Also a super easy way to get the 40 waves hard badge is to take a team comp with the biggest number of in-battle buffs possible. Examples include: Ranger with his +20 quickness for the team and HUGE health regen single target buff; Warrior's Inspire ability (+20% damage buff to entire team, and Warriors can give (only) themselves Stun immunity and +30% damage buff); Conjurer can give +15% damage resist to all AND conjurer minions are permanent in that game mode unless they die (and minions can also be buffed), and give a second Revive ability. Mages can give 100% damage reflect to all party members (with enough casts) and can steal power from enemies. Clerics don't bring much to the buff party, but are still 100% necessary for their healing and ability to wreck undead.
Imo Warrior, Cleric, Conjurer, Ranger is a free win. Spend the first round buffing (kill all but one weak enemy and just don't kill it until done buffing), and gg.
For anyone having a hard time getting the 50k points badge, the game becomes incredibly broken and easy if you take the following team comp: Warrior (dump all of your high armor value items on him, and all he really needs is Shield Wall and Defiance, and power regen items are helpful too), Cleric (dump your power regen gear on him, all he really needs is a ton of power regen and a good censor), a rogue, and a ranger. Rogue and Ranger are both going to be full intellect builds, and both are going to be using bows or crossbows (get the Poison ability on both of them, and that will be your main source of damage, and venomous weapons are your best friends).
Best strategy ever. Use Vikings, use no archers (their archers blow, anyway), and use charges as your main tactic. Flanking, and charges. Boar's snouts will let you wipe away any shield wall. This works on just about any difficulty, against every enemy. I use 6 Varangs and 4 warriors.
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