Unlike last time, we got a real step up in difficulty for the heroic mode on this map. Things get intense here. Perhaps the biggest realization in the build is not to worry about trying to kill the High Sorcerers with damage, but just using the magic pot things to insta-kill them. It gives less gold than killing them, but I don't know that trying to kill them with most heroes is realistic. This also applies to the Nian in wave 1. The top tier heroes can try to kill them, but for the others it's better to just use the pots on the middle lane to take out the first four that head for the northern exit.
And we haven't even talked about the Mogwai wave yet, which is the most difficult part of the map. If you can survive this wave it's probably going to be a win, but man this one is difficult. What I show in the videos is the best solution I've found - the hero on the top lane, a Bone Flinger on the middle lane, and reinforcements on the bottom lane. You're still going to have leaks, as the Bone Flinger isn't fully upgraded yet and reinforcements can't hold a lane by themselves (this might be one of the ultra-rare maps where the Demon Guards might be a better choice than the Hellion Tridents, but I didn't bother to test), but it saves you from having to play the game of trying to get Soul Impact to refresh almost instantly by killing enough Mogwai with it (which is what I tried to do at first with mixed results).
The rest of the map is difficult, but not exceptionally so. You have to group up the High Sorcerers in wave 4 for a pot kill, but other than that it's just about building out Bone Flingers to DPS everything down.
Impressions
Final Grades
- Veruk - A
- Asra - B
- Oloch - C
- Margosa - B
- Mortemis - B
- Tramin - A
- Jigou - B
- Beresad - A
- Doom Tank SG-11 - A
- Jun'pai - A
- Eiskalt - A
- Murglun - A
- Jack O'Lantern - A
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