Part 4: Permanent Gear – Updated 6/30/16 Welcome to the fourth part of the series on budget rally trapping. Unfortunately, when it comes to combat gear, there isn’t really an effective way to craft elite gear on a budget without lots and lots of seasonal event and/or monster chests, and the easiest way to get them is by buying gold ...
Read More »Budget Rally Trapping 103: Hero Skill Point Allocation (July 2016)
Part 3: Hero Skill Set Point Allocation – Updated 6/22/16 Welcome to the third article in the series on budget rally trapping. If you missed either of the preceding articles, you can find them here. This particular article is pretty much independent of power or anything else. It’s the hero skill set up I use, and it’s what I’d suggest to ...
Read More »Budget Rally Trapping 102: Troops (Part 2) – July 2016
Part 2: Troops, Meatshields, and Research Update: This series has been updated (June/July 2016). Welcome to the second article in the series on budget rally trapping. If you missed the first article, this article will focus on troops, however, and will consist of what I’ve used personally, or know others have used personally with success. But still, these are just ...
Read More »Budget Rally Trapping 101: Introduction, Premise and City Set Up (Part 1) – June 2016
Part 1- Introduction, Premise, and City Set Up (UPDATED June 2016) A lot has changed since this series was originally written. New research, new cores and new game features have all changed the nature of Rally Trapping. Over the next couple of weeks, this series will be updated to reflect all the new changes. (To see the other articles in the ...
Read More »Budget Rally Trapping 105: Defensive Cores (Part 5)
Part 5: Defensive Cores Welcome to the fifth article in the series on budget rally trapping. For this article, I’m going to go over my general strategy when making a set of defensive cores, and what boost and debuff values I try to shoot for in a general sense. Then, I’ll cover the basics of crafting counter missile defense cores, as ...
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