History YMMV / DefenseGridTheAwakening

** Bulwarks becomes one without Gun/Cannon or Tesla towers as their shields will last an eternity without them.

** Turtles. ''stupidly'' tough for their speed (not as tough as [[StoneWall Crashers]] but ''far'' faster) and the aliens they carry inside them can often cause as much trouble as they do. On later levels they can bring '''Crashers''' and '''Rumblers'''.

** Several of the advanced challenges can get very, ''very'' bad.

** Double Take in ''Defense Grid 2'', especially on Hard and Elite. You won't have access to any special ability here, so no giant laser, tower empowering, instant resources or slowdown beam.

** Decoys. They give aliens cloaking ability and without a Command tower (or Disruptor in the Boost tower in ''Defense Grid 2'') the other towers will ignore them until they come very close.

** Turtles. ''stupidly'' tough for their speed (not as tough as [[StoneWall Crashers]] but ''far'' faster) and the aliens they carry inside them can often cause as much trouble as they do.

* DemonicSpiders: ** Seekers. Unreasonably tough and prone to spawning large numbers of a variety of other aliens in front of them. Even worse, the game's guns almost always tend to lock onto the expendable cannon fodder they're spawning, letting them make absurd progress practically untouched by your defenses.

* MostWonderfulSound: General Fletcher's praising words once the map is over is nothing short of satisfactory to hear.
* DemonicSpiders:
** Seekers. Unreasonably tough and prone to spawning large numbers of a variety of other aliens in front of them. Even worse, the game's guns almost always tend to lock onto the expendable cannon fodder they're spawning, letting them make absurd progress practically untouched by your defences.
** Spire aliens. Even the most trivial Swarmer or Walker can become a problem as Spires give them reasonably strong shields.

** In the sequel Carrier aliens, they drop a shield whenever they die and sometimes whatever comes next can become a '''huge''' headache to kill because of that, namely Crashers and Rumblers.

** Rhinos are normally easy to deal with, but they aren't as fragile as Walkers and can, and most likely ''will'', at least once, grab a stray core midway to the exit and endure your towers just enough to escape.

** Rhinos in ''Defense Grid 2''. They are reasonably strong but this time [[LightningBruiser they also speed up to ungodly speeds on straight lines]] which is more than enough to blaze through every tower taking minimal damage.

* ThatOneLevel: Several of the advanced challenges can get very, ''very'' bad.

** Command towers if used properly get extremely close to this. On maximum level they give a 45% bonus on resources after kills and they have a very wide radius to help, they also help dealing with pesky Decoy and Lurkers to boot. Get a Command tower in good position and watch the cash, er, resources flow!

** Command towers if used properly get extremely close to this. On maximum level they give a 45% bonus on resources after kills and they have a very wide radius to help, they also help dealing with pesky Decoy and Lurkers to boot.

** In some scenarios meteor towers can easily dominate the battlefield. Great range, not very expensive, huge spread damage. Combine them with temporal towers + good maze guns for mopping up the survivors and bulkies, relax and enjoy. On the other hand, speedsters and isolated enemies draw their fire from clusters (resulting in overkill or miss) so the balance is cleverly maintained in most scenarios.

* TheWoobie: Many of the places you visit had special importance to the General (where he lived, where his family lived ([[spoiler: and were overrun]]), where his mind was uploaded into a computer ([[spoiler: and where his body rests]]), the sites of battles from the previous war ... it's hard to not feel bad for him when you hear his reaction to revisiting those places.

** Suppressors in ''Defense Grid 2''. They take a while to die and will most likely do so right amidst your towers, the problem? They ''disable'' every tower in the vicinity which is almost always enough to create a huge gap in your defenses.

** Racers. As their name implies they are ''fast'' and if they snatch a core midway to the exit it'll be very hard for your towers to kill them before they flee.

** Rhinos are normally easy to deal with, but they aren't as fragile as Walkers and can, and most likely ''will', at least once, grab a stray core midway to the exit and endure your towers just enough to escape.

* ThatOneBoss:

** Rumblers. Racers on steroids that are as tough as high grade ''Rhinos'', without Temporal towers it's not uncommon for this thing to just blaze through everything, pick cores and leave before the player even has a chance to built another tower.

** Decoys. They give aliens cloaking ability and without a Command tower the other towers will ignore them until they come very close.

* GoddamnedBats
** Swarmers are this especially early on some maps. Since they come in such large numbers it's easy for them to snatch a core one alien left after dying and slip by your defenses moving away from the map.

* GoddamnedBats
** Swarmers are this especially early on some maps. Since they come in such large numbers it's easy for them to snatch a core one alien left after dying and slip by your defenses moving away from the map.
** Racers. As their name implies they are ''fast'' and if they snatch a core midway to the exit it'll be very hard for your towers to kill them before they flee.
** Bulwarks becomes one without Gun/Cannon or Tesla towers as their shields will last an eternity without them.
** Rhinos in ''Defense Grid 2''. They are reasonably strong but this time [[LightningBruiser they also speed up to ungodly speeds on straight lines]] which is more than enough to blaze through every tower taking minimal damage.

** Juggernauts are just like Crashers, but with '''[[UpToEleven shields]]''.

** Turtles. ''Stupidly'' tough for their speed (not as tough as Crashers but ''far'' faster) and the aliens they carry inside them can often cause as much trouble as they do.

* GameBreaker: In some scenarios meteor towers can easily dominate the battlefield. Great range, not very expensive, huge spread damage. Combine them with temporal towers + good maze guns for mopping up the survivors and bulkies, relax and enjoy. On the other hand, speedsters and isolated enemies draw their fire from clusters (resulting in overkill or miss) so the balance is cleverly maintained in most scenarios.

* GameBreaker: In some scenarios meteor towers can easily dominate the battlefield. Great range, not very expensive, huge spread damage. Combine them with temporal towers + good maze guns for mopping up the survivors and bulkies, relax and enjoy. On the other hand, speedsters and isolated enemies draw their fire from clusters (resulting in overkill or miss) so the balance it's cleverly maintained in most scenarios.

* DemonicSpiders: Seekers. Unreasonably tough and prone to spawning large numbers of a variety of other aliens in front of them. Even worse, the game's guns almost always tend to lock onto the expendable cannon fodder they're spawning, letting them make absurd progress practically untouched by your defences.

* {{Gamebreaking}}: Meteor towers can easily dominate the battlefield. Great range, not very expensive, huge spread damage. Combine them with temporal towers + good maze guns for mopping up the survivors and bulkies, relax and enjoy.

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