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Sakib. If you're using the default team, just wait a turn. then, when the archers are in mage range attack with the knights. then just use the mages to slaughter lots of them at once, while using the healer to keep everyone alive. hope that helped
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For all those having trouble with level 5 (Arrowstorm) using the best used strategies in the comments, the key is to actually move your knights towards archers during the second round so that the archers go for a back attack of the knights and not the mages (so much). If you leave them clumped together, one mage will perish.
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Interesting how the mage on the high ground takes the cake. I had 3 warriors up front, maxed out mage on the high ground with an archer beside him, healer in the corner, and another warrior to protect the mage's side.
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*archer moves to shoot my knight from behind*
+50% - from behind
-50% - moving fatigue
-20% - broken view
A fail turn it is, is not it?
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A couple tips - if you leave your melee unit's backs open so people walk behind and backstab, your mages entire chain gets bonus backstab damage. Thus, it's often better to let your tank take an extra couple points of damage (walking behind them causes move fatigue, making the backstab weaker anyway) and then get +50% on a chain with dozens of damage.
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Got the hard badge pretty easily with 2 mages (max chain and +5 magic) and 3 knights with +1 shield to protect them. Just make sure to let the enemy come to you (they will do next to nothing because of move penalty), and then on your turn attack your main target with an adjacent knight first, as that will make it impossible for the target to block a magic attack. Using this, any level with mainly knights is a breeze, including level 10. Your main problem would be levels with mostly mages, and that one with all archers, wherein you have to be a little more aggressive.
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To recover a character's HP, click on them and end their turn without moving. Clicking Pass will ignore recovery. They will gain +1 HP each turn ended. Use if archers attack one of your stable units and need to heal slowly.
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My setup: High ground: Mage (+9 magic +3 chain) Next to: Healer (+7 heal +3 range)
And on front: 3 knight with +1 live.
-----Strategy: Just defend and use the high grounded mage, dont move anyone anywhere. Always start the cain on the weakest, mostry archer or mage cause if you start on knight and its shield deflects it affects the chain-downs too. So choose weak target first and you can deal a massive 70-80 damage with just a mage in one turn.
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Healer is when everyone is goes for 1 knight, and those last-ditchers. 1 heal can give about 27 live that can give em some more turns.
---Knights are for human-shield. Just attack with them but dont move off from formation! Dont attack archers and mages with them, they are for the mage. Only do when mage is out of reach.
I did the first 7 levels with them easily, the last 3 were a bit harder but if you get the hang of it you can handle em. Buena fortuna!
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Azuriel855's comment works as well with some modifications. Just 2 units is enough -> 1 mage on the high ground (maxed everything except speed 0) 1 Cleric in the corner (+8 health +2 speed +9 healing +3 range) Simply use the mage to shock everyone in this order - cleric>mages>archers>warriors. Most of the warriors should target the mage. If anyone targets your cleric kill them first while moving the cleric around, and always move your cleric to a position where she can still heal the mage, yet as far from the attackers as possible.
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thanks @ arakantos for the strategy, it works! I ran into a little trouble with the arrowstorm level but a couple of replays later I got it and got the hard badge without much trouble.
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Well, my strategy worked quite well too - 1 mage on highground +3(2 enough)chain+9magic, 1 healer near corner +1-2 hp +1-2range +2-3healing and 3 warriors faced forward +3-4 hp (mid one can get +shield, but not necessary).
-Warriors
skip 1st round, attack, and let at least one of them get behind your side warriors (heal that one ofc). Strike with mage in behind. Quick elimination guaranteed.
-Archers
don't let them kill healer, don't jump from the highground with your mage and let them get close enough for your mage to kill 'em all, heal him from the corner and that's all :P.
-Mages
Just dont let you units stay close enough for chain lightnings and let again let them get close enough to kill 'em with mage.
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I lost with Arakantos's startegy. On the first level. With only one foe killed. Wait, I lose with every strategy. Looks like strategy doesn't like meh.
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2 mages (+9 magic, +3 chain, +1 health on high ground)(+6 magic, +3 chain, +1 health next to him) in the back row, 2 knights (+4 health) in front row in front of mages. Unbeatable against computer, 1000 pts every time. works!!
PS: On Lvl 5 u must move our mage and knight on the rigth side (not the one on high ground) 1 step to the rigth. If u dont they will kill the mage on their seconf turn! :/
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scoring in this game ain't easy that's for sure, this game only for certain no. of ppl there are others like this one much better.
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Unless I completely misunderstand the purpose of use for archers, I can come up with no reason why they have to suffer from move fatigue. Unless you feel like they are super powerful and that would just make it unfair... but I have a feeling most don't.
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A perfect upgraded game of chess! Although archers are unpowered. Really needs strategy not just high luck. The enemy CPU is smart. Perhaps too smart.
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Yes thank you @arakantos. I tweaked with some of the numbers (like giving the mage not on high ground more health, and my knights a little more) but your character combo seems to be the key. easy 30 pts
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1 Mage on high ground (+9 Dam, +3 Chain, +1 Health)
2 Healers next to Mage, both sides of him (+3 Heal Power)
3 Warriors in front of them (+1 Health)
ALWAYS!!!! ALWAYS!!!! Pass first turn. Even if you get hit with an arrow, it won't be anything you can't heal.
Only move your warriors when your mage can hit something without moving!!!! - Very important not to move you're mage at all (unless there is only a one or two enemies on the field)
I got 1000 without having even one unit die.
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Everyone having trouble with the mage/knight combo, just don't move your units until there are only 2 or 3 enemies left.
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also super easy time 1 mage +9 power +3 chain on highground + 7 knights. on first Turn build a full knight wall in front of the mage and let the enemy come. Normal fight is now: Middle knight steps forward and slaps enemy, especially if knight to take the shield away, now the high ground mage zaps the shieldless enemy. then the rest of the wall catches up so there is a one line gap between mage and knights. From then on just reapeat knocking shield off with a knight and zapping. on third round it's good to let the wall fall back one line so more enemies are in direct range of the mage. hope this helps those for whom the other strategies dont work
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I say....
Have one mage on high ground. He has 1 HP/2 Magic/1 Chain.
On either side of him are two archers(with 1 HP/1Arrow/1Range for the inner ones, the outer have no upgrade.) Then put three knights in the row ahead(of the mage and inner archers) and have the middle one have 4 HP/1 Sword/2 Shield and have the outer ones have 2 HP/1 Shield.
Tips:
A)Keep the mage on high ground
B)Make the archers hit ones closest to them in their column
C)On second thought, Make everybody hit the ones closest first.
D)Don't make the mage attack in the middle column. Like this, it will only hit the targeted and the one on the direct right(if any).
E)Attack from behind, with side exposed, or at point blank range(1 square away).
Hope this helps!
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1 mage on the high ground with maxed everything except speed, and a maxed cleric in the corner to heal the mage ... the mage never moves, the cleric moves only when attacked. And that's it for the whole game. In terms of targetting by the mage, target knights last, nd just let them get killed by chain hits until all other unit types on the field are dead. Pretty easy for a hard badge, took about 1 hour to get.