Timberland Woods

> *"Royalty roams these woods. He doesn't take kindly to strangers!"*
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**Timberland Woods** is the first map added to Battle Buddies. The map has a primarily magical forest theme and features Donnie, Red Bear, Damian, Maya, Octree, and Woodland Wisp. The boss of this map is the Frog King.

## Waves

 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 **Total** | Donnie x26, Red Bear x5, Damian x3, Maya x4, Octree x6, Woodland Wisp x3, Frog King (Boss)

## Soundtrack

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## Strategy

*This guide assumes that you (and/or your party) do not have the Frog King unlocked as a Buddy.*

For this guide, there are a few important strategic terms to know:

 Meat shield (or "staller")
 Ranged unit
 Stack (or "wall")
 Tank
 Unit

Remember that you don't have to win every game. **If nobody on your party has ranged units, accept that the Frog King is nearly impossible to beat on Hard and above.** For many, sometimes you won't even make it past Wave 8! However, you can still recruit units even if you lose, and you won't gain anything at all if you leave the game. Experience is important if you want to make progress.

During the first few waves of Timberland Woods, it's not necessary to use tanks (or even ranged units!) All Buddies found on Timberland Woods are single-target except the Frog King. This means that individual units, especially tanks, are *extremely poor* at crowd control. With a large enough pack of meat shields, you can even defeat tanks before they get a chance to attack once.

When the game sends out four Donnie, they are just as easily countered with four Buddy Donnie. A stack of weaker units can be extremely powerful even in the early-game, as it allows 3 or more Buddies to attack a single enemy at the same time, even though an enemy can only target one part of the stack. For the record: **A stack of 4 Donnie will always win against 4 widely spaced-out Donnie.**

When you are playing with a group of players, coordinate or communicate with them! If one person sends out Donnie, it'll be stronger for everyone else to send their Donnie at the same time, creating a stack of 2-4 with little-to-no effort.

If someone has both Donnie *and* Red Bear, saving up 475 Tokens is enough to send a Red Bear and Donnie out extremely close to each other, allowing the Red Bear to protect the units behind it with its slightly faster speed.

While collaborating with other players, it might be useful to create "roles". If all four players are focused on saving up for tanks and ranged units, you won't have meat shields to keep even simple enemies at bay, allowing lots of enemies to overwhelm you.

If a large number of stacked enemy units are advancing towards you, the same ideas apply. Lots of weak Buddies are remarkably effective against one Damian - so if the enemy is sending a stack of four Donnie, don't send Damian! Instead, collaborate with your team to send a lot of Donnie and Red Bear at once. Large group of meat shields are better than individual tanks!

When you make it to the second cannon, the fearsome Frog King will face you, with a large pool of health and massive attack power. Frog King can take out an entire pack of meat shields in two hits. However, the meat shields' presence can occupy him for long enough to prepare your ranged units.

While other players are spamming meat shields, a player with Octree or Woodland Wisp should focus on saving up to buy and deploy them (375 for Octree, 500 for Wisp.) As long as Frog King does not defeat them first, the ranged units will carry your team to victory!

Even if some players in your team are brand-new to the game, Donnie has a lot of potential, especially paired with other Donnie or with a tank following just behind. Be friendly to new players.

* On this map, enemy Donnie will spawn with their *Growth* skin, Red Bear sometimes spawns with their *Panda* skin, and Maya will sometimes spawn with her *Green Apple* skin. All three of these skins can be obtained with a Basic Flower.
* Rarely the map will have a changed effect to it being cloudy and dark with occasional lightning bolts striking and rain. These however are purposely cosmetic and do not affect the game whatsoever.
* Occasionally, Lupa or Flower Girl will spawn in place of another buddy.

## Buddies

DonnieMayaRed BearDamianOctreeWoodland WispFrog KingLupaFlower Girl