The so far best strategy.

[PaulKrawitz]

Use:

• Aura of Decay
• Automatic Ascension
• Corpse Explosion

This brought me all the way to minute 27.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3287926481

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3287926781

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3287940356

[Darklord]

I used Aura, Priests and automatic spawn. Works great, too.

[Darklord]

Originally posted by PaulKrawitz:

I couldn't get the priests to work... they kept dying.

I like the concept of extra units but unfortunately they are only a temporary bonus since you need to keep them alive.

If your crowd is big enough, you can catch the priests easily. The more you get, the less you are injured. And if your crowd is big enough, the priests cannot die so easy.

[Darklord]

Maybe, I try your setup on my next playthrough.

[Anthrak]

Originally posted by Darklord:

Originally posted by PaulKrawitz:

I couldn't get the priests to work... they kept dying.

I like the concept of extra units but unfortunately they are only a temporary bonus since you need to keep them alive.

If your crowd is big enough, you can catch the priests easily. The more you get, the less you are injured. And if your crowd is big enough, the priests cannot die so easy.

and then you reach the 30 min timer and you get the mage swarm^^

[Silverwarg]

Explosion + Auto-raise + priests + heal on raise. 30:50.

[Silverwarg]

Nice, but I found the range of the urns to be too short.
Edit: They are quite effective, they've saved a few wizards for me, so definitely worth keeping an eye out for. My hoard frequently reach 600+ units, so they must be doing something right.

[Silverwarg]

Probably, if you can keep them alive, but as always, it's a big "if" when you get around minute 25.
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198020950285/screenshot/2479879695588526314/

[tony_statman]

My strategy (just won!) was healing urns + priests + corpse explosion + aura ... I did NOT take auto ascension, I found it was better to back off slightly to lure enemies onto corpses and THEN ignite them :)

[tony_statman]

Originally posted by PaulKrawitz:

Originally posted by tony_statman:

My strategy (just won!) was healing urns + priests + corpse explosion + aura ... I did NOT take auto ascension, I found it was better to back off slightly to lure enemies onto corpses and THEN ignite them :)

True... but starting from minute 25 the corpses pile up and you just won't be able to keep up with the resurrection, you will also lose some of your mental focus trying to hold down the key while keeping an eye on the mobs.

That is absolutely true, I was spamming the space bar; the flip side was that there lots (and lots!) of explosions as I was getting swarmed :)

[Silverwarg]

Originally posted by PaulKrawitz:

Originally posted by Silverwarg:

Probably, if you can keep them alive, but as always, it's a big "if" when you get around minute 25.
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198020950285/screenshot/2479879695588526314/

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[Silverwarg]

I think it has to do with how large it was at its largest, the healers keep the small fry alive longer, so your hoard can grow just that little bit larger.

[Ara]

I'm close to beating Hard Mode 3 using Spiritual Revive, Storyteller, Automatic Ascension and Corpse Explosion.
I have no clue how to upload screenshots. :D
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2488887250880691189/2158CC3F29F1F74C05DCD48C2D1A6254E721DB73/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

[Silvver]

Originally posted by Darklord:

I used Aura, Priests and automatic spawn. Works great, too.

How to get automatic spawn?

[JohnSpartan118]

Area spawn, corpse explosion, spawn healing can take you to the end with a combo of torment and decay. I've never beaten that massive wave of mages at the 35 minute mark. I thought that was the endgame.

[Fenek]

27 minute? On which +++level?