How to Get Laestrygonian in Command An Army: The First 5-Star Unit

What the Laestrygonian Is

Update 3 — the Mongol update that went live October 3, 2026 — added the game’s first 5-star unit, and it set the tone for the update’s whole economy: the Laestrygonian, a reported 0.01% pull on the summon screen. Alongside it came the 4-star Myrmidon; both sit on the banner rather than inside the Mongol Battle Pass, whose three units (Nökör, Bataar, Khorchin) come from pass progression instead.

How to Chase It Without Going Broke

At a reported one-in-ten-thousand rate, the Laestrygonian is not a summon target — it is a long-term accumulation goal. The practical plan:

1. Never spend Gems on it early. Your first Gems go to the systems that compound: see the how to get best units priorities and the banner rules before touching the 5★ pool.
2. Run the free lanes daily. Quests, daily rewards and ranked wins pay — and Update 3’s Skill Tree is fed by Skill Crystals from the same lanes, so one daily loop funds both progression systems.
3. Let evolution carry your power curve. The evolution guide documents the no-luck path to S-tier: the Scout Rider → Cavalryman → Lancer chain ends at a 4-star S-tier unit with zero banner luck. Evolution is the reason a 0.01% unit can stay a dream rather than a wall.
4. Take the Battle Pass units on the way. Nökör, Bataar and Khorchin arrive through pass progression regardless of banner luck — three units for playing, while the 0.01% chase runs in the background.

Where It Fits the Roster

The Laestrygonian’s addition moved the ceiling of the whole game: every tier list call above 4-star is now provisional, because the first 5-star redefines what “best” means. Its evolution status — whether it evolves further like the Mace → Morningstar line — is not yet documented in public sources; this page updates when that lands.

Sources

Update 3 facts and the Battle Pass lineup: official Discord patch notes per All Things How (October 3, 2026 coverage) and the official Roblox experience’s Mongols branding (checked October 7, 2026); pull-rate figure labeled as a third-party report above. Full update context in the Update 3 guide.