X-Morph: Defense

This boss first shows up in wave 6. It is a large helicopter that has a variety of attacks. It’s most dangerous one is a laser attack that will cause massive damage to your core. Whenever you hear the enemy announce the laser attack is beginning, use your ships laser attack to destroy either laser on the sides of the boss. You only need to destroy one side, and your ship’s lasers should be able to do this within 10 seconds. This boss also has multiple forms of long range missiles that it can fire. One form is many, small missiles (the enemy will say “commencing missile barrage against enemy core”), which can easily be destroyed with a few anti-air (missile) towers. The second form is fewer, but larger/more powerful missiles (the enemy will say “attacking enemy core with heavy long range missiles”), that require more damage to destroy. Either build more anti-air (missile) towers, or use your ship’s missiles to focus on these and prevent them from reaching your core. Lastly, this boss will drop enemy units along it’s path, so you must keep at least some of your normal towers that you built during the mission. I never had issues with these units reaching my core, but ALWAYS keep an eye on your mini map. If you see enemy units getting close to your core, forget about the boss and attack them. Along with dropping enemy units, the boss will drop mines via parachute that will gravitate towards your ship, so be sure to avoid or destroy them.

This boss can also be destroyed in more than one way: 1) destroy all it’s engine components, or 2) destroy the “base” of the boss, located in its center. The base is harder to destroy because there are so many components surrounding it. The easiest way to hit it’s base is from it’s front, but you would be vulnerable to most of it’s attacks from this spot. I opted to shoot at the boss from the sides, using a mix of my ship’s missiles and lasers, in order to destroy all it’s engine components.