There is only 1 upgrading slot, so with limited time, what cards should we get to higher levels first? This Discussion is made to share my experience about this heated issue.
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1. At the very beginning of the game, when everything is fresh and new, you are advised to upgrade whatever card you want, because the upgrade time is short, and there are various strategies to complete those stages on Minotaur World. But there should be a slight priority to upgrade towers and hero's equipment first, you can upgrade your spells later (But please note that it's completely useless to upgrade your common equipment cards to high level, because very soon you'll get rid of them and replace with better cards)
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2. As the game gets going, you'll move to Undead land, where Pirate Tower is excellent, try to focus upgrading that card, and also find other similar cards in Minatour arena. You shouldn't upgrade archer tower yet, because poison arrow won't work on members of Undead Legion, on the other hand, you should concentrate on upgrading Holy Tower and Lightning Tower, as their magical damage is dominant against undeads. When you're about to fight the last stages of this Land, and especially facing the Dying Ember's Boss, it's strongly advised that you should upgrade your Sniper Tower to easily pass this level.
Scarlett Shield - the one you wont' easily find
You should not upgrade uncommon equipments for the avatar, because you'll be likely to find rare cards somewhere, except for the shield slot when it's hard to get the rare shield (Scarlett Shield)
About Spell Cards, you should upgrade Freeze, and Clarion Call (if you have), other spells seem not to be really neccessary. About Heroes Card, try to upgrade Valorius, Shappira, and Umbra, they are frequently used.
One more reminder, about the SlowDown Tower, it's already effective at level 1-2, so unless you have a lot of time, dont try to upgrade that one, Although we both know that this card is the most important card in-game
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3. When you're about to enter the Bird Land - the most difficult one, it's time for you to start upgrading your Archer Card, Spidermine, Summon Dragon. After you get Bladestorm, Bolas and Poison Tower in this land, upgrade them asap, because they're your primary tools to win the land.
About Equipment, its wise to upgrade the followings: Vermilion plate, Ring of Regeneration, Crystalline, Crimson Talwar. Some people also prefer to upgrade the fangblade for it's poison damage. Dont bother to get Sword Cards to high level, as you're gonna use Life Drinker when you get it, because that giant sword is crucial in winning "impossible" missions.
Uncommon Cards are always better
4. Finally, if you're comfortably walking on the bird land, beating any level on sand and in Avian Tower, it's time to have long-term strategy. Upgrade your archer tower, lightning tower to level 7 if you can, Upgrade your poison tower to level 6 - to have more advantage in tournament, upgrade Sniper and Mortar tower (those 2 are uncom cards, so they're supposedly stronger than common cards in many measurements) About Spells, upgrade your summon dragon, Clarion Call. Try to upgrade all your hero cards to level 4 also....
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5. And if you pay for card packs and get high quality cards like Crossbow, ManaTower, Well of Souls... of course upgrading them is the first thing you should do.
I need some advice... all I have left is 40 floors of the bird tower and the islands past the 320 crown lock. (I already got 3 stars/crowns on all but 4 levels.) My cards all take ages to upgrade so I have to be strategic about what to upgrade, as you've said. I know bolas, bladestorm, and poison will take priority when I have them but right now I don't have them. So what of these things would you upgrade first, bearing in mind the levels I have left to play?
In order of priority : Valorius, Sapphira, Spider mine, Thunderstorm, Dragon. The other cards you present here aren't really effective in birds levels (but Poison towers have to be upgraded like bolas remember that). Good luck !
Merivell wrote: I need some advice... all I have left is 40 floors of the bird tower and the islands past the 320 crown lock. (I already got 3 stars/crowns on all but 4 levels.) My cards all take ages to upgrade so I have to be strategic about what to upgrade, as you've said. I know bolas, bladestorm, and poison will take priority when I have them but right now I don't have them. So what of these things would you upgrade first, bearing in mind the levels I have left to play?
I disagree with LaLuste. Pirate level 6 is a huge upgrade. Pirates flask update is relatively cheap and I use pirate on a lot of bird levels. Imo that should be your first priority.
All the rest I think you should do it what you feel comfortable with. Other than Valarious (gold cards take a lot of time upgrading) I rarely used those cards on bird levels. Dragon sure comes in handy and the upgrade damage per a level is great. Sapphira I think is way to squishy. Not many levels I find have that limited tower space to need a super strong squishy archer. Spider Mine I feel is good for bird Island but mines level 1 as didnt need it lol
I would go with valorius and dragon first, because valorius is most likely your go to hero and dragon is nice to have upgraded for when you need another spell, I agree that pirate is a good card to upgrade also, but after the undead land I kind off never used it again, spider mine can be usefull in some scenarios, but I also almost never use it.
Thanks for the advice guys! Other than the heroes I feel like I rarely use any of these cards, BUT that doesn't mean I won't be needing them all beefed up! Or that I'm doing it right lol. You've all made good points, I appreicate it!
Merivell and others... Remember the next update is just around the corner so when thinking about cards to upgrade don't specifically focus on bird Island. Like i'm happy I will have a level 5 Bolas tower by tomorrow. But I have 6 levels of Bird tower left and the rest are 3 stars so that tower is going to be come fairly redundant.
But my biggest advice is towers beat spells and heroes so make sure they are high level.
To play on tournament, I can advice this cards priority (on free cards):
Slow
Poison
Volcano
Archer
First three is universal cards and sure player use it on most levels, but archer is vulnerable only for tournament & outpost. Archers will shoot flying enemies with high dps, and if you upgrade them to poison, they can give you really cool advantage for another players.
On last tournament was 2nd place (1st place - for donater, it's impossible to beat them only with not buying cards).
Lighting tower have less effective cost/dpm and smallest range.
