Lucille Hardcore Strategy

Easiest NST Hardcore – 630 gems/hour!

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Less than 10 steps + 100% winrate

Fastest run by lavreex, swihxy, fovelyne

 Credits
Redtoppat - YouTube Channel
ulil - YouTube Channel
clic4e - YouTube Channel

Testers
Penguin_Dud • CrazRex • Thirdiator • 2Mundeez • Marcel • Hannlol.

Notes
●​ Join the Paradoxum Group for $100 extra starting cash (required)
●​ Skip waves 1-25 fast (required)
○​ You may skip all other waves for a faster time
●​ When you’ve reached the Placement Limit, sell Farms, 1 by 1.
●​ You can use Golden Pyromancer
●​ “1 by 1” means to place towers one at a time.
○​ Example: “Place 4 Lvl 2 Farms, 1 by 1”
■​ Place Lvl 0 Farm, upgrade it to Lvl 1, then Lvl 2 and repeat.
■​ Don’t place another Tower till you get the required level.

Videos
Player 1 POV
Player 2 POV
Player 3 POV

Loadout
P1 & P2’s Turret can be replaced by Any Tower in the game
(Great for more DPS or Mission Quests)

Players Towers
 Player 1 Farm Pyromancer Ranger DJ Booth Turret

Player 2 Farm Ace Pilot Ranger Freezer Turret

Player 3 Farm Ace Pilot Ranger Commander Electroshocker

Strategy
Player 1

Player 1 - POV Video

Waves Strategy Placement Map

Notes ●​ Skip waves 1-25 as soon as possible, all other skips are optional.
 ●​ Place 1 Lvl 2 Farm
○​ Place 1 Lvl 2 Pyro
0 - 23
●​ Get 8 Lvl 2 Farms (Lv 2 farms > Lv 1 farms)
○​ Upgrade all Farms → Lvl 3

●​ Place 1 Lvl 3 Front Pyro

○​ Place Lvl 3 DJ, set on Green Track

23 - 50 ●​ Place 7 Lvl 2 Rangers

●​ Max DJ → front Pyro → all Rangers → DPS

○​ On Wave 50, Set DJ on Red Track

Player 2

Player 2 - POV Video

Waves Strategy Placement Map

●​ Skip waves 1-25 as soon as possible, all other skips are optional.
Notes ○​ Set Ace Pilot on Strongest for wave 12 only
○​ Rotate front Ace Pilots twice before placing & set on Figure 8 pathing.
 ●​ 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 1 Lvl 3 Front Freezer, set on Strongest

○​ Place 2 Max Ace Pilots

●​ 7 lv 2 Rangers
27 - 50
○​ Place 5 Max Ace Pilots

●​ Max Front Freezer → Rangers → all DPS

○​ Spam Max Freezers throughout the map

Player 3

Player 3 - POV Video

Waves Strategy Placement Map

●​ Skip waves 1-25 as soon as possible, all other skips are optional.
Notes ○​ Only set Front Electroshocker to Strongest Targeting.
○​ Rotate Ace Pilots twice before placing & set on Figure 8 pathing.
 ●​ Place 4 Lvl 1 Farms, 1 by 1
○​ Get 8 Lvl 2 Farms (Lv 2 farms > Lv 1 farms)

0 - 27
●​ Place 1 Lvl 4 Electro
○​ Upgrade all Farms → Lvl 3
○​ Place 3 Lvl 4 Electros

●​ Get 3 Lvl 2 Commanders, and chain

●​ Place 7 Max Ace Pilots. Rotate twice before

placing & set on Figure 8 pathing.
28 - 50
●​ Max all Commanders
●​ Place 7 Lvl 2 Rangers → Max
●​ Max All Electro

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 a Lvl 2 Pyro on time or in the correct spot

Wave 12 - Balloons ●​ P2 did not set Ace Pilot on Strongest (for Wave 12 balloons ONLY).

●​ Skip Waves 15 ASAP.

●​ P3 placed Electro late b/c wave 15 was not skipped quickly.
Wave 15/16 - Balloons ●​ P3 Likely didn’t farm correctly, P3 Should Farm this way:
○​ Place 4 Lvl 1 Farms, 1 by 1
○​ Upgrade all Farms → Lvl 2
 ○​ Place 2 Lvl 2 Farms, 1 by 1
●​ There are better farming patterns than this, if you do know them then ignore this tip.

