The map changes the run more than the difficulty vote does. Difficulty scales the waves. The map decides whether you have a clean firing line or a corner you forgot.
Five maps from the lobby boards
| Map | Shape | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Cameraman HQ | Tight interior, short lanes | First map. Upgrade-heavy and readable. |
| Toilet City | Streets and corners | Put area damage where two lanes meet. Also the pad used in the Easy coin farm. |
| Desert | Open ground, long approaches | Range matters. A 25-range unit placed a tile back still hits the front. |
| Toilet Sea | Wide and open | Every lane needs a body before wave 10. |
| Toilet HQ | Interior on the enemy side | Heavy waves. One note says to watch device performance here. |
One overview also names Toy City and Camera HQ. Those names are not in the five-map board list. They may be aliases or extra maps. Use the name printed on the pad you are standing on.
Servers hold up to 30 players. Placement tiles in a public match are first come, first served. A slow start on a full server means the corner is gone.
Votes
One guide prints Easy, Normal, and Insane. Another prints Easy, Normal, Hard, and Insane with the coin table in the economy guide. Solo and duo use the same maps with fewer players on each lane. Solo is a gear check. Duo can split lanes.
If Normal still leaks, Insane will not teach you a new placement. It will take longer to fail.
Placement that works on every map
- Front-load the first lane. The tiles after the spawn door earn the most early cash.
- Then cover the intersection where two lanes share a tile. That tile gets the area unit.
- A long-range unit can stand behind the front line and still hit it.
- Keep one upgrade's worth of match cash unspent. A mid-wave upgrade saves more runs than a last placement.
- The HUD counts placed units against a cap. A mid-run capture showed 5 of 15. You will not cover every tile. Upgrade the units that have a job.
Fifteen placed units is not fifteen equipped types. The loadout is the units you brought. The cap is how many copies can stand on the map.
Enemy families and the late bosses are on the boss pages. The long-run plan is in Insane and boss waves.