Tips solarsentinels

General Tips

The key to winning is knowing how many dice you will need per engagement. During the first Strategy Phase, calculate how many dice you need by using the enemies' life total. For example, if you have 2 enemies with a total life of 10, use 7-8 dice. In the second Strategy Phase, use what you think you need to defeat the enemies.

Also remember this game is almost all based on luck. Don't feel bad if you have trouble winning.

• Prioritize missions over items or anything else. The hardest one is "Search and Destroy," so discard that one if you can.
• Increase your stats as close to 6 as you can, prioritizing Recover , then Strategy , then Health .
• Gain enemy rewards that increase your Recovery or Health .
• Look ahead and decide what you can do in your current engagement to prepare for the next round if there is a mandatory fight. Being able to see an incoming danger is invaluable.
• When you reach the endgame, you should have at least 3 HP .
• Factor card abilities into your strategy. If you have a card that lets you recover all your green dice , then maybe commit more greens so that you can use your recovery on other exhausted dice.
• Use your hero's ability as much as possible.
• Don't fight more than two enemies per engagement.

Dice Management

• Remember that you can reroll all dice unapplied to an enemy each Strategy Phase.
• It's okay to take some hits, especially if it lets you recover more dice. Target enemies that deal low damage and restock your dice pool. There are enemies not worth beating. Some don't even do damage.
• Don't apply your red die until your final roll of the round. It's 100% success, so try to get it to crit . Consider doing this with purple too.
• Find ways to make yellow and green dice valuable. Some aliens will give bonuses; others change misses to hits .
• Try to keep one of each color in your pool. Always recover your red and purples .
• Don't waste dice on an enemy with high HP . It might be better to take the hit.
• When fighting an enemy with 5 or more health , don't commit 6 dice so you can kill it in the first Strategy Phase. Start with four (1 red , 2 purples , and 1 blue ). You may get a crit and reroll misses into hits .

Best Items and Rewards

• "Mini-Terraformer": Basically allows you to use a yellow die and a green die for free
• "Mega-Epinephrine": Greatly reduces your misses
• "Lunoculation": Good for the boss fight.
• "Stun Gun": Good for the boss fight.
• "Do Over": Good for the boss fight.

Bosses

The Hive Monarch is the easiest boss to fight. The Mother Spore is also easy if you have 5-6 HP and most of your high-probability dice. Because it does no combat damage, you can cycle through multiple engagements, applying 1-2 dice each time.

Heroes

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NAME	SPECIAL ABILITY	DESCRIPTION	HEALTH	STRATEGY	RECOVERY	NOTES
P.I.K.E. MASTER ORLO	Solar Flares	Yellow die misses may be changed to hits when applied to a Level 2 enemy.	2	2	2
ASTRAL SCOUT RAVEN	X-Ray Binoculars	At game beginning, you may swap the positions of 2 Mission cards. At the start of each round, you may put a stack's top card on its bottom up to two times.	3	2	2	If you don't play with Missions, half this ability is useless. The other half doesn't really get you closer to the endgame.
STELLAR BLADE ISOLDE	Green Energy	Before you Exhaust Dice, choose any color except green . For each committed die of that chosen color, return 1 green die.	3	2	1	May be the toughest hero to use.
VALKYRIE, MK. 7	Adaptive Armor	At game beginning, spend 2 points to increase your stats.	3	2	2	This is the one to pick if you're having a hard time winning. Use the ability to increae
BECKETT SUN FORGER	Matter Reshaper	Each time you use a one-time use item you may either add 2 HP or recover 2 dice.	4	2	1	If you can target enemies with items, this is incredibly useful.
GAL'HAD THE LANCER	Auto-Javelin	Before you exhaust dice, you may return up to 2 committed crit dice .	1	3	2	An excellent ability, but may not be able to make up for the small health stat. Use him to fish for crits .