The Tickler - Hard Badge

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Before getting into this Hard badge, let me tell you, this isn't easy. Here are some tips on how this was accomplished.

* Important: You cannot go after this hard badge UNLESS you complete the main mode (a Medium Badge) before attempting this badge. The mode (Zombie Horde) is locked until you beat the main mode.*

Tips:
- There are several types of waves and enemies, each with the following attributes.
1.) Swarm enemies - orange, small enemies, very fast, plenty (35+), do -2 damage to robot.
2.) Regular enemies - green, medium enemies, medium speed, 15-20 each, do -10 damage to robot.
3.) Giant enemies - blue, big enemies, slow, 5-10 each, instantly kills robot

There are also 6 types of waves which are:
1.) Swarm only - All swarm enemies, usually plenty. Sometimes a threat if you don't have health pools.
2.) Swarm + Regular - A mixture of swarm and regular enemies. Can be threatening without any eyes.
3.) Regular only - All regular-sized enemies. Usually threatening if the player has no health.
4.) Regular + Giant - A mixture of regular and giant enemies. Grab on giant enemies and then push back the regular enemies to do damage and survive.
5.) Giant only - Toughest wave, if you get touched once by a giant, its game over. Pay very close attention to your movement.
6.) Swarm + Giant - A mixture of swarm and giant enemies. This can be threatening if the swarm enemies are trying to kite you towards a group of giant enemies and you cannot evade them.

Now, for the tips:
- Every enemy you kill will drop 2 red orbs (or something like that.) Those restore 2 health to the robot. These are important when swarms are rushing after you. Try to keep "health" pools (clumps of red orbs) up at all times so you can get health faster when you are being overwhelmed by the waves that do not have giant enemies.

- Using your electricity attack (this occurs when an enemy is grabbed upon), will not drop health orbs (or red orbs), but can save your life when there are so many. Lightning comes out of both claws during your battle.

- The fact that you have to kill 300 zombies is pretty easy at first, but every kill gets tougher because any of the 6 wave combinations can come after you after the last zombie is killed in a previous wave.

- Waves are not in any order, any of the 6 waves can appear on the next wave, so be prepared.

- When overwhelmed by a swarm wave, move around the edges of the map and constantly shoot your claws. Lightning charges seem to be highly effective against all enemies, but be aware that they do not drop red orbs that restore health.