A popular mobile strategy game developed by YottaGames where players act as Mafia bosses to build turf, recruit Enforcers, and battle for control of the city.
The Grand Mafia (TGM) is published in the US through Phantix Games. Phantix games was created with its headquarters in Singapore as a way for YottaGames, based in China, to get around the US Restrict act.
Compared to Enforcers, who gain buffs from their own passive skills, the Underboss gains extra buffs from Equipment and Underboss Specialties.
Different Equipment pieces and allocation of Specialty points can give you huge buffs. Therefore, the selection of the Underboss depends on your current situation.
For example, if you want extra buffs for your Bruisers in the Crew, you should pick an Enforcer with Bruiser combat buffs as your Underboss, for example Killer Queen and Mike.
Underboss Tips:
1) Your Equipment and Specialties will only be effective when your Underboss is in the Crew. If you choose a combat specialist Enforcer as your Underboss, don’t forget to bring your Underboss in the battle.
2) The Enforcer’s level cannot surpass your Underboss level, therefore it is very important to increase your Underboss level. You can increase your Underboss level by completing Daily Tasks, challenging Kingpins, and challenging in the Campaign.
In addition to any situation, you should never let your Underboss be captured by the enemy! Note: when your Underboss is captured or executed, all your Equipment, Underboss Specialties, and skills will be ineffective!
Also, when you hole up your Underboss in the Safehouse, your development-related Equipment, Underboss Specialties, and skills will still be effective. However, when you are under attack, your combat-related Equipment, Underboss Specialties, and skills will not be effective because your Underboss is not in your Crew.
Crews
Units can be deployed in combat against other players or used to collect resources from the world map. They are also used in a limited fashion for clearing certain minigames and events.
Enforcers are used to lead your teams into battle.
Each enforcer is a member of a specific Crew Type (Biker, Bruiser, Hitmen, or Mortar Car).
Additionally, “Trap” is a special crew type that is only used when your mansion is attacked directly and only if the appropriate crew member is on your Wall team.
Enforcer Combat Skill and Development Skill
On the Enforcer interface, you can view their skills at the bottom; these skills are the key to development and battle.
Development Skill
Tap on the buff icon below, and you will see the Development Skill or Combat Skill of each Enforcer. Development Skills refer to development, construction, training, and other Resource production increases. What’s more, Development Skills take effect once the Enforcer is recruited. At the beginning, you should try to choose certain Enforcers that can help you speed up your construction, such as Killer Queen and Vinny.
When your Mansion reaches Lv. 17 and T3 Associates are unlocked, you can choose the Enforcers which have Investment Speed buffs to unlock your T4 Associates faster and other Investments to increase your Influence. At this phase, Nioh and Jade would be suitable choices.
In addition, in the later phase, the demand for diamonds will increase rapidly in order to heal your T4 Associates or unlock more advanced Investments. Therefore, Enforcers who can increase Diamond Production will be your best helpers, such as T-ROC and Mantis.
Combat Skill
Combat Skills are passive skills that are effective on your Crew. They will enhance your battle strength, such as increasing ATK/DEF/HP. However, unlike Development Skills, Combat Skills are only effective when the Enforcer is in the Crew!
When your Crew mostly consists of Bruisers, you should let Mike and Killer Queen join the Crew! They not only have excellent Development Skills that help you develop faster, but also strong Combat Skills that greatly enhance your Bruisers’ battle performance!
If you have trained a lot of Hitmen, Sparrow and Big Shot are your best choices! You can easily get their tokens by challenging in the Campaign.
If you want to lead your Bikers to victory, you can choose Mamacita and Ouka! As combat specialists, all their skills are Combat Skills! They will make your Bikers invincible!
Kitsune (Venome: Architect of Shadows): Hey there! Welcome to my guide for choosing the best enforcers for your battles in TGM.
The enforcer setups we’re covering here are ideal for S0 and S1. Once you get to S2 and unlock signature weapons, the enforcers’ differences really start to shine and can surprise you.
