Strategies

Short guides for holding the line. Every name and number here comes from the game itself: its tower and enemy data (the same catalog the Field Guide reads) and its rules.

Start here

• Getting started

  Your first ten waves

  Where to put your first Cannon Tower, why bends matter, what turns up before wave ten and what to research first.

• The battlefield

  Terrain is a weapon

  Every level up is +8% damage and half a tile of range: hills, platforms, the bulldozer and the Airport's ground work.

• Gold

  Gold, Miners and reward cards

  Where gold comes from, how Miners earn and run dry, and how to spend reward cards, rerolls and the Reward Store.

• Towers

  Every tower's job

  What each tower does best, the second thing it is good at, and how to build a team that covers crowds, armour and flyers.

Counters and systems

• Counters

  Armour, shields and flyers

  Three kinds of trouble, the enemies that bring them and the towers that answer each one.

• Systems

  Power and heat

  What each tower draws, which towers go dark first, Power Plants, and cooling hot guns with Cold Snap and water.

• Bosses

  Worm, Blimp, Mech

  The Giant Worm, the Blimp Boss and the Mech Boss: when they come, what they do and how to see them off.

Want the stats? Every tower and enemy has its own page: towers Basic, Advanced and Utility; enemies Ground, Flying and Bosses. Or turn them round in the Field Guide. Want a map to practise on? See Maps. Got a strategy of your own? Share it in Discuss.