Epic War 4

The main issue I have with this game (which is a otherwise a large improvement over its predecessor) is that you have no idea what the upgrade tree looks like because all options are blacked out until you purchase the adjacent unit/ability. That defeats the entire purpose of a talent tree, which is to allow you to build a customizable army/character and optimize within the system. How can I optimize if I don't know what I am spending gold on?!

Agreed, steve. I ended up grinding for a little while to build up gold and then doing save > purchase all the way down a line to see what's there > load > repeat on a different development line.

Epic War 4 Upgrade Tree

There are 4 "sections" of the upgrade tree, and I'm sorting them by the starting hero in each tree. The 4th tree can be unlocked when any of the other heroes are upgraded to level 3.

Each unit/spell/ability is going to have its pre-req in parentheses. Abilities are permanent bonuses that don't have to be activated. You can have 3 heroes, 6 units, and 6 spells available in any mission.

Viegraf the Red:

Popo the Dwarf:

Simon the Magician:

Cassandra the Queen:

Why link to the game on the Jig page if you can only get all the content by playing on Kongregate? Maybe you should link to Kong instead.

[I've updated the review above with a link to the Kongregate version for anyone who might want to play the additional hero exclusive to that version. -Jay]

Agreed, prob better to link to Kongregate.

On a side note,

In lvl 13 there appears a goblin that seems to be resistible against EVERYTHING and therefore can't be killed... any ideas about that?

As a fan of the first games I was really disappointed by this. The levels can be beaten by waiting, ordering the troops to attack as soon as the enemy enters the screen and waiting. By grinding each level a couple of times it's easy to progress. I got through the first ten levels like this, by switching to another tab and then coming back to the game after the music announced that I'd beaten another level.
I fail to see where the strategy element comes in, and if the later levels are more of a challenge I'm afraid I'll never find out since the game didn't hold my attention long enough.

Rhada: Try using the Meteor Blast spell.

on the final level with the boss the best strategy is to take the 2 melee hero's and titans along with other fast meleeers. for when the titans get in range of hsi attack use invincible and time stop till they are right ontop of him then they cant get 1 hitted by his sword.

In level 13 the best is to let many urangotangos and pixies attack along with other creatures and do not let the heroes go or they die too often. Then, you can get something like 200000 after the battle just because it takes a lot of time to beat but you don't even need to be watching the game: you won't loose for sure =)
The urangotangos will always be causing damage to the fortress from away while the invincible creature only attacks the units that come near.

That's my strategy for getting a lot of money and it's working fine

Yeah, the creature on lvl 13 can be killed, it just takes a hell of a long time, and the only thing that can hurt him is the celestial titan, which has 2 be placed in just the rit spot so that he doesn't kill the titan, but it still takes an unbelievably long time. But he does die, i promise :) (PS the orang utans also work)

How to get the final levels done (the challenge ones)

Dont fight the angel. Rush to castle with shield skill with fast groups. Destroy castle full wave after full wave. Not hard just takes time.

good luck

To finish the last level, golden angel, do this.

A much easier way to finish the first three challenges on normal, being that the second can easily be beat on Epic for lots of cash.

Challenge 1: Goblin Madness

Challenge 2: Stop the BigBang

Challenge 3: Tyrant Lord Baal

For the Lord Baal, don't do any of the above. Get succubus maxed and you can attack from range. It might take a little grinding, but it works. When the pesky rat with a bomb comes along, use the glacier/ice skill that comes from the ground. It will kill him instantly, and that will save your succubus. Use critical hit etc to maximise damage. Keep all your other units back until you need them (which is after you kill the Lord Baal)

Hope I helped! :)

Here's a surefire tactic that works on every level (including the final level on epic mode with the giant yeti). You will need:

Fully leveled up Shield
Fully leveled up Mana
Goblin, Bull, Ghost, Were-Tiger, Valkyrie, Guardian (the higher level the better)
3 heroes (doesn't matter which, but I prefer Viegraf, Kara and Cassandra)

Basically, no matter which level you're on, sit your units in front of your base until you have a complete army, with full mana (400). Then advance all your units towards the enemy base, and when threatened (e.g. by Baal's big sword, or the dark goblin, etc.), shield up! Then keep advancing toward the enemy base, and keep refreshing the shield (when the timer reaches 2 sec). Ignore any enemy units (including the big bosses) and go straight for the enemy base. Since you've chosen mainly small, fast melee units, if you keep pressing forward, many of your units will pass through the big bosses and will eventually get through to the base. With 400 mana, you can effectively keep the shield up continuously until the base is destroyed!

There are a few modifications necessary on a few of the levels:

Goblin madness: I like having the Meteor Blast spell available here to destroy the dark goblin(s) just before my army reaches the enemy base. This ensures my units reach the base quickly without getting held up.

