darkSpyro

I have only done eight speed challenges so far, on all but three of our figs. Seems like they gave less time than in SSA, but still plenty to complete the challenges. None seemed very difficult to this point. Crusher's owl challenge seemed to be the toughest, although if you use both teleporters it's much easier. I thought the slow giants would have trouble, but I didn't lose one time. Any challenges that are "Wii Drobot tough?"

The Drobot one can still be tough. Not so much with the Giants as you can walk on the Chompies, it also depends on when you do them. I suggest doing them before you get any upgrades. Double Troubles can be annoying also.

Double Trouble's HC is still as hard as ever but is much easier for giants as they can get 'extra time'.

Of the new skylanders, I would say agree that Crusher's HC is the toughest, especially for slow characters.

Double Troubles's HC can be make so much easier by using Anvil Rail. I find "Shoot first, Shoot Early" the most difficult as I always run out of time at the last segment, I end up making my husband play that one as I can not get the timing right.

I think challenge is way to easy I don't even use anvil rain but as Drobot it is so hard.I really need some help on it.I play on the xbox by the way.

The Drobot one if you have a character like Whirlwind or Shroomboom or someone who can do an AoE attack your best bet is to be facing the green chompy when throw it. Also, doing them first before any upgrades are bought is best as with no upgrades your AoE is usually not as strong or not avialable.

The hardest thing for me was trying to complete the Heroic Challenge quest with Shroomboom without getting hurt. I chose his paramushroom thingy path, so he's really vunerable to most enemies, even chompies. Other than that, I think all of the challenges are pretty easy. You just gotta be careful, and its easier to complete most of them before upgrading your character.

In my opinion there are only three challenges that I would be concerned about doing before I upgraded characters; Zap, Double Trouble and Drobot. This is because the goals of the challenges re so accuracy based and the characters tend to lose hit accuracy as they gain upgrades. I believe a lot of challenges are actually easier if your character has some if not all of its upgrades.

There are some exceptions to this as well like cynder's ghost trail will not break vases or paintings but does hut enemies, so upgrading it can be quite helpful. Cynder's ghost buddy does break vases and paintings so discretion is wise.

Jet vac's heroic challenge wasn't exactly hard for me, but it is SO ANNOYING!

Drobot and Double Trouble.
Drobot seems unbeatable to many if you upgrade them and need them simplified to complete, Double Trouble I never had problems with with anyone except Zook in the 1st game, this game I have problems with many which makes me have to say that they made it harder than last time.

here is a tip go for the speed hc first then do armor and critical hit... do what you can then redo the ones you could not finish the first time, it should be easier now...

another tip if you have a friend and he/she have skylanders you don't have put them on your portal and you get their hc.. smart eh?... IN YOUR FACE BOBBY KOTICK!

speed is the most important i think (who want a slow butt skylanders??.. nobody!) so here is all speed hc..


speed heroic challenge

buy ingame:
arachhind antechamber
flip the script

giants:
tree rex (sabrina)
crusher (give a hoot)
eye-brawl (break the fakes)

newlanders:
chill (the great pancake slalom)
fright rider (delivery day)

s2:
zook (shepherds pie)
stealth elf (minefield mishap)
drobot (save the purple chompies)
wreacking ball (jump for it)
ignitor (mining is the key)

's heroic challenge is very annoying to me. And hard.

His can be hard to get timing down right.

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I know! It's so annoying to shoot the barrels at the right time!

Hot Dog's HC is sooo hard!

^ No it isn't... Crusher's is hard.

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I don't find Crusher's challenge to be hard but it can be frustrating.

I really hate Bouncer's (Blobbers' Folley). Unskippable cutscenes with annoying Mabu in the middle of a Heroic I'm repeating an insane amount of times for all of our family's toys are really tough for me. Not even kidding. This is always the last Heroic to be done on any given character, it's nails on the chalkboard for me.

^ I guess that would be more correct.

