Mission 16

[Vector3D]

Have anyone gotten past?
I just tried it again on easy, it still seems impossible

[darkmetal19]

u just gotta know when u have to be in ur dungeon and when u have to be outside . when the volcano errupts u have to be inside , when it charges up u have to be outside . let lava mobs defend ur dungeon entrances and spam mana shield in every fight . but its definetly the most annoying and frustrating mission so far

[Vector3D]

I just went for the cooling crystal using all my evilness to get it, but the mobs they just keep coming and they keep having spawn portals. When I try to destroy them, my army is just killed so easily

[darkmetal19]

take ur time , train up ur army first . the hero camps on the bottom map part and on the left are easy to clear , concentrate on catching the patrols for evilness . dont try to get the lava mobs spawners too early , let them come and always fight them in the cooling crystal . when u clear the lava mob spawners let ur workers first dig a safe spot out close the spawner . like i said take ur time , once ur army is higher level clear the hero camps on the top and the right , they r pretty strong though , so no rush on that one . else get spells and mana pretty early . else for army comp i went mostly with vampire queens and bone lords , vampire queen very good with the frost damage upgrade , else i had some banshees , a few horde units , orcs and nagas , and try to get some succubus early , the taunt helps in early fights a lot .

[darkmetal19]

oh and i built a lot of doors in the path to the dungeon heart , so they could buy me time if i was outside clearing camps

[Vector3D]

I used the mana shield a bit more this time, and I finished it in 37m ^^

[Brian]

I kept my army outside for 90% of that mission, and I hardly built anything in the dungeon. Just run them around getting XP and levelling up, and I only went back inside when there were critters heading for my dungeon heart, Thalyas spell is very handy for that. Outside isn't that dangerous during the eruption, you have to be unlucky for a fireball to land right in the middle of your army, and just quick save frequently (F5) and load a previous save up if that happens.

Also when you pick your creatures up they don't take heat damage, which you can use to your advantage if there are heroes invading. Let the fire damage pick away at them, then drop your minions in a blob once the heroes are nearly dead for some easy XP.

[BrutalGlory]

Originally posted by Vector 3:

Have anyone gotten past?
I just tried it again on easy, it still seems impossible

Get the two relics and the one artifact (artifact needs tool upgrade so get it fast). Place one relic inside your OPEN gobbler room and don't use horde creatures. Any Lava lumps that spawn will go to the gobbler room and will remain there and die from this relic. Use the second relic and place it in a locked room where you will keep your army when the volcano isn't erupting so they don't die. Once you have the artifact (north east of the dungeon heart) you can start using the second relic by dropping it on lava lump nests to kill the defenders before destroying the nests. Worked for me on hard.

[JaPhiSo]

Originally posted by BrutalGlory:

Originally posted by Vector 3:

Have anyone gotten past?
I just tried it again on easy, it still seems impossible

Get the two relics and the one artifact (artifact needs tool upgrade so get it fast). Place one relic inside your OPEN gobbler room and don't use horde creatures. Any Lava lumps that spawn will go to the gobbler room and will remain there and die from this relic. Use the second relic and place it in a locked room where you will keep your army when the volcano isn't erupting so they don't die. Once you have the artifact (north east of the dungeon heart) you can start using the second relic by dropping it on lava lump nests to kill the defenders before destroying the nests. Worked for me on hard.

I tried that, but even on easy the enemies spawned far faster than my creatures could kill them.

[Narandia]

digging towards the artifact is a bit of a beginners trap, just opens a third front for invading critters. Getting the two relics out is good enough at first. Building more gobbler cannons on both sides actually helps quite a bit to soften up the invading lava lumps while you go around in the overworld. Get Dungeon Research to level 6 and have the Absolute Evil summon smash the lava room spawners. Or you could use a relic to shield your army from the lava as they do it the old-fashioned way but the things have a ton of health and units easily get drawn out of the relic area fighting to clear out the defenders.

Edit: To be clear, sure, get the artifact later on. Just don't dig in that direction until you actually got a stable situation and enough evilness on hand for both digging upgrades.

[JaPhiSo]

Throwing the Ice Thingys on the lava creature spawners and then use your army to destroy it, as soon as the spawners are revealed was the trick for me. And upgrading the Vampire Queens until they deal cold damage.
There was just one wierd group of heroes defending one of the camps. I had over 20 Undead and Thalya but they managed to destroy my whole army without any losses. They even damaged the spawned Dungeon Lord a lot. It was the first time i saw him loose a good chunck of his life.

[ElysiumNight]

Originally posted by Vector 3:

Have anyone gotten past?
I just tried it again on easy, it still seems impossible

me and my friend just beat it , it was a pain tho for sure