Island Defense FAQ
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Island Defense Frequently Asked Questions
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Questions
Q [AAA]: What is "DET DET DET" supposed to mean? I'm confused. Embarrassed/iurl]
Q [AAB]: As Nature, why does my 'Windwalk' cancel when I use 'Panic'?
Q [AAC]: As Morphling, what the hell is 'Spell Shield' for?!
Q [AAD]: As either Makura or Nature, why do I get stuck in between buildings after construction is complete?
Q [AAE]: As any race, why do I get killed in the first 60 seconds every time?
Q [AAF]: As Makura, why do my towers deal lower damage than the rest? I feel neglected... Sad
Q [AAG]: As Goblin, what do I do when there's a camper in the middle?
Q [AAH]: What race should I start out with?
Q [AAI]: When is the best time to go and get gold?
Q [AAJ]: What is a "lumber base"?
Q [AAK]: Which is the 'best' race? Please tell me!
Q [AAL]: What's the most efficient way of walling?
Q [AAM]: Is camping considered a newbie thing to do?
Q [AAN]: What is gold for, and where can I find it?
Q [AAO] My wood upgrades aren't working, double you tee eff mate?
Q [AAP] I'm eyed WHAT DO I DO??
Q [AAQ] How do i kill all my fruit trees, there's always one left to feed the titan?
Q [AAR] I always end underpowered with titan and 9 minions unable to break that one tough base, what to do?
Q [AAS] What to do when I can't break some base?
Q [AAT] How do i make combo items as titan?
Q [AAU] How do i make combo items as builder?
Answers
A [AAA]: "DET" is quick for "detonate", which is the process of making your harvesters 'disappear'. This prevents the Titan from feeding on them and gaining ridiculous amounts of experience. You can detonate a harvester on anyone that has a buff; it instantly removes any buffs, like 'Eye of the Ocean". A simple way to do this is team (Ctrl + 1, Ctrl +2) your harvesters into groups, and when the Titan attacks, you can simply detonate with the hotkey 'D'.
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A [AAB]: Ah... This one's simple; always use 'Windwalk' after your other skills. Why? Because if you don't, your 'Windwalk' will 'break', canceling it and moving on to the next skill. So in the future, use 'Panic' and then 'Windwalk' (they stack).
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A [AAC]: Spell Shield stops any directly targeted spells on your Builder, like 'Energy Rod' will be canceled; Eye of the Ocean will be canceled; Wand of the Wind will be canceled. Do not press the skill icon; it will activate automatically. Don't ask why you were killed if Granitacle's minions just massed-Shockwave'd you, it's an indirect nuking spell.
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A [AAD]: This is a very annoying bug that prevents the Makura and Nature from getting out of places you are easily put in. When you're constructing some structure, your Builder will literally be inside of it and have the invulnerable status during this period, this can be used as a last escape tactic if your 'Staff of Teleportation' is in cooldown. Back to the question, try filling in any unnecessary open area that you might get caught in with a shelter, in hopes to prevent this annoying bug.
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A [AAE]: You're probably new to the game, so I'll teach you one basic trick; blocking. Blocking can be done with any building, and it's only purpose is to prevent the Titan from walking, then killing you immediately.
Dimensions are what players (or at least the good ones) use to measure out their bases so that only they may enter. A wall has 2x2 dimensions, the Titan Hunter Research Building (different names according to races) has 4x4 dimensions, your fruit trees / power plants / mana pools / factories / lava pools have 3x3 dimensions. A Titan can simply walk in like an uninvited guess through 2x2 spacings, but see, you can squish your way through 1x1 spaces. So you can to build a fruit tree (preferably, since it gives food and a type of protection) to block the Titan, and only leaving space for you to walk in and out of.
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A [AAF]: Your towers seem to do lower damage? I want you to go take a look at their range. Now, doesn't that give you a suspicious feeling? Your harvesters only cost 5 food instead of the regular 6, as well. So that's another advantage; you can build 20 towers for the same amount of food 4 builders use! And just to help some more, your Titan Hunter deals the most damage in the game (160-160 if you must know) and has a lot of HP. All these help your towers deal the maximum amount of damage.
