Another thread that, due to the shutdown of all events and offers, has had a lot of outdated information removed. Not useless yet, though!
This is a guide designed to provide input and strategies on certain bird teams that are more interesting that the meta we’re used to. Not every team here is guaranteed to be “absolutely incredible”. Everyone plays their own way. These are just bird teams that have either been found to work well in combination with each other, and others are just themed to do a specific thing.
Also note that these bird teams are described under the assumption that players have every bird/class/set listed here. If you don’t have a certain item that’s mentioned here, you can, of course, just substitute it for something else.
Anyway, let’s get started:
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Damage Focused Teams
Teams designed to go full offense, dealing damage to enemies in many different ways:
__________________________________________Rapid Fire
Birds: Red, Bomb, Blues
Classes: Samurai, Cannoneer, Marksmen
Sets: Any, Any, AnyStrong Against: Pigs with Dodge passive, like Ninjas (Due to them only being able to take a maximum amount of damage per attack. This team will bypass that).
Weak Against: Pigs with Ironclad passive, like Knights (Due to low damage attacks being halved in strength).This team is dedicated to strong single target damage by utilizing multi-attack classes. Since Marksmen’s Volley ability does a set number of additional damage to the enemy with each attack, you can use Samurai and Cannoneer’s triple attacks to multiply that. With the combination of all three birds, this will trigger the damage bonus 8x per round.
__________________________________________Rage Rampage
Birds: Red, Matilda, Bomb
Classes: Any, Any, Berserker
Sets: Flaring Presence, Perfect Balance, BoardingStrong Against: Any
Weak Against: Levels with the Tranquil Air effect, pigs with abilities that empty the Rage Chili.This team is dedicated to filling the Rage Chili as fast as possible. With Matilda’s Perfect Balance, the Rage Chili will 50% faster, with an additional 20% for every enemy Red KO’s due to his Flaring Presence Set.
With the Rage Chili constantly being full, Berserker will not only receive a massive damage boost, but his Boarding Set will also give him a bonus attack after each Chili use.
__________________________________________The Nuke
Birds: Chuck, Bomb, Blues
Classes: Thunderbird, Capt’n, Skulkers
Sets: Any, Sugar Rush, AnyStrong against: Large groups of pigs
Weak against: Ninja Pigs due to Dodge passiveThis team allows you to unleash a long prepared, but extremely powerful attack. In the 1st round, have Capt’n use Whip Up on himself, while Skulkers uses Tricksy Trick on themselves. Then in the 2nd round, use Tricksy Trick again on Thunderbird, then give the Rage Chili to Bomb. This will give Bomb’s explosion a whopping 60% damage boost, while the enemies take yet another 55% more. This will surely clear the board.
Bomb’s Sugar Rush set throws a chance of massive healing into the mix. It only has a 15% chance to activate, but this insane attack provides the potential to heal each bird for over 100k health (Total overkill, sure, but still fun)
__________________________________________Self Destruction
Birds: Matilda, Bomb, Blues
Classes: Witch, Berserker, Skulkers
Sets: Any, Any, AnySimilar to The Nuke, the team also does huge damage to large groups of enemies. This one, however, is slightly weaker, but also easier to use and can attack much more often. Just use Skulkers Tricksy Trick on themselves, then use Witch’s Giant Growth on whatever bird has the most health, then use Berserker’s Frenzy on that same bird. Your bird will take some damage, but all enemies will get hit a lot harder.
__________________________________________Wasn’t Worth It
Birds: Chuck, Bomb, Blues
Classes: Thunderbird, Cannoneer, Marksmen
Sets: Last Will, Any, Avenging WillThis team is dedicated to pretty much annihilating anything that attacks your birds. Just have all three birds use their abilities on themselves. Any pig that attacks will now take damage from Rage of Thunder, while also receiving a bonus attack from either Bomb or Blues depending on who was hit. And if one your birds happen to get knocked out, either Blues Avenging Will set will cause even more damage to an enemy, or Chuck’s Last Will set will give each living bird yet another free attack, causing great regret within the enemy pigs.
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Defense Focused Teams
Teams designed to approach enemies cautiously, using unique abilities to either make your birds stronger or render your enemies weaker:
__________________________________________Indestructible
Birds: Red, Bomb, Blues
Classes: Guardian, Cannoneer, Skulkers
Sets: Protector’s Aura, Any, Shadow StepsStrong Against: High damage attacks.
Weak Against: Damage Over Time attacks, like Poison (No matter how many shields you have, nor what kind of negative effects the enemies have, DOT attacks will still deal full damage to your birds).This team is dedicated to taking as little damage as possible. Firstly, use Skulker’s Tricksy Trick on both Red and Bomb. This will reduce the damage dealt by all enemies by 45%. Next, use Guardian’s Aura of Fortitude to block damage taken by all birds by another 25%.
