Mission 12 Light Sleeper, how to win?

[Woofy McDoodle]

I play on hard difficulty and while others missions were fine for now, the 12th is an absolute nightmare. I just can't push into the enemy base. They constantly pump out scorpion men and Avengers. I tried a mix of Elephants, Priests and Crocs, yet my army gets destroyed in a minute and the enemy already replished all of it in seconds.

[Mr.Horakhty]

I have beaten it with exact composition you mentioned (except mixed in some wadjet) on titan. All I can say is make sure you have all the upgrades and make more production buildings up close and replenish with them constantly.

[Diavkha]

This is how you beat the mission extremely quickly and easy.

Just stay in your base, build up defenses and your forces. Maybe push a little to clear some of the walls and towers, nothing more.

Then pick Sobek for Heroic Age as your god. You will gain 1 Roc (which is a flying transport) and 1 Laser crocodile. Put the villagers holding the sword in the Roc, and fly it into the Anubis statue. Instant win.

[FireAgain]

Mass priests and crocs with some buildings to block makes for a comfy defence if you want to play legitimately.

If you want to cheese it a little bit, you can go heroic age for the Roc and put the Sword into it and float it over while your army plays distraction - the guardian wipes the rest of the mission even if your entire army dies.

If you want to cheese it a lot, shifting sands works on the LANDED Roc so you can transport the sword instantly and immediately win.

[Woofy McDoodle]

Okay I decided to cheese it a little by attacking, killing most of the units and getting the sword into the Roc and flying it over. Man what a tough mission.

[Nito]

I won on titan difficulty by making 10 beetles and 40/50 priests because that is the ONLY unit on the egypt that actually counters myth units

and put on auto to make canon fodder units

[La Reina de Pinguinos]

For anyone thinking Diavhka's solution was going to save you from an obnoxious mission - they removed the free Roc in the last patch, and they aren't buildable on this map.

[StG Gastly]

July 2025 update to this question:

You can still cheese this mission by garrisoning the Sword Bearers inside a Siege Tower, and then using Shifting Sands on that.

(Turn 'One-Click Garrison' ON in the settings to be able to do it)

[AlanWake]

You can use the Leviathan to land on the other side of the cliff. It distracts the enemy units. Petsuchos army is the best way to go.

[Doresh]

Originally posted by AlanWake:

Petsuchos army is the best way to go.

When in doubt, add more Laser Crocs.

[Naierti]

Hmm...
I'm really curious.
What if you don’t let the villagers enter the city (to avoid triggering the story),
and instead just have your heroes fight through it?
If I remember correctly, the last time I did that,
it took me about an hour and I completed what was, at the time, the hardest stage.
(Back then, there wasn’t any absurd difficulty level.)

嗯……
我很好奇。
如果你不讓村民進到城裡（為了避免觸發劇情），
單純只用英雄打過去會怎麼樣？
我記得我上次這麼做的時候，
花了大約一小時，並完成了當時最困難的關卡。
（那時候還沒有什麼荒謬難度的設定。）