Endless Solo - Making those five sku ...
I'd like to start a thread for those who are trying to five skull or have sucessfully five skulled (wave 40+) all of the endless levels. In solo many of these levels are a real challenge due to the inability to micro-manage at higher waves. I'll go first will the levels i've really struggled with and any would encourgae others to join in and suggest possible load-outs/strats.
The levels I can't do are: (keep in mind I try to do this both as the bro-mage and the sorceress)
King of the Hill: I can get to about wave 30 but end up getting overun by the sheer number of heavies coming from three directions. I've tried baricading around the rift to funnel into a single killbox but a heavy always gets blocked and destroys the barricades.
The Crossing: There is simply not enough room for traps and on solo I just can't cover enough space alone. I can barely make wave 25, load-out suggestions are welcome.
Chilled Cavern: I've made it to wave 39 twice. Then i get overrun by goblin sappers and the gaurdians just can't handle the heavies at the high waves. I've tried a few kill boxes but at the later waves it becomes almost impossible to manage the goblin sappers.
Apart from these three i've knocked off all the others so feel free to ask me about my strats or load-outs, keep in mind I aim purely to five skull so the scores are not important.
Peace
Crossing is the only one I'm struggling with (Chilled Caverns at wave 34 I think, but I just want to record the actual 5 skull so I suicided).
For King of the Hill I abused void walls around the level and put spores around the rift. I got pretty far past wave 40 with that.
Chilled Caverns I used to barricade trick and lots of Bear Traps on the opposite side to make the sappers go for those.
Crossing...I always get stuck between wave 34 and 39...My best runs have been guardian heavy (with trinket). Try and make the top level as automated as possible since you have a wall up there. Make the minecart go up top as well. Pay as little attention as possible up there. I'm surprised that you can't do this on the War Mage due to Tar.
Best of luck to you! I'll let you know if I come up with a Crossing strat that works...or just check my YouTube :) http://www.youtube.com/NananeaWoW
I haven't done much soloing, but when I have, I've found that the Stone Staff is amazing. 1-hits all flyers, and makes managing extremely tough enemies easier. I also try to get as many insta kill traps up (springs/void walls usually). In co-op me and my friend have designated me with the small stuff using the wind belt, and him the big stuff using the polymorph ring. Our trap setups are generally to slow down the Orcs and insta kill them as well.
Nana - yep void walls + shrooms did the trick! It skill requires you to pay a lot of attention to the mini map and manage your cash properly for the early waves but it worked a charm for me! Paladins + gaurdian trincket are also a great way of slowing down waves coming from different directions. I just watched your video for The Crossing and it looks like jar of ghost + portals is the way to go to break up the waves so the traps you can fit can do their job, i might give that strat a try in the near future.
Cancambo - You're totally right; when soloing the stone staff is an absolute must at higher waves for dealing with heavies like mountain trolls and earth lords.
For chilled cavern I found that long lines of arrow walls are extremely efficient at handling the sappers when combined with tar. Portal traps are also useful at preventing them from hitting your second or third kill boxes.
Before watching Nana's crossing video i had never used the jar of ghosts but coupling that with the wind belt i managed to five skull chilled caverns without portals or advanced barricading, it gets pretty hairy from about wave 35 but it's definitely possible. The Crossing strat also worked perfectly with wave 25 being the only truly challenging one.
Stone staff + Jar of ghosts + wind belt is the most efective crowd control mechanism that i have found.
That's 5 skulls on every level with both characters for me! bring on the next DLC...
Tzhan you are truly a master! Well done!
Crossing is the only one I'm struggling with (Chilled Caverns at wave 34 I think, but I just want to record the actual 5 skull so I suicided).
For King of the Hill I abused void walls around the level and put spores around the rift. I got pretty far past wave 40 with that.
Chilled Caverns I used to barricade trick and lots of Bear Traps on the opposite side to make the sappers go for those.
Crossing...I always get stuck between wave 34 and 39...My best runs have been guardian heavy (with trinket). Try and make the top level as automated as possible since you have a wall up there. Make the minecart go up top as well. Pay as little attention as possible up there. I'm surprised that you can't do this on the War Mage due to Tar.
Best of luck to you! I'll let you know if I come up with a Crossing strat that works...or just check my YouTube :) http://www.youtube.com/NananeaWoW