●​ P3 did not have 1 Lvl 3 Electro by wave 17 (likely an error in farming, follow above tip)
●​ Electro Placement lacks path coverage, it should cover this much:

Wave 17 - Breakers

●​ Skip wave 19 & 20 ASAP.

Wave 19 - Mega Slow ●​ P2 did not get 2 Lvl 1 Freezers, placed in the designated spots with range that reaches the path.
●​ P3 did not have 1 Lvl 4 Electroshocker on Wave 20 or 21.

●​ P2 did not upgrade Ace Pilot to Lvl 4 by Wave 23 (likely an error in farming – remember, it’s only
Wave 23 - Shadow Boss 7 Lvl 2 Farms, not 8).
●​ P2 did not place Freezers inside of Ace Pilot’s range to receive the HD buff.

●​ P1 did not get a Lvl 3 Pyro in the front

Wave 27 - Fallen Rushers
●​ P3 did not get a 2nd Electro (Lvl 4) in the back

●​ P1’s DJ should stay on Green Track

○​ Recommended: For major bosses (ex: Gravedigger W36), set DJ on Red Track once they
spawn. Set it back to Green Track after the wave is over.
Wave 28 - 49
●​ P3 must get & maintain a Commander chain [tutorial] for the rest of the game.
●​ P2 & P3 did not spam max Ace Pilots, set on Figure 8 pathing, at the front of the map
○​ If you encounter issues, don’t skip waves.

●​ Players did not obtain all of their upgrades, most especially Ranger
○​ 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 spam Max Freezers across the map.
■​ Recommended to micro (replace the same tower quickly) 1 Freezer when VR stuns
○​ P3 must chain Commanders [tutorial]
 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.

●​ Assume all targeting steps only last for that wave/group of waves.
Targeting
●​ Return to First when the wave ends

●​ P3 set Lvl 3 Electro on Last

Wave 17 - Breakers
●​ P1 place Lv 1/ 2 front Pyro w17

●​ P3 set Lvl 4 Electro on Last

Wave 20 - Lead Boss
●​ P1 set front Pyro on Last

Wave 23 - Shadow Boss ●​ P3 gets 2nd Electro (Lvl 3) in the back

●​ P3 set back Electros to Weakest

Wave 27 - Fallen Rushers
●​ P1 should have front Lvl 3 Pyro by now

●​ When placing front Ace Pilots, rotate twice for better coverage with the Figure 8 Pattern.
○​ Don’t Rotate Ace Pilots if they aren’t placed right next to the path.

●​ Keep Green Track DJ primarily; however, it’s recommended to switch DJ Booth to a more
Tower Usage offensive track (Red/Purple) when favorable.
○​ Requires team communication.
○​ Always return to Green Track DJ when the wave ends.
○​ We recommend to set DJ Booth’s Drop the Beat Ability Keybind to either ‘W’, ‘A’, ‘S’, ‘D’. To
automatically get cash from DJ from your movements.

Wave 34-36 ●​ Set all Rangers on Strongest.

Titan, Giant, Gravedigger ○​ Remember to return back to first if failed to timesave.
 ●​ Use Purple Track DJ

Wave 41-43 ●​ Use Freezer’s ice bombs ability for Wave 41-43 to severely reduce enemy defense w/ Pyro
Slow King, Speedy King ●​ Use Red Track DJ

●​ Always set DJ Booth’s Track to Red Track once you fight a Major Boss.

●​ Max at least 1 Commander by Wave 41.

●​ Use Commander’s Caravan Ability to spawn APCs when Major Bosses from Waves 47 & 48
Spawns if possible.
​ ○​ Only activate the Ability once Fallen King and Void Reaver performed their Stomp ability.
Waves 44, 47-48
Major Bosses ●​ Set Ace Pilots to Strongest Targeting ONLY on Boss Waves (36, 44, 47-48).
○​ P2 Should Always keep their Ace Pilots at Strongest until W50

●​ On Wave 44, set all Rangers on Last.

●​ On Wave 47, set all Rangers on Strongest, then micro to First when Swordmaster is getting low.
●​ On Wave 48, keep Rangers on First.

●​ Temporarily set Rangers to Last to kill the Unknowns and Vindicators behind Void Reaver faster,
reducing stun abuse for your other towers.
Wave 50 ○​ If those enemies aren’t behind Void Reaver, change it back to first.
Final Boss
●​ Place 1 Max Commander inside the Loop to cover for micro’d towers there.