How to Play

Solo. Demons march the path in waves — survive them all without running out of lives.

1. 1Pick a battlefield and a team of five from the full roster. Only those five can be deployed, so cover your weaknesses — the picker groups heroes by role.
2. 2Place heroes before and during the fight: ranged heroes build on the stone platforms beside the road; melee heroes stand on the road itself to block the march, or on a sand patch next to it to strike passers without blocking.
3. 3Every hero attacks with their real in-game range shape and aims at the path automatically. Press R (or use the unit menu) to rotate a hero after placing.
4. 4Kills pay gold — spend it on more heroes and upgrades between waves. You can also call the next wave early and pocket the waiting time as bonus gold.
5. 5Actions fill the gold ring around each hero; at full charge their special skill casts itself — freezes, bursts, frenzies, saves. The hero guides page lists every one.
6. 6Watch for the escalations: from wave 4, gargoyles fly over the fighters and claw platform heroes as they pass. From wave 5, enemy archers shoot any hero in reach. Every fifth wave Maw arrives — a slow colossus whose slam hits everything in a diamond around him.
7. 7A demon reaching the exit costs lives; at zero the run ends. Survive every wave to win — then keep going in endless mode if you want a bigger score.

Solo. The boss holds the center and never moves — deal every point of damage you can before the clock runs out.

1. 1Pick an arena and your five. Ranged heroes build on the stone slabs around the arena; melee heroes stand on the sand pockets against the boss’s flanks — inside its heaviest attacks.
2. 2The boss strikes in telegraphed patterns: the tiles glow before every blow lands. It hits harder as the fight drags on, so bring healing.
3. 3Damage you deal bleeds back as gold. Spend it mid-fight on more heroes and upgrades — the arena rewards aggressive re-investment.
4. 4When the horn sounds, your total damage is your score and goes to the Boss Arena leaderboard.

Two players, one arena, one shared damage total — both of you fight the same boss over a live connection.

1. 1Create a room and send the code to your partner — or press "Announce to all players" and the invitation pops up on every game page for two minutes. Joining is one click from the popup or the code.
2. 2In the lobby each of you picks your own five. When both are ready, the host starts the fight.
3. 3You can have at most five of your heroes standing at once, and you can only upgrade, rotate or sell your own — your partner’s units are theirs.
4. 4Gold is split fairly: every inflow (starting gold, the boss-damage bleed) is shared 50/50, while spends and refunds stay personal. The board shows both purses.
5. 5When the horn sounds, the shared damage total posts to both players’ entries on the Boss Co-op leaderboard.

Two identical battlefields, identical waves — the first defense to fall loses the duel.

1. 1Create a room (the host also picks the battlefield) and get your challenger in — code, call-board announcement, or a popup click.
2. 2The draft: both players pick five in secret, then lock in. Once both are locked the lineups reveal, and each of you strikes one hero from the other’s five. You fight with the remaining four.
3. 3The duel runs on two mirrored copies of the same battlefield with identical waves. Your opponent’s board is on your screen, live — watch it, worry, hurry.
4. 4Lose all your lives first and you lose the duel. Survive every wave on both sides and it goes to endless sudden death until one defense falls.
5. 5The winner is reported to the Elo ladder automatically — everyone starts at 1000, wins take points from the loser, and upsets pay more.