# How to get massive troop bonuses in Arena? **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\ **Created:** [October 31, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-get-massive-troop-bonuses-in-arena/1101 "2015-10-31T02:38:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crodley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@Crodley](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Crodley)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-get-massive-troop-bonuses-in-arena/1101/1 "2015-10-31T02:38:34Z")
Hi folks, I just played an arena round where the enemy troops were VERY buffed up at the start, most had 20 health and armor and all had attacks between 12 and 10. I understand the new buffs with similar creature types, but only two troops were similar. Is there a way to view your arena team like a normal invade team and tweak it somehow? P.s. I got extremely lucky and still won the round. šŸ˜„ ---
**Author:** ![Nimhain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nimhain/32/47049_2.png) [@Nimhain](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nimhain)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-get-massive-troop-bonuses-in-arena/1101/2 "2015-10-31T12:04:27Z")
what difficulty were you playing on? ---
**Author:** ![Machiknight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/machiknight/32/6108_2.png) [@Machiknight](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Machiknight)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-get-massive-troop-bonuses-in-arena/1101/3 "2015-10-31T12:56:06Z")
That guy must have had his kingdoms all leveled Iā€™ll! ---
**Author:** ![CSZ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/csz/32/4784_2.png) [@CSZ](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/CSZ)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-get-massive-troop-bonuses-in-arena/1101/4 "2015-10-31T13:52:02Z")
@Nimhain Is it intended that bonuses carry over to Arena? ---
**Author:** ![Crodley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@Crodley](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Crodley)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-get-massive-troop-bonuses-in-arena/1101/5 "2015-10-31T16:10:45Z")
Basic old boring easy difficulty. I wish I had taken a screenshot, I havenā€™t seen a team boosted like that since. ---
**Author:** ![RiverSong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/riversong/32/2089_2.png) [@RiverSong](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/RiverSong)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-get-massive-troop-bonuses-in-arena/1101/6 "2015-10-31T16:42:21Z")
Bonuses from your invasion/defender team carry over to the arena. For example, I have a Divinion Fields team that gets plus 3 attack and plus 4 magic & the bonuses carried over to the arena. ---
**Author:** ![Archenassa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/archenassa/32/153_2.png) [@Archenassa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Archenassa)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-get-massive-troop-bonuses-in-arena/1101/7 "2015-10-31T17:16:04Z")
You should look at the [post](http://community.gemsofwar.com/t/1-0-7-a-few-known-issues/1023/1) about patch issues since different people have brought this problem up already. I added a [screenshot](http://community.gemsofwar.com/t/1-0-7-a-few-known-issues/1023/38) on this page to illustrate the problem of not getting any bonuses whatsoever in the Arena while your opponents do, even in normal difficulty, and from the answers, Iā€™m not the only one. ---
**Author:** ![Crodley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@Crodley](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Crodley)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-get-massive-troop-bonuses-in-arena/1101/8 "2015-10-31T21:57:55Z")
Thanks Riversong, I first went to the PVP tab and selected defenders. Then I went to my teams and created a new team in which I filtered my troop choices by my highest level town which is Divinion Fields at level 8. Then I made a team with as many similar troop types I could, not caring if the team is actually any good. That team has pretty decent bonuses because of it. Then set that team as my team to defend. Sure enough, when I went to start a new arena, the team I choose has all those bonuses I earned in my defending team. Thanks again, and I hope my process helps others get the similar bonuses . ---
**Author:** ![RiverSong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/riversong/32/2089_2.png) [@RiverSong](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/RiverSong)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-get-massive-troop-bonuses-in-arena/1101/9 "2015-10-31T22:44:39Z")
@Crodley -Glad to be of service. Of course, now I hope I donā€™t run across you in the arena! ---
**Author:** ![Archenassa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/archenassa/32/153_2.png) [@Archenassa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Archenassa)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-get-massive-troop-bonuses-in-arena/1101/10 "2015-10-31T23:40:31Z")
Thanks @Crodley and @RiverSong, I tried it and it worked perfectly. Not a ā€œstableā€ fix, but a good roundabout while waiting for a patch. ^^ ---
**Author:** ![Addamatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Addamatic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Addamatic)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-get-massive-troop-bonuses-in-arena/1101/11 "2015-11-01T01:20:49Z")
Yep, finally got a screenshot ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/1X/4fff5dce737e206ffc1f257da11e118c32145070.png)