Here’s a tip on how to pick combat attributes:
I usually prioritize ATK > HP > DEF.
When choosing enforcers for mixed crews with different types of associates, it’s often smarter to pick enforcers who buff the whole crew instead of using enforcers that only buff single unit types.
Here’s why:
If you have five enforcers with crew buffs, each associate type could get a sweet +100 battle buff(20+20+20+20+20, with ATK as an example).
But if you only use three single-unit enforcers, like three hitmen, your hitmen’s battle buff would top out at +90, while the other two types only get a +30 buff each.
Now, let’s talk about some options for free-to-play players:
And what about if you’re willing to spend a little?
If you’re on the P2W path, keep an eye out for Red Thorn, El Santo, and Tengu. The best UB for you depends on what kind of associate you like the most or which fills your turf the most. Spend accordingly on those enforcers and level them up!
And that’s it for now. Good luck!
–Venom
Attacking
When building an attack team, keep in mind the buffs an enforcer provides to the various crew types. “Crew” buffs apply to all five crew types, including traps.
An additional consideration in formulating a team is that each enforcer has a unique combat skill that can impact the battle.
Note: Only the first 4 crew members of any given crew type participate and use their skills, so be sure to include at least one enforcer from another crew type in your mix.
UB Selection
Note that the UB is on every team, and while it is possible to swap UB’s between lineups, it gets messy very quickly and slows down your ability to fast change.
While the UB does carry your equipment boosts into battle, if you swap an enforcer into the UB slot and the previous UB into an enforcer slot, it will have no impact on your overall stats.
For that reason, selecting a UB with Crew boosts allows you to be flexible with your lineups and ensures the UB is always contributing to every team.
Enforcer Buffs
Enforcer Buffs can be classified as either Combat or Development types.
Combat buffs only apply when the unit is in your formation.
Development buffs apply by simply owning the Enforcer, whether or not the Enforcer is active in a lineup.
For example: Wall DEF UP is a development buff, so there is no need to place an enforcer on your wall to gain the benefits of this buff.
Babes
The Babes each have different skill sets and talents that will boost your Development scores and improve Combat unit stats.
For example, Olivia provides a boost to Crew Load Capacity, with a maximum possible boost of 20%. She also boosts Bruiser HP by up to 10%.
Free-2-Play
Olivia
Iskania
Julia
Camila
Joanna
Purchased
Lily
Noémie
Tsubaki
Theresa
Tip: Disable the extra animation by tapping on a button in the upper right corner of the screen.
Favor
You can obtain 1-3 (at random) Favor Points 1-2 times per day for each babe by tapping on their various body parts. If she didn’t give you favor, switch to another babe, then back, then try to touch her again. There is a cooldown, though.
Premium Babes
If you are tempted to spend $100 on any of the Paid Babes, think again – yes, you will obtain the babe herself after the first purchase, but to upgrade her, you’ll need to buy more packs.
Minigame
Blackjack
In Blackjack, if the cards you were given at the start are worth 21, you get extra skill points for the babe’s skill (the amount of skill points equals the chips you have bet on that round).
So, this way, you will be able to improve the babe skills you need the most, faster.
Guess the Cup
Guess the Cup doesn’t give a good yield like Blackjack does with the skill points.
If you play and you consecutively win (or lose) 5 times in a row, you get an achievement (“Eagle Eye” for winning and “No-Hoper” for losing; both are worth 100 achievement points).
Upgrading
After you upgrade the babe to Level 5, you can still play games with her, but since you can’t upgrade the babe further, the Favor Points will appear in your Inventory instead.
So, you will be able to use these Favor Points on any other babe you haven’t upgraded to Level 5 yet.
Tip: This is useful in case, for example, if you have Camila at lv 5, but Joanna at lv 4, and you want to level up your Quick Robbery skill faster – you play blackjack with Camila to occasionally get more Skill Points for the QR skill, but then you spend the Favor Points you received on Joanna to upgrade her to lv 5.
