This was a frustrating one. My hope was to be able to do it with just the one hero like campaign mode, but it's just ever so slightly out of reach. Now the more powerful heroes can do it - although sometimes things can get out of hand - but the bottom tier heroes just lack the power. I debated letting the heroes that could do the map solo and then using the second hero for all other and just docking their grades significantly, but ultimately I decided against it. I prefer to keep things the same across all heroes when possible, as I feel it keeps the grades the most meaningful. So ultimately I used both Raelyn and Vesper as the second hero guarding the choke point on the bottom right. I did manage to complete all heroes without using the other hero's hero spell at least. If you do use the hero spell (especially Raelyn's Dark Knight), the map becomes very easy at that point.
As for strategy, it's pretty much just a rehash of the build we used for campaign mode. We build a couple of Archers on the back half to deal with Void Blinkers and leaks, but the optimal strategy is to go all-in in fortifying the forward choke points and trying to keep anything from getting past them. This often breaks down on wave 6 with two Flesh Behemoths trying to break through, but it's easy enough to deal with by selling other towers and building an Eldritch Channeler in the back half to take care of any leaks.
Impressions
Grades aren't terribly surprising here, with a couple of exceptions. Anya joins the 'A' team for once, earning an 'A-'. Her ability to tank even Flesh Behemoths indefinitely is the perfect ability for this map, which is primarily about trying to maintain the integrity of your choke points while the Tricannons DPS everything down.
Shockingly, Lumenir earns an 'A+' along with Broden while Kosmyr only earns an 'A'. I guess it's not so shocking, really, as her abilities are ideal for what this map dishes out. Her hero spell is excellent for stunning and erasing a decent chunk of large enemies' (like Behemoths) health bar, and her Celestial Judgement ability is really just a single target version of the same. Then her Blessing of Retribution ability is perfect for buffing defenders, keeping them going longer while also dealing serious retribution damage.
The biggest surprise for me though is how badly Onagro performed. Since this map is so similar to campaign mode I expected him to perform well again, but instead he ties for last place. For some reason this map highlights his weaknesses (like the inability to block) especially hard, and I'm honestly at a loss to explain the difference here from campaign mode. Onagro is the hero that definitely has the least predictable performance from map to map.
Final Grades
- Vesper - B
- Raelyn - B-
- Nyru - B+
- Torres - B
- Anya - A-
- Grimson - C+
- Broden - A+
- Therien - B
- Onagro - C+
- Warhead - B
- Lumenir - A+
- Kosmyr - A
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