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The Basic Console Guide

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Which Hero should I play as?[]

Well, if you've just got the demo for the game and you've played as the Apprentice and/or the Squire, when you buy the full game the level gets imported. (e.g If you have a level 7 Squire on the demo called King Richard, he'll be there when you buy the game, which is useful!)

Now I'm going to go into a little more detail...

Which Hero for what role?[]

Now, if you didn't get that title then let me explain. Some heroes are more suited to doing some things than others; for example, the Apprentice* tends to be used as a tower builder due to the fact his towers can hit hard and fast, as well as hit enemies that are a ways away. On the other hand, a Huntress** is commonly used as a DPS character because she can attack quickly from far away and packs a hell of a punch. You usually find out what you want to do by playing the first 2-or-3 levels with every character.

* I personally find a DPS Apprentice amazing, so experiment a bit or something.

** Again, some people like her to be a tower builder or 'traptress'.

If you are still stuck then I'll put my personal favorites here:

Apprentice - Tower Builder: I know that I said I LOVE a DPS Apprentice, but this is a beginners guide and it has to be said that a tower build is a lot easier to use.

Squire - Tower Builder: Now I know the squire has a LOT of health, and I mean A LOT (can be 6000+), but... well... quite frankly his towers can do around [tel:3000-5000 3000-5000] damage once your Tower Damage is upgraded.

Huntress - Hero Build: Look, she has a crossbow and since the piercing shot ability has not yet been patched on the consoles, she can do 2000+ damage every 2 seconds across the map!

Monk - Hybrid Build: This way you can do two things:
- Help out your allies towers with buffs when they need it (which they will)
- Do a fair bit of damage yourself, so you're not totally dependent

Right, so about these towers...[]

I won't be talking about all the towers and their stats and things, there's already a guide for that, which you should definitely read.

Wait! There's A Pet For 1,521,629 Mana And I Only Have 2,751 Mana... NO FAIR![]

Well that's a problem! The general guide for getting that amount of Mana will take time, lots of time. Another thing is that difficulty affects the amount of Mana you get, so... well... to be sadly honest, the amount of Mana you will want (1,521,629 mana) won't be until level 60-70, so for now, as a guide, PICK UP AND SELL EVERYTHING ON THE FLOOR. ^{*EDIT*: DO NOT do this; items will be sold automatically if no one picks them up. Taking what you don't need essentially means you are stealing the rest of the team's cut and will likely be kicked.}

Why doesn't my weapon do 2000+ damage, like the screenshots?[]

Well, it is just because most of the pictures (of weapons) on the Dungeon Defenders Wiki are just pictures of mythical items that you can only get on PC. For consoles, the best way to get good weapons is to complete challenges, or simply play through the game at a difficulty that your character can perform.

Generally, as a rule;

EASY - Level 1-20

MEDIUM - Level 10-30 or 40

HARD - Level 40-60

INSANE - Level 60+

Now, there's one thing I should say; once you find a weapon (particularly once you start) do not go on an upgrade spree! There WILL be a better weapon out there fairly soon.

For now that's it. If anyone has any suggestions for other sections I could add to the guide, leave them in the comments bit below!