Big Bang: This level is actually quite easy, and you don't really need to keep the shield up all the time. Instead, here I like using the Berserk-Rage combo to destroy the big bomb rapidly (with both powerups all your units do 4x damage!). Just remember to shield up when the bomb is nearly dead!

Baal: My tactic works great on this level. However, if you really want to kill Baal himself before destroying his base, you will need to choose a different combination of units, since on Epic mode Baal absorbs melee attacks! (at least he does in the latest update). Try using Dwarves, Hunters, Snipers, Valkyries, Guardians and Succubi (or Celestial Angel/Sky Dragon if you have it).

Final level: My tactic works fine on Normal and Hard mode, since the bosses don't advance straight to your base, but on Epic mode the giant yeti starts walking to your base right from the start, so you need to be quick! Instead of waiting until you have a full army, you need to just charge right from the beginning, using the shield whenever you get the chance. Your units will be safe when directly under the yeti. It takes some time, but eventually you will destroy their base! Don't even try to destroy the yeti itself, it would take far too much time!

I usually don't comment, but the answers here are pretty inadequate.

Goblin madness is easy, you just need meteor strike. At level 2 or 3 it kills the black goblin in one hit. You still have to grind, because this is a slow level with all the goblins flying around, but meteor strike takes out the black goblin. Valks + snow beasts are the best for this level, with the melee hero. You charge up front with them, they're all fast enough to get to the very front of the level, and you meteor any black goblins that show up. Use shield spell, too, if there are a lot of reds and you don't have enough for meteor.

I have beaten every level but the last on Epic. I have no idea how to stop the giant snow monster guy and am soliciting advice.

Baal is easy, you just take titans, shield them until they get really close to him, and they kill him from there. On Epic it is especially hard because he heals from melee damage, so you can only use the two non-elemental titans, and the dark angel can't get close enough to work. So basically Sky Titan has to do it alone. Get him close enough and use berzerk, it takes a while but works.

Bombs are easy, on every level, with time stop. On Epic there are about 7 of them, and they never get more than halfway through the level so long as you are casting time stop. Don't forget to have enough for a shield spell when they blow up, to save time.

This game is remarkably easy, except I am incapable of beating the final level on Epic. Please help.

I beat the final boss on epic. Here is what I used, all upgrades completed:

Popo Epic Dwarf
Viegraf Red
Simon the Magician, although it can be done with archer hero too.

creatures:

Mere-Tiger (MUST HAVE)
Phantom Ghost (MUST HAVE)
Goblin
Valkyrie (MUST HAVE)
Untamed Beast
Mighty Guardian

I've done it without this group above, but Mere-Tigers and Phantom Ghosts are by far the most important, because they move fast enough to get where you need them.

As soon as battle begins, hit assault as fast as possible. Wait for their second untamed beast, wait about 5 seconds, cast shield. Spam shield for remainder of game. Castle will fall.

You cannot kill the final boss, so don't bother trying. Just stick to the castle. If you get there fast enough, you have a group of guys that are underneath him and he can't hit you. While spamming shield, enough mere-cats and phantom warriors and even some of your own untamed beasts will get through, along with (hopefully) some valks. I used spirits and beat the level too.. Viegraf the Red does a lot of damage, too.

I dont know if a glitch happened with me on the last boss or if this will work for other but i brought the angel titan with me and when it reached the gold angel they both attacked each other at the same time doing no damage to each other, so my characters where uninterupted while killing the castle

The final boss on Epic CAN be killed... Actually it was sort of an accident, I intended to rush past him and destroy castle, but I ended up scoring a kill...
I used Viegraf, Kara and Cassandra, heroes need to be fast. As units, dwarves, goblins, phantom ghosts, were-tigers, mad bulls and a lord of fire. Spells, time stop, shield, everything else is useless, you won't have mana to use them. Needless to say, everything need to be maxed.
As soon as heroes spawn, assault. A few seconds after their second creature spawns, use time stop, as the giant yeti will spawn soon. Hit as much as you can, 2 seconds before the end of time stop use shield. Have all the creatures you can hit castle until around 8 secs of shield are left, then retreat. Send goblins forward, however, to slow boss. This will give you some time to accumulate mana. When yeti comes near your castle, use time stop and rush forward with everything, you should have titan by now. Some of your units will go past yeti and attack castle, but most will just hit him. Use shield AS SOON as you have 80 mana, or 2 seconds before previous shield expires, whichever comes first. You either destroy castle or, with your titan, destroy yeti. I did it 3 times, i killed yeti twice and castle once.

