Use mana (orange) gems in traps at the exit of the main monster base the more traps the better.Level up by going back to an early stage and summoning more monsters - this way you can reach a much higher XP for that stage/mode.Look out especially for highlighted modes which give 3x XP. Level up by going back and beating previous levels in new battle modes - the XP you gain in each mode adds up.Different stages and battle modes may require very different skill configurations. if you can't beat a stage and tried multiple times:.Use your mana to build up your defenses first. Don't destroy a beacon unless necessary, especially at the beginning of the battle.If you destroy a minor monster base, the monsters that would come out of it will be 'redirected' to the main monster base.Monsters take more and more mana each time they reach your wizard towwer, so be careful with hordes of fast monsters.You can leech more mana from the slowed monster or have a greater chance of shocking/piercing it. Place a trap right next to an other one, place a slowing gem in the first trap and a mana gain/armor reduce/shocking gem in the second one.Place a trap near a group of towers and place a slowing gem in it, this way the monsters will have to crawl by the towers for a longer time, taking more shots.It's usually better to have more towers with somewhat weaker gems in them, than a few towers with stronger gems.Look at the range indicator (yellow circle) of the inserted gem to see how far it can shoot, and place it in a tower that can give it the longest path cover.Place your towers in positions where they can cover the longest path possible.

It will have all 8 abilities (in a very small portion each though) and some bonuses to its basic values. If you have all 8 gem types available, you can create a prismatic gem.Try to avoid making gems containing more than two base colors.If you combine two gems of different types, you get both specials but with a decreased power. Pure gems have the strongest special abilities.This can further be improved with the Dual gem mastery skill. Dual gems are superior to pure gems, they get larger bonuses to their damage, range, and firing speed.

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