This bonus campaign closes out with a reasonably challenging iron mode. Despite being a map that needs a decent amount of AoE, I had trouble getting a Battle Brewmaster build off the ground and found it easier to go all-in with Twilight Longbows. They really come into their own as the fight progresses, being invaluable in taking down Killertiles and Tankzards. Besides that there's really no trick to this one other than just fighting as hard as possible.
Impressions
We have some very surprising grades this time around. Stregi being at the bottom with a 'C' isn't surprising of course, but Anya joining her somewhat is. This is just one of those maps that highlights heroes with DPS problems, and Anya is definitely one of them. Normally her great survivability and solid hero spell keep her from hitting rock bottom, but this time around that just wasn't the case.
Of course I say all that and then Warhead somehow earns himself a very rare 'A-'. Of course his hero spell is pretty clutch on this level, but still I was shocked how easy it was to do this one with him. But then to prove it truly is Opposite Day, Onagro only manages a 'B' here. Throughout campaign and heroic modes I worried that his mobility issues would be a big problem and they just weren't, but again this map for whatever reason really hits that weakness hard.
And then as the cherry on top, Broden does not earn his usual 'A+', only getting an 'A'. His performance just didn't have the trivializing feel that it normally does. And while Kosmyr is usually the one coming in just below him with an unadorned 'A', he somehow tops him to get the 'A+' himself.
I'm certainly not going to complain about a map that shakes things up grade-wise, I just wish I could identify the particular aspects of it that make it that way. It's not like the map has a particularly unusual wave composition, or that they're asking you to do something really hard like take down high armor enemies with no magic towers, but man this one was just weird.
Final Grades
- Vesper - B-
- Raelyn - C+
- Nyru - B
- Torres - B-
- Anya - C
- Grimson - B
- Broden - A
- Therien - B
- Onagro - B
- Warhead - A-
- Lumenir - A-
- Kosmyr - A+
- Stregi - C
- Bonehart - A+
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