Board Thread:Eureka Moments/@comment-32387383-20170629234936

I'm at level 35 right now. The "Defender" Achievement (to get 3 stars) requires banishing 500 monsters. That's a lot!

In order to maximize your weapons vs. monsters, here are a few tips:

1) There are 5 prominently-attained weapons: Torch, Cold Water, Club, Lightning Bolt, and Sentinel's Horn

2) There are 5 low-cost monsters to banish: Living Shadow (Torch), Twinkling Lights (Cold Water), Werewolf (Club), Naga Poisoner (Lightning Bolt), Gremlin Prankster (Sentinel's Horn). Each of these monsters only requires 1 weapon to banish. There is no need to banish the ones that require 3+ weapons or specially-forged weapons for the achievement. You just have to banish 500 total (no matter how many weapons it takes).

3) I do keep 6 of each prominently-attained weapons on reserve BECAUSE each weapon listed above is used to make items from the Forge, the Fortune Teller, and the Inventor. That way, if I need to make an item, I have the 6 required weapons I need to make the item!

The Forge needs 6 Cold Waters for Neptune's Horn and 6 Clubs to make a Silver Fang.

The Fortune Teller needs 6 Torches to make a Greek Fire.

The Inventor needs 6 Sentinel's Horns to make a Web of Lightning and 6 Lightning Bolts to make a Mirror Shield.

Yet, all of these special items are only necessary to banish advanced monsters. No need to do so except to complete the challenges where you HAVE to banish those advanced monsters!

Hope this makes sense, hope it helps.

TL;DR - Banish only monsters that require 1 weapon and keep 6 prominently-attained weapons on reserve to fast-track your way to the highest Defender Achievement. 