This much too heavily based on luck. Being smart is 15% of you're ability to play. When the opponent keeps spamming shields and keeps getting 8's after my BEST play 4, it's just impossible to win.
-How to beat level 14-
Put all your power into the Extreme left and Extreme right tentacles. While they grow to be LARGE, the enemies will fight in the middle, leaving their starting spaces weakened. Use 1 of your tentacles to take one of their tentacles. They are left with a MAXIMUM of 60 power. From there, you win EASILY.
At level 16, the walkthrough shows you the numbers at which to transfer in the beginning. Don't follow anything after that, because my first time playing, I did it in 160, while the walkthrough did it in 185!
Ways to abuse the game...
1.In a 1v1vHowever many others, go into a corner and mass for about 2 minutes. That's enough time for you to build an extremely large army, and for your opponents to be whittled down to just a few squads.
2. In a situation where you are supposed to destroy 1 enemy then destroy all others, use your starting squads to flank the enemy's starting squads, and send the reinforcements to do the same. After that, follow step one.
Middle game-After the enemies fight it out, and one side has one army left, flank it on both sides. Send 1 to 2 large groups on each side, doesn't matter if you time them at the same time or wait for one side to arrive before sending the other.
End game-Eventually, the other side will either fight it out or not, doesn't matter. Just send all your units at every possible angle to annihilate them. Then no worries about being caught off guard. Keep sending the units spawned, and victory is guaranteed.
FINAL BOSS GUIDE
The Final Boss isn't difficult.
Beginning-Move your group up near the boost so when attacked you can turn into super army and turn around and destroy the enemy with ease. Also, if you just stay like that for a minute, the Army above you will be weakened from multiple side attacks. Since you have that boost, use it to very quickly flank the enemy while using the THEIR enhancer against them, pushing them out slowly. After they're gone, just mass your group above the enhancer and wait.