Heya,

I'm currently working on solo NM survival, not well geared yet so not getting very far.
When doing Labs my auras (mostly strength drain) just run out so fast they need constant repairing. I'm unable to do this whilst repairing all my walls and dealing with spiders.
I have a whopping 800+ in tower life (sarcasm..) which isn't the highest ofc, but I would have thought it would be enough for my auras to last a while. How much should I aim for? Would getting 1k+ make a big difference?

Also I'm struggling a little bit with wall placement in Labs, especially the northern walls. I like to place them far enough away so archers don't snipe my crystal, however when I do this they snipe the walls from around the corner instead. They stay out of line of sight and snipe the northern walls when they come towards them the east/west entrances.

The furthest I've gotten so far is wave 12.

Here is the set up I used to get to wave 12, I didn't use strength drain.
http://html5.cubicleninja.com/dd/index.htm?layout=11238
Please help me with a better one

Here are my current character stats, in case they're needed when considering what setup.
Stat: Tower life / Tower damage / Tower range / Tower speed
App: 663 / 1017 / 362 / 911
Monk: 854 / 839 / 423 / 685
Hunt: 644 / 739 / 454 / 488
Squire: 687 / 600 / 3xx / 3xx

This post was edited by xhudax on Jan 13 2012 04:37am

Buy one of my tower set and get an apprentice guardian and you will be in business

I don't want to buy success, I like to progress through the game if I can.
However I don't mind buying a few items or a mediocre set to give myself a fighting chance.
I use guards too, have one of each.
So thanks, but no thanks

can't open the layout since i'm on my phone but I think the main probleme is tower damage. Your tower probably just don't kill them fast enauft so they stay alive in your aura and drain them faster. I seriously doubt you can get very far with those set. you need more tower damage for app and more tower life/damage for monk

So it is a case on no matter what I do, I won't get much further without improving my gear a lot?

Your gear isn't much better than the best godlies from 7.12b

Maybe 100 points higher...

I don't think I played in 7.12b, but I get the idea.

What kind of stats would I need to make a decent effort at NM surv?

I know you dont want to buy sucess, but you want to do survival. Its not insane, it's nightmare. Your stats are not enough high to do what you want.