What order should you unlock mythics?
This guide is written with the goal being the fastest path to consistently clear hard. Explanations will be given for each step of the order.
Specifically, this guide explains the "Hailey Taoist" build. This build is well known for being easy to reach, while also being lower effort compared to older strategies like the "Lancelot Kitty Mage" strat.
Note for context: To get a unit to level 6 it costs 115 stones and 23k gold. Level 6 to level 12 costs 940 stones and 188k gold. Level 1 to level 12 costs 1055 stones and 211k gold. This guide was written with these things in mind.
One DPS for every legendary
- Hailey - level 6
- Batman - level 6
- Rocket Chu - level 6
- Lazy Taoist - level 6
These mythics are good because each one uses a different legendary.
Hailey uses Sheriff, Batman uses Tiger, Rocket Chu uses War Machine, and Lazy Taoist uses Storm Elemental. If you don't like relying on RNG, this guarantees that every legendary will become a good DPS.
Hailey: Has an ability that boosts her damage by +200% per stack of star power, +400% per stack at level 6. Maxxing out at 10 stacks, that's +4000% damage. Don't rush to raise it early - you still need to stack gold for the end of the game, but whenever you think you need some more damage see if you can get another stack until you max at 10. The +4000% is a huge damage bonus, and is worth getting by the end.
Rocket Chu: Overclock makes Rocket Chu super strong. There's a risk that Chu will explode and die when you do it though, so in general wait until you need him overclocked to use it. If you do the overclock on an early boss, either it'll be successful, or the explosion will kill the boss. So either way using it on a boss can be a good play and if he explodes it gives you time to try and get another DPS.
Lazy Taoist: He's underwhelming at first, but he's the best DPS the legendary unit "Storm Elemental" has so you might as well summon him. However, at level 12 he is possibly the strongest mythic in the game, tied with Rocket Chu.
Batman: Batman's upgrade ability makes him extremely viable early on, but it isn't affected by Money Gun, so he's mostly an early game unit. Batman will not clear wave 80, and won't really contribute much at all.
At level 6 the heaviest hitter out of these on w80 is Hailey until your coin management gets better then it becomes Chu.
Beating the end
- Hailey - level 12
- Tao - level 12
To get through the end of hard mode, you're going to need more damage, and these are the best units for the job.
As mentioned before, Batman isn't so good for wave 80. Even at level 12, because most of his damage comes from his upgrade ability, which caps out at a certain point, and costs a lot of gold.
Hailey and Tao both do serious damage at level 12. For now you can leave Chu at 6, because even at level 6 he does massive damage.
Hailey
In Lucky Defense/What the Luck, damage scales off how much gold you can stack. To really get massive stacks, you need the artifact "Safe Box" to be as high of a level as possible. The more gold you can get, the more damage you'll gain from the "Money Gun" artifact. Assuming your Money Gun and Safe Box are low levels, you can still get a massive damage buff from Hailey's star power. So much so that it's comparable to having enough gold to get the damage buff you'd want.
However, it's still important to stack as much gold as possible. Don't make the mistake of letting Hailey's Star Power keep you from getting big stacks. Stack that gold, and get her star power up by the end. Don't rush it, and it will help you a ton in the late game.
Taoist + Chu
Taoist and Chu do big damage in a similar way. Unlike Hailey, they do completely rely on Safe Box and Money Gun. However, because of this, they remain strong in every mode at every difficulty. They're the two heaviest hitters in the mythic rarity when paired with good economy.
So why not Chu 12?
Chu 12 is something you will want to have. But if you only want to beat hard as quickly as possible, Chu 12 is optional. Taoist level 12 is required because his power at level 12 is more than double his power at level 11, because of the skill he unlocks. While Chu does become very powerful at level 12, it's not more than 2x as strong. Overclocked Chu at level 6 is very comparable to Taoist at level 12. I don't even know which one I would say is stronger, so I would say level 6 Chu is plenty strong at this point.
Supports
This guide didn't cover supports in much detail, and this is because this strat isn't super reliant on any specific support mythic. I'm going to take a brief moment to discuss the two relevant supports you could look at for this strategy though.
Kitty Mage
Immortal Hailey does rely on Kitty Mage because she can turn into Immortal Form faster if she uses her Ult faster. The best support for magic builds in general is Kitty Mage level 12. Kitty Mage 12, similar to Taoist 12, is twice as strong as the level 11 version because of the unlocked skill. So it's very worth it, and is nearly required for magic builds in late game. But for hard mode you could get by without it.
Monopoly Man
Monopoly Man is great too. You can see in the below clip we used Monopoly Man to generate more luck stones. This is good because the more stones you're using to summon, the less you need to spend coins. Also the more luck stones you have, the more you can upgrade legendary/mythic damage in the upgrade screen. Each upgrade adds +50% damage, so it's mandatory that you upgrade this a lot to win. Level 6 is fine. Monopoly man also helps by giving you 20 defense reduction each, so Monopoly man will even increase the damage your Rocket Chu is doing. Overall, great unit.
Conclusion
Anyways, that's the unlock order guide for Hard Mode. For best results, you're going to have to reach Safe Box and Money Gun 3. Once you reach that you'll be able to clear hard mode a lot easier.
There'll be gameplay of this approach soon.
Good luck!