EDIT: Ninja'd, and I love Bouncer's.

I found Bouncers to be fun with Eye Brawl.... Spinning his eye around and hitting the spawner thingys. Other then that yeah it is annoying.

When I saw the fat Mabu in Bouncer's heroic, I thought it was so funny.

@ weebby
no..THUMPBACKS IS HARD!!! cant find the last cannon at the end and i run out of time!!!

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I don't know which cannon you keep missing, but I honestly don't think Thumpback's heroic is hard.

I find the Owl one really hard
Also on Thumpback's there is 2 at the front, 2 in the middle, 1 on the left(bounce pad) and 3 on the right(bounce pad again).

Zook series 2 heroic challenge is VERY HARD

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I can actually agree that this heroic is hard.

YEAH i do agree the fat mabu was pretty funny

I think Zap's heroic challenge with even with no upgrades is hard.

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YEAH i do agree the fat mabu was pretty funny

It was funny for me the first time too, but trust me, it'll drive you insane by time #50.

To me the 50th time is still really funny.........................kinda

ok pretty much all blobbers says in the heroic challenge is ...KEEP ROLLIN ME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Geez, I didn't know saying the fat Mabu was a little funny AT FIRST would trigger onslaught to think it's the funniest thing ever.

^ It is officially the funniest thing ever. I'm just cynical and have no appreciation for Mabu related humor, lawl.

"KEEP ROLLING ME! KEEP ROLLING ME! KEEP ROLLING ME!" In a very dorky accent is all you'll hear in Bouncer's heroic challenge. However, I think Zook's HC is the most annoying.

double troubles is the hardest ive encountered, sure i can clear through easily with single target skylanders like double trouble, but try completing it with a fully upgraded zook >.<

Save the Purple Chompies is down right crazy as a giant. You sont even have to move... They just bump into you and they die. I gave up on that one with the Giants. The most annoying one is Chop Chop. I am not finesse, and that darned bouncy maze is just.... Hate it.

Double Trouble's for me too. With Stealth Elf upgraded with the floating blades that just slash everything, it took me a LOT of goes.

On the point of them being annoying, does anyone else find it annoying that you can't skip Cali talking at the end of each one? I find it doubly annoying if I have just failed a challenge, but even if successful it does bug me that I can't skip her.

For me
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Universal: Double Trouble's
Giants: Crusher's

Save the Purple Chompies is actually quite easy with the giants. Just watch where you step. You don't even need to attack. Just walk. There is a relatively clear path to that lower room (at the bottom of the ramp) then loop around - that loop area never has purples so stomp away. Once back out in the main room start up the ramp and attract any chompies hanging out on the wooden walkway. get them to follow you back in the room. Once the path is clear, (you should be over 40 by this point) go back up and find the room with almost all greens and you can finish up. Just make sure you do this before upgrading! all 7 of our giants have finished this one.

Double Trouble's is the hardest for some characters and is the other one we do before upgrading. We actually have a chart of which characters have finished these 2 challenges and they are not allowed to buy upgrades until they do, unless those upgrades are required to finish. Such as Crusher's Cavelight Blast, which is a safer way to take out trolls than trying to aim the hammer. Zook was a tough one. He did every speed challenge first and then we just had to be very careful about where he fired. It took several attempts, but we did it.

Chop Chop can be difficult because he tends to swing in both directions so it's not always easy to aim, but with enough speed and the Spiked Shield Bash upgrade, you can do the challenge safely.

Thumpback we had to use the Chomp upgrade since his basic bite attack is much more controllable than his anchor or bellyflop. With some speed and just using the bite, it was a piece of cake.

Id say that the race one can be hard to control for slow guys.

the race (Nort's Winter Classic) can be annoying for slower guys. I first tried it with Double Trouble and wow, was that a sad specticle. Two hints: do all the speed challenges you can first. Second, at the end of the lap, before you make the turn to start a new lap, there is a purple spawner. behind it is the extra time. Grab it! even slow guys should then be able to manage 52 second laps.

