Overview
Classic consists of 3 Modes and 23 Maps, Classic casual, Classic hardcore, and Classic competitive. The rewards go up the higher difficulty and more waves you do. You will start with 500 cash if you are a guest or 700 if you have the "fan" rank. Your starting cash depends on your level, each level up is +15 to your starting cash.
Classic Casual:
Classic Casual is the mode you start with, it consists of all 23 Maps and has 3 Difficulties and 3 different total wave options:
Easy:
- 10 waves: 3.75k gold on completion
- 20 waves: 7.5k gold on completion
- 30 waves 11.25k gold on completion
Normal:
- 10 waves: 5k gold on completion
- 20 waves: 10k gold on completion
- 30 waves 15k gold on completion
Hard:
- 10 waves: 6.25k gold on completion
- 20 waves: 12.5k gold on completion
- 30 waves 18.75k gold on completion
Clearing maps for the first time rewards you with 3 of Perk and Trait rerolls. Classic casual is the easiest Classic Mode and is mainly recommend for players who aren't ready to progress to Higher Difficulties yet.
Note: Classic Casual is the only Classic gamemode that can drop map exclusive items such as crates, mounts, materials, or units.
Classic Hardcore
To unlock Classic Hardcore you need to clear all maps on Classic Casual. It consists of 3 Featured Maps that switch every day and has 3 Difficulties:
Insane - Consists of 20 waves and rewards you with 15k gold for every clear and 2 trait rerolls, 2 perk rerolls, and 10 mundane grimoires on first daily completion.
Hell - Consists of 30 waves and rewards you with 26.25k gold for every clear and 3 trait rerolls, 3 perk rerolls, 1 impure soul, and 7 rare grimoires on first daily completion.
Nightmare - Consists of 40 waves and rewards you with 40k gold for every clear and 4 trait rerolls, 4 perk rerolls, 2 impure souls, and 5 epic grimoires on first daily completion.
This gamemode is mainly recommended for gold grinding and intermediate players.
Classic Competitive
Classic Competitive consists of one Featured Map that switches weekly. You can choose out of 3 Difficulty options changing the amount of players who can join which are: Heroic (Squad) - 6 people, Legend (Duo) - 2 people, Mythic (Solo) - 1 person. This version of classic has infinite waves.
Rewards scale based off how many waves you complete. 5 trait rerolls, 5 perk rerolls, 2 impure souls, and 3 legendary grimoires are awarded for the first clear (you have to reach at least 25th wave to claim these). The people who complete the highest number of waves get on the Highest Waves Cleared Leaderboard.
Tips
It is recommended to choose units with the same Franchise as the map for a damage buff. For example if the map has a Dragon Category, Dragon units will deal 200% more damage to the enemies on the map.
If you struggle with Competitive I recommend checking out Competitive Tier List.