Combat pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
Combat awards 10x bonus at the right chute and raises the upper-left saucer through spinner passes. Use a left-flipper bank off the Bomb targets to reach the chute, or repeat the spinner until the saucer reaches 50,000; either collect starts ten seconds of 1,000-point bumpers and spinner scoring.
The goal
Use the upper-right Bomb bank as a bank-shot route into the right chute for 10x bonus, build the upper-left saucer to 50,000 through the spinner, then exploit the ten-second 1,000-point bumper and spinner window after either major collect.
Plunge through the seven top tabs and Move the cabinet briefly so the playfield shifts under the ball, changing its speed or path after contact with a post, rubber, or wall. for additional 5,000-point tabs before the ball exits.
Use safe spinner passes to raise the upper-left saucer toward 50,000.
From the left flipper, bank the ball into the upper-right Bomb targets.
Watch for a Bomb-target rebound into a bumper and then the right chute.
After the chute scores, use the ten-second 1,000-point bumper and spinner window instead of forcing a lower shot.
Continue Bomb-bank attempts until the second-bank targets are worth 10,000 each.
Collect the upper-left saucer after its spinner-built value reaches 50,000.
Protect the multiplied end-of-ball bonus and stop shooting a bank angle that repeatedly enters a slingshot.
Alternative route: Top-tab bonus build
Use this plan when the Bomb-bank rebound will not enter the right chute safely.
- Feed the ball above the bumpers by the safer available route.
- Move the cabinet briefly so the playfield shifts under the ball, changing its speed or path after contact with a post, rubber, or wall. among the seven top tabs to build base bonus.
- Use spinner passes to raise the saucer value.
- Collect the upper-left saucer only from a controlled feed.
- Resume the chute plan only after a natural rebound demonstrates the correct angle.
Need to know
- Right chute
- The chute multiplies bonus by ten, turning a base bonus of up to 10,000 into as much as 100,000.
- Bank-shot route
- There is no direct chute shot; the intended route is a left-flipper bank off the Bomb targets and a bumper.
- Saucer value
- Spinner action raises the upper-left saucer value as high as 50,000.
Combat raises its upper-left saucer through spinner passes and awards 10x bonus at the bank-shot right chute. Use safe spinner passes to raise the saucer, or bank off the upper-right targets when the chute feed is proven. After either major collect, exploit the ten-second 1,000-point bumper and spinner window before returning to setup shots.
The goal
Use the upper-right Bomb bank as a bank-shot route into the right chute for 10x bonus, build the upper-left saucer to 50,000 through the spinner, then exploit the ten-second 1,000-point bumper and spinner window after either major collect.
- Plunge through the seven top tabs and Move the cabinet briefly so the playfield shifts under the ball, changing its speed or path after contact with a post, rubber, or wall. for additional 5,000-point tabs before the ball exits.
- Use safe spinner passes to raise the upper-left saucer toward 50,000.
- From the left flipper, bank the ball into the upper-right Bomb targets.
- Watch for a Bomb-target rebound into a bumper and then the right chute.
- After the chute scores, use the ten-second 1,000-point bumper and spinner window instead of forcing a lower shot.
- Continue Bomb-bank attempts until the second-bank targets are worth 10,000 each.
- Collect the upper-left saucer after its spinner-built value reaches 50,000.
- Protect the multiplied end-of-ball bonus and stop shooting a bank angle that repeatedly enters a slingshot.
Builds toward: 100,000 bonus and 50,000 saucer
- Roll over the seven top tabs to advance base bonus.
- Bank the Bomb targets until a rebound reaches the right chute.
- Secure the chute's 10x end-of-ball bonus value.
- Use spinner passes to raise the upper-left saucer to 50,000.
- Collect the saucer and harvest safe bumper or spinner action during the ten-second boost.