Paladog Hard Strategy
Hey all, not sure if anyone other than me has actually really worked on hard, even though this game was top 25 and (briefly) loved here on TA.
Anyway, I am stuck on The Duck boss. The strategies that work on normal dont work too well on hard. The basic tension/problem is that The Duck eats all melee including rhinos, while the swarm of pumpkin chuckers eats lesser monsters (i.e. mice) to such a degree that its hard to feed the duck enough to slow its march across the screen. Keeping the Paladog alive is a real challenge with only 2 points in Paladog defense (wish I had more) and I cant find a wand combination to kill enough pumpkin monsters to allow focus on The Duck.
The only thing I can think to do is try to go as slowly as possible before I get to the cave and duck, and build a fairly large number of penguins (or monkeys?) behind a rhino/turtle combination. I tried just two rhinos, they were hard to heal, but managed to build 5 penguins. Maybe 1 rhino and 2 high leveled turtles would be easier to go slowly with, but I havent really leveled turtles enough to do this, and its not cheap. The 5 penguins + 2 rhinos wasnt enough, but probably I could have managed it better. And maybe level mice (or bears?) up to survive the pumpkin swarm long enough to feed the duck.
Any tips would be appreciated, I have already leveled up 4 or so times while I try and get through this. Would really like to get a third defense point, but have also realized that I need more wand kill power for the pumkins.
Edit: Close to giving up on this. Last game I had 5 or so penguins and 3 rhinos when the duck emmerged. Managed to kill the pumpkins with the Turn Undead mace, BUT it took too long...4 penguins died before there were few enough pumpkins that the Duck could be fed bears. (The bears die before feeding the Duck when the pumpkin swarm is alive.) The 1 surviving penguin didnt do enough dps, and the duck pushed us to the edge and killed us. No idea what can be done other than leveling up A LOT, and maxing, for example, mace mastery to kill quicker.
Anyway, I am stuck on The Duck boss. The strategies that work on normal dont work too well on hard. The basic tension/problem is that The Duck eats all melee including rhinos, while the swarm of pumpkin chuckers eats lesser monsters (i.e. mice) to such a degree that its hard to feed the duck enough to slow its march across the screen. Keeping the Paladog alive is a real challenge with only 2 points in Paladog defense (wish I had more) and I cant find a wand combination to kill enough pumpkin monsters to allow focus on The Duck.
The only thing I can think to do is try to go as slowly as possible before I get to the cave and duck, and build a fairly large number of penguins (or monkeys?) behind a rhino/turtle combination. I tried just two rhinos, they were hard to heal, but managed to build 5 penguins. Maybe 1 rhino and 2 high leveled turtles would be easier to go slowly with, but I havent really leveled turtles enough to do this, and its not cheap. The 5 penguins + 2 rhinos wasnt enough, but probably I could have managed it better. And maybe level mice (or bears?) up to survive the pumpkin swarm long enough to feed the duck.
Any tips would be appreciated, I have already leveled up 4 or so times while I try and get through this. Would really like to get a third defense point, but have also realized that I need more wand kill power for the pumkins.
Edit: Close to giving up on this. Last game I had 5 or so penguins and 3 rhinos when the duck emmerged. Managed to kill the pumpkins with the Turn Undead mace, BUT it took too long...4 penguins died before there were few enough pumpkins that the Duck could be fed bears. (The bears die before feeding the Duck when the pumpkin swarm is alive.) The 1 surviving penguin didnt do enough dps, and the duck pushed us to the edge and killed us. No idea what can be done other than leveling up A LOT, and maxing, for example, mace mastery to kill quicker.
Currently playing Hero Academy 2 and South Park Phone Destroyer
Last edited by ArtNJ; 03-11-2011 at 05:19 PM.