Thread: Desert and Gem Mission guide

Originally Posted by ZeroZet

Today's Witch EX map is surprisingly... not that tight on up.
Sure, initial deploy requires mincosted maxlevel bronze soldier, but after that it is a smooth sailing, even with zero other mincosteds.
My strategy:

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1. Bashira on O
2. Spica on P
3. bronze soldier on D-E (depending on where enemy soldier is at the point) - withdraw him after he finishes his prey.
4. Wait till archer hits I and drop Prince on it.
5. Hit Bashira's skill as rogue comes from the east entrance.
6. Catch mage on K with Kerry.
7. Betty on H - and withdraw as soon as her Valkyrie is dead.
8. Fedora on U
9. Iris on M, Activate Spica's skill when soldiers come from the east entrance.
10. Bernice on E.
11. Withdraw Spica when she kills the regular Witch and replace her with Alissa.
12. Catch Despara with your chosen duelist on B/C (I actually used my Themis for ths, on C. Surprisingly, she held on without any problem!).
13. Activate Bernice's skill when she is surrounded / when it comes up. Activate Iris's skill as well.
14. When Despara is gone, withdraw her duelist and drop mage on M.
15. When two soldier that came from east are shot to death, withdraw Bashira and drop a witch on Q.
16. Reap the spoils.

Granted, my team is Awakening-ready (max levels, max affection), but still those max-cost golds (and plat archers) can be deployed to deal with threat without much rush. And, as videos prove, you can replace golds (minus Iris) with their silver counterpart without much difficulty.

steps too long. just: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv5QzFwl4Qw
@unregistered: don't bother with AW orb maps until your team is AW-ready (at least 1 of each core class max level & affection). otherwise you're better off getting more cc'd units to clear event maps anyway

Originally Posted by soranokira

steps too long. just: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv5QzFwl4Qw

Yes, I also want Misha to accompany my sole levelled Valk. Come on, devs!..
And while one don't need last three steps (especially when he has Mage Armor ) they do speed up armor killing quite a bit)

First blind run on today's orb mission:

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OMG that was fun hahahahaha

My problem was that i didn't bring a good enough tank for Despara hahahahaha
To my second run i go, with Conrad + Sybilla see who's better for the job

I'm enjoying these maps, really needed this update; the game is a somewhat fun again for me at least

The first wave of soldier and thief are the most severe on today orb map, I'm saved because I have mincost thief and monk. I think the key of today orb map are fast deployment.

Originally Posted by Ligoya

The first wave of soldier and thief are the most severe on today orb map, I'm saved because I have mincost thief and monk. I think the key of today orb map are fast deployment.

Ya, such maps make you appreciate max-level min-cost bronze soldiers. I even contemplate raising their full lineup just for that...

...Also, how is blazes did you get Thief class (not Rogue, Thief, they are two different kinds of units) here and how did that weak-ass enemy-buffer helped you? I am fairly certain that Thief runs, thanks to his +20% to all enemy stats, would require Awakened team to deal with increased difficulty... On the other hand, increased drop rates would (probably) make in very well worth it.

Originally Posted by ZeroZet

Ya, such maps make you appreciate max-level min-cost bronze soldiers. I even contemplate raising their full lineup just for that...

...Also, how is blazes did you get Thief class (not Rogue, Thief, they are two different kinds of units) here and how did that weak-ass enemy-buffer helped you? I am fairly certain that Thief runs, thanks to his +20% to all enemy stats, would require Awakened team to deal with increased difficulty... On the other hand, increased drop rates would (probably) make in very well worth it.

he probably meant rogues and didnt know that thiefs are another class altogether.

Originally Posted by soranokira

he probably meant rogues and didnt know that thiefs are another class altogether.

Most likely.
It also don't help what we now have Thief Barrad as a Rogue...