Talk:Adventures/11/Ghirwil City Depths/@comment-222.152.243.236-20200415031139/@comment-45208964-20200415085439

As you say, if white has 4 fails, they probably do not belong in level 11. With that in mind, the benefit to going anti-clockwise as shown is that White can have 1 or 2 fails and Red can still salvage a 4 chest attempt by picking up #17 and #16. It's not a problem that #17 is a tower left if Red is going to capture it before hitting the previously buffed squad at 11 anyway.

If White goes clockwise, however, they still must give up both boss attacks to pick up #19 on one fail. If White has two fails, Blue cannot salvage 4 chests at all.

Regardless of which direction, if White has 3 fails, 4 chests is out of the question, but 3 chests is quite easy to manage and Blue/White can generally bypass most squads as needed anyway. Defeating the squads at #29 and #30 are White's only considerable contribution to a 3 chest adventure as neither Red nor Blue are forced to attack buffed squads otherwise.