Red’s Protector’s Aura set will also block yet another 20% of incoming damage, while Shadow Steps gives Blues a chance for an attack against them to be missed entirely.
__________________________________________Coma
Birds: Red, Matilda, Bomb
Classes: Samurai (Challenger), Bard (Christmas), Frost Savage
Sets: Grand Slam, Nightmare, AnyStrong Against: Single enemies.
Weak Against: Pigs with Dirty Tricks passive, like Pirates (Immune to negative effects, stuns included).This team is dedicated to stunning and freezing your opponents. Since the Titan’s Wraith has an 8% chance to stun with each attack, you can use Samurai’s triple attack to get three separate chances instead of just one, which is even better if you have the full set to extend the stun.
Meanwhile, Bard has a default 15% chance to stun, with an additional 8% chance provided by her Doom.
Finally, Frost Savage’s support ability, Freezing Aura, has a 25% chance to freeze enemies that attack any of your birds.
This many different chances will nearly guarantee one or multiple stuns every round. Not only that, but with Frost Savage (And Challenger Samurai and Christmas Bard if you have them) getting a 50% damage boost against stunned enemies, plus Matilda’s Nightmare set doing an automatic 200% of her base damage to them, your opponents will also get wiped out real quick.
__________________________________________Spell Breaker
Birds: Chuck, Bomb, Blues
Classes: Lightning Bird, Capt’n, Tricksters
Sets: Mana Shell, Any, AnyStrong Against: Enemies that focus on buffs and debuffs, rather than damage, like Shaman and Wizard Pigs.
Weak Against: Levels with Immunity effect (Makes positive effects impossible to remove from pigs) enemies that mostly focus on dealing damage, like Brute Pigs.This team is dedicated to making sure you have clean battles without the pigs getting any advantages. All three birds have the ability remove any positive effects the pigs may apply on themselves, while Chuck’s Mana Shell set and Trickster’s Cheer can remove or prevent any negative effects the pigs may apply on your birds. With all this combined, it’ll purely be a game of damage.
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Healing Focused Teams
Teams that focus on recovering massive amounts of health to keep your birds alive as long as possible.
__________________________________________Heal By Harm
Birds: Red, Matilda, Bomb
Classes: Paladin, Cleric, Any
Sets: Any, Sweet OR Cleansing Light, Sugar RushStrong Against: Any
Weak Against: Shielded enemies.This team is dedicated to healing your birds without ever having to stop attacking. Between Paladin healing the most hurt bird for 40% of dealt damage, Cleric healing everybody for 15%, and Bomb having a 25% chance to heal everyone for half the damage he deals, all of which gets boosted by 25% by Matilda’s Sweet set, you should be able to keep fighting without ever worrying about your health.
__________________________________________Instant Recovery
Birds: Chuck, Matilda, Blues
Classes: Rainbird, Priestess, Skulkers
Sets: Any, Sweet, AnyStrong Against: Anything as long as your birds survive the enemy’s attacks.
Weak Against: Levels with Healing Damper effect, enemies that inflict effects that half, block or steal healing, like Shaman Pigs.This team is dedicated to healing your birds for extremely high amounts of health. Use Tricksy Trick on Matilda to spread Angelic Touch to all enemies, then use Spirit Link on Chuck and Blues. Now, you can either attack with Rainbird, which will heal all birds for 10% of Chuck’s total health for every enemy on the board (Which means 7 enemies will heal all birds for 70% health), or you can use Rainbird’s Healing Rain, which now has triple power.
__________________________________________Instant Recovery (Simplified)
Birds: Red, Chuck, Matilda
Classes: Paladin, Rainbird, Druid (Easter) OR Bard
Sets: Any, Any, SweetStrong Against: Same as above.
Weak Against: Same as above.This team, alike the one above, is also designed for heavy healing. It doesn’t heal as much, but this one is much easier to maintain. Unlike the above team that requires you to follow a specific pattern to get it’s full effect, each class in this team can provide strong healing independently. Just attack and heal when you feel it’s necessary.
__________________________________________Venomous
Birds: Chuck, Matilda, Blues
Classes: Rainbird, Druid, Rogues OR Skulkers
Sets: Any, Sweet, AnyStrong Against: Same as above, Shielded enemies (Can pierce armor)
Weak Against: Same as above.This team is dedicated to allowing you to heal while your opponents are still taking damage. Specifically, all three classes in this team have DOT (Damage Over Time) attacks, which are Acid Rain, Thorny Vine and Sticky Goo. This means you can poison your opponents once, then just keep healing while all that damage is still being dealt for the next 3 turns.
Acid Rain effects all enemies, but Thorny Vine and Sticky Goo only effect one. Alternatively, you can replace Rogue’s Sticky Goo with Skulker’s and use Tricksy Trick on Matilda to instead apply Thorny Vine to all enemies.
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Also be sure to take a look at the comments below for more combos by our fellow nesters.
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