i personally love the challenges of this game. Just an remark to lvl 13, it would be useful for you to max your altar,sheild, time stop and Meteor blast before playing the Epic goblin challenge. Let your troops stay and fight just before the other side castle. About the same time your mana fully charged the 2nd black 'invincible' goblin should be appeared. Activate the Meteor on the black ones. Click assault. Your Viegraf and some fast units will soon attacking their castle. Cast sheild to make sure they don't die. 20 secs later cast Time Stop. Your main shud then be arrived. There shud be enough mana for another time stop and shield. Free to use either one but save at least 90 mana. Once the 3rd black goblin appears cast Time Stop. Keep on the attack if you are fast enough to take down their castle before the spell expire, else fall back your troops a bit and wait for another assualt when you have your mana fully charged.

i tried a couple of methods and found this to be the safest way to have a victory on epic level. Not to mention the gold you receive at the end of it.

the last level is very easy. All you need is Altar maxed up and shield level one. Simply asault and shield youre troops. Berserker is good also. If you want better score and wanna kill the angel I saw Popo damaging him so I guess hes not imune to explode.

See it's wonderful there's finally a walk through for this game. Although UN-fortunately the goblin madness level part is a lie. The black goblin does NOT take damage from the meteor spell. So basically your back to square one again. Nor does the rain of arrows and the obvious elements of ice shot and the thunderbolt. So I have yet too find a way to beat that level. Thanks anyways though.

How to beat final level
Use the Sky Dragon, Lord of Fire and Celstial Angel. Use goblins and other high pop low spawn time units to keep the angel where it is. Shield your titans, your angel will keep the other angel busy, it will neither injure the angel or get injured, while the other titans attack the enemy castle.

For 15, you can just set the arrow tower so it fires on Baal. Then have everyone fall back, wait a while, then you win.

Tyrant Lord Baal can easily be defeated before even killing his fortress. Any units will do, as long as they're not mass units, such as goblins. You can still use them, but to a lesser extent. Amass 400 mana, use a Shield spell to get to Baal, then start using Time Stop to start damaging him. Your heroes (the fast mounted ones, Red, Queen, and Slayer) and pixies will move past him to the fortress, healing the heroes while they assault it. But the upside is that Baal will most likely be killed before the fortress, depending on the units you used. Time Stop Baal until you run out of mana and simply fall back and wait a minute to recover 400 mana again, then repeat. The Tyrant Lord should fall after your first mana replenish, assuming you timed your moves out well enough.

foolproof way to beat baal

Hey this game addicting xD
but any clue to beat big giant Untamed Beast in epic stage 15?
thanks for sharing =)

You mean the big white beast?

Just attack him unitl he dies.

Easy but slow way to beat the final stage

Heres How to beat Final Level on Epic In 5 Minutes

For the Challenge 1 with the goblins
you can kill the black ones with the meteor spell...

So far, this is the fastest way I've found to grind for money at the end game.

This will be very detailed and precise.

Hope this helped.

=Edit=
Use Valkyries instead of Dwarf Engineers for a slightly faster mission time.

To defeat the final challenge level...

Final level in epic mode is easy to defeat.Do as said above make sure that you have enough of shield spell left,don't try to kill the yeti charge toward the enemy castle and make sure to keep the yeti far from your castle.

EASY WAY TO BEAT BAAL: Get Celestial Angel. Hold all other units back except Popo. Send Celestial Angel and Popo to attack Baal. Your angel and dwarf will dish out large amounts of damage. Without being attacked After a while Baal will attack but not after he has lost a huge amounts of health. I don't know if it's a glitch or what have you. But it works. It did for me. No spells. Just straight up celestial angel. Feel free to use the arrow spell to help.

*Note don't use any other people because when you send them Baal attacks that direction and the Celestial Angel.

okay Ive just beaten all the challenges.

for goblin:get titan of sky. the multiple hits pushes back the black goblin and ive killed it that way

for big bang:use popo, and have all other troops attack enemy base. popo's spike hits in the middle of bomb, doing a lot of dmg. to avoid being hit by big explosion, use shield. titans and crit help a lot as well

for the last two DO NOT ATT WITH VEIGRAFF

for baal the sword dude:use shield and max out mp. then mob attack him. dont worry much about other troops, baal is like 95% of the challenge.

for the last one with the cheap angel:YOU MUST MAX OUT SHIELD. dont even bother with attacking the angel it resists litterally everything. get the fire titan because it just passes the angel after a few attacks. wait until ur mp is 400, then use a crap troop to check angel's rng. then assault. when the angel is about to attack, use shield. the shield works for two attacks, then shield again. because you maxed out mp, you can constantly shield for like 8-10 attacks. by then ur fire titan should be able to finish off the tower.

the reason why i dont use veigraff to attack is because he is too fast and triggers the attacks too soon.

