Great tips Bruce.

I think one of the reason individual damage trumps multi-damage in later stages like that is the wizards regenerate HP quickly, so they need to get a concentrated dose of firepower to defeat before they regenerate health. And this can be where the slowing towers which worked well early in the game can almost work against you, because if you bunch up a big clump of enemies by slowing them down and are doing multi-damage across the wide swath of enemies it isn’t quite enough damage to take out the wizards, which repeatedly restore their own health & the health of the other monsters near them.

One of the other important tips for cannon placement is to try to place some of them where they are near slowed down enemies *AND* in locations where they can hit enemies multiple times at different spots along the journey, so that it is almost like having twice as many towers.

Don’t forget the extremely OBVIOUS ‘Theories’ (sounds dumb, but theres a ton of optionality in this game, use simple rules to keep your head)

1. Damage sooner is better than damage later (the earlier they are damaged the less likely they are to make it to the end)

2. Damage of the same kind is better together (place range near each other for killing strong singles, cannons near each other to kill fast runners, with time warp between)

3. Slowing something down is as good as increasing damage. Cheaper to slow something down than to upgrade a tower. To make it lvl90+ about half your towers will be time warps. You won’t be able to afford more than 3-5 high level towers anyway. So focus on those, and let time warpers do the work.

4. Don’t buy towers too early! Your total gold is limited no matter how you play. The game is designed to get harder as it goes on, you’ll feel like you are 3 rounds shy of an upgrade, constantly. PLAN AHEAD. (Do not level up towers 1-10 if you’re going to upgrade them to the next tier soon. Say I have one lvl 10-Tier 2 fire tower, and I want a Tier 3. I will leave the lvl 10-Tier 2 forever, and place a new one to make a Tier 3. It saves you all the lvl 1-10 gold that depreciates in resale value ea round)

5. Each map is different, don’t be afraid to try new strategies, or bail on a losing strategy and start over! Sometimes I try more multi-fire towers, sometimes I try focusing on single-ranger towers. Just depends.

***My advice, but may be wrong as I am not an expert and can’t hit lvl 150+ yet***

1. Mine cannon will take care of the speedy goblins/red guys until lvl 85+. They are weak to cannons, and 1 will take them all out usually. Do NOT make too many mine cannons. They are expensive for how slow the reload is. 1-2 is the sweet spot in my opinion.

2. Lvl 80+ is where INDIVIDUAL DAMAGE beats MULTI DAMAGE. Their HP is just too high to be affected by fire beams/cannons. Need at least 2 Tier 3 crossbows to hit lvl 100+. You’re goal is to kill 1 enemy quickly, not all enemies slowly (give or take but thats the idea when it gets hard)

3. Tier 2 time warps aren’t super useful. Max of 2 on a map usually, sometimes 0-1. Tier 1 do great, and Teir 3 is only near the end to tele them back to the front.

4. Think of the maps in stages.

STAGE ONE: Multi DAMAGE
STAGE TWO: MINES: Tier 1 fire/crossbows
STAGE THREE: Crossbows, with 1-3 Tier 3’s and rest Tier 2 if you can afford
END: 1-2 Teleport time warps to get a few sent back to the start. Hope this helps guys, this game is a lot of fun and it’s like a mental exercise – only downside is there’s like no strategy online aside from this page.

Don’t forget the extremely OBVIOUS ‘Theories’ (sounds dumb, but theres a ton of optionality in this game, use simple rules to keep your head)
1. Damage sooner is better than damage later (the earlier they are damaged the less likely they are to make it to the end)
2. Damage of the same kind is better together (place range near each other for killing strong singles, cannons near each other to kill fast runners, with time warp between)
3. Slowing something down is as good as increasing damage. Cheaper to slow something down than to upgrade a tower. To make it lvl90+ about half your towers will be time warps. You won’t be able to afford more than 3-5 high level towers anyway. So focus on those, and let time warpers do the work.
4. Don’t buy towers too early! Your total gold is limited no matter how you play. The game is designed to get harder as it goes on, you’ll feel like you are 3 rounds shy of an upgrade, constantly. PLAN AHEAD. (Do not level up towers 1-10 if you’re going to upgrade them to the next tier soon. Say I have one lvl 10-Tier 2 fire tower, and I want a Tier 3. I will leave the lvl 10-Tier 2 forever, and place a new one to make a Tier 3. It saves you all the lvl 1-10 gold that depreciates in resale value ea round)
5. Each map is different, don’t be afraid to try new strategies, or bail on a losing strategy and start over! Sometimes I try more multi-fire towers, sometimes I try focusing on single-ranger towers. Just depends.

***My advice, but may be wrong as I am not an expert and can’t hit lvl 150+ yet***
1. Mine cannon will take care of the speedy goblins/red guys until lvl 85+. They are weak to cannons, and 1 will take them all out usually. Do NOT make too many mine cannons. They are expensive for how slow the reload is. 1-2 is the sweet spot in my opinion.
2. Lvl 80+ is where INDIVIDUAL DAMAGE beats MULTI DAMAGE. Their HP is just too high to be affected by fire beams/cannons. Need at least 2 Tier 3 crossbows to hit lvl 100+. You’re goal is to kill 1 enemy quickly, not all enemies slowly (give or take but thats the idea when it gets hard)
3. Tier 2 time warps aren’t super useful. Max of 2 on a map usually, sometimes 0-1. Tier 1 do great, and Teir 3 is only near the end to tele them back to the front.
4. Think of the maps in stages. STAGE ONE: Multi DAMAGE —– STAGE TWO: MINES: Tier 1 fire/crossbows —– STAGE THREE: Crossbows, with 1-3 Tier 3’s and rest Tier 2 if you can afford —– END: 1-2 Teleport time warps to get a few sent back to the start.

Hope this helps guys, this game is a lot of fun and it’s like a mental exercise – only downside is there’s like no strategy online aside from this page.

Thanks for the feedback Nate. I sort of share your frustration there, but also that is part of the charm of the game which makes it so fun to keep coming back to & checking out each day.