What are the current meta towers?

[noah9942]

I've just got back into this game (played alot on the xbox) and was wondering what the current meta for towers was. I know before flame auras for general mobs, cannons for single target dps, skyguard for air, and just some wall type. Also EV damage beams were widely used.

[The Virologist]

Meta towers dont exist anymore. Theyll be nerfing more towers in the upcoming patches.

[Fuzen]

There is no such thing as a game without a meta though. Anyway…

Hornets, WM, ES, PDT, Fissure, BA and possibly LSA. (That last one got hit pretty hard by the change on Melee Boom, so its worth is mostly against resilient targets… and it still does that extremely well.)

Take a look at my guide if you want some ideas on the setups: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_UrhKLDY4EqfexBcz5TaSPTyqZOVShYLD8gTOYK8C7M/edit?usp=sharing

If you're aiming for high levels in Onslaught though, then you'll need to distance yourself from the meta and specialize your towers to deal with given threats since generalized setups stop working well at some point. (For instance, if you're the Bees-kind-of-person, you'll need a physical and a magical version in case of an Armored lane.) But you'll learn as you go so I won't spoil you this pleasure.

[noah9942]

ehh, ive played a ton on the xbox, just havent played in around 6 months or so. It seems they wanted to avoid having a few towers be amazing while others being pointless like in DD1.

[skex123]

The balance is getting pretty close. Lots of viable builds now. I set up my LSA to specialize in Chaos enemies (esp. Lady orcs) and can do most anything in chaos with just Flame and lighning aura with Monk anti-air. Any walls in C7, just in case.

I see lots of WM with Flame aura and PDT covering air and ground. That's probably the meta right now for Chaos, erm- Expeditions.