Nightmare solo

So the biggest problem for nightmare solo seems to be wave 1 not the boss but that it spawns to many big enemys that clump up and cant be killed solo if you had 2 ppl on the first map it is easy but with the tower dmg you get from hard it dosen't seem possible to survive the first map. I'am using the enviormental traps btw the right one dosen't deal dmg sometimes  also its to low for nightmare scale it up a little for the difficultis. If you some how manage to survie the first wave lucky spawns etc the only problem becomes wave 10 where you need to be at 3 places at once. If you upgraded your walls i have about 1300  tower health you can manage some how.

I'm stuck trying to do this solo too, wave 1 is really difficult. Can do the whole map without problems with a friend, where I build everything, same build.

How are you building the map?

I usullay get lsa for the physical lane and 1 wall about 5-4 and for the magic lane about 4 cannonball towers,1wall and some traps for aoe. After the first wave you can upgrade and that 50% more dmg usually does the job. Also after the first wave 1 aa. I'm trying to lvl a dps atm but it probally won't get much easier for the first wave so a 2 nd huntress since she seems the most balanced for physical and magical dmg atm.

@Cowten quote:

I usullay get lsa for the physical lane and 1 wall about 5-4 and for the magic lane about 4 cannonball towers,1wall and some traps for aoe. After the first wave you can upgrade and that 50% more dmg usually does the job. Also after the first wave 1 aa. I'm trying to lvl a dps atm but it probally won't get much easier for the first wave so a 2 nd huntress since she seems the most balanced for physical and magical dmg atm.

Huntress has balanced damage but squire/monk has better CC and capability to hold mobs.

Meele for the win eh to bad tough the dmg might be another way but i guess cc wins nightmare ok thx.

The best way ive found to solo nightmare requires 3 level 50s a trap huntress, a LSA monk, and a tower hp wall squire with some physical resist.

I use LSA in physical resistance lanes. Huntress explosive traps in the magic resistance lanes and squire barricades. Also in throw in some monk AA with skygaurd towers and a serenity aura in each lane. Then i switch to my squire with physical resist to tank bosses.

Agreed, the first wave is rough.  You might see if there is an onslaught map appropriate for your ipwr. I found soloing nightmare onslaught to be easier than soloing regular nightmare maps because you often get lucky and end up with a set of three initial waves that are easy to manage.

Doesn't anyone use Freeze towers with the freeze sphere to make it so that mobs walk through traps/auras slower to take more damage?

They also slow down attack speed, so things kill walls slower.

I am a fresh 50 and only ilvl 180 or so, so not sure if this is viable or not :)

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Doesn't anyone use Freeze towers with the freeze sphere to make it so that mobs walk through traps/auras slower to take more damage?

They also slow down attack speed, so things kill walls slower.

I am a fresh 50 and only ilvl 180 or so, so not sure if this is viable or not :)

started using it recently and it made things far easier.  Packs of mobs that used to beat on my walls never make it there anymore.

@Zuqual quote:

@Cerial Ciller quote:

Doesn't anyone use Freeze towers with the freeze sphere to make it so that mobs walk through traps/auras slower to take more damage?

They also slow down attack speed, so things kill walls slower.

I am a fresh 50 and only ilvl 180 or so, so not sure if this is viable or not :)

started using it recently and it made things far easier.  Packs of mobs that used to beat on my walls never make it there anymore.

My friend and I started as Apprentice (Him) and Squire (Me), and noticed my squire just started going downhill without reliable AoE.

Once we noticed that, I made a Huntress just to go as DPS and hold a lane myself, and quickly found out how well balanced they are in most regards.  After catching up to my friend and hitting 50, we began to see no point in Fire Towers (Blaze Balloons >>>> Fire Towers) so he is choosing the Monk path.

We now are farming Liferoot for ilvl 190 stuff until we can do NM1 Liferoot with basically my squire walls, his LA and anti air, my blaze balloons and physical traps.  When we added Frost Towers.... OMG....  Things slowly walked to the walls, blowing up multiple times in the process, hit the wall MAYBE once, then died.

First wave is always rough though, as we have to CC stuff with stuns, oil stuff to burn, and tornado stuff up when we can, but after that, easy peasy.

I know later in the game we will need blocking squires and all that not so fun stuff, but for now, this is an extremely fun setup.  Can't wait until monk friend gets his LSA Uber as well :)

So yeah if you have  3 traps  at wall, 3 at range stop(javelin trower etc) and 4 cannonball tower magic lane. And for physical lanes at the start of the map 5 lsa ether alittle to the wall or a little further away(if mainly ranged spawn and orge dosent come from that lane) it seem to work for nm1 were i am atm. Also try using monk great cc and some dmg form abilitys makes it a good choice for wave 1. After 2runs had the setp up perfect and could consistantly finish every map. That is for wave 1 after that it should be easier need 1 aa so sell 1 lsa form the lane that has a trap and your fine(frezze lane prefered). I go full tower dmg huntressand monk, squire is hard to get the items cause you need tower dmg and health and it dosent seem to drop to often.