Colosseum too hard on Rift Lord Solo?

[Dran_____]

I think something massive is off when it comes to Colosseum on Rift Lord. It just feels too difficult. I haven't struggled as much getting past the first few waves on any other map, including in scramble, as I have with this one map.

I think it should be toned down quite a bit. There are too many enemies too quickly.

[easy]

It's hard, but it's doable, and once you can sort out the sappers from the top doors, you're fine. The basement doors unleash the fire elementals, they're the only other tricky ones that will cause some havoc.

There's guides on how to beat it on YouTube with Rift Lord, 5 skulls ...

[Vzmah]

Done it yesterday with floor ice saws + ice wall traps (and few magma magic traps). Made one narrow way for all hordes along left wall. Doubled the barricades along that way and used repair trinket against fire elementals. All free money used for replacement barricades and laser traps above the entrances (against sappers). Control wand, stone staff and portal scroll helps. At the end there are still 1-2 minutes left, I think

[Dran_____]

I get what you are saying, but I still think it's weird how much harder it is. It's like it doesn't fit in at all.

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I think it comes down to playstyle. The fun part of OMD3 is that there are many ways you can go about beating a map, but some maps might not lend themselves very well to your favourite strategy.

I found this map much easier to fiveskull by blocking off one of the staircases near the rift, and then block the gap from the cellar leading up to the other staircase. This means all the mobs haveto go up and around the white little fence surrounding the opening to the cellar.

That means you now haveto defend those barricades from flamelings, but I find that doable with lots of floor traps and a cellar killbox. Ice stuff is really good on the map not only for flamelings but all the fire fiends as well.