Played this again and completed it a 3rd time. this run though never see any vending machine and no arrows. But won becasue i found a +50 HP potiondefeated tyrant. If you find a vending machine, its worth spend money to buy arrows and health potions and store up till lvl 7 and then kill everything you can, if you are lucky you will find zombies which gives tons of exp becasue they are weak and there are so many of them.
when enemy sends a huge force and weakens their big or medium base. give up on defending and attack theiur weaken base. so you trade a small base for a big one. And only attack the big neutral ones after the enemy weakens it.
I find health regen the most important. 200 HP with 30 regen + Ranger's nature balm(30 regen) you are getting 50 regen each round. When you reduce enemy till one melee or archer left, you can just sit back and regen all your mana before ending each fight. They dont do enough dmg to regen back. Even the legendary Gorgon cant do enough dmg with petrify as you regen enough each round. Works for easy and normal modes.
If you know you are going to die and want to save your score. reloading helps. but not all characters come back with full HP. I dont recommend it, because if you cant prevent char death at full health, you wont be able to do it with injured party.
Deaths are recorded when you reload. You dont get party wipe. if you have only one legendary lure. you can reload to choose the monster you want to fight. If you have more than 1, reloading wastes it.
Cave of trial 5
This works for me by (exmayo643)
Troops:
Black Knight
Dragon Rider
Frost Giant
Fire Succubus
Witch
Mermaid
Gather your forces mid way, and then turn on invulnerability just beofre goblin
Cave 5. Tried using 3 cannon fodder with 3 range along with invulnerability. The goblin kills my hero with invulnerability and cannon fodder doesnt work due to the goblins aoe *sheen* attack.
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