Attacked From All Sides

Attacked From All Sides

Attacked From All Sides

Mode : Singleplayer

Players : 4

Stone Heads : 2

Vault of Knowledges : 3

Alliances : Red, Yellow, & Green

Difficulty : Intermediate

Starting Speech

"In my vision I have again seen the Angel of Death. I shall find it and use it against my enemies."

Setting

Your Reincarnation Site is in a Vale with sea North and South, overlooked from the East by cliffs of the Matak plateau, and by rugged hills to the West which separate you from the Dakini base. Across the sea, the Chumara have their base on a large island within easy reach by boat from North or South.

Enemy tribes: Dakini, Chumara, Matak

Worship Objects:

Item	Shots	Spell/Effect	Follower Count
Stone Head	1	Angel of Death	5
Stone Head	1	Landbridge, Earthquake	6
Vault of Knowledge		Firestorm
Vault of Knowledge		Magical Shield
Vault of Knowledge		Flatten

Strategy

You need to be prepared for attacks by boat from the Chumara, whose Shaman brings Spies, Preachers, Warriors and Firewarriors often with Magical Shield; the Matak who flatten the land from above to break your huts and encroach upon your land; and the Dakini Shaman who comes with a small raiding party through the rugged hills. Later the Dakini send a few balloons.

This is a hard level to defend, and you have to be prepared for losses, especially as the Dakini shaman will try to get close and cast Firestorm on your huts. If she's out of mana, she'll try to Lightning your shaman instead. If you use the below strategy to quickly take hold of the plateau, be advised: if you capture a balloon but leave it unmanned, the Dakini will frequently steal it back. Other than that, once you get a Balloon Hut and Firewarrior Training Hut up, you have practically won the level as none of the other tribes will use firewarriors.

Quick Way

A quick way to make progress on this level is to charge landbridge from the start, building huts to give you some mana. Using landbridge you smooth the path up to the Matak plateau and quickly build a Temple on top. Convert every Matak you can then charge Flatten and cut off the plateau from the lower areas. The Chumara will stop attacking you but the Dakini will switch over to balloons. Next, worship the Stone Head nearby to get an Angel of Death; let it loose on the Dakini. That leaves the passive Chumara as your only target.

Rushing the Dakini

It is possible to rush the Dakini by gathering all your starting followers and quickly heading over to their tribe while converting as much wildmen as you can without stopping. Kill their shaman as quickly as possible with blasts to ensure she does not convert too many wildmen. There are quite a few wildmen on their base that you can convert while instructing your braves to fight the Dakini. Once the Dakini is dead it will make the level a whole lot easier. Just make sure you build up quickly as by this time the Chumara will start sending a few people by boat with Magical Shield. Still makes the level a whole lot easier without the Dakini.