Champion of the Arena thread

[DGDobrev]

BTW, all you need in the fight with the metamorph is a single stack of black knights, stone skin, magic spring and Eviln. 200 of your knights (even as a mage) will own 5000 of his

Get to the edge of the arena where only 2 enemy units can hack at you, kill them, port away so that you always have 2 fresh corpses for eviln, get to another edge of the arena, kill some more, use magic spring and calm rage to recover mana and the metamorph goes down easily.

[Zechnophobe]

Originally Posted by DGDobrev

BTW, all you need in the fight with the metamorph is a single stack of black knights, stone skin, magic spring and Eviln. 200 of your knights (even as a mage) will own 5000 of his

Get to the edge of the arena where only 2 enemy units can hack at you, kill them, port away so that you always have 2 fresh corpses for eviln, get to another edge of the arena, kill some more, use magic spring and calm rage to recover mana and the metamorph goes down easily.

That's still gonna be a long boring fight, just use like a stack of fairies. You'll have 5000 or something, and he'll have 2000. Battle ends in 30 to 40 seconds .

[DGDobrev]

That is absolutely right, Zechno, and I coudn't agree more with your assessment, but it guarantees a no-loss fight

[b1274506]

No one here seems to talk about doing the first quest (school of gloom ) :
4 boss battles without joining any guild

well i managed to defeat 3 bossed (turtle was easy , spider was hard , frog very easy) but K'tahu or the lord lizzard is driving me insane i really don't know how to beat him , i've tried every strategy i can think of but he still kills me with that summoning of his t-rexes

i play with the mage on normal dificulty. (level 26)


the troups i can select are rather limited : snakes , demons , wolves , tanks ,barbarians. (remeber i have to get by without joining any guild )

i've lost like 10 battles against the lord lizzard and nothing seems to do the trick. help

[DGDobrev]

Well, since the quests do not count in this campaign, you may as well skip that. I have never tried doing that "task" (in champion of the arena, there are tasks, not quests) because in my opinion it looks impossible to beat the game using only those units provided by the school of gloom, especially on higher difficulty.

Maybe one can try to play with a tough tank unit and use the stone skin + magic spring + healing + teleport in k'tahu's weak spot tactic. However, once some gorguanas appear, you're bound to take some losses, and if they are not quickly disposed of, the game will surely be lost.

Another tactic might be - put your tough tank unit in a corner, stone skin, magic spring, healing and flame arrow at K'tahu.

Problem is, there are few to no decent physical resistance units in the main area.

[demos]

My impossible/mage score "0 loss"

http://yfrog.com/0fvictoryuxj


http://yfrog.com/afscore1uj


http://yfrog.com/ndscore2fj

[DGDobrev]

Good work I guess that's the best possible achievement + score in this campaign - around 1090 (I had 1091, but that's nothing and possibly due to the level).

Good work with the red dragons win - it is a most peculiar choice of units for the last battle, especially since most of the enemies are fire resistant - and for that, you deserve the congratulations.

You still didn't say a thing about the royal thorn + hagrid tactic. How does it work? I can live without it, but it certainly sparked my interest, as royal thorns are a rather commonplace units, unlike trolls.

[Kings Bounty Hunter]

Originally Posted by b1274506

No one here seems to talk about doing the first quest (school of gloom ) :
4 boss battles without joining any guild

well i managed to defeat 3 bossed (turtle was easy , spider was hard , frog very easy) but K'tahu or the lord lizzard is driving me insane i really don't know how to beat him , i've tried every strategy i can think of but he still kills me with that summoning of his t-rexes

i play with the mage on normal dificulty. (level 26)


the troups i can select are rather limited : snakes , demons , wolves , tanks ,barbarians. (remeber i have to get by without joining any guild )

i've lost like 10 battles against the lord lizzard and nothing seems to do the trick. help

I've given up after the turtle lol this mission may be possible on easiest level I suppose. I'll get back to you.

Same problem really regarding units without joining the mercenaries guild I dont see how it's possible.

EDIT

Just keep getting overpowered with spiders and starting to really piss me off tbh

[loreangelicus]

For those having problems with the Turtle Boss, I modified a tactic from this link:

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...t=16499&page=2

Just replace the Knight with a full stack of Druids; see screenshot below. This is a guaranteed no-loss win in around 30 turns (not too long), and you don't even need to cast a single spell from your spellbook. Tactic has been tested on Impossible Paladin game.

For those having problems with the Spider Boss, see 2nd screenshot below. You are not guaranteed to have all the components for a sure win. Druids and Archmages are always there; same with the Repair Droids (dwarves unlocked after the 1st boss battle). What is not guaranteed is the Phantom spell that I kept casting on the Repair Droids to keep it at full stack. Also not guaranteed are the Demonologists. I'm just showing a way of making the best of what you've got. This battle lasted 30 turns as well, btw.

Honestly, if you really want to have a guaranteed win against the Spider boss as the second battle (3rd if you count the single assassin battle) then just restart the game till you get "killer" units from Klissan, the tavern, or the School of Gloom (and you could check these quickly even without using the KBScanner); I've seen these shops spawn ancient vampires, ents, and royal thorns.

After the spider boss battle you get to unlock the elves... royal thorns, thorn-hunters/thorn warriors, ents, ancient ents + Hagrid = game over. Crown of Blackthorne always seem to spawn, btw; it's only the location that seems randomized.

[plin500]

Originally Posted by b1274506

No one here seems to talk about doing the first quest (school of gloom ) :
4 boss battles without joining any guild

well i managed to defeat 3 bossed (turtle was easy , spider was hard , frog very easy) but K'tahu or the lord lizzard is driving me insane i really don't know how to beat him , i've tried every strategy i can think of but he still kills me with that summoning of his t-rexes

i play with the mage on normal dificulty. (level 26)


the troups i can select are rather limited : snakes , demons , wolves , tanks ,barbarians. (remeber i have to get by without joining any guild )

i've lost like 10 battles against the lord lizzard and nothing seems to do the trick. help

I'm struggeling with the same problem. Mage/impossible, 639 Thorn Warriors + Hagrid. Turtle, Spider and Frog were easy and so far no loss. Lizard lord however is truly impossible I have only 13% phys res. so although i'm hiding my thorns in the corner, T-rexes are doing more damage than hagrid can ress. Not to mention gorguanas with their mark of blood Plus i haven't got even stone skin in my existing game.

Maybe the solution is to start over, get both thorn hunter and warriors in main arena or prefebly Royal thorns and with luck, some psyh res items. I guess it would be foolish to hope the crown would spawn in main arena

So basicly i need thorns, phys res item(s), crown to get things going and they must all spawn in 2 places - what are the odds


EDIT!

DG post got me thinking that maybe it would be possible to use Trolls and their self-healing ability at night. They've got tons of HP and should survive T-rexes, while i'd flame arrow Lizard lord. Again, has anybody seen Trolls in main arena..?