# Guild War - Using Hero **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\ **Created:** [June 27, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-war-using-hero/55984 "2019-06-27T01:38:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![laquas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@laquas](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/laquas)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-war-using-hero/55984/1 "2019-06-27T01:38:53Z")
Hi, does using hero with different weapons counts as different card? Asking to ensure I get full bonus of using 24 different cards ---
**Author:** ![Graeme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@Graeme](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Graeme)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-war-using-hero/55984/2 "2019-06-27T01:42:48Z")
Different weapons count the same as different troops. So, you can use the Hero on def on all 6 GW days and still get the 500 point bonus as long as the weapon is unique every day 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![laquas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@laquas](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/laquas)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-war-using-hero/55984/3 "2019-06-27T01:44:32Z")
@Graeme Thank you so much Graeme, this is so good to know 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bossfrogs](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/bossfrogs/32/53409_2.png) [@Bossfrogs](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Bossfrogs)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-war-using-hero/55984/4 "2019-06-27T02:17:57Z")
while we’re on the subject. does using the same weapon in your offensive team as you use on a defensive team count against you? also is there like a guide or soemthign for this information? i feel like it’s pretty important information and the ingame help doesnt really tell anything. ---
**Author:** ![Graeme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@Graeme](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Graeme)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-war-using-hero/55984/5 "2019-06-27T02:24:40Z")
The defence bonus is for setting 24 unique troops/weapons if you want the max bonus bonus points. On attack you can use the same weapon you have on defence if you wish, no penalty. You do need to use the weapon on attack and all other troops that match the colour of the day for potential max points though. So, Mountain Crusher on brown day as a weapon for example, plus 3 troops that also use brown mana. ---
**Author:** ![Graeme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@Graeme](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Graeme)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-war-using-hero/55984/6 "2019-06-27T02:30:21Z")
This seems to be main article as regards GW scoring in the help section: > **[Point Scoring for Guild Wars](https://gemsofwar.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000340936)** > > Simply winning a Guild Wars Battle will earn you plenty of Guild Wars Points, but if you want to really optimize the number of Guild Wars Points you earn in each Battle, you should look to your Gui... It used to be discussed here on the forums back when the current scoring system was introduced, not so much these days because I think people are ‘expected’ to know these things by now unless they are new players. ---
**Author:** ![laquas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@laquas](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/laquas)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-war-using-hero/55984/7 "2019-06-27T03:02:09Z")
Hi Graeme, thanks for your selfless sharing which helps me to understand guild war scoring better âš” ---
**Author:** ![Bossfrogs](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/bossfrogs/32/53409_2.png) [@Bossfrogs](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Bossfrogs)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-war-using-hero/55984/8 "2019-06-27T03:16:07Z")
that’s great info. thank you.