Lucille Hardcore Strategy

Easiest NST Hardcore – 640 gems/hour!

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Less than 10 steps + 100% winrate

Still works after the ace & ranger nerfs !!

Credits
Redtoppat - Creator
ulil - Creator
clic4e - Creator
2mlg - Contributor

Notes
● Join the Paradoxum Group for $100 extra starting cash (required)
● Skip waves 1-25 fast (required)
○ You may optionally skip the other/all waves for a faster time.
● When you’ve reached the Placement Limit, sell Farms, 1 by 1.
● “1 by 1” means to place towers one at a time.

Videos
Player 1 POV
Player 2 POV
Player 3 POV
 Loadout
P2 & P3’s Turret can be replaced by Any Tower in the game
(Great for more DPS or Mission Quests)

Players Towers

Player 1 Farm Ace Pilot Ranger Commander Trapper

Player 2 Farm Ace Pilot Ranger Freezer Turret

Player 3 Farm Electroshocker Ranger DJ Booth Turret

Strategy
Player 1

Player 1 - POV Video

Waves Strategy Placement Map

● Skip waves 1-25 as soon as possible, all other skips are optional.
Notes
○ Rotate all Ace Pilots once before placing
 ● Place 3 Lvl 1 Farms, 1 by 1
○ Upgrade 1 Farm → Lvl 2

0 - 23
● Place 2 Lvl 1 Trappers
○ Get 8 Lvl 2 Farms (Lv 2 farms > Lv 1 farms)
○ Upgrade all Farms → Lvl 3

● Place 3 Lvl 2 Commanders, and chain

● Place 7 Max Ace Pilots, set on Figure 8 pathing

23 - 50
○ Max all Commanders

● Place 7 Lvl 2 Rangers → Max all * Leave space for DJ to the right of commander spots! *

Player 2

Player 2 - POV Video

Waves Strategy Placement Map

● Skip waves 1-25 as soon as possible, all other skips are optional.
○ Set Ace Pilot on Strongest for wave 12 only
Notes
○ Rotate all Ace Pilots once before placing
■ Set Front Ace Pilots and Rangers to Strongest
 ● Place 1 Lvl 2 Ace Pilot
○ Place 7 Lvl 2 Farms, 1 by 1

0 - 27
● Place 2 Lvl 1 Freezers
○ Upgrade Ace Pilot → Lvl 4
○ Get a total of 8 Lvl 3 Farms

● Place 7 Max Ace Pilots, set on Figure 8 pathing

○ Get 3 Max Freezers, set on Random
27 - 50
● Place 7 Lvl 2 Rangers → Max all
● Place all Max Turrets

Player 3

Player 3 - POV Video

Waves Strategy Placement Map

● Skip waves 1-25 as soon as possible, all other skips are optional.
Notes
○ Use DJ Booth’s Drop the Beat (Green Track) Ability as much as possible.
 ● Place 4 Lvl 1 Farms, 1 by 1
○ Get 8 Lvl 2 Farms (Lv 2 farms > Lv 1 farms)

0 - 24
● Place 1 Lvl 4 Electro
○ Upgrade all Farms → Lvl 3
○ Place 1 Lvl 4 Electro

● Place Lvl 3 DJ, set on Green Track

○ Place 2 Lvl 4 Electros

24 - 50 ● Place 7 Lvl 2 Rangers

● Max DJ → Electros → Rangers → Turrets
○ On Wave 50, Set DJ on Red Track

Common Issues (Why did I die?)

Cause of Death Reasons

● Joining the Paradoxum Group for $100 extra starting cash is required.
General Tips ● Important: Skip waves 1-25 as fast as possible.
○ You may optionally skip all waves for a faster time.

● Skip waves 9-11 ASAP.

Wave 10 / 13 - Invisibles
● P1 did not place 2 Lvl 1 Trappers on time or in the correct spot (the order matters)

● P3 did not have 1 Lvl 3 Electroshocker by wave 17 (likely an error in farming)

Wave 17 - Breakers
● Electroshocker Placement lacks path coverage, it should cover this much:
 ● Skip wave 19 & 20 ASAP.
● P2 did not get 2 Lvl 1 Freezers, placed in the designated spots.
Wave 19 - Mega Slow
○ Ensure 1st Freezer’s range reaches the paths.
● P3 did not have 1 Lvl 4 Electroshocker

Wave 23 - Shadow Boss ● P2 did not upgrade Ace Pilot to Lvl 4 by wave 23 (likely an error in farming)

● P1 must get & maintain a Commander chain [tutorial].

● P1 & P2 did not spam max Ace Pilots, set on Figure 8 pathing, at the front of the map
Wave 26 - 49
● P3’s DJ should stay on Green Track
● If you encounter issues, don’t skip waves.

● All players did not obtain all of their upgrades, especially on DPS towers
○ P1 did not set DJ on Red Track after everything on wave 50 is dead except Void Reaver
Wave 50 - Void Reaver
○ P2 did not get 3 Max Freezers, set on Random
○ P3 must chain Commanders

Speedrun Tips (Optional)

Categories Tips

● Ignore “get 8 Lvl 2 Farm steps” and use the most optimal farming pattern:
○ Try not to place more Farms unless they’re Level 3. Don’t rush a Farm upgrade when the
wave isn’t ending.
Farming
○ Farm Level Priority Upgrade: Lvl 3 > Lvl 2 > Lvl 1 > Lvl 0
○ If you have exactly 1,650-1,800 cash and 2 Lvl 1 Farms at the end of the wave, upgrade
both of those Farms to Lvl 2 instead of getting a Lvl 3 Farm.
 ● Set 2nd Freezer to Strongest. Place the 3rd Lvl 3 Freezer early on wave 31 and set it to Strongest
to stall Fallen Titans and Grave Digger so Ace Pilots can damage them longer.
○ Set 2nd Freezer to Random once you Max all Front Freezers.
● Rotate Front Ace Pilots once for better coverage with the Figure 8 Pattern.
○ Don’t Rotate Ace Pilots if they aren’t placed next to the path.
Targeting
● Set Rangers to Strongest Targeting.
○ When most of your Ace Pilots and Rangers are set to Strongest, you may need to set them
back to First in case of enemies leaking past the fleet of Ace Pilots.
○ If you’re P3 don’t do this on Wave 36.
● Set Ace Pilots to Strongest Targeting ONLY in Boss Waves (36, 44, 47-48). Ignore if you’re P2

● Always set DJ Booth’s Track to Red Track once you fight a Major Boss.
○ You may switch DJ Booth’s Track to Red Track on any wave but requires team
communication for discounts.
DJ, Commander ● Get At Least 1 Max Commander by Wave 41.
& Freezer ● Use Commander’s Caravan Ability to spawn APCs when Major Bosses from Waves 44-50
Spawns if possible.
○ Only activate the Ability once Fallen King and Void Reaver performed their Stomp ability.
● Only upgrade the 1st Freezer to Max Level after Max Ace Pilots until Void Reaver spawns.

● Set Rangers to Last targeting temporarily once Unknowns and Vindicators spawns behind Void
Reaver to kill them and reduce stun abuse.
● “Micro” means to replace the same tower quickly
Wave 50 Tips ○ Micro Ace Pilots inside the Loop once Void Reaver is out of Range. If you have a Stronger
DPS Tower, sell Ace Pilots and place that DPS Tower in the Loop.
○ Place A Max Commander inside the Loop to cover it entirely for micro’ed Ace Pilots or
Any DPS Tower.