Dark Alley is the 1st level in the Dream Forest
Hard Mode
Lives: 1
Starting Goods: 900
Allowed Towers: Archers, Barracks, Altars, Catapults
Waves: 1
Wave 1:
Top: 30 Tree Sprout, 14 Flower Elf, 11 Dark Elf Guard, 22 Dark Elf Archer
Left: 32 Flower Elf, 17 Dark Elf Guard
Bottom: 10 Dark Elf Guard, 12 Blade-toothed Panther
Strategy:
Towers / Skill Needed: Earthquake, Ballista + Explosive Shot
Tower Levels Needed: Catapults Excellent-1-30 (easier with higher level), Archer Excellent-2-21 (can most likely be done with much lower level)
Use magics where there are a lot of Dark Elves and Flower Elves. They are the hardest things for your Earthquakes to kill. Use Reinforcements to help keep the enemies from attacking your heroes.
Initial Setup:
Remove the tree stump for the tower spot and build a T3 catapult.
Place heroes as shown.
As soon as you have enough goods, immediately upgrade the T3 catapult to an Earthquake tower
Mid-level Setup:
As you get more goods, build another earthquake as shown.
Move heroes slightly towards the exit if needed.
Final Setup:
As you get more goods, build a Ballista + Explosive Shot
If you still can't beat this level, Fortify your Catapults. with a certain level of catapults this level will become super easy.