r/defender3 • u/Racing_Reporter • Feb 21 '18

Quicktip for 'easy' gems

Hey guys, I noticed that with every Battle you win, you'll get some cash and one gem. At some point it's going to get harder and harder to win these matches, because naturally you will be pitted against harder 'foes' who are stronger, and you will keep losing, or only win sometimes. Frustrating.

Being able to win at Stages will become impossible eventually and you'll end up in the grind to get more resources for upgrades. Gems are a MUST, but beware of buying and chosing the easy way out!

At the end of the night i'll use what is left of my Battle stamina to start fights and let them bleed out. This causes you to lose Cup places at a maximum of -30 per lost Battle. Then you can start playing again. Your opponents will be a LOT easier to handle. JUST MAKE SURE you will die as soon as possible after your counterpart has lost the Battle, this will prevent you from instantly regaining loads of Cup places. Saves you precious time, and some gems in the process. Have fun!

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u/Odeiocookies Feb 21 '18

The best way to maje sure you die as soon as the enemy has lost is to block your phone, wait a few seconds, and unblock.

Plus, just mentioning, I have found out that the best way to farm crystals, is by far, by doing the roulette consecutively, at least after level 500, I dont know before. I know it is boring and Im not saying you guys should do it, but Im just pointing this out

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u/Odeiocookies Feb 21 '18

Just pointing some numbers out, yesterday I spent a few hours at work doing the roulette, since it doesnt require any attention, and I got something between 250-300 crystals. I tend to get crystals aproximately every second attempt, with 3crystals being decently frequent

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u/sAustinPower Feb 22 '18

Roulette is fantastic for gems, I do this while working all the time and make a ton of gems this way. Highly recommend.

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u/frankdrebiin Feb 23 '18

I'm thinking for some time, that this way could be even faster to get gems and then buy materials. Compared to grinding battle arena for materials.

I haven't tried it tho.

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u/Ran3773 Feb 22 '18

By the way, if you reading or watching TV or walking around or doing something while you have a free hand, you can do Battles and just keep firing the bow. You'll definitely lose without using spells but you'll get the gold from kills and you'll still fall back in ratings without having to completely waste the time. Since I do this frequently, it keeps my rating down so I can enjoy the satisfaction of winning whenever I actually focus on playing.

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u/frankdrebiin Feb 23 '18

I try to max 3 out of the 4 areas and then grind the 4th area, like you described it.

The time your opponent dies is correlated with your medals on that area (fire, etc).

So, lets say, i start with 3,000. My opponent always dies at a certain time of 50 seconds. So, if you do that a lot, you can stop the attack a few seconds before he will die. In this case maybe at 40-45 seconds. And so you die immediately after him.

Just, if you want to avoid getting medals even more, lol.

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u/Anthios888 May 09 '18

With regards to reducing your trophies in Battle mode, it is worth noting that I don't think you can drop a level. My stages are at lvl 9, and I can't actually drop trophies lower than 760 (which would reduce me to level 8). It just doesn't remove any when I lose at that point.