Re: MID LEVEL MINI FORUM

For those of us that like a nice, relaxing tournament (not looking @Perfume-shroom92 )

You could give Peanut a whirl.

2m+, once reinforcemint's effect has worn off plant him again and use eon at r3, c9 to blow away weaker zombies.

But it's very easy to run out of sun towards the end as L5 peanut is expensive.

Can't really think of a better strategy for the Boosterama

This one is really fun! I think you can replace PPM but I'm not sure what would be a good replacement.

Whoop Whoop

4.7m that could've been 4.8m coz I had one more unexploded EoN on the lawn 

@PowerToss very nice score, haven't practiced yet, I'm sure it will be tough to beat but a good 8m target to aim for

Some intetesting tactics 

https://youtu.be/b1lWMVA5ULY

From 28m18s it's BB7 (rest is 5) with IP for 9m+

Before that it's Shadow strategy (but with multiple lvl7s) for a max of 7m+

I'm using the Shadow strat with Imp Pear and Ail Mint. Best so far is 6,661.550. Big Pig had a run of 24 before bowing out 5.9 to 7..1. Ouch

Opp used same strat but doubled Imp Pear instead of Ail Mint. I'm using Real Gamer again. Somehow he got 9.1 with same level plants except his Ail was 8. Mine is 7. But it's all plant & uproot Imp Pear then uproot and plant SPS. Not really stressful but constant movement so not boring yet either.

Guess I should have tried harder to upgrade Imp Pear. Just looked at Real Gamers vid again and he's using lvl 8 Pear. Mine is 6. That's a full second of recharge and 100 dps difference. He's also got a 9 SPS and mine's an 8. I've got better DL (9 vs 7) but that doesn't seem to be a factor in my favor. Not sure what the difference in 8 vs 7 Ail Mint is. If it's only 1 second duration that doesn't seem to be enough time to plant an additional Pear. Unless the 2 factors - shorter refresh on Pear combined with added time does mean 1 extra planting. It's the middle of the night and I'm not up for complex math at the moment. 

I tried the Shadow strategy, but it lags my phone, too much hassle imo, and the score is not great for me

Still easy and relaxed strategy and a good score:

https://streamable.com/85nm5s

@PowerToss this is the first time Ail-mint + IP gives me higher scores 😉

Still testing a bit if I should plant IP in the back and not let them be eaten or plant in front, but I feel that I'm getting higher scores if I plant on C9 and they're eaten

@HypnoDjurre You have to join Arena. Your Zombies are Soil League level 😛 You will probably break 9M once you joined 😉 You could also try and play it a little more aggressive by planting Pokra on C8 and C7. It worked for me (without BB).

I've been using the Ultomato strategy and the Pokra strategy and get scores ~8M. My score is lower when I use BB instead of Spearmint :/

I tried BB Pumpkin Pokra in practice and got 7.4. Done it twice in Arena now and only getting 6.2. That's what I was getting with Shadow. Perhaps I just need to chill and get in the zone. Probably over excited about kicking major butt and making dumb mistakes. Not having target tile in mind for Pear and hitting occupied tile. Losing the Pokra on R2 because I forget that's where Gargs do most damage. Silly stuff that should work itself out once I'm fully awake. 

Quick question about refreshing Pumpkin. When I refresh by just planting on top of Pumpkin that's still got about 1/3 of its life left, it doesn't refresh in armored state. Do I have to wait for it to die or uproot in order to get armored Pumpkin?

@linuxPigPen 

Yeah, if you plant on top of a Pumpkin it doesn't get armored up

Hadn't thought of digging it up :D

8,407,700

Told ya all I needed to do was wake up! 

Outside inside out

Loving that coffee mocha!

@PowerToss  weird, they felt like Jade level score

So I joined the tourney and my scores went

8m - 9.1m - 8m - 8.7m - 8m - 8.5m - 7.8m (I lost to 8.99m) - 8.8m

Aargh, I had attached the 9.1m but the post didn't want to submit and I already deleted all previous screenshots for a general cleanup :D

I’m getting 7 million+ using 3 columns artichoke5, 2 pears4, 2 columns nut6, spearmint7, Ailmint5. I’m not a very good player. 

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@LogicWings wrote:

I’m getting 7 million+ using 3 columns artichoke5, 2 pears4, 2 columns nut6, spearmint7, Ailmint5. I’m not a very good player. 

Please have the decency to wait for us to so inform you thusly. 🙂

We're not that bashful.😉

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Had my first defeat this tourney, my opponent using the exact setup from this pic.  I got 9.3M, the opponent got 10.5M.

Keeping up with pumpkins isnt too fool proof if two swashbuckler zombies spawn on the same exact square.  I'm in jade, and they can tear through a boosted level 5 pumpkin in seconds if your imp pears don't hit them both, even when spamming efficiently.

Boosted peanuts seem to negate this weakness.  Sun production isnt necessary and friendly reminder that imp pears dont incur penalties.  

My average score has been 9.3M, worst score being 8.8M, which I was fast forwarding the entire match.  RNG variance doesn't seem to affect the range of scores too much with this picture being a weird exception.

Sorry, this may not constitute a mid level with peanut being level 8 and power lily being level 7.  

@jmac3d   Welcome to the forum, you are correct that you plant level (with the maxed out mint) has just nudged you over as a high level plants player but still it is a very good strategy and a nice score. 

@jmac3d 

Congratulations on getting over 10m, we had a discussion about what was considered mid-level which is in the first post of this thread.