Alright guys. You want a challenge? try this:

Do Zap's Heroic Challenge with a fully upgraded Tree Rex INCLUDING SOUL GEM UPGRADE. Good luck, you'll need it.

Btw, it is possible, as I did it. Took me 5 attempts.

There are 7 maps used for challenges:
The Crypt (arachnid antechamber, break the fakes, three teleporters, etc)
The Mines (save the purple chompies, chompie chomp down, etc)
The Fortress (You break it You buy it, minefield mayhem, etc)
The Dungeon (just Give a Hoot & Blobber's Folly I believe unless this is some well disguised segment of the Crypt map)
The Castle (S.A.B.R.I.N.A., Delivery Day, Raise the Flags, etc)
The Islands (Charm Hunt, Jailbreak, Break the Cats, etc)
The Ice path (whatever it's called) (Nort's Winter Classic, Pancake Slalom, Fire Pirates on Ice, etc)

Every Ice challenge and Castle challenge has extra time available somewhere during the challenge. I have never found an extra time on any challenge on the Islands. Is there an Island challenge with extra time? Is there a list somewhere of where all the extra times are located?

For everyone that's having trouble on 's heroic use the Anvil Rain from the Empire of Ice adventure pack. It will only hit trolls and avoid vases and paintings.

I'm pretty happy 's old heroic was deleted from Giants. (He got 's old heroic and she got a new one.) His was easy,but SO annoying and not fun.

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For everyone that's having trouble on 's heroic use the Anvil Rain from the Empire of Ice adventure pack. It will only hit trolls and avoid vases and paintings.

that doesn't work on Xbox or PS3. Wii only IIRC

Sorry,didn't know that it wouldn't work on those versions. I have the Wii version.

I really hope when Ninjini comes out, her heroic isn't hard.

I don't mind Bouncer's, only because the bouncy pad field at the beginning is EXTREMELY useful for all my Air guys to get the mid-air enemies quest, as well as Tree-Rex's step-on-enemies quest. Other than that, it pisses me off whenever I first get to him. Not only the fact that I can't skip his stupid speeches, but "Thanks for saving me, but first get me something to eat". Hey! Stupid! Let's get OUT first, you can eat whatever you want then! In a real-life situation, nobody would stand for lengthening a jailbreak like that, LOL!

"Keep rolling me!" Keep rolling me! Keep rolling me!", oh shut up,

I don't have Zap, but I heard about his being one of the top two hardest of SSA... The second being my most hated one, Drobot's (from SSA), the purple chompies. I learned the hard way with Ghost Roaster that you should do it early. I had to give him a mulligan on it, he's just too strong! The ghosts he leaves behind just kill too fast. With a LOT of patience someone could kill, circle, eat the ghost - I read somewhere about someone who did that - but that requires SO much vigilance, and time is so short. I just hate anything with the "Be careful" theme, this game isn't designed for "careful", and it's more fun to just let loose, be wreckless, let every attack fly.

I also wanted to slap Cali. Well in SSA I always wanted to slap her sanctimonious attitude off of her, but here, wow. "Not all chompies are bad", LIAR! They attack you, and they latch on, continuing to damage you. I count "they attack me" as a sure sign they're BAD! It wouldn't be so bad if you were allowed to shake them off, but that simple shake kills them, so no dice. Isn't it a bad lesson in a kids name having someone spouting such blatant lies? LOL!

Quote: ClayFace

For everyone that's having trouble on 's heroic use the Anvil Rain from the Empire of Ice adventure pack. It will only hit trolls and avoid vases and paintings.

I have the Wii U version, ill give this a go and see, if you're right, i might just love you.

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I don't mind Bouncer's, only because the bouncy pad field at the beginning is EXTREMELY useful for all my Air guys to get the mid-air enemies quest,

QFT