Our strategy for Mighty Hoax level 5-18 is to bomb the slanted stone plank with the White bird. Lob a Yellow bird through the wooden supports that are exposed by the preceding explosion. Fire the Black bird to land on the second level, above the couple of pigs in the middle of the level. Detonation can pop all pigs remaining. The score in the video below is 112,640.
Version 2022:
My method differs from the video.. I find it easier and higher scores are achieved by dropping the egg bomb on the right “side” stone slab. The next yellow bird is used to eliminate the 3 pigs on the left and weakening the structure by slamming straight into the left wood braces under the 3 leftmost pigs. The 3rd Bomb bird is arched high over the high middle part into the hole created by the 1st egg bomb. A well placed shot should break thru the wood plank and settle into the bottom of the structure before exploding. I just did this 5 times in a row with scores ranging between 115 and 123K.. I now have a best of 127,040…
This strat is very repeatable and easy to do. Thanks a lot! :)
thanks for sharing … improved my score my 12k. It worked after two tries :D
agreed. good strat, thanks
Thanks for this strat, it worked for me!
Of course I made a video of it for you birdies :)
thanks for the video. and thanks to @pjdambra for the strat. I have such difficulty with this level on my low end android. the video strat is so hard because i just can’t drop the egg when it says to. you saved my sanity.
OMG Thanks for video.
Awesome strategy! Thanks!
ahhh This is what I’m here for! Did 105,080 sans a WT, but only 2**’s (;+6
110K and the 3rd *, as Elvis would have said,,, thag u berry mulch.. [for the 3rd bird, the bomb, the cursor on the ground between in front of the pebble below the Black Bird/
Thanks! One try and improved my score by 10K!
@pjdambra Thank you for the alternate strategy and especially for the outstanding description. Your technique added 14k. Keep killing the pigs phdambra.
perfect, easy to repeat, constant high scores. over 129 k at my first try! thank you!
Thanks @pjdambra ! Followed your strat and improved my score by 20,000. Tried repeating it about 15 times and have my first (though I am sure short lived) Top Score. Thanks again!
Awesome. Congratulations!!
I played Mighty Hoax episode 2-3 months ago and now I’m back to get 3 stars. With your method I got 125600, thanks a lot.
This worked for me also! Thais was also easier to repeat. Thanks for posting!
I thought that I had above average scores on all of Mighy Hoax. So, when this was chosen for the challenge of the day, I was surprised to see that I was not only below average, but I was below it by 3,000 points. After reading this strategy, I improved to 125K in less than five minutes, and after a few more attempts pumped it up to over 129K.
It’s days like this when I love this site!
@pjdambra @e-star Great strat! and good video, next will try advice from @karen68 on second shot. I agree with her comment on first.
Cheers @pjdambra! I’ve just upped my score to 120520 using this method, so my placing can’t have been quite right, but I’ll keep plugging away now I know what’s what. Think the YB must’ve collapsed a bit too much…
Thank you for making this a fun level!! It took many many tries but I finally got to my goal thx to your strat!
thanks for strat.127k
Excellent strat, thanks! One tip that I think helps: On the first shot, aim low. You want to destroy the bottom board on the ground in the process. This sets up the remaining pieces to be destroyed more easily by the black bomber.
Oops, I see Karen68 had a similar observation. So this just confirms it.
thanks-finally-125,520
THX! Can only agree with everyone else. Raised me +10K!
Thanks! Improved by 7K first try, getting me above average. Thanks!
Awesome strategy pjdambra … 124,330!!!
Ths is a great stategy, I’ve been improving with it bit by bit.
A couple of things I’ve noticed. The more of the main structure standing for the 3rd shot the better. Sometimes the 1st yellow partially collapses everything, but the way everything falls seems to make the bomb less effective.
With the 2nd shot (1st yellow) if I aim lower & take out the “floor” of the first section, the bomb seems to do more damage. My higher scores usually were obtained this way.
@doctonynyc, way to go – up the leaderboard like a rocket!
Thanks, @karen68. After getting the 129K it took just a few more tries to get to 132K. I just clicked with this level for some reason today. I did it using pjdambra’s method (and @estar video).
LOL, I lied. I had watched E-Star’s video without reading the method from pjdambra. Hers is not the same! She did it with two birds, and so did I. I was also able to repeat it consistently. I hope this helps!
OMG, I feel like a babbling idiot. It is clearly past my bedtime. Of course, it was three birds, not two. Duh!
Should @amslimfordy feel like deleting some of my posts, I would certainly not mind! The ramblings of someone up way past his bedtime. . .
@karen68 nice tip about the second shot. It gave me a couple thousand more points. @doctonynyc great score tonight. It was worth staying up past your bedtime for. ;)
Thanks, @halliginsb!
I can feel you breathing on my neck now, @karen68. Congrats!
You took the words right out of my mouth @karen68! I thought maybe if yellow could do more damage then it would make life easier for blackie but not so,think that the explosion from blackie needs more “standing” structure. I can’t believe I’ve been quite obliviously happy on 123k using a totally diff strat! As @doctonynyc mentioned above,that’s why I love this site!! Thanx to @pjdambra & @e-star(again!!)
Thanx for fixing my duplicated post @amslimfordy,sorry about that:( iIs there a way of cancelling/deleting our own posts? Would save you(admin)having to sort through all our mistakes
no worries @jlz-666, I believe it’s not possible.
