Monday, April 14, 2025

Legends of Kingdom Rush No Combat Damage Challenge

So it's definitely been a hot minute since I've put out any Legends of Kingdom Rush content.  I remember I was trying to get my hero challenge rushed out the door before Alliance dropped last July.  I managed to do that, and I managed to get the first two videos in this challenge done, but then I got caught up in Alliance and the new DLC that dropped for Vengeance and this got shelved.  Well, the other day I happened to think about it and was inspired to go back and get it finished.  Thus I give you my no combat damage challenge.

The point of this challenge is to do all four adventures without taking any health damage in combat.  I explain this in the video descriptions, but I'll repeat the rules here:

  • Armor damage is allowed, just not health damage (although I don't remember how often this point really comes up in any of the videos),
  • Health damage outside of combat - i.e., from dice encounters and the like - doesn't count.  Avoiding that kind of damage is an exercise in pure RNG, not skill
  • Damage to summoned and allied units doesn't count, since their whole point is to take damage for you.
For all four adventures I've assembled a team of the most elite heroes in the game - Oloch, the Zapper, and the Ranger.  As I've explained in previous LoKR posts this game is all about the ranged damage, and these guys are the kings of it, as well as coming with kits full of summons and stuns for utility.

For the first two adventures I had to make due with the Knight of all characters as my fourth hero, but I just consider that to make my achievement in those adventures all the more impressive.  For Extradimensional Menace I managed to nab the Bombardier, who is the ideal fourth for that adventure and it's final boss, and in The Wild Moon I was fortunate to get the Arcane Wizard, who is the best fourth hero in all other situations.

It was a lot of fun to pick up this game again after many months' hiatus.  But on the other hand it also made me sad, as this is a really fun game and I hate that it didn't get more love from Ironhide.  I'm assuming it just didn't perform well enough sales-wise, but I will forever remain an advocate for it.  In any case, I hope you enjoy:

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