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It's best practice to keep at least two unicorns on the board alive before collecting the shield for a number of reasons: | It's best practice to keep at least two unicorns on the board alive before collecting the shield for a number of reasons: | ||
* More unicorns alive means more opportunities to | * More unicorns alive means more opportunities to whack Alphamonsters and earn an extra Mr. Do. | ||
* Single unicorns can cause ''lots'' of problems, especially if they're blue. | * Single unicorns can cause ''lots'' of problems, especially if they're blue. | ||
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A single unicorn has a much higher chance of turning blue (and splitting into two) than multiple unicorns do (except as noted above). | A single unicorn has a much higher chance of turning blue (and splitting into two) than multiple unicorns do (except as noted above). | ||
When you kill all but one of the unicorns in a scene, a timer starts. On Scenes 1 and 2, this timer is set to 20 seconds. In later scenes, the timer can be anywhere between 0 and 19 seconds. When that time is up, the unicorn turns blue and splits into two. The | When you kill all but one of the unicorns in a scene, a timer starts. On Scenes 1 and 2, this timer is set to 20 seconds. In later scenes, the timer can be anywhere between 0 and 19 seconds. When that time is up, the unicorn turns blue and splits into two. The unicorns' initial speed depends on several factors, such as the scene you are on, the time you've spent in the scene, and whether or not you recently died. | ||
A second, 25-second timer then | A second, 25-second timer then begins. When that time expires, the blue unicorns begin to multiply rapidly. They can (and often do) easily overwhelm Mr. Do in this state. Once they reach this phase, they continue to multiply every five seconds until either you exterminate them all, end the scene another way, or die. If you die, the scene restarts with the number of unicorns that were present when you were killed (no more than eight). | ||
The best strategy is to dispatch single unicorns as quickly as possible. | The best strategy is to dispatch single unicorns as quickly as possible. | ||
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If you don't have enough time to set up blocks to kill the lone remaining unicorn, or you don't have any skull traps available to spring, you can use a trick known as the "sacrifice" to eliminate the monster. | If you don't have enough time to set up blocks to kill the lone remaining unicorn, or you don't have any skull traps available to spring, you can use a trick known as the "sacrifice" to eliminate the monster. | ||
You execute a sacrifice when you intentionally kill | You execute a sacrifice when you intentionally kill Mr. Do by walking into or jumping onto a unicorn as it wiggles its way out of a gap. In this case, Mr. Do begins to die, but since you killed the last monster, the tie goes to Mr. Do. The scene ends, Mr. Do does ''not'' lose a life, and the game proceeds to the next level. | ||
There are different types of sacrifice that you can perform (such as dropping down through a gap onto a wiggling unicorn from one level above), but this method provides the most impact in the least amount of time. | |||
To perform a sacrifice, do the following: | To perform a sacrifice, do the following: | ||