Here's how i beat the last level on epic. It was quite simple after i failed the first time miserably by letting the monster get too close:

"See it's wonderful there's finally a walk through for this game. Although UN-fortunately the goblin madness level part is a lie. The black goblin does NOT take damage from the meteor spell. So basically your back to square one again. Nor does the rain of arrows and the obvious elements of ice shot and the thunderbolt. So I have yet too find a way to beat that level. Thanks anyways though." quote Mr. Bendetti
the meteor does work, also, i would like to request a full guide of just about everything
what the epic units are, what they are weak against (or in the final level, what can actually hit it) and stuff like that.

Better spoilers than any I've seen mentioned here so far:

The *easiest* way to get *tons* of money:

2 easy ways to kill the big sword guy:

I had the most trouble with those glowing archers that shot many arrows at once, until I noticed...

For the huge yeti at the end

It's a neat game because there are quite a few very different ways to win most levels -- either pull off a strong quick rush; or camp and build up a massive army. Which is best?

Hello I was wondering how to release the rest of the armies!

what units did u use for firelord baal

I just beat Baal with Tower plus celestial angel, plus some meteors to speed it up

EASY MONEY

Heroes and Armies max level

Heroes:
Any 3, you never need them

Armies:
Phantom Ghost
Were Tiger
Orangutans
Valkyrie
Goblin
Mad Bull

Level:
13 Stop Big Bang (EPIC)

As soon as the Heroes spawn hit assault. Click on all 3 heroes and make them retreat. Wait and collect 180k-200k. No spells needed, in fact, you dont even need to watch. Good luck

hi guys. im currently at lvl 10 here,trying to grind up some money for the other lvls. which lvl so far(for me) is best to grind, and how? i'd appreciate if some1 answered.

thanks.

A foolproof way to beat Baal:

the way to beat the final level is to use the celestial angel titan who keeps attacking the angel/boss without getting hurt because they attack at the same time this also keeps the angel distracted then sneak your titan lord of fire past with shield

I was able to beat the last level my first try I just stayed and saved up my freeze time spell and my guys got past her and destroyed the castle. Easy as pie. Now what I can beat is the hard mode.

to kill the big red dude i used the egial guys with the big swords that are really fast and they were able to get under him with the healing pickes and just keep using beserk and done in 5 min

hi, could anyone help me out...i dont have any spell on mana bar although i have unlock the spell.

easyest way to kill the goblin on lv 13 is usethe sky dragon when he does his fire breath it hurts the goblin and it puches him back

The last level is not as hard as you think. If you want to beat it quickly just get your army as close as possible, stock up on mana with the shield spell and use that, then attack. Your men walk past the angel and attack the castle, just need maxed mana.

the angel works on the black goblin as well

does anyone know how to beat the goblin madness level on epic?

has any one beat the final challenge on epic with all 4 titans

what are the lvl 5 stats for lord of fire and great diablos?

one way is to enter battle garrison on epic and wait till you have 400 mana and cast tower spell and make sure the tower is lvl 5 and keep killing the mad bulls until you have the desired amount of money then destroy the castle. the most helpful units and spells would be celestial angel, sky dragon, epic tank, sylphs, elf sniper, succubus, popo, kara, meteor, bezerk rage, healing (in case units get damaged), sheild, time stop, and tower. I reccomend everything at lvl. 5

to beat challenge 4 on hard is to use angel, succubus, sylph, shield, time stop for the cavalry, and bezerk. wait for full mana and then send those units to attack. the angel will do the most damage to the black lord of fire. dont use arrows or melee units because the arrows will just bounce off and melee will try to attack and get killed from the titans attack and the titan wont stop until all unit not sheilded by the castle and go back to his original place. this takes forever but is worth it because you get 100,000 money off the titan while the cavaleirs give 1,000 ech and there's 10 to 20 cavaliers at a time. all items MUST be lvl 5 to do maximum damage to them. Also dont use tower as the arrows will bounce off. use the lvl 5 meteor.

also use cassandra on epic battle garrison

what's the total cost to upgrade everything to lvl 5?

Slow but foolproof way to beat the golden angel:

You can't use the tower on Baal.

Thanks for wasting thirty minutes of my time.

I appreciate it.

I highly recommend the freeze time spell. Maxed out it lasts for about 23 seconds (but takes about 2 seconds to cast, so cast every 21 seconds if you are continually casting it). All of the challenges become easy with the titans and the time freeze spell.

The trick I found to make cash is level XIII using the flying dragon titan and whatever else you want. It takes forever because goblins are constantly coming but the flying dragon is almost invincible against the goblins and he kills all of those black goblins easy breezy. I usually ended with around 600,000 (plus you don't really have to pay any attention to it just send the dragon, other titans, unimportant throw away guys and hit march).