How to get the achievement: I love the smell of Catapult fire!

[Shiny Man]

You are supposed to "Capture all of the Catapults in the mission “Once Upon A Catapult” in less than 30 minutes."
No matter how many times I try, I can't seem to get them in time. Anyone got it and can provide me with a strategy that works?

[Biervampir [AUT]]

From what I noticed so far, Mass Robo-Goblins is a very easy strategy, to pull off not the strongest but strong enough.

I personslly like going for the Demonic Tech and using spells to support, though that requires brain.


What would help me helping you, would be how you try to do this achievement.
If you still have troubles, I can make a video for you

[Blake Walsh]

Typically missions are completed most quickly by going mass Arachnid. Try to very aggressively conquer the map - dumping nearly all evilness into "More Creatures" to expand your army of Arachnids. Try hard to not let any arachnids die (especially in the early game) because then you need to spend mana to resurrect them - keeping them alive is as simple as pulling them back when they are hurt so they can then heal. Arachnids literally need nothing other than a Gobbler Farm if they don't die.

Once you've conquered an island of evilness or two invest in an aracanium and spells to assist in taking on the stronger camps of heroes, Meteor Swarm is especially valuable as an opening.

I can beat most campaign levels (including this one) on Hellish in about 20 minutes using mass arachnid, the rapid healing between (and even during) battles means you never have to stop to heal, you just overrun everything.

[Shiny Man]

I mainly tried to go all demon monsters, but it just takes too long for them to recover when they die, even when I give mana a lot of my focus
Will try out your tactics and hope it will work - thanks

[Shiny Man]

Got the achievement after my first try with your Arachnid method