Help beating Langkao in Tormented Space

[TheHaplessWanderer]

Does anyone have a strategy for beating Langkao? I have tried starting in the middle, the bottom left, and the top left, but I have yet to find a winning strategy or location. Start easy on the collectors and weapons and slowly expand, I still end up getting flooded at some point.

[patrick.hasses]

S200_53 Langkao

The spore towers are not the immediate threat! 1st spore tower completes 4:45 and only fires at 5:55. Max 5 spores at a shot. You are going to need 6 Beams at first 8 Beams for complete coverage.

Here I've decided to attack the Inhibitor directly. Creeper is fast and will be lapping upon your ankles in 1:20.

The real boon is the free spore tower kill for power node.

I'm going to show for first 6 minutes till you stable, unless you do something daft. My Inhibitor kill is at 16:52. Its a standard case of trench warfare, slowly moving your drinks cabinet forward till you zap the Inhibitor.

Minute 0:
This is my un-optimised placement for collectors. Plus initial Genny and pulse cannons.
Disable a few collectors on start so you don't stall your energy. Bring them online a bit later. Start your first genny 35-40 seconds. Nullifier 55 seconds.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2480797300

Minute 1:
You must start that right side Cannon or you will lose your front nose. At 1:30 lower left cannon. Keep the genny building steady. Mortar for the power node.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2480797574

Minute 2:
Bring next last cannon online. Keep building the genny. Don't worry if you lose outlying collector(s). Build them again once you clear creeper for cheap energy.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2480797975

Minute 3:
Keep building the genny. Get another cannon to help the lower left cannon.
Start building mortars to help the cannons. Don't stall your energy!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2480798162

Minute 4:
Start Forge. Keep building the genny. Don't panic at the Sound of the Spore tower 4:45!
There is still plenty of time to build Beams later.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2480798350

Minute 5:
Keep building the genny. 5:15 Build 6 Beams to cover. Forge upgrade Energy ASAP!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2480798478

Minute 6:
You should be stable.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2480798800

Consolidate and assault the Inhibitor.
Good Luck

[TheHaplessWanderer]

Thank you, patrick.hasses!!!!! I now have a stable setup to expand on and can finally beat the mission! I was stalling power the entire time, not using the power node for a mortar but for a reactor, and was not continually building reactors. Thank you so much!

[patrick.hasses]

Glad you could make that Langkao beachhead. Using the mortar on the power node really helps to disperse the creeper. I tried your method of a Genny on the power node. Whilst it alleviates your energy problems you are exposed to a rapidly rising creeper.

You need to build 4 mortars immediately in order to stem the tide of creeper. Ultimately you get to the same stable configuration when you need to put down your beams at 5:15. Either way is fine.

I agree with you, your stumbling block was the need to continuously keep building Genny's to fuel the war machine. Power is Key.

[lonesh33p]

Thanks for this post guys. I was stalled at Langkao, at least temporarily. My thinking was something like "I won't waste energy on a nullifier until I have things stabilized..."

[Midnight Skrillex]

Start top left and build walls