Spires of Death strategy
3 years ago
California, USA

What are your strategies for Spires of Death? I recently submitted an attempt just so we'd have something on the leaderboard:

The basic strategy is:

  1. get Warriors and Krolm x 2 up
  2. get 3x level 3 marketplaces
  3. build everything: fairgrounds, guilds until they cost 5k+, wizards towers, sorcerer's abode
  4. all-out assault starting on ~day 27

The "build" step is the most interesting part - what does the optimal kingdom look like? Should you build a Magic Bazaar before your second Rogues Guild? Is it worth upgrading the Magic Bazaar?

There aren't a lot of quests that really showcase long-term kingdom building. Anyone have tips on how to improve this run or build their own kingdoms?

Kentucky, USA

When I did all the offline IGT runs 2 years ago I actually used Warrior of Discords over Barbarians - My basis for it was that I could retrieve them with Call to Arms after destroying Spires and that unlike Barbiarnas the Sorceror's Abode could always reach all ~8 of them instead of it's kind of sketchy range with Barbarians

I have been planning a new strategy for a while now, but haven't completed a run with it - The core idea is "hero monitoring" and actively dismissing heroes to keep the Total Hero level under 40 the entire time. .

California, USA

That's interesting - you can definitely get more control over Warriors of Discord, and if you're minimizing total levels then they're a pretty good choice. Since I end up spending most of my money on buildings and not units, it might be better to recruit Warriors of Discord, but I wonder if it's better enough than Barbarians.

I spent some time looking over the code and level 40+ only bumps up a spire level when there are 4-5 spires. So once you're down to 3 spires, only level 70+ will bump a spire level. You might have more wiggle room than you think, though I'm not sure how fast you destroy towers (gradually or all at once).

Still, it might be tricky to win with such a low level cap. 8 level 8 Warriors of Discord would have trouble defending the kingdom from some of the later waves. They can only be in so many places at once! It reminds me of Vigil for a Fallen Hero, where it can get frustrating trying to make your tiny handful of heroes do what you want. Definitely interested to see if you get a successful run.

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