Well, all good things must come to an end. I've made it so far in this challenge only using one active hero (the other being a flying hero I send off into a corner), but at last we have arrived at a challenge difficult enough that two heroes are required.
In situations like this I'll always use free-on-mobile heroes, and today we go with Raelyn and Nyru. I originally tried out Vesper for the Linerean hero, but man, he just could not get the job done. Thankfully not much is required from the second hero. I managed to confine them to the choke point I create in the upper right, and I never had to use their hero spells, so all in all I'm pretty happy still with how things turned out.
This is a doozy of a map, although honestly the only thing that really makes it hard is keeping the Glarelings from getting into the crater to make a Flesh Behemoth. This necessitates creating choke points around the crater to keep them out, and it's a serious drain on resources that are needed elsewhere on the map.
This is one of those maps that will really test your ability to deploy your reserves wisely. Often times the difference between winning and losing is knowing where best to devote reinforcements and your hero spell. The last wave is a master class in this, as there are three areas of intense action going on simultaneously - the choke point in the upper right, the choke point in the upper left (where on wave 6 the Paladins get moved out into the lane to block the Evolving Scourges and keep them from the Glare), and the bottom choke point where Bladeclaw Horrors are constantly assaulting. It's quite the workout, and I appreciated the challenge on this one.
Impressions
Because the use of the second hero was highly contained and uniform across all heroes I'm not worried about how it might affect the grades. Really the second hero's only job is to make sure the upper right choke point stays standing, while the other hero bounces around the map dealing with everything else.
Grades are pretty standard here and a little higher than I expected given how challenging this map felt. I didn't give anyone an 'A+' as I didn't feel any of the heroes really tore it up in 'A+' fashion, but of course the dragons and Broden get normal 'A's. The rest of the class sorts themselves nicely into the usual grading order, with poor Raelyn continuing to see her GPA drop with every map.
Final Grades
- Vesper - B
- Raelyn - C-
- Nyru - B+
- Torres - B-
- Anya - B
- Grimson - C
- Broden - A
- Therien - A-
- Onagro - A-
- Warhead - B+
- Lumenir - A
- Kosmyr - A
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