Slime Tower

[AceJaster67]

Is the slime tower just a worse bear tower?

I don't think there is any way to pull of a win if you start with the slime tower. Not without some really really good luck.

But even if you get it later I don't think it has any real value. It doesn't trigger any tower's destroyed abilities. So at best it just gets paired with a bear tower for double gains.

Am I missing some super powerful build here?

[Rishi]

Slime Tower is fantastic if you pick it up after the first boss and have an Iron Tower on board. it is also a move flexible version of bear, where bear kind of locks you into honey while slime lets you sacrifice anything you want.
It does however work best in conjunction with a Bear Tower, providing those removals the bear needs while retaining the buffs itself.
If you want to try to make the most of a Slime Tower build try it together with a Bear, a Forge and try to buy an iron tower every turn to buff with forge and for the slime to eat.

[AceJaster67]

Originally posted by Rishi:

Slime Tower is fantastic if you pick it up after the first boss and have an Iron Tower on board. it is also a move flexible version of bear, where bear kind of locks you into honey while slime lets you sacrifice anything you want.
It does however work best in conjunction with a Bear Tower, providing those removals the bear needs while retaining the buffs itself.
If you want to try to make the most of a Slime Tower build try it together with a Bear, a Forge and try to buy an iron tower every turn to buff with forge and for the slime to eat.

Yeah, I noticed that the iron tower was probably the way to go. Especially since it rounds the damage. So if you get a slime tower on turn 1 and sacrifice iron towers to it, all your towers will get +1/+1 because they can't get fractions of an hp. Or at least that's what it seems with the few towers i have. But it doesn't scale fast enough to beat the first boss.

And after the first boss I usually have some other set up going on so I don't need or want a slime tower. What kind of build do you use to go into a slime tower?

[Rishi]

If you choose to start a turn 1 slime the most important initially is to try and not die.
Guardian, TNT, and Snake are all great options.
Once alive focus on first boss, you want to front load some damage with Glass or TNT so that slime can get 2 hits in on him.
Here's a build that managed to beat the first boss
https://gyazo.com/f2e05358c12d42ff04ef5cae6d3d993d

Once first boss is down just keep feeding it and try to pick up a bear. Here's an example for a build that beat the 2nd boss
https://gyazo.com/18a80d20d1d3f5e91c50b283e2a47d1f

[AceJaster67]

Originally posted by Rishi:

I like an early glass and guardian to beat the first boss. Here's an example build at round 21
https://gyazo.com/18a80d20d1d3f5e91c50b283e2a47d1f
Imo slime is the most consistent wincon in this game.

I never found any gold gain before the first boss but this was enough to beat it.
https://gyazo.com/f2e05358c12d42ff04ef5cae6d3d993d
Finding something the handle the earlygame is pretty important. TNT, Snake, Guardian are fantastic. The same ones also help a lot with the first boss.

https://imgur.com/a/9tF2sKT

right after I posted my last comment I got this gem. FREE DAMAGE!

[Rishi]

That is a fantastic combo I've never even considered. Good job Very creative.

[AceJaster67]

Originally posted by Rishi:

That is a fantastic combo I've never even considered. Good job Very creative.

Thanks! I don't think I would have come up with it if you hadn't suggested picking it up after the first boss.

I think its actually the key to a Hydra build. Because Hydras can easily stop the first boss, but I've never been able to get past the second boss with them. It just takes too many of them to get that next bump in power once you get them to tier 3. The slime tower is the perfect companion. Just feed him all the free hydras!

[Rishi]

If you do Hydras in every slot except one which you put a Witch in you'll get another way to run Hydras. Frog potions bounce between all the Hydras and the Witch buffing all their stats by a lot. Try it out next time you get an early Hydra.
Also gives you something to spend your money on once Hydras are free

[LaQcaracha]

Hydras work fantastic with a Witch combo. You can also put in a Frog and a Mosquito. Frog gives some eco while costing zero and Mosquito quite reliably gets the last hit on a Frog potion.