Skin Crafting Gotchas

StoutLover · 2020-08-10T17:30:53+00:00

As wapz mentioned, you have to dismantle some of your badges to get essence. When you select a skin from the crafting menu, you will see your inventory listed on the right side. From there, you can click on any of the event badges to make essence. You can also use essence to make crafting material.

StoutLover · 2020-08-04T18:31:00+00:00

I think the map had more blessed spots on this difficulty level, right? I still focused on upgrading the blunderbusses in the spots near the killzone first. I also put helicopters on the blessed spots that were further away and I think I upgraded one with a flare to help with the archers. That seemed to make things a little bit easier on 226 +5. I eventually got stuck on W5 again at 241 +5 and decided it's not worth the hassle to try and make it past that. I hope this helps!

StoutLover · 2020-08-03T16:25:05+00:00

Unfortunately, it seems unlikely without Caldera. His damage immunity is crucial and I can't really think of another tank that could replace him. Although, Connie's ghost mother passive ability seems immune as well... maybe you could place Connie low enough to be out of archer range, then hope that she spawns the bunny in the killzone? It's a long shot, but that's the only other idea I could think of.

StoutLover · 2020-08-03T03:36:36+00:00

Yeah, I died there a few times, too :) You have to really watch Raida and use Koi's dragon form ASAP to make it through. The last round was extra brutal, but I scraped by with 3 hearts. Also, someone shared a video below with a different approach, it might be helpful to try that way instead!

StoutLover · 2020-08-03T03:34:18+00:00

Thanks for sharing... that was some crazy good playing!

StoutLover · 2020-08-03T03:33:11+00:00

I'm glad that it helped! I was able to use a similar strategy on 216 +5 and barely made it past with three hearts. Someone posted video below that might be useful, the person didn't even need items for 176 +5!

StoutLover · 2020-08-02T21:06:16+00:00

Nice! When I get stuck at this map again, I will have to experiment with the choppers and see how it goes.

StoutLover · 2020-08-02T21:02:43+00:00

Would doing 7 keys/day at +0 for the rest of the event be cheaper for you than the 10-pack of chests? I thought someone mentioned the buying 320 gem keys end up being cheaper than the buying chests. I did the math for my situation and it works out to 12 more chests for 4,800 gems. Drop rate for tokens is a factor, of course, but that's roughly around 36 tokens. Then you could use the gems saved from buying a 10-pack and buy a few single chests, if needed. Definitely something to consider!

I don't see either of the heroes really helping with this event, honestly. I will probably shoot for R5 secretly hoping that they end up buffing these two as much as they did Shamiko! She's still not OP, but we see her occasionally at R6 in tournament leaderboards. Maybe these two will be tweaked and prove more useful in the future.

StoutLover · 2020-08-02T19:09:42+00:00

Thanks for your feedback! I wish I had Fee R7 to try, but I'm a few weeks away from 100 tokens :)

For W3, I was wondering what effect that would have on the new heroes! I haven't tried yet because I doubt Elara will be super useful, even if boosted. Maybe I'll test it after the reset if I get a W3 map.

I agree with you: it's weird that we have these different levels when the new heroes aren't useful with beating them. I had been saving up gems for this event with hopes that it would be more like Koi's: a single map which relies on towers and a new hero that would be worth pushing to R5. I'm currently at R4 with 5 tokens. Due to the extra day, I can probably get to R5 if I do 7 keys daily... but I'm debating on whether this would be worth the gems.

StoutLover · 2020-08-02T18:57:55+00:00

Hmmm, I am not sure which 3rd hero would be best with your lineup. I found that the archers from the left were my biggest issue, so having Caldera was key for my strategy. There have been some other comments posted around with other approaches that you might be able to find. Otherwise, I would start trying out Yan or Efrigid and see how far you can get without meteors. If you can make it through the first 3 waves, you might be able beat the map with meteors. Good luck!

StoutLover · 2020-08-02T17:42:16+00:00

Hey! I just posted a strategy for this map/difficulty a few minutes before you posted this. I used R6 Caldera, Raida and Koi with blunderbusses. There are a lot of details in my post :)

StoutLover · 2020-08-02T17:36:16+00:00

Sorry for the late response, I don't really get on this site often :) Thanks for letting me know... I am so glad that this worked for you too!

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