When the original Stick and Gun quietly racked up over four million downloads, nobody really saw it coming. It was just pure, unfiltered stick figure chaos. Now, the highly anticipated sequel has finally dropped, and the developers cranked the absolute madness up to eleven.

You are diving headfirst into brutal dungeons, fighting massive bosses, and trying to survive endless waves of zombies and weird, mutated monsters. But you can’t just run in blindly shooting at the walls. To actually survive the higher difficulty tiers, you have to build a hero that makes sense.

CHOOSE YOUR ACTUAL SPECIES

Before you even start blasting, you have to lock in your hero’s genetics. Your choice here completely dictates your early game grind and how fast you scale.

• The Human: This is your classic, safe bet. They level up ridiculously fast and keep all their base stats perfectly balanced. If you hate making hard choices and just want to get straight into the action, pick a human.

• The Orc: Absolute meat shields. They move like a heavy dump truck and honestly aren’t very smart, which hurts their magical abilities. But their raw physical power and massive health pools make them incredibly hard to kill.

• The Elf: The ultimate glass cannon. They take forever to level up, and a stiff breeze will basically kill them because of their terrible health and physical strength. But their dexterity and intelligence stats are completely off the charts.

PICK YOUR WEAPON CLASS

Once you figure out your species, you have to pick a job. Mixing and matching these with your species is where the actual strategy kicks in. Do you build an Orc Wizard just to be weird, or an Elf Archer to absolutely max out your dexterity?

• The Gunner: You literally just bring a gun to a monster fight. It gives you the absolute perfect balance of raw attack power and solid defense.

• The Archer: If you prefer dodging attacks by a millimeter and flexing your gaming reflexes, grab a bow. Their entire kit is built around high mobility evasive maneuvers.

• The Wizard: Grab a staff and start nuking the entire room. Wizards deal a disgusting amount of magical damage. The catch? You burn through your mana pool like crazy, and your defense is practically zero. If a zombie even looks at you funny, you die.

Stop playing boring mobile games that hold your hand. Figure out your weird stick figure combo, jump into a high difficulty dungeon, and see exactly how long you can survive the horde.