Badge Dojo · Grass 1-2

The grid is unchanged from 1-1, and this page is about Pearpair, alone in row 1 of lane 1.

Pearpair is a sturdy Grass tank whose job is to soak up hits. It is the evolved form of Solpear, and it is already the last form of that line, so there is no later version to wait for. What you see at this level is the unit you will use for the rest of the run.

Standing alone means it has no damage behind it in its own lane. Enemies in lane 1 are not killed by Pearpair so much as held there while the rest of the team works. Stalkerix's slashes reach nearby enemies, and Frugatoad's exploding fruit can land on groups that bunch up near the middle, so some of that help spills across.

The practical point is that lane 1 is a waiting game. As long as Pearpair stands, the left side is closed. If it falls, enemies walk an empty lane all the way to the back, where nothing is waiting for them.

That makes Pearpair's level about survival rather than speed. Raise it until it outlasts the waves on the left, then put further levels into the units that do the killing.