Kingdom Rush Dark Tower Veteran NLL with Artillery Only/Malik, no Tesla, No Hero Death, L10 reached

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Published on December 25, 2020 9:12:34 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Y_adfzEqY

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Kingdom Rush (2011)

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Upgrades active are full skill trees of Artillery and both spells. Spiked Armor was not active but I doubt that makes a difference anyway.

Somebody else did an Artillery Only run of KR1's regular Campaign on Veteran and I thought I'd go ahead and make my own take on this level because he was complaining about Rocket Riders and he also didn't NLL this. Here's the video if you're interested:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2olCCFUsyA

I thought I'd do my own take, particularly noting how I figure I could have more passionate Big Bertha handling to effectiveness. Lo and behold, I can shred the graveyard mooks faster while having something capable of shooting the Rocket Riders earlier. Of course, something to bear in mind is that Wave 6 can randomly have Demon Lords within the spawns, although they won't be simultaneous with Demon Hounds. It's further reason to micro Malik to have him combat the Wave 5 Marauders, so that he can intercept those shenanigans while getting safer EXP.

Speaking of Malik, I think he's the least adept Hero in KR1. Melee lock on its own is bothersome but workable when half the Heroes have it too. What makes Malik miserable is his shocking failure to be durable despite what his listed stats indicate, demanding you pay active attention to his health to keep him from suddenly biting the dust. But okay, durability isn't everything, Malik has that hulking hammer to work with so he would surely gain EXP quickly. Yeah, about that? The damage there is mediocre too, and gets more pronounced when it doesn't even ignore Armor. I think if Malik half-ignored Armor like cannons do, he would actually be good when the Skeleton Knights wouldn't undermine his durability as easily because Malik wouldn't have reduced EXP gain rates. There's a reason I would later micro Malik to combat the Magma Elementals at given points.

As for Big Bertha, Tesla still outclasses it, but Big Bertha doesn't slouch. Tesla has VERY compromising base stats making it reliant on Overcharge, even if Overcharge IS good. Big Bertha is significantly more versatile, with the only concern being the slower firing speed. However, the burst damage is capable of being significantly better, so it's better for taking on durable formations and other abrupt threats. Suffice to say that Big Bertha does at least better ability to go on offense than Tesla does.

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