Definitely have lots to improve on if I want to beat the highest difficulty. Some thoughts regarding this run: - Going Tinker hero provides a stronger base defense thanks to its Repair ability and also its Armor aura that it provides onto buildings. Tinker's cluster rocket ability is also a reliable source of damage, especially when paired with several Claws of Attack, allowing you to take out air units even without much army DPS. However, going Scout Hero might be the better option since it allows for the player to loot more aggressively thanks to their reduced looting speed and also increased movement speed compared to the Tinker. More loot = potentially higher snowball and also higher chances of getting high # of survivors. I tried going Scout for a few games but was very uncomfortable with having to micro builders to repair my defenses, and wasn't comfortable/agile enough with my micro to make sure my units stay alive. You can probably high roll on Scout and win the game in Apoc 2, but I am currently too slow (both micro and decision-making) to take advantage of Scout's capabilities. - Going priests instead of spearmen. Priests are cheaper than spearman by 300 lumber each, and their initial DPS isn't that terrible either. They have decent attack speed, which makes early claws a decent item on them. They also do magic dmg, which deals increased % dmg to abominations, which I find to be the biggest obstacle for the first 5 nights. Priest scales off terribly late game and no longer do much DPS since they're either buffing or healing, whereas spearmen are stronger late game as they gain attack speed, dmg, and also reduce armor of enemy units through their upgrades.

Tried another few runs and got a pretty clean N1 -> N6, but met with the same unfortunate bugs again. Bugged Run #2: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ecp4f6d_tdaom2w.html