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-====Let me start up front by saying that this is my first guide so it may be a bit short :)====
-===To Start With...===
-Now if you are looking for class-specific details then you are sadly in the wrong place, there are many guides out there for that this guide is more for people who have (for example) just bought the game and are now deciding which class to play as, now if that is you then well done you clicked on the right link!
-<gallery columns="4" orientation="none" widths="125" bordersize="large" bordercolor="#ffffff" captionalign="left">
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+px-Barbarian.png|barbarian
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-===DPS Or Tower build? Or both?===
+==='''Which Hero should I play as?'''===
+''''''
+Well, if you've just got the demo for the game and you've played as the Apprentice and/or the Squire, when you buy the full game the level gets imported. (e.g If you have a level 7 Squire on the demo called King Richard, he'll be there when you buy the game, which is useful!)
-Right if you've been looking at one of the many guides on this wiki you'll know there are generally 3 'character builds' in dungeon defenders, these are: Tower, DPS, and hybrid. Again I won't go into too much detail as I feel that there are numerous other guides here that do that.
-The main thing that you've got to think about is this: How do I play the game? Do I sit there and let my towers do all the work, do my towers die every minute so I have to keep running in and fighting those pesky Dark Elf Archers myself or can I rely on my defenses but they occasionly need a bit of help? Now as you have likely guessed these represent the three builds that people use
-Now another factor is whether or not your friends have the game: if you have a friend who has indistructable towers then you don't need to do that all over again a hero build would probably be a better option and vice versa.
-Right well now you've decided which build you want you need to pick a hero well read on...
-===Which Hero Should I Play As?===
-Well if you've just got the demo for the game and you've played as the Apprentice and/or the squire when you buy thr full game the level gets imported, e.g If you have a Lvl 7 squire on the demo called King Richard or something when you buy/play the full game you'll be able to play this game right from the start as a level 7! (which is useful)
-Now I am going to go into a little more detail so here we go...
-===Which Hero For What Role?===
-Now If you didn't even get that title then let me explain, some heroes are more suited to doing some things than others, for example the apprentice tends to be used as a tower build due to the fact his towers can hit hard and fast to enemies that are quite far away ( I personally find a DPS apprentice amazing so experiment a bit or something) On the other hand a huntress is commonly used as a DPS character because she can attack quickly from far away and pack a hell of a punch (again some people like her to be a tower build or 'traptress' so you find out what you want to do by playing the first 2/3 levels with every character)
+Now I'm going to go into a little more detail...
-If you are still stuck then I'll put my personal favourites here:
-Apprentice- Tower Build: I know that I said I LOVE a DPS apprentice but this is a begginers guide and it has to be said a tower build is a lot easier to use
-Squire- Tower Build: Now I know the squire has a LOT of health and I mean A LOT (can be 6000+) but well, quite frankly his towers can do around 3000-5000 damage once your tower damage is upgraded
+===Which Hero for what role?===
-Huntress- Hero Build- Look she has a crossbow and since the piercing shot ability has not yet been patched like on PC it can do 2000 damage every 2 seconds ACROSS THE MAP!!!!!!!!
+Now, if you didn't get that title then let me explain.
+Some heroes are more suited to doing some things than others; for example, the [[Apprentice]]'''*''' tends to be used as a tower builder due to the fact his towers can hit hard and fast, as well as hit enemies that are a ways away. On the other hand, a [[Huntress]]'''**''' is commonly used as a DPS character because she can attack quickly from far away and packs a hell of a punch.
+You usually find out what you want to do by playing the first 2-or-3 levels with every character.
+'''*''' I personally find a DPS Apprentice amazing, so experiment a bit or something.
-Monk- Hybrid Build- This way you can do two things:
+'''**''' Again, some people like her to be a tower builder or 'traptress'.
-) Help out your alies towers when they need it (which they will!)
-) Do a bit of damage yourself so that you can kill things yourself
+If you are still stuck then I'll put my personal favorites here:
-===Right So About These Towers...===
+* Apprentice - Tower Builder: I know that I said I LOVE a DPS Apprentice, but this is a beginners guide and it has to be said that a tower build is a lot easier to use.
+* [[Squire]] - Tower Builder: Now I know the squire has a LOT of health, and I mean A LOT (can be 6000+), but... well... quite frankly his towers can do around [tel:[tel:3000-5000 3000-5000] 3000-5000] damage once your [[Defense Base Damage|Tower Damage]] is upgraded.
-Now I won't be talking about all the towers and their stats and things, there's already a guide for that:
+* Huntress - Hero Build: Look, she has a crossbow and since the piercing shot ability has not yet been patched on the consoles, she can do 2000+ damage every 2 seconds '''across the map'''!
-[[Alphi's Tower Guide]]
+* [[Monk]] - Hybrid Build: This way you can do two things:
+** Help out your allies towers with buffs when they need it (which they will)
+** Do a fair bit of damage yourself, so you're not totally dependent
-There you go click that link, I did when I started the game and it helped me a fair bit
+==='''Right, so about these towers...'''===
-===Wait There Is A Pet For 1,521,629 Mana And I Only Have 2,751 Mana, NO FAIR!!!===
+<gallery>
+Slice N Dice Blockade.png
+</gallery>I won't be talking about all the towers and their stats and things, there's already [[Alphi's Tower Guide|a guide for that]], which you should definitely read.
-Well that is a problem! but the general guide for getting that amount of money will take time, LOTS of time another thing is that difficulty affects the amount of money you get so well to be sadly honest the amount of money you will want (1,521,629 mana) won't be until level 60-70 so for now as a guide PICK UP AND SELL EVERYTHING ON THE FLOOR that is all.
+==='''Wait! There's A Pet For 1,521,629 Mana And I Only Have 2,751 Mana... NO FAIR!'''===
+Well that's a problem!
+The general guide for getting that amount of [[Mana]] will take time, '''lots''' of time. Another thing is that difficulty affects the amount of Mana you get, so... well... to be sadly honest, the amount of Mana you will want (1,521,629 mana) won't be until level 60-70, so for now, as a guide, '''PICK UP AND SELL EVERYTHING ON THE FLOOR'''. <sup>*EDIT*: '''DO NOT''' do this; items will be sold automatically if no one picks them up. Taking what you don't need essentially means you are stealing the rest of the team's cut and will likely be kicked.</sup>
-===Why does my weapon not do 2000 damage like on the pictures??===
+==='''Why doesn't my weapon do 2000+ damage, like the screenshots?'''===
+<gallery>
+Swords.png
+</gallery>Well, it is just because most of the pictures (of weapons) on the Dungeon Defenders Wiki are just pictures of mythical items that you can only get on PC. For consoles, the best way to get good weapons is to complete challenges, or simply play through the game at a difficulty that your character can perform.
+Generally, as a rule;
-Well to be honest this is because most of the pictures (of weapons) on the Dungeon Defenders Wiki are just pictures of godly items that you can only get on PC for consoles the best way to get good weapons is to complete challenges, or simply play through the game at a difficulty that your character can perform, generally as a rule
+* EASY - Level 1-20
-EASY- Level 1-20
+* MEDIUM - Level 10-30 or 40
-MEDIUM- Level 10-30/40
+* HARD - Level 40-60
-HARD- Level 40-60
+* INSANE - Level 60+
+Now, there's one thing I should say; once you find a weapon (particularly once you start) do '''not''' go on an upgrade spree! There WILL be a better weapon out there fairly soon.
-INSANE- Level 60+
+For now that's it. If anyone has any suggestions for other sections I could add to the guide, leave them in the comments bit below!
-Now one thing I should say, once you find a weapon (paticularly once you start) don't go on an upgrade spree, there WILL be a better weapon out there (speaking from experience)
-Well for now that is it, If anyone has any suggestions for other sections I could add to the guide the leave them in the comments bit below! (sorry up front about any typo's)
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