there are a few things that you need to get the hard badge: the right class and race, a retreat strategy, oganization with the items (I keep all items with different spells and I also sort out a set of equipment for each element.) Grinding the whole level dungeon you're on. Also, try to find a raise dead item cause skeletons when u have 20 INT make great meatshields.
those charger enemies are very annoying. Vine, which saved my life every now and then, has no affect on them, since the charge ability ignores it and they cause a lot of damage too. Their vision is very large so you don't even have to be close to them for them to see you. If you have to fight more than just one of them, youre screwed.
it should instantly show the patty status when you mouse over it. Not the fancy looking slow appearance crap. I'm trying to flip like 8 patties one after another and i have 2 wait a whole second so I can see if it's just right. other than that 5/5
the thing with the dragon is that the dragon will go for the sword if the shield is too close range to the dragon, making the level 10x harder when you have to control both units all the time