Comments on: iPhone App: TapDefense Tips and Strategies

By: Tom de Avellar

Tom de Avellar — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:54:44 +0000

Absolutely destroyed medium level.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3097/3153022613_85e25dc8ff.jpg?v=0

I ended up with $74,184 on level 43, and a score of 24,125.

I realised if you want a ton of money and want to cruise through the last 10 levels, then you have to make some sacrifices and lose some lives, in order to keep interest high. I ended up with 11 lives.

Thanks Todd for the screen shot as guide, and Larry for the tips. Until level 33 I had arrow towers literally everywhere where they could do some damage, and didn’t upgrade any of them. By then I had saved up so much money I could build all of my ice/storm/magic towers on level 3 and whooped the remaining levels.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/3153022617_976072a99a.jpg?v=0

Gonna try hard now =)

By: Larry McDowell

Larry McDowell — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:01:18 +0000

Working on it right now.
http://www.mountainvistatech.com/2008/12/30/tapdefense-challenge-tips-and-strategies/
More to come as I play more.

By: Brandon loftis

Brandon loftis — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:46:50 +0000

I’ve beat all levels repeatedly, but what about the most recent update with five different challanges besides the classic version; any tips on how to beat each one of them.

By: Srakostop

Srakostop — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:08:02 +0000

You should try the earthquake tower. It’s easy to win with it on easy and medium (haven’t try the hard) Just place it in a good spot - it has great range after upgrades, takes 2×2 square and you can only build one. Just get some money using lvl 1 only towers and leveling up interest. Then buy earthquake tower and some water towers (replace them with ice towers later) to slow them dow. Also learn the timing when to trigger it, but it’s easy. You have to upgrade earthquake tower to lvl 3 to win so don’t spend all your money on upgrades too early.

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:07:25 +0000

Beat it on hard as well!!! thanks to Larry for some tips about using lots of lvl 1 arrow towers, made all the difference! Then did two interest upgrades in a row- before it was over I had around 20,000 gold just before lvl 43. Spent most of it and the politicians didn’t make it past the first turn! Final score just under 14,000. My advice is to use Larry’s tips, it worked for me.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:30:19 +0000

Interesting.. though I agree, this sounds pre- 1.1.1 They really kicked it up a notch with the update. Anyone making any progress on hard?? I can’t beat it, usually don’t make it past level 34…. I have been trying some different tactics, but nothing is making a real noticeable difference.

By: Larry McDowell

Larry McDowell — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:20:39 +0000

@darren: what version of tapdefense are you playing with? I don’t think your tip applies to version 1.1.1. I just tried and a Level 3 arrow tower only sells for 59 gold now. Good tip though. I wish I didn’t upgrade if that is the case.

By: darren

darren — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:03:27 +0000

One way to build up gold really fast (kinda a pain) is to use only fully upgraded arrow towers for the first 20 levels or so…if you notice it costs 107 gold to get a fully upgraded arrow tower and 108 gold to sell them… I try to keep with just 3 upgraded arrow towers and try to sell them before the level is over… another advantage of this is that if something manages to get past your towers, simply sell one of them and relocate it to start the barrage again farther down the map… earthquake tower ftw, 2400 gold to get it fully upgraded to cover almost half the screen and deal 2k damage, every 4 seconds!!

By: Levi

Levi — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:03:01 +0000

I start with only arrow towers. First level I only need 2 and 3 maybe 4 for the next level. I will put arrow towers up all over the map but be careful not to spend too much money. Use the bare minimum you can. Also leave empty spaces where you wish to use cannon, magic, ice, water and storm towers.
Use the first 4 halos to research interest. Then I researched Ice, Magic and Storm in that order.
I eventually put some cannon towers near the front and this is the only place i use them so that it blasts the enemies with splash damage and weakens them for the rest of the map. at level 4 or 5 I will use 1 tower then add another every level or so as long as I dont use too much money. By the end of the game I had 7 or 8 level 3 cannon towers and they were on the far right at the very front and they were double stacked for efficiency, so they were all right at the front and weakening the enemy.
Then add some water towers to slow down the enemy. I didn’t use any water towers for a while, but I spread them out as well. Before level 33 ended I sold all of my arrow towers and used Magic towers in their place.
Near the end of the game I set up my towers like this: At the beginning of the level I had about 7 Cannon towers, Ice towers along with water and Storm towers to weaken the enemies. Then I had Magic towers all over the map to finish off the enemies. A few ice and water were spread out to keep them slowed down. I had all of my cannon towers upgraded to level 3, as well as the ice, water and Storm towers. The magic towers were level 2 and 1 or 2 might have been level 3. I didn’t have any towers at the top of the level and a few near the upper middle portion. The entire lower level was full.
Remember to not use too much of your money. Once you get to a certain point, you can build and upgrade towers using less money than the interest you are bringing in. For example if you are bringing in 200 gold from interest, do not use more than that 200 to upgrade and build towers. You will accumulate money faster and in larger amounts when you can do this.
I have beaten Easy like this regularly and without difficulty but I have not tried it on Medium yet.

By: John C

John C — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:15:41 +0000

Storm towers are the most powerful towers on any level. they are a must to beat any level