal — Heal lowest-HP ally for 30% their max HP

Threshold	Bonus	Applies To
2	3% heal aura per tick	all
3	6% heal aura per tick	all

Units: Gemma 4 31B, Mistral Small 4, Magistral Medium 1.2, Mistral Large 3, Mistral Medium 3.1, Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5, Sarvam 105B, Magistral Small 1.2, Llama 3.1 405B, Ling-flash-2.0, Ministral 3 14B, Llama Nemotron Ultra, NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL, ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B, Ministral 3 8B, Llama 3.3 70B, Ring-flash-2.0, Command A, Sarvam 30B, Jamba 1.7 Large, Nova Micro, LFM2 24B A2B, Phi-4

● Mage (16 Units)

Ability: Token Storm — AoE 1.5x ATK x Ability Power to all enemies within 3 hex

Threshold	Bonus	Applies To
2	+30% Ability Power, -15% Cooldown	role
4	+60% Ability Power, -30% Cooldown	role

Units: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.3 Codex, Claude Opus 4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.6, MiniMax-M2.7, Kimi K2.5, Qwen3.5 397B A17B, DeepSeek V3.2, Qwen3.5 27B, Qwen3 Max Thinking, Qwen3.5 Omni Plus, o3, Claude 4.5 Haiku, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview, LongCat Flash Lite