Dungeon Defenders - Spooktacular Bay Nightmare Survival Armor Farm

Why I Farm Spooktacular Bay Survival (wave 22-35, combat ~42m, total ~46m)
• Armor is the main reason I farm this map. This is one of my favorite maps to run. The pets are good, the armor is good, the setup is simple, the chest path flows, and the waves are fast. When armor farming, I pick up all Ults, Ult+, and Ult++ during the waves and look them over once I'm back at the tavern.
• Little Wizard (wave 25) is a great DPS pet with AOE damage
• Eye of Ruin / Ravaging / Devastation (wave 30), while not required, it a great help on Lover's Paradise Campaign. Eyes also have the largest target distance, making them great pets to deal with enemies from a distance.
• Pumpkin Pirate on a Treadmill (wave 35) is a super builder pet that can roll as high as 800. I've farmed several Pumpkin Pirates with 750+ in all four tower stats. The one knock on the Pumpkin Pirate is that its speed multiplier is only 1.3, where a diamond/magi has a 1.415 and a Turkey on a Treadmill has a 1.55.

Honestly, armor farming is pretty uneventful. I do the exact same thing every wave. Move to my starting point, start the wave, go through my chest route and open all chests during combat, stand next to towers until wave ends, check map for drops, pickup drops, repeat the process.

Here are my armor drop totals over 20 runs on average.
Ult: 73 (3.5 every run)
Ult+: 4 (1 every 5 runs)
Ult++: 2 (1 every 10 runs)

This video is made for myself to reference as I often forget builds. I do take my time so that I can actually see what I'm doing. This is the build that I use that was created by Garzhod, a better, faster, and more skilled player than me. Lastly, the build does use tower stacking, a link to a video on setting up tower stacking is below in the description.

Garzhod's Build: https://dundefplanner.com/map.php?loa...


Timestamps
00:00 - Wave 22 Build
02:10 - Wave 22 (Summoner buffs west auras onto buff beam)
05:27 - Wave 23
08:41 - Wave 24 (extra heroes brought in during wave)
11:53 - Wave 25 (Little Wizard pet reward)
15:05 - Wave 26
18:23 - Wave 27
21:08 - Wave 28
23:54 - Wave 29 (extra heroes brought in during wave)
26:52 - Wave 30 (Eye pet reward)
29:56 - Wave 31
32:56 - Wave 32
36:01 - Wave 33
39:18 - Wave 34 (extra heroes brought in during wave in preparation of the final wave)
42:31 - Wave 35 (Pumpkin Pirate on a Treadmill pet reward)
46:43 - Item Box and Hero Stats
48:28 - Completion Times


The stats I have in the video aren't hard requirements as this map can be completed with lower stats. If you have smaller auras, they'll have to be placed slightly closer, but the west aura stack really needs to cover the west crystal once it's buffed.

What’s Needed for Build (150/150 DU | 0/150 MU)
• Builders
• Apprentice - 5k dmg
• Hermit - 5k dmg
• Monk - 6k range
• Series EV - 5k dmg
• Heroes During Waves
• 2 Guardian Summoners with Huntress/Monk Guardians

Build Notes
• 2 Ensnare, Electric, Strength Drain aura stacks
• 1 4du Buff Beam
• 1 Forest Golem / Mushroom Spore stack
• 7 DST/7 LT stack

Survival Notes
• Open chests during combat for time efficiency
• At the start of the first wave, have summoner buff west aura stack onto buff beam and then move to tower stack. This is done at the 02:10 mark in the video.
• Bring out additional Summoners during combat on waves 24 and 29
• Bring out additional Summoners before wave 35


Tower Stacking Instructions
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