To finish up this elite campaign we bounce back yet again from a pretty easy heroic mode to a decently challenging iron mode. This is one of those maps where I have a sneaking suspicion that there is an easier way to do it that I'm not quite seeing, but I did try several different possibilities and didn't find anything that worked more reliably than what I show in the videos. The main challenge of course is that the two towers you're given don't have any blocking ability. The Twilight Longbows do, of course, but as I said, I tried using them in various ways and didn't feel like they gave a better solution.
I do really like the Twilight Longbows as a new tower, and I feel I'll be using them going forward since they are free on mobile, but they're just not the right choice here. They just can't get enough work done against the high armor Animated Armors and Deathwoods, and Thrill of the Hunt just can't scale them up quick enough to make up for it. So while the Harassers are good blockers, having to fully upgrade the towers to get them feels like a waste. Thus we go for dual Tricannons supported by an Arborean Emissary to do all the work here.
Impressions
This was one of those maps where the grades don't adequately reflect the difficulty. Therien stands out here as the lone 'C' - a rarity for her - while everyone else does pretty well. However, what you don't really see is how much practice was required to hone the micro for this map.
Therien scores so low because when teaming her up with Nyru there is zero blocking ability, which is really needed to some extent from heroes here. She would have done a lot better using Vesper as the free Linerean hero, but Nyru is the better choice all around for Dark Army heroes due to her magic damage, and I always like comparing apples to apples as much as possible when doing these videos.
As usual Onagro suffers from the same difficulty, but his long range ability to attack multiple lanes coupled with a solid AoE hero spell helps move him up to a 'B-', the next lowest grade. And of course all the flying heroes are more than powerful enough to make up for their lack of blocking. Once again Lumenir edges out Kosmyr for a better grade, which is a pretty rare occurrence, but her hero spell is rather ideal for Animated Armors and Deathwoods, stunning and doing a great deal of damage to them.
Final Grades
- Vesper - B+
- Raelyn - B
- Nyru - B
- Torres - B+
- Anya - A
- Grimson - B
- Broden - A+
- Therien - C
- Onagro - B-
- Warhead - A-
- Lumenir - A+
- Kosmyr - A
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