March of Giants Build Guide: Best Giant, Soldier, and Battlework Builds

MOBA players who have spent years memorizing item timings are about to meet a game that asks a second question: what is your army doing? This March of Giants build guide breaks down how giant upgrades, soldier commands, and Battlework placements fit together, so you can walk into your first match with a plan instead of a pile of guesses.

March of Giants is a 4v4 MOBA with real-time strategy DNA. You control a towering Giant while directing a squad of soldiers at your feet, and because a build is no longer just your character’s stats, a useful March of Giants build guide has to cover three systems at once: your Giant, your army, and your structures.

Why March of Giants Builds Work Differently

March of Giants is developed by the March of Giants Team, a studio founded roughly five years ago specifically to build this project, with former tactical-shooter developers on the team. The setting leans hard into World War I trench warfare: bullets, bombs, collapsing terrain, and radio chatter instead of high-fantasy magic.

That tone matters for your build because it changes what “winning a fight” means. Soldiers are especially effective against Giants, so the real skill is knowing when to commit your squad and when to pull it back. That push-and-pull rhythm is the backbone of every decision you’ll make.

During early playtests, the developers noticed something telling: even experienced MOBA players would run entire sessions barely touching their soldiers, according to player experience shared from preview events. Only after getting punished by opponents who actually used their armies did those players start experimenting — and that’s where the depth opens up.

The Three Build Pillars: Giant, Soldiers, and Battleworks

Every March of Giants build splits your investment across three pillars, and you cannot max all three at once. The developers have said publicly that they’re excited to see players discover builds and strategies the team never found themselves — which means the ceiling here is genuinely open.

The smartest approach for new players is a 60/40 split: pick one primary pillar and treat the other two as support. A Giant who upgrades soldiers but never invests in personal durability will simply get deleted before the army matters.

Soldier-First Builds and Giant Synergies

The soldier pillar is what separates this game from every other MOBA. If you want to lean into it, you need command fluency before you need upgrade numbers.

Core soldier commands

The mid-charge redirect is the single most underrated tool in the kit. Sending soldiers forward and then bending their path sideways turns a straight brawl into a flank, and it costs you nothing but attention. The more comfortable those commands become, the more creative options you’ll see in every engagement.

Giant archetypes that scale with your army

Because specific numbers and ability names still shift between playtests, treat these as frameworks rather than fixed recipes. Check the hero select screen each build for the current tuning before you commit.

Battlework Placement Turns Structures Into a Strategy

Battleworks are the third leg of any March of Giants build. Trenches and bunkers let you shape where fights happen, and a well-placed defensive structure can buy your squad the seconds it needs to finish a capture.

Community reports from the closed alpha flagged one real downside: heavy structure play can create drawn-out lane stalemates that feel slower than they should. The fix is to treat Battleworks as tempo tools. Build forward, not backward, and use structures to enable a push rather than to freeze the map.

Phase-by-Phase Build Priorities

Common build mistakes to avoid

One honest warning: the controls take time. Reports from the closed alpha note that understanding soldier control — both mechanically and visually, especially when the little guys are clustered at your feet — is the biggest early hurdle. Expect a learning curve, and expect it to feel great once it clicks.

If you want to practice these builds yourself, the next playtest window is scheduled to open October 7, and you can request access through the official March of Giants playtest page on Steam. Exact dates and regional availability can shift, so confirm details on that page before planning your session.

For a wider view, our builds hub, items guide, map control guide round out the picture from different angles.