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Gladiate Arena

Bronze Trophy

Gluteus Maximus – Defeat all Gladiate arenas

*Note* If you do not receive your trophy right away; play through an online match and it should appear.

Making an online match and then leaving should also give you the trophy

Location

Main Menu > Play With Yourself > Gladiate

Classes

Priest

Worker

Warrior

Archer

Mage

General

-Each Gladiate Arena goes to Round 12

– Stand still to heal between rounds

-You can switch enemies by flicking the right analog stick in the direction of the desired target.

-On round 12 and sometimes on Round 11, some warriors and/or rangers will come out in a black armor atire. These are the Elite boss enemies and they have higher defense and attack than normal enemies.

-When Playing a round that involves a Fire Mage, stay close to either the left or right wall so that you can jump in the water and put yourself out when you catch fire. ~ Afrowhitey

-Always be on the move. Jumping around to avoid being hit by projectiles is always a good tactic.

-With any heavily injured unit, during any Round that contains more than one Priest, kill every enemy EXCEPT two Priests. Injur both of the Priests and while they heal each other stand still and heal to full hearts. ~ a_dirty_Shisno

-While healing in between rounds, you can cancel the “stand up” animation by jumping as soon as the final heart is full. ~ pasufarin

The enemy can come from 3 different directions.

Left (L)                   Middle (M)                Right (R)

Order in Which Enemies Should Be Taken Care of

Dark Priest

Priest

Fire Mage

Archer

Ice Mage

Warrior

Villager

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Priest

The priest is arguably the easiest character class to use to beat Gladiate Mode due to the fact that he comes with a team of 7 companions. (4 Warriors, 2 Archers, 1 Fire Mage)

Tips

-Drain Every Enemy down to a Red Heart and then switch targets and drain

-AoE Heal in between rounds

-Only switch to heal during the later rounds if it looks like one of your teammates is losing life quickly

-There are three ranged units that accompany you (2 Rangers and a fire mage). If you press up on the d-pad while next to them they will follow you while you're fighting. Because they are aiding you they only attack what you are targeting, which ensures the target you have drained of hearts will immediately die. Because they are ranged units you can drain from afar and they will still attack. ~ a_dirty_Shisno

To View a Playthrough of the Priest Click HERE

Enemy Appearance

Round 1 – Warrior (L), Warrior (M)

Round 2 – Archer (M), Archer (R) x2

Round 3 – Warrior (R), Warrior (L), Archer (L) x2

Round 4 – Warrior (L), Archer (M), Warrior (M) , Priest (M), Warrior (M), Archer (R)

Round 5 – Warrior (M), Priest (R), Ice Mage (R), Archer (R) x2, Priest (L), Ice Mage (L), Warrior (M)

Round 6 – Villager (R), (L) x3, (M) x2, (R) x2, (L), (M), Dark Priest (L)

Round 7 – Archer (L), Archer (M) x2, Priest (M), Archer (R), Priest (R), Archer (L) x2 , Archer (M)

Round 8 – Ice Mage (M), Warrior (R), Ice Mage (R), Warrior (R), Warrior (M), Warrior (L), Archer (L), Archer (M), Priest (M), Archer (R)

Round 9 – Fire Mage (R), Ice Mage (L), Fire Mage (L), Ice Mage, Priest (M), Archer (M), Dark Priest (R), Archer (R), Archer (L)

Round 10 – Archer (L) x2, Archer (M) x2, Priest (M), Fire Mage (R), Warrior (R), Fire Mage (L), Warrior (L), Fire Mage (M), Dark Priest (L),

Round 11 – Ice Mage (M), Warrior (R) x2, Ice Mage (R), Priest (M), Priest (L), Archer (L), Archer (M), Priest (M), Archer (R),

Round 12 – Elite Warrior (R), Priest (L), Elite Warrior (L), Priest (L), Archer (R), Archer (M) x2, Priest (R), Elite Warrior (L), Dark Priest (R)

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Worker

The 2nd easiest character class to complete Gladiate Mode with

Tips

-Use Bombs the entire game. Never use the Axe.

-Jump and Throw bombs at the same time. Mario Jumping the whole game is key to survival with the Worker.

