Board Thread:Game Discussions/@comment-24003134-20131203073133/@comment-23870891-20131212184006

As I am sure you know, for this boss having earth armors without water is the best set-up possible. If you truly mean to win up to level 43 you will likely have to do 4 things:

1) Level as fast as possible, not for this boss or even the second, but for the third winter king. For him not only will you have to beat him to level 43, you will have to do it by sunday morning at the absolute latest to craft the plus version in time. This means using as few knights as possible as often as possible, and health really helps. Find your leveling sweet spot, and burn through your knights health every 3 hours or so to level fast, and remember that leveling resets your characters health.

2) Get strong friends. While Gree has made it so you can no longer just look at the boss leaderboard to see who has nemesis, check people ranked 500 or above and friend anyone who has a good armor for this boss (nemesis or tectonic this week, and make educated guesses for future weeks). Chances are 80% will turn down your request, so keep requesting till you have a good set-up.

3) Get good armors and max them in accordance with boss predictions. For the winter kings I am willing to bet water and wind will be common elements. Looking at the color schemes of the bosses, the next winter king has a higher chance to be fire/water (red and blue color) so getting swamp shaman+ may be a good idea. The final winter king (the dragon), looks white like the current bosses, but one can safely assume that gree will never throw the same element boss at us so close together (wind and wind/water are therefore out), so water may be a safe bet, so a wind armor may be advantages. This is all just predictions however, so read the forums and reach your own conclusions.

4) Spend Gems to beat level 43. 43 will be a mountain if you have never done it before. Save your 4 strongest friends and spend 10 gems after your first attack to recharge your energy, then finish him off with your remaining friends.