Tips & Tricks
ELIXIR Tournament
Are you ready for the next Elixir Tournament?
Read below to learn which goods to stock up on and which units to train to be sure you’re as prepared as possible to help your fellowship win big in the next tournament!
Summary
Prepare
Whether you’re a caterer, a fighter, or a little of both, these tips will help you ensure you’re ready for the types of goods and units you’ll need the most for the best tournament performance.
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GOODS
These are the goods you’ll use the most of for catering in the Elixir Tournament:
Marble
Crystal
Elixir
EXTRAS
If you have any Orc Strategists from winning Grounds of the Orc Strategist in past events, this is a great province to use them!
Training
Train plenty of the following types of fighters to ensure you’ll have the best units to handle the Shady Characters found in the Elixir provinces:
Elves
BEGINNER
Golem
Treant
Archer
Sword Dancer
Players in chapter 1 will find this to be a very difficult province. Train mostly Sword Dancers to use against the Drone Riders, Thieves, and Bandits. Train Archers to use against the Orc Generals.
Once you have unlocked Treants and Golems, train more of these and just a few archers to use against the Orc Generals.
INTERMEDIATE
Golem II
Treant II
Archer II
Blossom Mage
Continue to train mostly Golems. Train some Treants for encounters featuring one or fewer Bandits.
Train a few Archer II or Blossom Mage for encounters featuring 2 or more Orc Generals.
ADVANCED
Granite Golem
Elder Treant
Dryad II
Blossom Mage II
Although the Faineant Frog specializes against Light Melee Units, we found that in this province, they only performed better than the Golems in encounters against Light Melee units exclusively. The Granite Golems performed much better in encounters featuring one or more Orc Generals and Bandits.
Train Dryad II instead of Archers, and train some Blossom Mage II to use against the Orc Generals.
Humans
BEGINNER
Mortar
Paladin
Crossbowman
Axe Barbarian
Players in chapter 1 will find this to be a very difficult province. Train mostly Axe Barbarians to use against the Drone Riders, Thieves, and Bandits. Train some Crossbowmen to use against the Orc Generals.
Once you have unlocked Paladins and Mortars, train more of these, and train just a few Crossbowmen to use against the Orc Generals.
INTERMEDIATE
Orc Strategist
Paladin II
Crossbowman II
Priest
Train Orc Strategist instead of Mortars, and Train Paladins for encounters featuring one or fewer Bandits.
Train just a few Axe Barbarians for encounters featuring only Dryads and Bandits.
Train a few Crossbowmen II or Priests for encounters featuring 2 or more Orc Generals.
ADVANCED
Orc Strategist II
Blessed Paladin
Dryad II
Sacred Priest
Although the Fainient Frog specializes against Light Melee Units, we found that in this province, they only performed better than the Orc Strategist in encounters against Light Melee units exclusively. The Orc Strategist performed much better in encounters featuring one or more Orc Generals and Bandits.
Train Dryad II instead of Crossbowmen, and train Sacred Priests to use against the Orc Generals.
THE ENEMIES
Drone Rider
Light Melee
Moves: 4 Spaces
Attacks: 1 Space
Thief
Light Melee
Moves: 3 Spaces
Attacks: 1 Space
Bandit
Light Range
Moves: 3 Spaces
Attacks: 4 Spaces
Orc General
Heavy Melee
Moves: 2 Spaces
Attacks: 1 Space
NOTE: After the first few provinces the Drone Riders are replaced by Ancient Orcs. Both units move 4 spaces and attack 1 space away.
TACTICS TO CONSIDER
In encounters featuring both Drone Riders and Thieves, go after the Drone Riders First. Their attack is stronger than the Thieves but their defense is weaker.
21-26
88
4
1
18-24
98
3
1
Fights with large combinations of all 3 enemy types will be the most difficult
We recommend these be catered or fought manually using a mix and match of your fighters according to the obstacles on the battlefield, especially after round 3 of the tournament.
AUTO-FIGHT
Most tournaments in the first few rounds can be won with auto-fight. This can be a great option for fighting novices to still be able to use a mix of resources (units and goods) so more tournament provinces and rounds can be won.
For many of the first rounds of fights, if you pick the right match ups, the fight is easy enough for auto-fight to do as good of a job as manual fighting would do for far less effort.
Of course, choose at your own risk. The more difficult the fight, and the more even the match-up, the more likely it is that you are nearly guaranteed to lose far more units with auto-fight than with manual fight.
AUTO-FIGHT ELVES
BEGINNER
5 Golems or a combination of Golems and Archers
OR
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INTERMEDIATE
5 Golems II or a combination of Golems II and Blossom Mage
OR
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ADVANCED
5 Granite Golems or a combination of Granite Golems and Blossom Mage II
OR
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AUTO-FIGHT HUMANS
BEGINNER
5 Mortars or a combination of Mortars and Priests
OR
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INTERMEDIATE
5 Orc Strategists or a combination of Orc Strategits and Priest II
OR
+
ADVANCED
5 Orc Strategists II or a combination of Orc Strategists II and Sacred Priests
OR
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MANUAL-FIGHT
Manual fight is recommended in most instances for fewer losses of units. Manual fight may or may not make a significant difference compared to auto-fight in the easiest battles (usually only the first round of the tournament for each province.)
Use Mortars, Golems or Orc Strategists
vs
Bandits, Thieves, Drone Riders and one or fewer Orc Generals.
Work on all other units until the Orc General gets closer to your fighters. Try to hit him with all of your fighters on the same turn, as they will do the most damage to any of these units.
Use Paladins or Treants
vs
Thieves, Drone Riders, Orc Generals and one or fewer Bandits
Use Archers/Crossbowman/Dryad or Priest/Sorceress/Blossom Mage
vs
Mostly Orc Generals.
OR
Use combinations of Golems/Mortars/Orc Strategists and Priest/Sorceresses/Blossom Mage
vs
large combos of all 3 enemy types.
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