Grim determination how can we win

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Hi,

to begin i started codecombat a week age and i thanks all the participants. very interesting website.

I am coming here because i’m bloqued on the “grim determination” level , i tried to kill the “warlock” first , i tried to kill the highest life first, i tried to kill the slowest life first and no way, i didn t understand how we can win.

2

Can you show the map with the highlighted level? And please mention if you are using a free account.

3

Hi , yes i’m playing for free. here is my code .
i tried différents way but i cant succed this level

thanks for your help

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this.lowestHealthPaladin = function() {
    var lowestHealth = 99999;
    var lowestFriend = null;
    var friends = this.findFriends();
    for(var f=0; f < friends.length; f++) {
        var friend = friends[f];
        if(friend.type != "paladin") { continue; }
        if(friend.health < lowestHealth && friend.health < friend.maxHealth) {
            lowestHealth = friend.health;
            lowestFriend = friend;
        }
    }
    return lowestFriend;
};

this.lowestHealthenemy = function() {
    var lowestHealthenemy = 99999;
    var lowestenemy = null;
    enemies=this.findEnemies();
    for(var f=0; f < enemies.length; f++) {
        var enemy = enemies[f];
        if(enemy.health < lowestHealthenemy ) {
            lowestHealthenemy = enemy.health;
            lowestenemy = enemy;}
    }
    return lowestenemy;
};

this.commandPaladin = function(paladin,lowestFriend) {
    this.esquiveprojectile(paladin);
    lowestFriend=this.lowestHealthPaladin();
    lowestenemy=this.lowestHealthenemy();
    if(paladin.pos.x<80){this.command(paladin, "move", {x:paladin.pos.x+10,y:paladin.pos.y});}
   if(lowestFriend){
    if(paladin.canCast("heal")){this.command(paladin, "cast", "heal", lowestFriend);}}
    else{if(lowestenemy){this.command(paladin, "attack", lowestenemy);}}
 };

this.commandFriends = function() {
    // Command your friends.
    var friends = this.findFriends();
    for(var i=0; i < friends.length; i++) {
        var friend = friends[i];
        if(friend.type == "peasant") {
            this.commandPeasant(friend);
        } else if(friend.type == "griffin-rider") {
            this.commandGriffin(friend);
        } else if(friend.type == "paladin") {
            this.commandPaladin(friend);
        }
    }
};

this.commandPeasant = function(peasant) {
    peasants = this.findByType("peasant");
    for (var i =0 ; i < peasants.length ; i ++) {
        peasant = peasants[i];
        coins = this.findItems();
        nearestCoin = peasant.findNearest(coins);
        
        if (i === 0 && nearestCoin.pos.y < 41){
           this.command(peasant, "move", nearestCoin.pos);
        }
        else if(i === 0 && nearestCoin.pos.y > 41){
           this.command(peasant, "move", {x:27,y:24});
        }
        else if (i === 1 && nearestCoin.pos.y >= 41){
            this.command(peasant, "move", nearestCoin.pos);
        }
         else if(i === 1 && nearestCoin.pos.y < 41){
           this.command(peasant, "move", {x:27,y:65});
        }
    }
};

this.summontroops=function(){
    if(this.gold>=this.costOf("griffin-rider")){
        this.summon("griffin-rider");
    }
};
this.commandGriffin=function(friend){
    enemy=this.lowestHealthenemy();
    if(enemy){this.command(friend, "attack",enemy);}
    else{this.command(friend, "defend",{x:97,y:50});
}};

this.esquiveprojectile=function(paladin){
 var enemyMissiles = this.findEnemyMissiles();
 if(enemyMissiles[0]){
    
    if(paladin.distanceTo(paladin.findNearest(enemyMissiles))<20){
        if(paladin.pos.y<41){this.command(paladin, "move", {x:paladin.pos.x, y:paladin.pos.y+10});}
        else{this.command(paladin, "move", {x:paladin.pos.x, y:paladin.pos.y-10});}
}}};

loop {
    this.commandFriends();
    // Summon griffin riders!
    this.summontroops();
 }
`
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5

Oh dear, I have no idea on how to do this, but I’ll refer to to someone who knows more.

6

i dont know i dont even know the language and also what level this is
cool looking level though

7

I am pretty sure this is JavaSript.

8

Your code keeps crashing my intepreter :frowning:
Best advice is to save it in a file, the click the reload button to start from new code.
The issue seems to be that you do not get to attack offen enough.

Solution:

  • drop the x>80 code, your paladins will naturally go forward if they attack all the time
  • drop the attack weakest code, they will just dance around each other trying all to attack the same enemy
    attack the nearest

Implement a tight logic in paladin control, making sure they always do one action per function call:

function command paladin
     if (can heal and healling target)
           command  heal
           return;   //exits the function
    if(  health very very low)
          command shield
          return
    if( enemy)
         command attack
         return
   // else
  command move 
}
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Thanks a lot… thanks to you i ve passed this level…