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Just beat the game. Figured I'd offer some tips

By Outthere

Tips on how to beat the game

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26 Aug, 2019 @ 10:19am

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Gameplay Tips & Tricks

Advice for Specific Levels

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Gameplay Tips & Tricks

Alright so I saw some people complaining that it was too difficult. It's actually just right. I had to play most of the boss levels 5+ times before I'd refined my strategy into a winning one. So be patient and let the game frustrate you -- you'll be happier when you figure it out. I'm not gonna write this in any particular order, just things that work:

You might think that building a mine first is the best move -- and it usually is -- but another person suggested building a graveyard and targeting the enemy castle(s) to get them to build a hasty tower. That's a good strategy sometimes. It's less about getting the enemy to spend money than getting them to occupy an important space with useless tower
You must get good at destroying towers. There are no controls explained so it took me a minute to figure out you can even do it. You put your cursor over a tower and then press its corresponding key again. It is VERY important to do this. One of the best strategies I found was build a watchtower, build a second watchtower, then destroy the first watchtower and replace it with a graveyard. This allows you to advance your offense while always keeping your graveyards protected.
Another critical strategy is to destroy watchtowers when they are at 1 health. This is a cost-saving technique that is necessary to win. For example, in the level where you're in the middle and being attacked from either side, I had to keep one side plugged with 2 watchtowers the entire battle while I focused my offense on the other side. If I did not destroy and then rebuild watchtowers in that battle I would not have had enough money.
Usually the best way to win is build a solid base of mines and then race the AI to the crystals using the watchtower/graveyard technique.
One graveyard can go a long way. In the early game, consider switching targets frequently to scatter the enemy and get them to build many defenses. This allows one graveyard to do much more than would be expected. This is more pronounced with three or so graveyards, where you need to keep the targets updated or else they will all go to sleep and waste time.
Learn to recognize "safe" hexes. Usually you can figure out where you're "meant" to place your mines and you should do so. Same with watchtowers -- some places are just more defensible than others. As you capture territory, you get more safe hexes and defensible hexes. Sometimes you need the money and placing a mine there is a good idea, but not always.
The early game is critical. If the AI outpaces you, you usually lose. If you outpace the AI in the early game, you usually win. Don't spend too much time on mines if you can't afford to.

Advice for Specific Levels

I think the creators did a really good job at making each level require inventing a new strategy. Some are less obvious than others.

For the boss that steals your towers, you MUST destroy them first. If he captures like, any of them you're toast. So pay attention. You see the eye first at the castle and then again over your tower before it's stolen. Don't miss it.
For the level where you're in the middle and being attacked from either end (I think it's in the lower left/center of the map), which I had a lot of trouble with, try building 1 mine in a safe spot and then building 3 graveyards in a triangle capturing 2 of the 4 crystals. This trio is strong enough to take down their defenses midgame. Just push offense really hard after that. Make sure to defend your weak side with watchtowers (but not graveyards -- you don't have the money to spare).
For the blacksmith boss, basically build a ton of mines and then push the crystal aggressively. He's gonna get a crystal for sure, so you need to beat him to it and then keep up constant pressure. Use the watchtower/graveyard advance technique.

14 Comments

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twintch.tv/SaintNPC 1979-2017 ピザ 2 May, 2022 @ 6:21am

@Godiet I'm sure you've found your answer by now, but for those who need to know in the future- To get the Deny Death achievement, you must complete the human campaign without restarting or being defeated.

Godiet 29 Jan, 2022 @ 4:16am

Can you help me? How can I get "Deny Death" Achievement?

normal creature 18 Sep, 2021 @ 9:45pm

your tips have been really helpful, thanks!! Destroying towers, mines and graveyards with only one health left to get more money to build more/replace them for new ones, saved my ass countless times

Bananaman of Azkaban 4 Oct, 2020 @ 7:45am

The best tip never explained to me is that you can grab existing waypoint ends and extend them to any hex to essentially draw a line through their buildings manually then into their castle.Or bend waypoints around different corners.

Starkweather 6 Feb, 2020 @ 7:19pm

Thanks! it never occured to me to troll him by forcing him to build unnecessary towers.

Daeranilen 23 Jan, 2020 @ 11:39pm

I can't believe it didn't occur to me to destroy the towers on the tower-stealing boss. I got the idea to destroy the starting towers on the Cube map to get extra money, but somehow I didn't grasp that I could do the same with the about-to-be-stolen ones. Thanks for the tips!

Wiggler-sempai 27 Dec, 2019 @ 7:49pm

Also: upgrading the mines in campaign is a really good idea as it allows 2 mines to do the work of three, making it simpler to build more garrisons and towers than the enemy can deal with

Wiggler-sempai 27 Dec, 2019 @ 6:10pm

There's a neat strategy on the map with the shifting cube. The cube will use its laser to destroy any towers past a certain point on the map, and it starts with 3 of them to demonstrate with. If you’re quick, you can sell off the towers, reap the monetary reward, and then get an early starts on then filling the map with graveyards (that DON’T get attacked, ) allowing you to bury the castle in skeletons very quickly.
Wish I could offer a strategy for the map with the extra crystals and quicksand, but unfortunately, I had all the other upgrades first, so I basically steamrolled it. I think the best thing you can do is to expand quickly, and be ready to sell and replace your graveyards/towers at any time: if the quicksand blocks a graveyards’ path, it’s basically worthless. The benefit for winning that level is a lot of extra crystals.

Aside from that, great guide! Certainly helped me with winning the campaign.

Derrick 15 Sep, 2019 @ 1:42am

@Outthere
This is a great guide man. I am happy to contribute to it.

@Hang in there, Buddy
Your citadel won't shoot laser beam to destroy enemy buildings. After you defeat the Cube, your citadel will attack enemy troops just like a watchtower, thus help you to delay the need of building additional watchtower.

Hang in there 30 Aug, 2019 @ 1:49pm

I defeated the Cube, but I can't understand how to shoot

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