Ok @sal9 thanks,just have to be more careful. Although I’ll let poor Internet connection take some of the blame;)
I realized I didn’t credit pjdambra by name for his awesome strategy, so thank you.
@hallieginsb, @jlz-666, glad it helped.
@doctonynyc, thanks. I don’t think I’ve ever had so much luck with a level, constantly improving 20-30 points at a time, really enjoying this one.
Great score @karen68! Have you & @doctonynyc got your own little competition going lol!! Look how close those scores are!!
Nice scores guys!!! I have only managed to improve to 127960 so far but discovered the same thing @karen68 says about the YB…I thought at first this might be a good thing to get more wood collapsing but definately not. BB does much better with a “still standing” structure ;-) Any tips to add on where your first WB hits on the stone plank?
Thanks @lesleyg. We’re conditioned to destroy destroy destroy in this game but that’s not always the case.
I never identified an ideal spot to hit the stone plank, as long as it was destroyed & the upright wooden plank it leans on falls left. Sometimes the horizontal plank it sits on was destroyed, sometimes not, I didn’t identify any advantage to this, the bomb goes through it if it’s still there. Happy flinging!
Sorry @lesleyg, let me clarify, when you hit the leaning stone on 1st shot, the upright it is leaning on also is destroyed, the horizontal stone just to the left slides down to lean out of the way. Got confused for a minute.
Glad I checked in:) I just increased to over120k with these tips on first try ty all..
Slowly I turn…step by step..creeping up on you all ty @pjdambra, @E-Star, @karen68
Just when I think I can’t improve anymore..I get it;)
Watch out @DocTonyNYC ;)
Uh, creepy… :p
No problem @karen68…I knew what you meant…same thing I am doing…just need mored debris from the BB..I had to do “real life” stuff today so I am just now getting back to trying a few more times before I call it quits…You and @doctony have great scores! Congrats to both of you ;-)
I can’t seem to find the “essence” of the second bird. Just 170 points more to 130k. Won’t give up just yet…
And now i’m starting to believe that if we happen to stuck on some level, just post here and the Gods of AB will reward you awesomely. Man, i’m losing it… :D
As it’s close to the top I’ve put a picture in my album. Same strat as @pjdambra – thank you. I also did a video but it’s pretty much the same as @e-star so won’t post unless anyone wants to see it.
https://angrybir.de/2RqVeA3
133510 with 3 birds.
Same strategy as in @e-star video.
Here is the final result.
And this is the highscore screenshot.
All the screenshots are also available in high res here in one set.
@sweetp
Is anyone else experiencing game freezing issues? I just would’ve , should’ve had a score to beat my existing 130k but there’s a piece of glass defying the laws of gravity and physics! I thought! But No the game froze!
I don’t know why I bother really?
Not whining, just complaining lol!
Classics version. Three birds like e-star’s video. Matilda to take out slanted stone plank on the right-hand side. I stayed low with Chuck to take out the wood on the left. Good placement of the bomb bird at ground level snuggled up against the center wood did the rest.
https://angrybir.de/3Jr0QB9
134639/3 using Classics for top score. As @hallieginsb
https://angrybir.de/3W1HGXy
This score was achieved on Classics. Basically I did the same thing as @hallieginsb described. Aimed Matilda to the slanted stone, then I used Chuck to aim for the wooden pieces on the left side, but only If Matilda leaves a little bit of a gap for Bomb to fit in and explode the rest of it. If not then use Chuck to destroy some of the pieces of wood in the middle of the structure. Then lastly use Bomb to destroy the rest of the debris.
:Image 1 https://angrybir.de/3hTs0HG
:Image 2 https://angrybir.de/3PTwAlK
Nice score @discobeaks – you motivated me to give this level another try. After many, many attempts I just barely squeezed past you. I got the best results when the first shot destroyed the slanted stone plank, the vertical wood slat to it’s left and the horizontal wood slat beneath it, while leaving the middle section and far right section still standing, for about 11-12k. This leaves the top right horizontal stone plank slanted down to the right with a gap to the bottom. Then low on the second shot, activating at the sling, so that most of the wood is destroyed and the horizontal stone plank falls away to the left, while leaving the middle section still standing. Score at this point was 34-35k. High lob on the third shot, just nicking the end of the slanted stone plank, then detonating when it reaches the point where the two pieces of wood meet at the bottom.
Score proof: https://angrybir.de/3GZGCPB
138383/3 using Classics.
A different approach that may have been mentioned before, but I don’t think so. Basically keep going low. Matilda right down at the left hand base, just to collapse sufficiently to thread yellow bird through and low, usually destroying the base. Quite a lot may be left standing but if you can also push bomb bird through low past a couple of the wooden struts, the remainder can very satisfyingly collapse downwards and to the right. Not a fluke, I got a couple up near 138k fairly quickly.
Proof if required (it’s late and I’m going to bed!)
Seriously? I did 120710 with 3 birds and 120790 with 4 birds. Seems better (for me) to do 4-birders instead of 3-birders. Help me to fix that!
I can only suggest you use the Classics version @BeeFans10. But getting hold of it could be tricky depending what platform you are on and what country you are in. Now called Red’s First Flight. It will probably give you 10k more quite easily. Good luck.