Badge Dojo · Lightning 2-8

Late in the chapter, this page looks closer at the alternative that leaves the front row empty, which shows up on the second half of the grid.

In that alternative, nothing stands in row 1. In lane 1 sit Synthhog in row 2 and Sparkdoe in row 4. The middle lane has Electroar in row 2 with Cheerlet behind it in row 3. Lane 3 has the substitute Nimbuzzy in row 3. In that alternative, enemies walk a long way before contact, and the whole time they are inside Synthhog's marks and Nimbuzzy's clouds.

Nimbuzzy is the evolved form of Fluffle. It summons lightning clouds that keep chipping at an area, switching between white clouds and dark clouds that paralyse, and moves them with lightning arcs. In that substitute layout it replaces the guardian: paralysed enemies stop advancing, which is what a guardian would otherwise do by blocking.

The trade-off is that nothing tough takes hits. When enemies do arrive, Electroar is the first unit they meet, and it relies on its pushback and on Cheerlet's dance to hold. The layout works best when your damage is high enough to finish waves during the long approach.

Compared with Lineup 1, this alternative covers lane 3 and needs no Voltling, but it depends more on Nimbuzzy and Sparkdoe being strong.