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A [AAG]: That's a bummer, eh? Some newb just died to the Titan, quickly punished, followed by a nice kick in the arse? Fear not, young Goblins! It's very simple to take advantage of this situation... Simply take your Titan Hunter which is, by the way, a ranged air unit, to the middle of the map and pull the Minion towards you with one simple attack ('Mana Drain' works too), fly back onto one of the mountains(so he can't hit you) and then finish him off. And if you can, with a couple of other Titan Hunters; makes the job easier. If you don't get the gold, it doesn't matter, either wait for somebody else to die, or simply harvest your required gold.
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A [AAH]: Some good races to start out with are the basic race. A basic race is defined as a race that doesn't need gold to be powerful, doesn't need huge amounts of pre-harvesting before building a base, and doesn't do much but build a base.
I always say that the best race to start with is either the Murloc or the Gnoll. Why? The Murloc has 'Panic' and 'Staff of Teleportation', giving him easy escapes if attacked early. The gnoll because he can be quite destructive just as a builder, and has extremely good walls.
I'd consider one of these 2 if I were a starter.
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A [AAI]: The best time to gold is probably the beginning of the game, when the Titan is weak. He wants to get an early, easy kill so he probably won't camp, he'd go for bases. When he gets his first kill, it's just a little traffic until you get back on the road and gold.
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A [AAJ]: A lumber base is, like the name says it, a base for lumber. People tend to do this because they want to gain lumber quickly while they harvest lumber and then build a base (also called insta-upgrade sometimes). I'd recommend this if you can detonate quickly and leave very little food behind.
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A [AAK]: If you're reading this, you're going to die in 4 days, so I suggest you get laid during that small 96 hours. There is not best race. Any game that has a best race is not even remotely good. All races are based on preference and skill involved. If you're asking which race is the easiest, type in 'AAH' to your search.
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A [AAL]: What most people would do is simply build 3-4 walls in front of their towers. What you have to remember is: walls > towers. Why? Towers only get a small increase in damage, where as walls gain a 250 hp bonus along with 10 more armor.
A guide that teaches the best way to wall can be found here:
http://islanddefense.net/mambo//index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=51&topic=924.0.
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A [AAM]: For some people, camping is the ultimate form gayness. For others, it's a free level for your Hunter, and you actually get payed to do this! Killing Minions is a free 45 seconds off of golding at the mound, and to those who think it's a newbie thing to do, and cry for half an hour; you're the "n00bs".
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A [AAN]: Gold is what allows you to build stronger structures, or upgrades to make your structures stronger. For example, you have to have 45 gold to build a Merchant, and this allows you to upgrade all of your Super Towers (aka Enlarged) to an even higher level.
You can find the Gold Mound at the center of the map (where the Titan spawns). If you want to mine properly, you have to right click your golding (turning on the auto-cast) icon and then right click the gold mound.
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A [AAO] Wood upgrades do work, just differently than they do in melee/vampirism. They work by increasing the attack speed of the wood harvesters, and it is recommended to get them as soon as possible with every race to get the highest wood output.
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A [AAP] For a builder, detonating workers on yourself will remove status effects, such as wand of the wind and eye of the ocean, so you can get rid of eyes that way. If you're titan, quickly punish yourself so they don't keep vision of you, but be wary that it removes windwalk.
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A [AAQ]
Select all 6 Fruit Trees.
Hold Shift and attack Fruit Trees #2, #3, #6
With Fruit Trees #1, and #4 Selected. Hold Shift and attack (Order Matters On This Step!!) #5, #1, then #4.
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A [AAR] Do not always kill noobs, they go out and build more feeding bases which means levels and gold for you
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A [AAS] Try to search weaker bases and feed on them. If there are no left bases then try to make builder go near walls and cast your nuke on him with titan and 3 minions. If that doesn't work you can try breaking 2-3 walls, going back, windwalking, and then camp walls until worker comes out.
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A [AAT] First you must make sure you have both combo items in your inventory, the recipe items must also be in the top 2 slots and in the order which they are stated. There must also be room in your inventory to buy the recipe. Example, recipe calls for 2 Tridents of power, so you put the tridents of power in the top two item slots then buy or pick up the recipe. If you accidentally buy a recipe you can keep it, then use it later for your items by dropping it then picking it up.
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A [AAU] The items must be made by a morphling, mag, or hunter. You must put the items for the alchemist in the next builder slots in the order they are stated(after the eggs), and carry the required eggs as well.