-Start the 11th round by sitting in the water and lobbing bombs at the first 3 mages. Their fireballs hit the wall of the pool and disappear. ~ Espiem_PSN

To View a Playthrough of the Worker Click HERE or HERE

Enemy Appearance

Round 1 – Warrior (L), Warrior (M)

Round 2 – Warrior (M), Warrior (R), Archer (R)

Round 3 – Archer (R), Archer (L), Warrior (L) x2,

Round 4 – Warrior (L), Warrior (M), Fire Mage (M), Warrior (M), Fire Mage (M)

Round 5 – Warrior (M), Warrior (R), Archer (R) x2, Priest (R), Fire Mage (R)

Round 6 – Villager (R), Villager (L) x3, Priest (L), Villager (L) x2, Villager (M), Villager (R), Dark Priest (L), Villager (M), Villager (R), Villager (L), (M), (R), (L), (M), (R)

Round 7 – Warrior (L), Priest (M), Warrior (M), Archer (M) x2, Priest (M), Archer (M)

Round 8 – Warrior (M), Archer (R), Warrior (R), Archer (R), Warrior (R), Archer (R), Priest (R)

Round 9 – Ice Mage (R), Priest (L), Warrior (L), Archer (L), Warrior (L), Priest (L), Fire Mage (L)

Round 10 – Archer (L), Ice Mage (M), Archer (M), Fire Mage (M), Archer (M), Priest (M), Fire Mage (M), Priest (M), Fire Mage (L)

Round 11 – Fire Mage (M), Fire Mage (R) x2, Archer (R) x3, Priest (R), Archer (M), Dark Priest (M)

Round 12 – Villager (R), Warrior (L), Villager (L), Warrior (L), Villager (L), Archer (L), Villager (L), Archer (L), Villager (R), Archer (R), Villager (R), Archer (L), Villager (M), Fire Mage (R), Villager (L), Fire Mage (M), Elite Archer (R), Elite Warrior (L) x2, Elite Archer (M)

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Warrior

Tips

-Mainly use the Sword and Shield

-Charge the sword and stand close to the gates so that when enemies come out you can kill them in one hit by releasing the charge.

-When facing a large amount of Archers/Mages/Priests (Round 9) Kill an enemy with a charged Sword attack, then switch immediately to the Halbred and charge it. Kill an enemy with the charged Halbred attack and immediately switch back to the Sword and charge it. Rinse and Repeat!

 To View a Playthrough of the Warrior Click HERE 

Enemy Appearance

Round 1 – Warrior (L), Warrior (M), Warrior (R)

Round 2 – Warrior (M), Warrior (R), Archer (L) x2

Round 3 – Warrior (R), Archer (L), Warrior (M), Archer (M), Fire Mage (M)

Round 4 – Archer (L), Archer (M), Fire Mage (R), Archer (R) x2, Priest (R)

Round 5 – Warrior (M), Warrior (R), Priest (L), Archer (L), Priest (L), Archer (L)

Round 6 – Villager (R), Villager (L), Villager (M) x2, Archer (M), Priest (M), Villager (M), Villager (R), Villager (L), Archer (M),

Round 7 – Warrior (L), Archer (M), Priest (R), Warrior (R), Archer (R), Warrior (R), Dark Priest (M), Priest (R)

Round 8 – Archer (M), Archer (R), Archer (L), Dark Priest (L), Warrior (L), Priest (L), Warrior (R), Archer (L), Dark Priest (L), Warrior (M)

Round 9 – Archer (R), Priest (L), Archer (M), Ice Mage (M), Archer (M), Fire Mage (M), Priest (L), Archer (M) x2, Archer (R), Dark Priest (R)

Round 10 – Archer (L), Priest (M), Archer (R), Priest (R), Archer (R) x2, Priest (M), Archer (R), Warrior (R), Dark Priest (L), Archer (R)

Round 11 – Archer (M), Archer (R), Warrior (L), Priest (L), Archer (L) x2, Archer (R), Priest (L), Warrior (L), Priest (M), Warrior (M), Elite Archer (R)

Round 12 – Elite Archer (R), Elite Warrior (L), Priest (M), Dark Priest (M), Priest (M), Dark Priest (M), Priest (L), Dark Priest (M), Priest (M), Dark Priest (R), Priest (R), Dark Priest (L), Priest (L), Dark Priest (M), Priest (R), Dark Priest (L)

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Archer

Tips

-Charge the Bow and hit an enemy with it. If the enemy does not die quickly switch to the Blunderbass and charge it.

By switching weapons you will get rid of the reload time of the gun and the bow and be able to shoot faster.

-Stay as far away from the enemy as possible and jump around to avoid being shot as always.

