It’s all about the shields, baby
We just got done playing Avalanche. We made it to wave 30 with four people, which isn’t bad. However, the only reason we didn’t make it to wave 31 was because of poor shield management. We had only one shield at each stairway, our first mistake. We should have grabbed at least one more shield for each side. Plant one shield at the bottom of the steps and another about 3/4 the way up. This should have been easy for us to manage, since it would have only been one shield per person. However, we didn’t make it a point to grab more shields in rounds 27, 28 or 29.
So, when a Sire came and knocked down our one shield at the bottom of the stairs, I decided to go after it, my second mistake. I got the shield, but there were so many carcasses lying around the base of the stairs, I was unable to place it. That was when I saw the Mauler coming my way. I quickly backed my way up the steps, while trying to plant the shield every once and a while. Obviously this didn’t work, the Mauler got me over my shield and as my teammates came to save me, the Mauler knocked them down too.
Moral of the story: You can never have too many shields. By the time you are done with wave nine, everyone on your team should have a shield and they should be in charge of it after every wave.