OMD3 - Rift Lord 5 Skulls - #7 Close Quarters!

Orcs Must Die 3 has finally arrived to Steam, XBOX & Playstation! Collecting a 5 skull win from every map should be one of your first goals! This is my take on a 5 skull win on Rift Lord difficulty!
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[@jacobman7]

FYI for those currently trying this strategy: while it worked at the time, there have been various nerfs to some of the traps used here, especially the saw blade launcher. If you tried this exact strategy, you would not be able to get past the third or fourth wave as you would never establish a "strong" side to be able to handle both at once. The best method I have seen is to make the paths meet on the left side exit for a kill box, and once established, place traps along both paths as well to help eliminate enemies quicker and reach par time.

[@kughdommed4582]

If anyone sees this at the future , just spam whole map with dart spitter / ice modification, briar patch under some darts and just keep an eye for those that scape and couple of butterfly trap at the end just in case

[@SwitchbladeOnVHS]

The amount of times I've watched this video then tried it myself and failed miserably is a lot... Finding this insane

[@kenoxide2565]

I’ve learned that when watching these videos you sometimes have to improvise. Like I use ring of storms instead of jar of ghosts. I mostly use stone staff for the cc but crossbow is usually my primary

[@limsg7699]

Because it a rift lord lv So it be hard to clear

[@grollgrimm5827]

Well, once the main youtubers had done their guides the dev's decided to nerf lots of the traps. Both the sawblade launchers and lasers that he starts with were nerfed.

[@kughdommed4582]

If anyone sees this at the future , just spam whole map with dart spitter / ice modification, briar patch under some darts and just keep an eye for those that scape and couple of butterfly trap at the end just in case

[@LotR4Lyfe]

Thank you!!! I tweaked it a bit and used the blunderbuss instead as my weapon but it def got me thinking differently to get 5 stars.

[@andrenel5391]

these saw blades are having a party. The orcs are just in the way

[@Aitchbenn]

Love these videos, but sadly didn't work for me, so I built a wall around the rift and cried 😂

[@byhiby35]

This doesn't work anymore, here is what I did. Round 1, put barriers to lead enemies to middle, where acid is. Put dart spitters (ice) along the ceiling, eventually these will span the entire length. At the start of the barrier put 1 tar trap (extended slow) and behind that a brimstone (arcane). On Round 2, they will spawn from opposite side, you can delete your old stuff to recoup the cost, but I don't think it's necessary. The plan from Round 3 onward is to pick a side your want to defend yourself and strengthen the other side more to deal with mobs. You will want shotgun with ice or stone staff. If you ever notice an ogre or troll group on the opposite side it can be helpful to freeze them to let them take more damage before you might have to cross over to kill them. Mana trinket and trap reset would probably be clutch here, but I did not bring them. Since you will have a long path leading orcs along the side of the lane against the acid, an arcane dragon (increased arcane damage duration) lined up perfectly will do a lot of damage, by the end of the game I had 4, 1 on each side of the wall. This plus brimstone (arcane) and ballista (arcane) means you will be doing a ton of arcane damage. I couldn't take screenshot, but my end setup was 2 l-shaped barriers that funneled each lane against the acid. On the walls at the start and end of each barrier I had arcane dragons. Along the middle ceiling I had dart spitters, along the ceilings perpendicular to the lanes I had ballistas. Along the floor I had tar traps then 2-3 brimstones, repeated as necessary. You will probably have to do a bit of managing running back and forth, but I finished this pretty easily outside of scrambling after dying to archers.

[@webdavid570]

Video please ! :D

[@wowandrss]

So many of your vidoes/guides use the saws/lasers, could use some new ones now that they nerfed them heavily in August 2021. These strategies are way way more difficult now.

[@limsg7699]

MrJuicebags, thank to your video i got to clear the 5th skulls for time challnage on war mage Just that i havent get the jar, butterfly n spike wall The avatar i use is max n weapon is blunderbuss(ice effect) I got upload the video if u want to watch 😁😁

[@Gr_ywind]

I was wondering how long it'd take you to discover the sawblades, been watching wondering why you weren't using them. They just makes life so much better. It's rather silly they haven't got a damage cap but I'm not complaining. Now I'm waiting for when you try wall chargers.

[@MrJuicebags]

Oh I have been using them since the beginning. I love them, but hate the amount of overkill. It makes getting combos really tough. Wall chargers are completely meh for combos, so won't be going there at all. I have experimented with every defense. Just gotta remember I came from OMD1 & 2 so the combo chase is really the fun for me personally. Even when I am not going for combos, I am secretly going for combos :P

[@Gr_ywind]

Fair point, not going for high scores myself right now so I'll take the damage. I do miss the class variety of OMDU.

[@smetekeman8061]

Lmao you always seem to have more time than me. Got all the previous levels 5 skulls easy but i've been stuck on this one for like 4 hours.

[@coldplayplayer15]

Just a heads up for anyone trying this strategy. It does not work anymore since the game was updated.

[@olavgg9573]

I don't know why but I feel like my wqwave 2 is so much harder xD, the early part of it I can handle but the later part of it just becomes impossible to stop. Like so many enemies even the saw blades can't handle it at all. So yeah I'm still stuck on it haha

[@MsNecro]

Because there was a patch on the 9th of August.

[@ivanivanov9152]

new update crashed dis strategy/ on 1 wave all faked up

[@bladerunner110]

have the sawblades been nerved in a patch in the meantime? I cannot get this build running. Finished with a killbox at the stairs but couldnt make Partime there.

[@ithiusdomino]

They were nerfed pretty hard on the 14th, the lasers as well.

[@bladerunner110]

Okay, at least I am not that unskilled. Managed to made it with the killbox at the stairs with a few seconds left. For me the hardest scenario in Riftlord.

[@gokibros4451]

i believe saw blades were nerfed since you made this (their price reduced as well) meaning this opening strategy doesn't work anymore)

[@BlackhandPL]

Any ideas for this level post-nerf? I'm trying to set up choke in area you're in at 9:54 but by the wave 2 all I can afford are some barricades, two lasers and either one tar or one window - that's clearly not enough. I can clear wave 1 using just Scepter of Domination but these loads of Earthlords that spawn at wave 2 are unbearable and eventually some (Earthlings) slip through. My best run was reaching wave 6 with one rift point left and then some Earthlings got through...

[@xarcticxx6336]

Idk if you got it yet but my strategy for this was using - Bow with bleed, jar of ghosts with duration, mana rage, barricade with collateral, arrow wall with fire, ceiling laser with additional, grinder with duration, tar trap with brief time, and butterflies. (If looking at stairs/rift) in wave 1 I'll put 3 barricades on the left and 3 staggered ones on the right to the wall you mention in 9:54 with a single spike. It's tough and you will cut it close and maybe need to retry a few times but you will get through round 1. I'll line that wall up with grinders and arrows on each far end, using only one butterfly and tar trap near the stairs. Gotta minimize the slows to keep them going through the killbox. By round 5'ish I'll put 4 ceiling lasers down each lane to damage any armored ogres and kill sappers. By wave 7 I spammed arrow walls everywhere throughout the lanes to thin the herd as much as possible. Using this, I was only able to beat the par time by 5 seconds. VERY close, but I got it done. This was a really hard scenario.