Temple Puzzle

[Dire]

As the title says ... bonus mode Temple Puzzle. Anyone got ANY idea how to approach this? I got to night 4, but the big spiders absolutely crushed me. I checked out the rest of the waves with cheats, and I can't even begin to fathom how you're supposed to beat this map. The temples honestly do very little it seems. But in any case, money is always so short you can't really build up, especially when enemies constantly destroy your gold buildings. I've tried shrines, towers, walls, different unit combinations ... without flails I can't even get through night 1.

[Kranst]

Oh man, I forgot about this one until I opened the game to check. I managed to three-star it with 2979, but this is one of the more difficult ones besides Bloody Good.

The first two rounds are the most important because you can activate all five shrines if you play your cards right. I found them crucial to have enough economy for later.

• Day 1: With your remaining gold, you are going to want to purchase the three shrines in a row in addition to the defense tower to the left of your castle center. This is good because it allows you to activate the shrine by your castle center quickly before it is destroyed. (While it is possible to do with a house instead of the tower for extra gold, it is not worth the headache.) Afterward, you are going to have to figure out how to use kiting and your ability to activate the other shrines in order from furthest to closest. You will have to get a feel for this on your own.
  
  
• Day 2: Upgrade your castle center and choose Assassin's Training. This is going to allow you to spam your ability, the most important part of this map. Get into the habit of using it every time it recharges immediately in as best of a position you can be. With the remaining gold purchase the other two shrines. Same deal, activate all the shrines.
  
  
• Day 3: This one confused me for a while on how to clear, gain good economy, and avoid getting steamrolled. And the answer I reached was the least intuitive: build nothing along the way to your castle center. Seems wrong, but it works phenomenally. Purchase the gold mine and spearmen on the right and a harbor, house and berserkers on the left. The Exploders will go right and the Rams straight and left. Match your units against their best matchup and line traps along the way to the gold mine. (I found that having the spears placed as singles to slow down the Exploders works best.)

After this point, you should have enough economy to fight against the waves as you normally would. But remember to always use your active ability. Your walls will guide enemies towards them while you constantly place traps behind them. Hope this helps!

[Dire]

Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation :)

[Kranst]

Originally posted by Dire:

Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation :)

Of course! Hope it was not too much information and helped you out haha.