Siege of Centauri Guide: Enemy Strategy Guide

There are several ways to play tower defense game Siege of Centauri, but whether it’s Campaign mode or Endless mode, both beginners and veterans are thrown into the heat of the battle right away.  

While veterans should quickly understand the concepts at play, newcomers might drown under the game’s vast number of weapons, enemies, and strategies.

So, to avoid that fate, we’ve put together this beginner’s guide for Siege of Centauri. The tips below will help you learn how to fight and destroy hordes of aliens in the most effective ways possible.

We’ll cover: 

• Best strategies against Frigates
• Best strategies against Cruisers
• Best strategies against Air Units
• Best strategies against Dreadnoughts and Juggernauts

Every mission in Siege of Centauri starts with intelligence gathering, where you learn what types of enemies will attack your base and from which direction(s).  After this phase, you are given time to build and place weaponry as you see fit.

If you choose wisely, then defending your position should be easy. But to be sure, here’s how you gain the advantage against your enemies. 

Best Strategies Against Frigates

There are seven types of enemy frigates in Siege of Centauri. Each has its weaknesses and strengths, which you can utilize to defeat them.

Here are the best weapon strategies against each enemy frigate type:

vs. Masochists

• Rail Guns with Shotgun upgrade
• Drone Bays on large maps
• Pulse Cannons
• Mortars and Arc Projectors in large quantities

vs. Capacitors

• Arc Projectors with Shotgun upgrade
• Rail Guns with Shotgun upgrade
• Artillery Post with Incendiary Payload upgrade

vs. Reapers

• Gun Turrets with Shotgun upgrade
• Arc Projectors
• Mortars
• Milton’s Missile Attacks

vs. Scarabs

• Mortars
• Artillery Posts
• Arc Projectors with Chain Lightning upgrade
• Corrosion Mortars with Contagious Virus upgrade
• Minos Cannon with Lure of the Volatile Reaction upgrade

vs. Martyrs

• Nova Cannon
• Artillery Posts
• Reinforcements

vs. Corrupted Healers

• Mortars
• Artillery Posts
• Rail Guns
• Particle Lasers
• Corrosion Mortars

vs. Hatchlings

• Mortars
• Arc Projectors
• Shotguns
• Artillery Posts

Best Strategies Against Cruisers

Cruisers are the most frequent enemies you will face. There are nine types of enemy cruisers in the game.

Cruisers can become very dangerous in large numbers, so be sure to use these strategies against each type:

vs. Destructors

• Corrosion Mortars
• Particle Lasers
• Minos Cannon with Overcharging upgrade

vs. Falling Stars

• Ion Disrupters
• Corrosion Mortars
• Minos Cannon with Overcharging upgrade

vs. Eradicators

• Particle Lasers
• Nova Cannons
• Upgraded EMP Blast
• Pulse Cannons

vs. Hooded Turbines

• Ion Disrupters
• Pulse Cannons with Colony Pulse upgrade
• Corrosion Mortars

vs. Mobile Nullifiers

• Particle Lasers
• Ion Disrupters

vs. Rolling Hives

• Disruption Beam
• Flak Cannons
• Rail Guns with Shotgun Upgrade

vs. Floating Factories

• Minos Cannons
• Corrosion Mortars
• Pulse Cannons

vs. Taskmasters

• Gravity Wells
• EMP
• Disruption Beam

vs. Clutch of Eggs

• Minos Cannon with Violent Overload upgrade
• Corrosion Mortars

Best Strategies Against Air Units

Until now, we’ve been focusing on terrain units, but there is also a large number of air units that attack from above.

Currently, there are five different types of air units, and each requires a different kind of strategy.

vs. Punishers

• Falcons
• Icarus SAMs

vs. Sparrows

• Anti-Air Turrets
• Arc Projector with Storm Projector upgrade

vs. Harbingers

• Icarus SAMs
• Disruption Beam
• Reinforcements

vs. Vultures

• Rail Guns
• Disruption Beam

vs. Gliding Cranes

• Icarus SAM with Overcharging upgrade
• Scavenger Modules

Best Strategies Against Dreadnoughts and Juggernauts

Lastly, the most dangerous types of enemies are dreadnoughts and juggernauts. These massive machines can single-handedly destroy your base if you don’t have a pre-planned strategy against each of them.

vs. Overminds

• Ion Disrupters
• Minos Cannons
• Pulse Cannon with Disruption upgrade

vs. Retributors

• Ion Cannon with Defense Scrambling upgrade
• Particle Lasers
• Gravity Wells
• Stasis Hammers
• Amplifiers

vs. Nest of the Queen

• Minos Cannons
• Ion Cannon with Defense Scrambling upgrade
• Particle Lasers with Graviton Beam upgrade
• EMP
• Temporal Shift

vs. Heart of the Phoenix

• Nova Cannon with Field Leak upgrade
• Particle Lasers
• Gravity Wells
• Stasis Hammers
• Temporal Shift

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These are the best strategies for each enemy type of Siege of Centauri. For more on the game, be sure to head over to our official review. 

Siege of Centauri is currently available on Steam for PC.