ozzy

[TheRomanGod]

so got the game maybe 2 weeks ago, and have started on ultra hardcore(kill me) not the highest but i like difficulty however i am struggling with the ozzy mission i will probably restart my level because i think i know the problem. any advice on how to beat it?

[artofwar]

I've beaten him a couple of times on different campaigns, and I relied on the upgraded ray beam power to do a lot of the health damage. I also had 75+ crossbowmen, a 12+ trebuchet and I used individual heavy armor knights and the upgraded summon phantom ability to keep the boss busy and away from my ranged units.

That said, I've only played on the default difficulty of Challenged Accepted (or whatever it's called).

[NF_Crenos]

Also on Ultra Hardcore.
I was super scared of him and massively overprepared. I had perhaps 100 crossbowmen on the ground, and like 20 ballistas on towers. Just lure him over with a single trooper, and keep him busy with melee troops or summons while the ranged troops tears him to pieces.

[TheRomanGod]

Originally posted by NF_Crenos:

Also on Ultra Hardcore.
I was super scared of him and massively overprepared. I had perhaps 100 crossbowmen on the ground, and like 20 ballistas on towers. Just lure him over with a single trooper, and keep him busy with melee troops or summons while the ranged troops tears him to pieces.

noted, i suppose the biggest problem for me currently is getting through the towers, or at least getting my horsemen to survive long enough to draw him out. thanks for the info

[One Man Army]

Mass ballistas, a good amount of healers and make a cheap melee frontline (axemen, horsemen) that can sustain itself. A group of ranged troops is optionally good too.

Set your ranged units (Ballistas, Arbalests, Archers etc) to Attack Highest value target priority and focus fire the towers with some of them.

You can clear any camp with ease with this without requiring much micro.

For Ozzy's camp, just add some arbalests to your army and have all ballistas/arbalests focus fire him. Have a few horsemen run around to kite him.
He uses a leech-regeneration ability, so you don't want to have too many units close to him.
Use the summon undead ability on top of him or around if something goes wrong to keep him in place.

The mission was dead easy even on Your Worst Nightmare difficulty.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3381106727

[maxell86qld]

Over four hours to get through this mission from the youtube video's I skimmed through to find out how to get past this mission. That is not the time before hand figuring out the approach strategy. Two different videos used the pause feature.

Think you play fast, you do. But probably not. Play faster and you won't get it.
PAUSE. PAUSE. PAUSE.
Ozzy has 30000 hit points. Regenerates, etc.
PAUSE, I have not been using the pause feature.
You need to get to level 3 quickly.

Do you use the follow the target feature, making troops stay in range as the enemy moves?