Gems in amplifiers can amplify multiple gems without any power penalty. To have a chance against shadows, build several towers around your orb to take down incoming shadow projectiles.Įnhancements work very well on gems in traps, and they don’t deplete, so don’t forget to enhance your mana farm or poison path. If you suspect a specter coming (you can tell from the demonic fingerprint of the premonition), store a freeze spell (or keep it charging and buy some time), then, when the specter is closing in on your gem, freeze it, enhance your gem with bolt and select the specter to take it down quickly. You can catch monsters feeing with your orblet or get rid of a beacon effectively. If you want your gems to fire at a certain creature or building, select it, this will override all your gems’ priorities. Set your gems’ target priority (right-click or shift-click and drag), this way you can pick giants with your stronger gems, or have your gems fire at mana shards, beacons or monster nests, ignoring monsters. You can use walls to build a zigzag path for the monsters so they will have to walk a much longer path while being fired at by your towers. Use dual and triple gems in towers as they are stronger than pure ones, but if you wish to focus only on a gem’s special ability (poison, mana leeching, armor tearing) make sure to use pure gems, especially in traps.
A strategy guide for GemCraft Chasing Shadows written by Game in a Bottle that will give you some tips on how to play through this epic tower defense title.