Strategies for the Pirate DLC

[rgp151]

I played through it on Impossible first time, though on the first time I didn't get 3 stars on everything. I also didn't use the new tower until getting kinda stuck on the last map and then giving it a try.

But what I've pretty much landed on is a combination of Ogre Shipwreck, Ignis Alter, Wicked Sisters, Swap Thing, and either Elite Harassers or War Zeppelin.

The War Zeppelin can give the Ignis Alter and Swamp Thing tremendous range. Generally you only need 1 on a map. But these towers give you lots of range to work with, which is helpful for all the bosses, especially Sharkpool Reef and Treasure Island.

Ignis Alter and Wicked Sisters is a great boss killing combo. I generally kind of position those in a good spot for the boss, position Swamp Things in strategic places where they can hit a lot, maybe put a Zeppelin in the mix to give them even more range, and then block everything up with Shipwrecks. Works on pretty much all the maps.

Also, while the new hero is good, I still prefer Dianyun.

Anyone have other approaches?

[thegrassyknoll]

hello,

Im sure many will claim otherwise as you can indeed use multiple towers to win on most any map. I always found myself using the same 5 towers for vast majority of the game.
1) monk tower
2) shadow archers
3) beam towers
4) elf archers
5) the reef tower that shoots magic and puts 2 lizards on the ground.

Basically i start with a monk tower ( 2 on most maps) upgraded to max but only take the extra gold perk at first. Quickly rush 2nd monk tower to have the +gold perk. This provides so much extra $$$ over the course of the map that you can truly dominate. Almost alwasy i have a beam tower and arrow tower up front of monk tower. And often a reef tower directly behind monk tower and sometimes an elf archer staggered behind that. This set up works on virtually every map. Boss levels i generally dont ever put reef or elf archers on the path of boss and generally include more arrow and beam towers.

The combination of arrow tower applying 100% more damage for x(cant remeber) seconds while beam tower is locked on will melt any boss. Plus your character hitting it and dropping a green nuke all while the boss carries your arrow debuff is soo strong.

The overall above setup i mentioned is decent against air as well. At first 2 monk towers is a bit soft and you may find yourself going back and forth with your main character. So you dont really want a slow melee caharcter for this setup.

Have fun!

[thegrassyknoll]

Oh yeah. And the frost dragon is by far the best character in game. His sattck has AOE, so it hits mulitple enemies and his freeze whole screen special attack is very strong for any set up. His ice spikes also take a direct % of monsters health. So minibosses and hitpoint sponge enemies dont last long. But to each thier own, all the characters have pros and cons. But the biggest pro is that he is AOE on his default atatck, so if you hit an enemiy ground unit it will also hit air units around it ( and of course other ground units)

[74]

All i did was spam the swamp monsters and let them throw rocks everywhere.. insane range, stun, insta-kill.. when the monkeys came back, i always relied on 2 trees in the mix without their spawning units

[Daan-B]

I didn't care for the last dlc, is this one actually worth it?

[rgp151]

Originally posted by Daan-B:

I didn't care for the last dlc, is this one actually worth it?

Depends I guess. Only took me a couple of days to do the whole thing, including Heroic and Iron levels. The new tower and hero are good, much better than the prior ones. There are boss fights on every stage, so if you like boss fights...

[Daan-B]

Originally posted by rgp151:

Originally posted by Daan-B:

I didn't care for the last dlc, is this one actually worth it?

Depends I guess. Only took me a couple of days to do the whole thing, including Heroic and Iron levels. The new tower and hero are is good, much better than the prior ones. There are boss fights on every stage, so if you like boss fights...

Are the stages more or less challenging then the primal ravage stages?

[rgp151]

Originally posted by Daan-B:

Are the stages more or less challenging then the primal ravage stages?

To me, Frozen Nightmare and Cursed Bargain were the hardest to work through.

I'd say these are harder than Primal Ravage, but I'd also say Primal Ravage was easier than Frozen Nightmare or Cursed Bargain. If you don't use hints from on-line sources, then yeah, these are harder. I had to lookup a youtube video to get through the final fight, but once I saw what tower really helped then the rest fell in line. I would say I'm not disappointed I paid for the DLC.

[rgp151]

Here is my approach to the final fight. Sorry, no sound, used a free recorder.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcMwVaTR7IY

I messed up on the first boss, forgot to bring my witch over to attack him.

[rgp151]

Here is a video for Sharkpool Reef: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rNdUGNRP-8

I'm not sure what causes the Deep King to attack certain towers. There is always a bit of a luck element as to which tower he attacks. This wasn't my fastest kill for him by far, but it worked.

[rgp151]

Here is a somewhat improved version of the final battle, slightly different strategy with different towers.
https://youtu.be/JbQQvPXAvvo

[rgp151]

Was finally able to kill Blackthorne before he gets picked up the first time, and thus before he destroys any towers. Doing this required a setup like the one in the most recent video, plus a Blazing Gem in the position closest to his entrance next to the Furnace. I tried with Elite Harassers, but the Gem + Furnace combo worked better.

[rgp151]

Here is a video of killing Blackthorn before he can destroy any towers: https://youtu.be/GFM5PFbNTRU