How I Use Military Training During a Run

Quick Answer

Military Training is a separate passive-upgrade system inside the current run.

Once it is enabled, I collect the orange Military Training pickups until the small MT meter below my XP bar fills.

That opens a Military Training choice.

For Survivor-specific stats, I choose who receives the full bonus. The other applicable team members receive 50% of that value.

I use Military Training to strengthen something that already works or patch one specific weakness. I do not expect it to rescue an unfinished weapon build.

Military Training looked like another level-up screen the first time I encountered it.

It is much more useful once I treat it as a separate layer.

My normal levels build weapons and abilities.

Military Training gives me passive stats for the current run.

That means I usually reach an MT screen with a build that already has a direction.

My job is not to invent another build.

It is to ask:

What stat would make this run work better right now?

I Enable Military Training Before Looking for MT Pickups

Military Training is not active on a fresh account from the beginning.

The Training Yard eventually gives me the permanent upgrade that enables the system and allows Military Training points to appear during runs.

If I am playing and never seeing the Military Training meter move, this is the first thing I check.

I do not search the arena for an orange pickup before the system itself is enabled.

Once the permanent unlock is active, the rest happens during the run.

Orange Pickups Fill a Separate Military Training Meter

Military Training does not use my normal XP bar.

The Survival Guide explains that the orange MT pickups fill a separate small meter below the regular experience bar.

When that meter fills, I receive a Military Training selection.

This is an important distinction during a busy run.

Picking up XP makes my normal build progress.

Picking up MT points moves me toward another Military Training choice.

I collect both when the route is safe, but I know which system I am actually advancing.

The MT points also remain available rather than simply disappearing if I do not grab them instantly, so I do not treat every orange pickup like an emergency.

Military Training Gives Passive Stats for This Run

The choices are not new weapons.

They are passive stat bonuses.

Depending on what appears, I can improve things such as:

• Health Regeneration;
• Weapon Cooldown;
• Ability Damage;
• Pickup Range;
• Weapon Critical Damage;
• other Survivor stats.

That is why Military Training works best once I understand what the current build is missing.

If my main weapon is several upgrades behind and basic enemies are already surrounding me, a passive bonus is not the real solution.

I finish the weapon path first.

The actual weapon and team structure stays in my builds and synergies guide.

Military Training comes afterward.

Health Regeneration Was Better Than Chasing Rarity

One of my clearest MT decisions happened when the choices were still Common.

I rerolled once.

The new selection was still Common.

One option gave:

Health Regeneration +3 per second

I took it.

That bonus immediately changed the way I could move.

Before taking it, every bit of chip damage created another future problem.

I knew I would eventually need to find a health pack.

After taking passive regeneration, smaller mistakes could heal while I continued playing.

I still had to respect large attacks.

But I no longer needed to turn every small hit into a detour.

The lesson was useful:

a Common stat that fixes the run is better than rerolling it just because I want a Rare card.

I Assign the Full Bonus to the Survivor Who Benefits Most

Some Military Training choices are Survivor-specific.

When I pick one, I choose which Survivor receives the full value.

The other applicable members of the team receive 50% of that bonus.

I do not automatically select the team leader.

If Huntress is doing most of the damage with Multi-shot, an offensive stat usually goes to Huntress.

If Tank is carrying the opening with his weapon, Tank gets it.

If one underdeveloped Survivor is the reason the team keeps getting into trouble, a defensive stat may go there instead.

I decide based on what the team is actually doing.

Weapon Cooldown Produced a Noticeable Change

One MT selection gave me Weapon Cooldown.

I assigned the full bonus to Tank.

The weapon I was watching went from roughly:

2.0 seconds

to:

1.5 seconds

That was large enough to feel during combat.

The firing rhythm changed immediately.

It also showed me why I do not judge an MT stat without looking at the weapon receiving it.

Cooldown is excellent when the Survivor already has a weapon worth accelerating.

Putting the same bonus on a weak secondary weapon would not have produced the same value.

So my order is:

identify the weapon doing the work

then:

improve the stat that makes that weapon better.

When I Take Damage Instead of Recovery

Health Regeneration is not automatically my best MT choice.

On another selection I had options such as:

• Ability Damage;
• Pickup Range;
• Weapon Critical Damage.

The run was already healthy.

I did not need another defensive patch.

I put Ability Damage into Huntress.

That is when I use Military Training for scaling instead of repair.

If enemies are surviving long enough to close the screen, offensive stats become more attractive.

If damage is already fine but my health keeps eroding, recovery moves ahead.

If both are comfortable, utility finally gets room to matter.

The choice changes because the run changes.

I Do Not Reroll Three Common Cards Just Because They Are Common

Military Training has three normal quality levels:

Common

Rare

Legendary

Higher-quality choices provide stronger bonuses.

