Champion of the Arena thread

[plin500]

Originally Posted by Kings Bounty Hunter

He didn't say what was to be gained from the school of gloom either btw

It doesn't matter. Already had completed this little campaign with that strategy, so it was the last thing to achieve.

[DGDobrev]

I have yet to achieve that either - in all my games so far the main area provided nothing of consequence and I was forced to choose an ally in a hurry.

Kings_Bounty_Hunter, don't OMG just yet. My 4-royal-thorn strategy against the Kraken ended around turn 350. This goes to show that a battle should take as many turns as necessary.

[loreangelicus]

Finally finished this one, Impossible Paladin game, no-loss. Level 70 with a score of 1190.

Attached are the screenshots of the highlights pages, as well as the "Baal" fight (20 rounds battle).

Also attached is my quickest boss fight ever; took out the Toad boss in ROUND 1.

[DGDobrev]

Well done, Lore It's good to see people still caring for the high scores and the friendly competition that will drive others forward to do the same themselves

[loreangelicus]

Originally Posted by DGDobrev

Well done, Lore It's good to see people still caring for the high scores and the friendly competition that will drive others forward to do the same themselves

Thanks! I actually like CotA and DotC since they are both short campaigns, and this would elicit more attempts at the high score since its relatively easy to play the campaign multiple times; more so for CotA since you could try different play styles and tactics while you're at it.

[DGDobrev]

I totally agree. I'm doing OOTM with the new quests and it's going really, really slow. Heck, in a week I barely cleaned half of Rusty This is why I totally agree with you. For the people whose time is short, COTA and DOTC campaigns are precisely what they need.

I for one, salute 1c for adding them. They are both challenging and they suit the person who needs to work in the meantime ( ) really well

[plin500]

Is the max level 70? I just started a new paladin/imp game and undead land spawned 2 hand of necropolis as well with paladin hero i can get learning 3 pretty quickly. Maybe with 2-3 ancient knowledge scrolls level above 70 and a score of 1200+ is doable...?

[DGDobrev]

There is no max level After level 60, the levels contunue in the same progression as before. I surmise the max level should be attained by getting at least 1 ak scroll in the main arena that should be bought asap, and at least 2 more in the various areas. Level 3 learning ASAP, anything else that provides xp is a bonus. Dying is ok if it will open up more hands of necropolis (only if necessary), but it does give a -1% bonus to the score.

You know I have never seen a game so far with 2 hands of necropolis. I thought that was disallowed in the expansion.

[loreangelicus]

I finished the game with 2,912,699 XP; for level 71 you need 2,943,000, just a 30,301 XP difference.

I had 8 suppression battles, the initial single assassin battle, 7 heroes and 8 bosses; total of 24 battles. Klissan spawned 4 AK scrolls and another shop sold 1 AK, so 5 AKs total good for 25 battles. Note that the only battle that I fought without an AK scroll on was the initial single assassin battle. Also note that there is no dragon digging chests in this campaign.

I took paladin to fast-track level 3 Learning, and also had 2 Hand of Necropolis spawn, one at the guild with contracts (so I was able to buy that one at once) and one at the undead (veteran's guild) lands. This one I wasn't able to get at once since dieing was not an option (it is like subtracting half a level worth of final score points); this also means no black knights/bone dragons since you only get the high tier undead units if you die.

Suppression of level 4-5 items would give 12k-25k of XP (this estimate is already with AK/Learning 3/HoN), so given the exact same setup as above PLUS 2-3 more level 4-5 item suppression battles then level 71 IS possible.

This is a rare setup to generate:

1) 5 AK scrolls (most of which should be sold by Klissan)
2) 10+ suppression battles, most of which should be high-level items
3) 2 Hand of Necropolis, one of which should be accessible almost immediately

Good luck to all!

[amyndris]

Any advice on how to no loss the Arena Grand Champion? I've tried solo plants with Hagrid but he seems to murder them faster than Hagrids rebuff.

I've tried a lineup of Red Dragon/Paladin/Inquisitor/Repair Droid/Guard Droid, but their DPS isn't fast enough to down him before his "spawn enemy" attack grows too much for me to take down in a single turn, even with Level 3 Demon Slayer can't do plants because he murders them too fast.

I'm Mage/Impossible. Thanks for any help you can give me! I've managed to no loss my way here, but now I'm stuck :/