T2 trial, looking for tips

[Iusnex]

So I reached this field and I am stumped on the trial. It seems that whatever I do it doesn't work.
You can only build amplifiers and pylons here and have only one tower already on the field.
If I build a pylon and set up a tower to charge it (set it to structure) I am swarmed.
Even if I invest into the tower it is too weak to kill mobs, so the pylon must be the way to go.

In the end I thought maybe calling early waves to ensure pylon bounces would help, but nope, I can't get it to work. and I got swarmed even more.
Is there something I am missing?

Edit: for the tower I am using pure yellow G1 in amps and yellow/green G2 in tower, soon upgraded to G3. It seemed the best option, is that the way to go?

[Conker]

Only use poison in tower and amps to kill wave 1-7. Manualy target until everything has poison and dies. When only giants are left set tower to only target pylon and build more pylons. Pylons kills giants fast. Bolts are only used to destroy the wizard stash, you have to target fire.

[Iusnex]

Works like a charm.
Additionally you can just set the gem target to random instead of manual targetting in the beginning.

[Zureiya]

a targeting preset to divide poison equally would be nice, prioritizing nearest to orb with lowest debuff stacks.

[sresk]

I beat that one by setting the tower to 0nly target the pylon from the very beginning, I think I used 3 color gems in the tower and built 2 or 3 more amps.

[Silverfeelin]

Here's a video without cache: https://streamable.com/dhxm6
This can also be used to get a couple of easy levels in after unlocking the cache.
You could probably just follow this strategy and gem bomb the cache, but I can't test that since I've already cleared it.

As Conker mentioned, you can manually target enemies to distribute poison. This is the trick to clearing all the Reaver waves reliably.

For the cache, don't rush the giant waves like I did in the video. Instead, just take your time and use the Bolt spell whenever available. Your gem should be targeting structures during the giant waves so it charges the pylons to kill all the giants. I found two pylons work nicely once you can afford them during the Giant waves.

Make sure you're targeting the cache so the Bolt targets it on every strike (normally it will target pylons as well). I'm pretty sure you can safely get the cache even if you only start using Bolt on the giant waves, but you might have enough time to get a couple of hits with Bolt during the reaver waves.

If you're afraid you won't clear it in time you can always toss tier 1 gem bombs on it to lower the shield. Then, finish it off with a final Bolt.

[Tropicdragon]

Sorry for the necro but I got the game recently and noticed that in my game in t2 trial there is no cache? Did this get patched? Can someone explain?

[piccolo255]

Originally posted by Tropicdragon:

Sorry for the necro but I got the game recently and noticed that in my game in t2 trial there is no cache? Did this get patched? Can someone explain?

There were many complaints about the difficulty, so all caches have been moved out of the trials in one of the earliest updates.

[Tropicdragon]

Originally posted by piccolo255:

Originally posted by Tropicdragon:

Sorry for the necro but I got the game recently and noticed that in my game in t2 trial there is no cache? Did this get patched? Can someone explain?

There were many complaints about the difficulty, so all caches have been moved out of the trials in one of the earliest updates.

Ah ok thx.

[Aglet Green]

I recently tried T2 trial in Chilling mode. Conkers' advice to use poison for the first 7 waves still works great. After that, I went green-yellow for the giants, aiming at the Pylon that I built around wave 9.

By the way, the flavor text upon finding the first Wizard Stash has been changed. It used to say, "think of finding stashes as a test of skill or a test of endurance," and now it doesn't.