-In the case of the Archer, it is better to kill the Fire Mages before the Priest. One charged shot is all it takes to kill a fire mage and avoid their damage. ~ SageJMP

-When fighting against Archers after round 6, hit them with a fully charged Bow attack, then immediately switch to the Blunderbass and hit them with an uncharged shot to kill them. ~ a_dirty_Shisno

-The Archer has incredible aim assist. If you are facing in the general direction of an enemy, you will hit them without having to lock on. ~ a_dirty_Shisno

To View a Playthrough of the Archer Click HERE

 Enemy Appearance

Round 1 – Warrior (L), Warrior (M)

Round 2 – Warrior (M), Archer (R) x2

Round 3 – Warrior (R), Archer (L) x2, Ice Mage (L)

Round 4 – Warrior (L), Ice Mage (M), Warrior (M), Archer (M), Ice Mage (M), Archer (R)

Round 5 – Archer (M), Warrior (R), Ice Mage (R), Warrior (R), Fire Mage (L), Archer (L)

Round 6 – Villager (R), Villager (L) x4, Villager (M) x3, Dark Priest (R), Villager (L), (M), (R), (L), (M), (R), (L)

Round 7 – Warrior (L), Ice Mage (M), Archer (M), Priest (M), Archer (M), Warrior (R), Archer (R)

Round 8 – Warrior (M), Archer (R), Fire Mage (R), Priest (R), Archer (L), Warrior (R), Fire Mage (L), Priest (R)

Round 9 – Archer (R), Warrior (L), Archer (L), Priest (L), Archer (L), Fire Mage (M), Warrior (M), Priest (L)

Round 10 – Warrior (L), Archer (M), Priest (M), Archer (M) x2, Dark Priest (R), Warrior (R), Priest (M), Archer (L)

Round 11 – Archer (M), Priest (R), Archer (R), Priest (R), Archer (R), Archer (L) x2, Ice Mage (R), Dark Priest (M), Archer (M)

Round 12 – Priest (L), Elite Warrior (R), Dark Priest (L), Priest (L) x2, Elite Warrior (M), Dark Priest (M), Elite Archer (L), Dark Priest (R), Elite Archer (R) x2,

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Mage

Tips

***I actually think the mage arena is much much easier if you only use the fire magic and avoid using the ice magic altogether… Charge the spell (doesn't have to be fully charged but has to be held long enough to set the enemies on fire), release, and then run away. Try to hit two or 3 people with each cast.***  ~ Callmecarbell

You want to use the fully charged up Fire AoE.

Get 3-4 people around you in a group (mostly Archers/Mages/Priests) and hit them all.

Jumping around while charging is a good way to try to avoid being hit. When you've hit them with the Fire AoE, you want to book it out of there and start charging up another round for the 2nd hit.

Most enemies will die from burn damage over time from a fully charged fire AoE.

Don't be worried if there are 2 archers shooting at you, just try to get them together with a few other enemies and hit them all with the charged attack.

The exception to waiting for a group is if you see a Dark Priest. Once you see a Dark Priest, let the fully charged AoE off on him while trying to hit others in the vicinity. The dark priest should die as soon as he's hit.

To View a Playthrough of the Mage Click HERE

Enemy Appearance

Round 1 – Warrior (L), Warrior (M)

Round 2 – Archer (M), Archer (R) x2

Round 3 – Warrior (R), Archer (L) x2, Ice Mage (L)

Round 4 – Warrior (L), Warrior (M), Archer (M) x2, Fire Mage (M),

Round 5 – Archer (M), Priest (R), Archer (R) x2, Priest (R), Archer (R)

Round 6 – Village (R), Villager (L) x2, Archer (L), Villager (L) x2, Dark Priest (L), Villager (M), Archer (R)

Round 7 – Warrior (L), Priest (M), Warrior (M), Archer (M), Priest (M), Archer (M) x2

Round 8 – Archer (M), Warrior (R), Archer (R), Warrior (R), Archer (R), Priest(R), Archer (R), Warrior (R)

Round 9 – Priest (R), Warrior (L), Fire Mage (L), Warrior (L) x2, Archer (L) x2, Dark Priest (L)

Round 10 – Archer (L),  Priest (M), Archer (M) x2, Ice Mage (M) x3, Priest

Round 11 – Warrior (M), Priest (R), Fire Mage (R),  Archer (R) x5, Dark Priest (L)

Round 12 – Villager (R), Villager (L) x2, Warrior (L) x5, Archer (M), Archer (L), Archer (M), Archer (R), FIre Mage (L), FIre Mage (M), Fire Mage (R), Fire Mage (L), Dark Priest (M), Warrior (R), Warrior (L), Warrior (M), Priest (R), Priest (L), Priest (M), Elite Warrior (R), Elite Warrior (L)

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Final Thoughts

Although this is a very frustrating side game mode at times, it is pretty fun once you get used to it and start figuring out how to use the classes effectively. 

Don't get upset when you die. Dying in Gladiate mode will happen and it wil happen often. Trust me, after finally beating all 5 Gladiate modes and getting my trophy, I ended with 5 Wins and 64 Losses on my Gladiate record. 

Be persistent! Although a certain class may seem daunting at first, eventually you will get in the swing of things and beating each round will become second nature.

You will get better! Remember, this is a practice game mode. If for nothing else, think about how awesome your honed skills will be on the battlefield in multiplayer once you have mastered every arena!

Good Luck Everyone. You'll need it.