Omega Factor is the fourth mission of the first episode in Prismata. Complete all the missions of the episode to unlock the expert mission challenges. This mission is a puzzle that includes economy timing and assigning the optimal amount of damage while defending. Below are hints and a solution.
- Victory window message
- This challenge admits a solution in which only a single Engineer is constructed. Can you find it?
Hints and Solution[ | ]
Info: Puzzles may have more than one successful strategy and solution. The hints here refer to one solution, described progressively below.
| + Show general hints |
| Omega Splitters will be your main army. Don‘t overinvest in support units (overtech, that is). |
| The armies remain balanced until the very end. In one solution however, you might be breached twice in the end phase if you decide to overrun: manage that cleverly. |
| Steelsplitter can make defence and offence more effective. |
| + Show hints1 |
| As is in the tip, you will need to completely clear wave 1 by the end of turn 9. Wave 2 however, cannot be cleared without sacrificing too much (two gunbots remain). |
| There is no need to try adding drones after the starting phase in this mission. |
| You will only need 3 Blastforges (however another solution uses 4) |
| + Show hints2 |
| Keep building Omegas. By the end of turn 10 have 4 omegas ready and a Steelsplitter queued. |
| You will want to use a single Steelsplitter (build it after turn 7) for the entirety of this mission to assign values for attack and defence more precisely than that from Omegas. |
| + Show start |
| Stop building drones at 15 (another solution is exactly 20 drones) |
| Have your Omega Splitter ready by turn 6 with one more building into turn 7. |
| + Show winning build | |||
| Turn | Build | Combat | Checkpoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DD | Note: Units not described defending are to attack. | |
| 2 | DD E | ||
| 3 | DDD | ||
| 4 | D BBB | ||
| 5 | O | ||
| 6 | O | ||
| 7 | O | Sacrifice Engineers. Leave one Omega to Defend. | |
| 8 | E WW | Attack with all Forces. | |
| 9 | E O | Attack with all Forces. | All enemy forces should be dead. You should have 2xE, 4xO |
| 10 | S WW | Sacrifice a Wall and both Engineers. Leave behind one Omega to Defend. | |
| 11 | O | Attack with all Forces. | |
| 12 | WWW | Attack with all Forces. | Two Gunbots should remain. You should have W, 5xO, S |
| 13 | WWW | Attack with all Forces. Target down all weak Gunbots. | 5 Tough Gunbots should remain. You should have 5xW, 5xO, S |
| 14 | WWW | Leave one Omega to Defend. | |
| 15 | WWW | Sacrifice one Steelsplitter. Leave one Omega to Defend. | |
| 16 onwards | WWW | Leave one Omega to Defend. |
One Engineer[ | ]
The victory screen hints that the challenge can be cleared without constructing more than one Engineer.
This solution constructs 1 Engineer, 5 Omega Splitters, 0 Steelsplitters, and 23 Walls.
| + Show winning build |
| Turn 1: DD |
| Turn 2: DD E |
| Turn 3: DDD |
| Turn 4: D BBB |
| Turn 5: O |
| Turn 6: O |
| Turn 7: O (Hold O) |
| Turn 8: WWW |
| Turn 9: O (Opp exploits defense) |
| Turn 10: WWW |
| Turn 11: O |
| Turn 12: WWW (Opp breaches for 0) |
| Turn 13: WWW |
| Turn 14: WWW (Hold O) |
| Turn 15: WWW (Opp breaches, kills O) |
| Turn 16: WW (Hold D) |
| Turn 17: WW |
| Turn 18: W |
| Turn 19: VICTORY |