A good start is to become Allies with as many good players.

My three step process/tips for winning at  Battlegrounds are:

1. Read the information via the guide on the top right corner of the game screen

2. Keep in mind the golden rule that "the house always wins".

3. Slow and steady wins the race.

hope this helps 

Just make sure your resources are full so your payout is not wasted in resources but only troops. This applies only if you receive a payout though. 

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Okay, I'll give it a shot.  This is advice I've heard from multiple players who have been doing bgs with a good degree of success for 1-2 years.  

1) For bgs, higher resource cost troops feed the bank faster.  Build pathfinders, reavers, golems, and chimera for bg.

2) Make sure to do bgs with your barns and warehouses full; this reduces the odds of getting a large payout of resources instead of troops.

3) The level of the bg can affect your payout.  Generally higher level bgs will give you better chance of occult or beastiary payout.

4) Level 61+ bgs will give you gear that boosts all 4 troop types.  The really high level bgs (such as level 100) give better odds of having the rare gear drop without being in a chest.

5) If you know roughly when your payout is coming, you will want to aim for the payout on your 2nd highest level bg.  The skull runes count as part of the payout and can end up reducing your reward if you get the payout on your highest level bg.

6) You can "spy" a bg by sending a weak troop to see what troop types oppose you.  This can help in clearing higher level bgs, since it lets you see the troop types you should use to most efficiently clear the bg.  This tactic helps when your goal is to get gear from bgs.

7)  Make sure to use your wraiths to slowly clear the saga bgs (the ones the give eldrich troops and sometimes legendary troops as reward).  Saga bgs have a set reward and are not connected to the bg bank.  Don't forget to use the league help feature to ask league members to come raise a wraith (defense request and description asking for them to raise a wraith generally works well).  This lets you get your wraiths back in action faster =)

Note:  The bank is a reference to the fact the bgs track the resource value of troops killed in the bg as well as the rewards you've earned from the bg.  Using the spreadsheets and calculators some others have mentioned, you can track how much you've paid in, how much you've gotten back (in the form of troops or resources), and estimate when your next payout should be coming (its a bit more randomized now, but in general, if you still "owe" from your last payout, you're not going to see another big payout until you've paid more back in).

Note2:  Wraiths and amulet troops do not feed the bank.  Imperial troops have a lower resource value assigned to them and feed the bank less than normal troops.  Eldrich and darkened troops have the same resource value as normal troops, even though they are superior troops.  Keep this in mind when deciding what troops to use in your bgs. 

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I'm not good at advice but here is some. Go to http://stormfallbgscalculator.com/offensebgs and you can calculate resources for a raid or defense and offense troops. If you have failed a raid got to Defense Bgs and type in how ever many Orcs, Marrennon, Orcish Raiders, or Orges. Click submit and see how much offense Balur's troops have. If you need more help go to  Offense Bgs and type in however many unit Balur is still holding. Type them in and then it will show you the best units to attack back.

For Example:

Marrennon  Orc  Orcish Raider  Orge

44                    35               1                 6

The best unit for attacking Offense Bgs is Calvalry                                                                    I am only a level 34 so I'm still getting used to the game. I registered only

                                                                                 Bestiary                                                                    one week ago.

                                                                                 Infantry

                                                                                 Occult