Wingman Helicopters are unlocked when your mansion reaches level 18.
There are 5 helicopters available: Purple Birdy MH-1 and Golden helicopters Cobra AH-1, Kasatka UH-1, Apollyon SH-1 and Rhino UH-2.
Helicopters provide support to crime ops during battle, boost ops’ damage, and reduce ops’ received damage.
Leveling up the helicopter to levels 10, 20, and 40 respectively can unlock even more abilities. Helicopter’s level EXP items can be attained by defeating street forces daily.
Fragments of Helicopters can be used to unlock and star up the corresponding helicopter. Upgrading their star grade can improve their stats and abilities.
Helo Gear Components provide helicopter stats when equipped. Ger components can be upgraded by consuming other components as materials.
While in an Ops, the helicopter can only cause damage to the opponent’s helicopter and provide their side’s crew with enormous bonuses (based on its actual abilities) during the helicopter’s combat round, which lasts a maximum of 30 rounds.
If a helicopter’s health reaches zero during the combat rounds, it will no longer be active in battle. Likewise, if the helicopter has remaining health, it can continue to trigger abilities and support its crew till the 30th helicopter round ends. In the case where the battle ends in advance, then the helicopter’s combat will also end in advance.
RAIDING (permalink)
In a Raid, only the helicopter of the initiator takes part in the battle. Each round’s skill effects, intended to aid the initiator’s crew, are dispersed individually among the crews participating in the raid. Those supportive effects differ according to the characteristics of the crews. However, the specific round effects are not documented in the helicopter battle report during the raid.
HELICOPTER’S ARMOR (permalink)
A specialized armor provided to ops by a helicopter, takes priority during damage calculation. It’s designed to absorb 50% of the damage from a single incoming attack, using up a corresponding armor value to mitigate the blow. Any damage that exceeds the armor’s protection is then applied as usual. If the armor’s value is insufficient to offset the full 50% the nullified portion will be based on the armor consumed. Any non-nullified portions will be factored into the total damage calculation with the remaining portion. The armor lasts either until it is fully depleted or until the helicopter providing the coverage exits the combat.
HELO INNOVATION AGENCY (permalink)
Helo Innovation Agency allows you to do innovations on your helicopter by using Helo Ingenuity Chips. Innovations can increase helicopter’s attributes, level limit, stamina, unlocks extra gear slot and more. To go to innovations, you have to go to your mansion, click on the helicopter, Equip tab and the middle icon.
To be able to do innovations, you need Help Ingenuity Chip which can either be bought with real money (surprise, surprise) or you can get it by defeating Skeletons.
You can spend them in General Revamp category – which affects all helicopters, or you can work on helicopter specific upgrades.
HELICOPTER’S ABILITIES (permalink)
Each helicopter has 4 abilities.
- First ability is unlocked at level 1
- Second ability is unlocked at level 10
- Third ability is unlocked at level 20
- Fourth ability is unlocked at level 40
These abilities can be upgraded with stars.
- 3rd golden star upgrades 1st ability
- 5th green star upgrades 2nd ability
- 3rd blue star upgrades 3rd ability
- 1st red star upgrades 4th ability
- 5th red star further upgrades 1st ability
HELICOPTERS’ TYPES
There are three types of helicopters. If your helicopter is a type that has an advantage over the opponent’s helicopter, you will get a 20% damage reduction effect.
Buffs comparison between purple and gold helicopter.
Both helicopters are lv. 40 and 5-red stars and in-ops effect.
Helicopters offer permanent/passive buffs and in-ops effect.
Permanent buffs are present in all battles, while in-ops effects are only present if helicopter is present in your formation (or garrisoned)
PERMANENT/PASSIVE BUFF (permalink)
These are buffs that increase your stats regardless if you helicopter is in ops or not.
| BUFF | Purple | 1 GOLD | 2 GOLD | 3 GOLD | ALL | * ALL + 1 Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew ATK | +20% | +24% | +48% | +72% | +92% | +116% |
| Crew DEF | +20% | +24% | +48% | +72% | +92% | +116% |
| Crew HP | +0% | +4% | +8% | +12% | +12% | +16% |
(*) – data if you have all helicopters with 5 red stars and you also use one gold helicopter in the battle
| Buff | Purple | Gold |
|---|---|---|
| HELO ABILITIES | ||
| Gatling Damage to Helo | 340% | 340% |
| Missile Damage to Helo | 80% | 80% |
| Ops Damage | 23% | 15-30% |
| Ops Damage Reduction | 10% | 15% |
| STAR BUFFS | ||
| Helicopter ATK | + 804 | + 1.035 |
| Helicopter DEF | + 402 | + 503 |
| Helicopter HP | + 35.640 | + 44.550 |
| Bulker ATK | + 14% | + 28% |
| Bulker DEF | + 14% | + 28% |
| Bulker HP | + 2% | + 10% |
| Shooter ATK | + 14% | + 28% |
| Shotter DEF | + 14% | + 28% |
| Shooter HP | + 2% | + 10% |
| Biker ATK | + 14% | + 28% |
| Biker DEF | + 14% | + 28% |
| Biker HP | + 2% | + 10% |
| Vehicle ATK | + 14% | + 28% |
| Vehicle DEF | + 14% | + 28% |
| Vehicle HP | + 2% | + 10% |
| Crew ATK | + 8% | + 16% |
| Crew DEF | + 8% | + 16% |
| Crew HP | + 8% | 0 |
| ———– | ———– | ———– |
| Total ATK Buff per crew type | + 22% | + 44% |
| Total DEF Buff per crew type | + 22% | + 44% |
| Total HP Buff per crew type | + 10% | + 16% |
| Helo Ops’ DMG Buff | + 23% | + 15-30% |
Helo Ops’ Total DMG Reduction | 10% | 15% |
Helicopter’s Gear (permalink)
There are 5 levels of helicopter’s gear (from green to gold). Higher gear gives higher % – better buff.
| Rotor | Fuselage | Engine | Weapon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | +760 HP | +19 DEF | +10 SPD | +19 ATK |
| Blue | +1.180 HP | +39 DEF | +20 SPD | +39 ATK |
| Purple | +2.360 HP | +69 DEF | +30 SPD | +98 ATK |
| Orange | +4.948 HP | +119 DEF | +50 SPD | +198 ATK |
| Gold | +7.360 HP | +179 DEF | +60 SPD | +318 ATK |
orange: level 50, gold: level 60
Leveling up the gear increases their stats. You can not upgrade gear from green to blue etc.
| Rank | Max. Level |
|---|---|
| Green | 10 |
| Blue | 20 |
| Purple | 30 |
| Orange | 50 |
| Gold | 60 |
Fifth Helicopter’s Gear Slot
With Helo innovations you can unlock 5th gear slot. It requires 15.200 Helo Ingenuity Chips.
Rank Up Requirements (permalink)
| Stars | Required Frags |
|---|---|
| ★ | 30 |
| ★★ | 50 |
| ★★★ | 90 |
| ★★★★ | 120 |
| ★★★★★ | 150 |
| ★ | 220 |
| ★★ | * 260 |
| ★★★ | * 300 |
| ★★★★ | 350 |
| ★★★★★ | * 410 |
| ★ | * 520 |
| ★★ | 580 |
| ★★★ | * 670 |
| ★★★★ | * 760 |
| ★★★★★ | * 850 |
| ★ | * 930 |
| ★★ | * 1000 |
| ★★★ | * 1100 |
| ★★★★ | * 1200 |
| ★★★★★ | * 1300 |
| TOTAL | * 10.890 |