The Aspects represent one of the most unique diplomatic powerhouses in Endless Legend 2, transforming the entire map into your personal coral empire while bending other factions to your will. This symbiotic robot-organic civilization doesn't just negotiate—they reshape Saiadha itself through coral expansion, creating an interconnected network that provides vision, economic benefits, and diplomatic leverage across the entire world.
Understanding the Aspects' Core Philosophy
The Aspects operate on a fundamentally different level than traditional 4X factions. Where others expand through military conquest or economic dominance, you'll spread influence through coral spores that literally change the terrain. Your faction connects through the Chorus, a psychic network that grows stronger as your coral spreads across Saiadha.
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Your primary goal isn't building massive armies—it's creating an ecosystem where other empires become dependent on your coral while you manipulate their diplomatic choices. Think of yourself as the puppet master of Saiadha, pulling strings through environmental transformation rather than brute force.
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Every coral tile you spread becomes a potential diplomatic bargaining chip. The more coral in enemy territory, the cheaper it becomes to force treaties on them.
Coral Expansion: Your Path to World Domination
Building Your Coral Network
Instead of establishing camps like other factions, you place coral spores using Found Camp for Dust rather than Influence. These spores become the foundation of your empire, spreading coral automatically to adjacent tiles over time. The coral prioritizes water tiles and rivers, creating natural highways for your units.
Your coral doesn't respect territorial boundaries—it spreads into neutral areas and even enemy territories, providing you with constant intelligence about their movements and city development.
Strategic Coral Placement
Position your initial coral spores near:
- Minor faction villages for automatic pacification
- River systems to create movement corridors
- Enemy borders to establish future diplomatic leverage
- Strategic resource deposits for economic control
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Coral automatically pacifies minor faction villages it reaches, saving you Dust and military units while expanding your protectorate options.
Mastering Diplomatic Manipulation
The Power of Forced Treaties
Your faction-specific Persuasion technology unlocks the game-changing ability to force other empires into treaties regardless of their opinion of you. The cost decreases dramatically based on how much coral exists in their territory.
Early diplomatic priorities:
- Non-aggression pacts to buy time for coral expansion
- Trade agreements to boost your Dust income
- Research sharing to accelerate your technology development
- Coral exploitation rights for passive income from their territories
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Building Diplomatic Capital
Your Consular Mission building reduces Influence costs for all diplomatic actions. Combined with coral presence in enemy territory, you can negotiate from a position of strength even when militarily weaker.
Focus on maintaining positive relationships early game:
- Offer favorable trade deals using your superior Dust generation
- Share strategic resources to build goodwill
- Complete diplomatic quests to improve standing
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Other factions may attempt to clear coral from their territories. Use diplomatic pressure and economic incentives to discourage this behavior.
Economic Powerhouse Through Minor Factions
Maximizing Protectorate Benefits
The Aspects excel at managing multiple minor faction protectorates simultaneously. You can maintain up to six protectorates by mid-game through faction-specific technologies, and assimilation costs nothing—you can freely swap protectorates based on current needs.
Key protectorate combinations:
- Polyfan the Statesman: +10% Influence per protectorate
- Ectarius the Seeker: +10 Science per pacified village
- Economic specialists: Focus on Dust and Industry bonuses
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Population Synergy Strategy
Your Aspect population gains +1 Influence when multiple population types exist in the same city district. Strategically mix minor faction populations with your own to maximize this bonus while maintaining the +1 Influence bonus for having 10+ Aspect population empire-wide.
Military Strategy: Cooperation Over Conquest
Harmonious Tactics Battle System
Your armies excel through the Harmonious Tactics affinity—when units defend instead of attacking, all allied units receive damage bonuses. This creates a tactical puzzle where positioning and action order matter more than raw military strength.
Combat sequence optimization:
- Position units for optimal defensive coverage
- Identify which units should defend for maximum bonus
- Execute attacks with buffed units
- Use coral tiles for healing and movement advantages
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Unit Specialization Paths
Each Aspects unit offers two upgrade paths using strategic resources:
Envoy → Scraper (defensive specialist) or Emissary (movement support) Sentry → Enhanced archery variants Observer → Robotic cavalry upgrades Skyscale → Flying behemoth specializations
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Prioritize defensive upgrades early to maximize Harmonious Tactics bonuses, then diversify based on strategic needs.
Victory Path: Diplomatic Supremacy
The Stature Victory Route
Your optimal victory condition requires achieving 80+ public opinion with seven empires. This includes your six minor faction protectorates plus one major faction—making it surprisingly achievable through coral diplomacy.
Steps to diplomatic victory:
- Secure six minor faction protectorates through coral expansion
- Identify the most coral-receptive major faction
- Flood their territory with coral for relationship bonuses
- Use forced treaties to maintain positive relations
- Leverage economic benefits to keep them cooperative
Alternative: Supremacy Through Expansion
If diplomatic victory proves challenging, your massive Influence generation supports rapid territorial expansion. Target 20 territories through coral spore placement and strategic camp-to-city conversions.
Advanced Tactics and Synergies
Deeds and Empire Bonuses
Your Influence advantage makes you ideal for claiming powerful early-game Deeds:
- Bringer of Comfort: 20 foundations in one city (population placement freedom)
- Bringer of Metropolises: First to build three cities (+1 city cap)
- Bringer of Unity: Control 15 territories (easier with coral expansion)
Technology Priorities
Rush these key technologies:
- Persuasion (forced treaties)
- Markets (trade post for resource trading)
- Hall of Harmony (+1 Influence per coral tile in city)
- Additional protectorate slots (minor faction bonuses)
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Common Mistakes to Avoid
Over-militarization: Don't waste resources on large armies when diplomacy achieves better results. Build enough units for defense and minor faction pacification only.
Neglecting coral spread: Every turn without expanding coral is a missed opportunity for future diplomatic leverage and economic benefits.
Ignoring minor factions: Your protectorate system is your greatest strength—prioritize pacification and assimilation over territorial conquest.
Reactive diplomacy: Be proactive with treaty negotiations. Don't wait for others to approach you when you have the tools to force favorable agreements.
The Aspects reward patient, strategic thinking over aggressive expansion. Master the art of coral cultivation and diplomatic manipulation, and you'll find yourself controlling Saiadha not through conquest, but through the willing cooperation of empires that depend on your coral-enhanced ecosystem. Your victory comes not from defeating enemies, but from making them realize they need you more than you need them.
For more Endless Legend 2, take a look at our Necrophage Faction guide, and check out the Kin of Sheredyn Faction guide.