The popular opinion seems to be that it is impossible to defeat those fifty or so Cluckers up on that roof in the Canals. Indeed, many of you have probably never even thought about trying to fight them, let alone attempted it or succeeded. However, with the right strategy, it is not only possible to defeat them, but actually rather easy.

Our challenge here is threefold.

First and foremost, we need a way to not be killed by the Clucker bombardment. Fortunately, the Cluckers have a hard time attacking the area around the nearby access point (and will often not do so at all). Furthermore, you can heal yourself by using the access point (unless you've got super healing through Void(Purge, Tap) or something and don't need to). So long as you don't venture out of this safe zone outside of your turn, you will have little to fear from the horde.

The second challenge is, of course, killing the Cluckers. This is actually trivial, as Breach() can reach them.

The final and trickiest part is gathering the cells after the Cluckers die, to prevent them from respawning. Technically, we could probably use Help() as an upgrade on Breach() to have a chance of preventing their cells from spawning, but that is unnecessarily expensive and prone to randomness. The better option is Get().

Technically, Breach(Get) is sufficient to pull Cluckers off of the roof (though you will need specific positioning to reach some of them), but to make it easier, you should go with Purge(Breach, Get). This will give you even more reach than Breach() plus the homing of Purge() (in fact, you can actually home in on things beyond your screen).

From here, the path is clear. From your safe zone near the access point, use your turn, approach the Cluckers, pull them down to your level, return to your safe zone, and then defeat the Clucker with whatever means you see fit. It'll be a slow process (since you'll only be taking down one or two at a time), but eventually, you'll wear them down enough that you can go into the danger zone without fear.

Once you've gotten every Clucker you can reach, you'll discover that there appear to be some that you can't reach. However, close examination will reveal that those Cluckers don't show up during your turn (and your shots can go through them).

This is because they are fakes.

That's right; about half of the Clucker Army isn't actually real; they're simply painted onto the scenery.

So, pat yourself on the back for having accomplished something that the developers clearly never intended.

There is one other way to defeat the Clucker Army (and it's much quicker). Simply use the access point after you've triggered the Clucker Army's appearance, quit or retry from the main menu, and when you return all of the Cluckers will have vanished, killed by your awesomeness (including the fake ones).

Some might call that method cheating, but one could also easily argue that fifty Cluckers out of reach on a rooftop is itself cheating, and turnabout is fair play.

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