That makes the rarity tempting.

But rarity is not the first thing I look at.

My +3 HP/s example was Common and still exactly what I needed.

So before rerolling I ask:

Is there already a useful stat here?

If yes, I usually take it.

I use a reroll when the actual functions are bad for the run.

For example:

• offensive choices when the real problem is attrition;
• utility while the Horde is overpowering my damage;
• Survivor-specific bonuses that do little for the characters currently carrying;
• several choices that improve stats I already have enough of.

That is a much better reason to reroll than trying to turn a useful Common card into a prettier color.

Later Progression Improves Military Training Quality

The early MT pool is not the final state of the system.

Later permanent progression can improve the quality of the choices I receive.

I reached an upgrade that makes Military Training selections include options of at least Rare quality.

That makes me much less worried about optimizing rarity during the early game.

Early on, I take useful Common bonuses.

As the account develops and better quality becomes more reliable, I naturally get stronger MT choices without forcing them every run.

Pickup Range Is Better After the Build Is Stable

Pickup Range initially looked weak next to direct combat stats.

I value it more once the run is already comfortable.

A larger pickup radius lets me collect:

• XP;
• Cash;
• Military Training points;
• health packs;
• other drops;

without repeatedly crossing the center of the Horde.

That becomes especially useful when enemies and elite attacks are making movement lines more dangerous.

But timing matters.

If the team is underpowered, Pickup Range does not solve the problem.

If I am already killing efficiently and surviving comfortably, reducing how many dangerous detours I need to make becomes real value.

That is when I take it.

Regeneration Changes My Route Through the Arena

Health Regeneration does more than increase a number.

It changes what I need to do after taking damage.

Without passive recovery:

small hit → eventually find health

With enough recovery:

small hit → keep moving and recover over time

That makes my route less dependent on health-pack locations.

It also lets me avoid forcing a dangerous pickup simply because my HP has been slowly dropping for several minutes.

That is why +3 HP/s could be more valuable to me than another offensive bonus in a run where the build was already killing everything it needed to kill.

The issue was not DPS.

The issue was recovering between mistakes.

I Do Not Chase an MT Pickup Through a Dangerous Position

Military Training points are valuable.

They are not worth dying for.

If an orange pickup is sitting on a safe path, I collect it.

If getting it means crossing:

• a boss attack;
• overlapping elite projectiles;
• a blocked lane;
• a corner I may not escape;

I loop around or leave it.

This matters more later in a run when the arena is crowded.

Being one pickup away from another MT selection can make the detour tempting.

I still choose survival.

The bonus only matters if I remain alive long enough to use it.

Infinite MT Options Can Also Appear on Normal Level-Ups

The Survival Guide also distinguishes an Infinite variant of Military Training.

Those options can appear on the normal level-up screen rather than through the regular MT meter.

I treat them as another passive-stat opportunity, not as a replacement for the orange-pickup system.

The important difference is where the choice appears.

Regular Military Training comes from filling the MT meter.

Infinite variants can enter the standard level-up flow.

I still judge the stat the same way:

does this improve what the run needs right now?

I Choose the Full Bonus Based on the Carry, Not the Portrait Order

This matters most on offensive MT choices.

I have runs where Tank leads but Huntress becomes the strongest source of sustained damage later.

In that case, I do not keep assigning every offensive bonus to Tank because he started first.

I follow the damage.

If Huntress is carrying, Huntress gets the full value.

If Tank’s Minigun or Pump Action is doing the heavy work, Tank gets it.

If another Survivor becomes the important part of the run, I change again.

The 50% sharing means the rest of the applicable team still receives something.

That makes focusing the full value on the carry much easier to justify.

My Military Training Choice Order

When the MT screen opens, I do not compare every possible stat from scratch.

I look at the current run.

If health is slowly disappearing

I take recovery if a useful option is available.

The +3 HP/s choice is the clearest example.

If enemies are surviving too long

I look at:

• damage;
• cooldown;
• attack-related stats;
• critical stats;

and put the full value on the Survivor actually carrying.

If combat is already comfortable

That is when utility such as Pickup Range becomes more attractive.

I can improve movement efficiency instead of solving a combat problem that no longer exists.

If nothing offered helps

That is when I reroll.

I do not reroll simply because the cards are Common.

Military Training Works Best as a Correction

I get the most value from Military Training when I use it to make a specific correction.

The weapons and Survivors establish the run.

Military Training adjusts the stats around them.

A strong damage core with poor recovery can take regeneration.

A good weapon can become much better with cooldown.

A stable build can start investing in utility.

And a weak build that still has unfinished weapons should finish those weapons instead of expecting a passive stat choice to solve everything.

That is the role Military Training has in my runs:

not another build to complete, but a way to make the build I already have work better.