Individual Wave Analysis: 47/55+ Outpost Grillers

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAj6iFRccVs

It's Grillers and I have Luna, that makes my role to primarily help with stunning Grillers and delete crowds of Smallfry.

1st Griller: It comes from grates and I have aggro, so I can't actually do a whole lot right now. Luckily, Vallu happened to camp the wave start at an excellent spot and the other two got out to him fast enough, all for killing the first Griller early so that the next can spawn fast. Perfect. Finally, I blast up the Smallfry and we collect all the eggs.

2nd/3rd Grillers: As I put in my egg, I notice the next one is again on me, coming from what I call the field. Third one spawns right after and right there, aggro on someone else. It's in our best interest to get them to the door and kill them there. In order to not lose time from this mildly uncomfortable-looking setup, I break out an early Ray to catch them both. More egg collection ensues but things are starting to get fast now, so we have to remember there are still some eggs at field door.

4th/5th: This time both from docks and not on me, nice! 4th is stunned and killed quickly, great! Fifth one, however, goes badly: I miss that one dang Smallfry with my blasts all the time, so I miss the optimal hits. At the same time, that Griller is turned around and all of us fail to get the necessary hits in. (It was probably very close to the stun...) Eventually, we get it stunned, and that's when I turn back the old eggs.

6th/7th: Well, not yet! There's another Griller on me, and it denies me access to the eggs. I try to get some cheeky shots on it during that detour I send it on, but I don't know, might also be a mistake. Another option: lead it along the center and trust my teammates to await it where they are already standing. It did work out decently enough anyway with Vallu getting in some excellent Inkjet snipes. This also gives us more Smallfry control, so good timne to collect eggs. While all of that happens, I see aggro from grates on sev, which is...grate news. Before it arrives, we finish egg collection at the door, and then kill that one optimally as we collect more eggs from basket ramps.

8th: The pairs have been pulled apart quite a bit by now, and so the next one has already arrived from docks right as I turn around. Same annoying position as before, this time dealt with without losing notable time, awesome! However, Lazy "loses" a Splashdown as she gets harrassed by Smallfry... This may or may not have been my fault, had to make a fast decision on whether to help with the Griller or not. Anyway, it does speed up killing the Griller at least, so still not the worst that could happen.

9th: This one comes from docks again but we have some time for more egg collection, where the right-side egg collector already leads it well naturally without having to make any compromises. As it arrives, Luna and Heavy are in perfect positions to make short work of it as the others are continuing with the eggs.

10th/11th: Grates, then field. I get a bit "distracted" as far as working on the 10th goes, but it's from grates, and the others are there. So, it's my turn to do some egg running and Smallfry cleanup, works out well enough. (Look at how I just shoot in the middle and everything dies, no other weapon of the set can do that!) On the 11th, I also happen to not contribute and run some more eggs instead. Why do I not help with that Griller? It wasn't looking to be comfortable for me to hit it, and as it's turned around in a good way, I have already mentally committed to going back for eggs. Second Splashdown is used on it, so not quite yet in the endgame, and that has some potential for bad news.

12th: Grates again but arrives faster than everyone likes and has its path right on our eggs that, well, need to be collected rather sooner than later... Our best bet could be something like sev leads it along the houses's interior wall instead, with like dock window wallcling shenanigans, maybe? To his defense, I have been in this exact same situation before, and I too led the Griller across the eggs without meaning to. Keeping it away from them, anyway, guarantees 55 eggs, and we maybe have a slim chance at 60 or a higher 50 if we can find a quick kill on it at the same time. Unfortunately sev has Bomb Launcher too, and it would really have been perfect for trying to achieve that...that, or the Splashdown that we have no more of at this point. So yeah, probably just have to settle for 55 here. 55 are great, 60 are excellent, 65 are world record. And 47, sad but true, are an endgame choke from a good wave. (Proof: flawless casual strategies get a consistent 45/45. We got 47/55.)

There is a good chance that almost everything of what I say is complete bullshit because I'm just bad and mostly clueless about the game, but it was worth a try, my friend wanted me to do it, and there will be more of it. At the very least, we do have something good to discuss and improve upon now. Summary: solid wave, 2 main mistakes in one early stun slower than necessary and the endgame.