What Towers/Heroes do you consider too OP for Veteran mode?

[deoxxys]

There's a point right after the ice zone, in which the game drops off in difficulty, maybe earlier If you've been three starring everything due to the skill tree upgrades. I found I had to start playing impossible mode to get the same challenge I had playing veteran throughout the campaign (second playthrough by the way, minus DLC).

Heros:
-Pirate Queen
-Any Dragon

Towers:
-Elite Harassers
-Ogre Shipwreck
-Ignis Altar (haven't got the chance to use this but I've heard how broken it is and seen how it can be used to solo maps).

I think Orc Shamans and Blazing Gems are pretty powerful but they are still one of the most expensive towers to fully upgrade.

I think these are the two upgrades in the skill tree that are responsible for making the game too easy:

MASTER ARCHITECTS (2 upgrade points): All towers gain extra bonus damage. (10% additional basic attack damage)

DEATHRAY COILS (4 upgrade points): Replace the flags on each exit with deadly tesla coils that zap incoming enemies. These coils can zap enemies every 180 seconds for 150-300 true damage.

Maybe picking one or the other is all right but getting both is absurd. I'm more inclined to grab just the Tesla coils upgrade because sometimes you do have one enemy slip through. Heck I think I want to put the onus possibly on just Master Architects.

Hell, other broken elements of the game might be more balanced just by getting rid of this upgrade from your skill tree. Anyone who's played multiplayer PVP games knows a 10% damage buff is huge.

[rgp151]

All depends on the map really and what you're wanting to do. Ogre Shipwreck is the only tower that I would say is truly busted. I don't know what people say about Ignis Alter. It is very good against bosses, but other than that I don't think its anything special. And you have to invest a lot in it to make it even viable, since its almost useless until you get the True Fire upgrade. And of course it can't hit flyers.

I don't know about Grim Cemetery. I haven't used it much. It has a number of weaknesses.

Rotten Forest is also very strong and relatively cheap, but again needs considerable investment since its only really good fully upgraded. Elite Harassers are very good, and are really good at every level of investment. But really every tower has its drawbacks, except Ogre Shipwreck. I think you can pretty much defeat every map with just Ogre Shipwreck, except the ones that require use of magic attacks, and even then with the right hero maybe even those.

IMO the hardest map in the game is Into the Mountains, to do it with only what you have as part of the campaign, meaning not going back and doing it with bosses or towers you get after the fact. At that point you don't yet have Eiskalt or any towers beyond DDR. It's a hard map mainly due to wave 7.

I'd say by far the strongest hero is Dianyun, so if you want to say that's OP, then if any hero is OP its that one.

I did everything up through the Original World with just the "free" heroes and "free" towers on Veteran, all 3 stars. (Playing on Steam they are all pre-paid, so it doesn't matter, but using the one that are only free if playing on iPhone, etc.) Most of the maps I could have done on Impossible too I think, but a couple not, like Into the Mountains.

I guess the only things I would truly call OP are Ogre Shipwreck and Dianyun, and I'd say everything else has its drawbacks. With Ogre Shipwreck and Dianyun you can truly just spam and win. But I like using Dianyun and going for fast times and fast boss kills.