I have been playing this game for 60 days now, but have been following guides and forums since the beginning. This is my first seasonal (Sand Empire) event and when I saw the stats you had to have for the advanced part I didn’t want to try.
My team is like this ( was 100 points lower when i started the event):
I did the easy stage and started the normal stage planning on not finishing. To my surprise, I finished it pretty easy.
Then I embarked on the quest I was sure I was not going to finish: the advance quest.
Again to my surprise until level 12 of advanced I went along using just a few potent healing potions here and there.
After level twelve I had to use healing potions, mana potions and enemy debuffers in order to survive.
I could beat the last level only by using all the hunter caltrops I received during path of valor (750 dmg each) firebombs and all my health potions (plus I died once and had to use 75 gems to revive all my heroes) but i did it. I completed Sand Empire.
HOW DID I DO THIS?
- Luck plays a huge part in it so it will not always work (the RNG for tiles is a b**** sometimes)
- I only played to get the 4 or 5 tiles in a row so I get the attack delay. This is the most important thing. Delay the attack.
- I took my time (~20 mins per battle at higher levels). Calculate every move very carefully and use your debuffs (especially mana delay) wisely.
- Concentrate on one enemy at a time - at lower levels (like mine) the attacks of even mobs is devastating - take them out one by one.
I cannot stress the importance of attack delay. I managed to have advance quest game where I got hit 4 maybe 5 times. My heroes had full health at the end of the game. I just kept looking for getting 4 or 5 tiles.
I hope this helps lower level players like I was. Cheers.