Angry Birds Fight! Tips, Cheats and Strategies

Angry Birds Fight! from Rovio is a bird-to-bird battler that combines match-3 puzzles with real time PvP and an RPG-style gear system. Players fight against one another on a match-3 game board where they earn power and defense boosts based on the skill and speed of their matches. Though the PvP matchmaking is random, there are ways players can improve their chances for victory. For those looking to get a wing up on the competition, check out our Angry Birds Fight! tips, cheats and strategies.

Match 4 (or 5)

While combos are great for upping your score, don’t stop at three! The real bang for your bird happens when you match four feathered friends and trigger a sabotage effect on your opponent’s board. Here’s the rundown of each bird combo and their effect.

• Red removes red panels on your board and crates up panels on your opponent’s board requiring an extra tap to unlock.
• Chuck removes a horizontal line on your board and digs a horizontal dirt barrier on your opponent’s board.
• Matilda removes panels in a vertical line and digs a vertical barrier on your opponent’s board.
• The Blues remove random panels on your board and cover panels on your opponent’s board in paint.
• Bomb explodes and removes nearby panels on your board and turns your opponent’s board black and white.
• Stella removes panels with a bubble and blocks your opponent’s view of their own board with bubbles.

For an even bigger boost, match the same birds as your chosen warrior bird. And if you match 5 of any bird, you’ll enter “fever time” and get an additional timed boost in attack and defense.

Check Before You Equip

After successful battles, you’ll receive various items as reward and you’ll have the chance to equip them immediately. Before you get too excited about your shiny new stunna glasses, make sure you check the stats; your newest item is not necessarily the strongest. Keep in mind that hand weapons improve the damage you do, hats improve your defenses and some accessories have certain skills like a timed defense or attack boost. While it may be tempting to go heavy on the special skills, your ultimate score is based on pure power, so make sure you’ve equipped the strongest gear you’ve got. If you aren’t sure, you can always head into the gear menu and click the “auto” button which will automagically equip you with your highest-powered available gear.

Surrender To The Slots

Don’t waste your gems on energy refills! Save those sapphires and only drop them when you’re ready for some powerful costumery. Seriously, the “slot,” also known as the Mighty Eagle’s Chest, is the only way you’re going to get some of the sweetest gear.

Watch The Darned Video

Ah, the dreaded passive monetization scheme of video-watching is so cleverly applied here. Just before a challenge against a pig, you are offered the promise of an “attack boost” for just watching a little video. They really make sure you know you’re doing yourself a disservice if you don’t watch the video. Though likely a coincidence, the one time I chose not to watch, I lost against what I thought was a far weaker pig in a tiny sauce pan boat.

Bonus Tips

• Don’t watch the clock while you’re in the match-3 zone. With precious few seconds to spare, any time you waste checking that countdown timer is a combo you may have missed.
• Ignore the suggestions (mostly). The game will blink a combination of three if you hesitate, but it’s quite likely there’s something better on the board.
• Don’t wait to move panels and make combos! Unlike other match-3s, you can make combos as fast as you want, even if other panels are falling or moving.

Lian Amaris

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Lian Amaris has been studying and writing about games, transmedia storytelling and immersive environments since 2003. She has two Master's degrees from NYU, was a new media professor for 3 years then transitioned to mobile tech in 2011. From 2012-15 she worked on bringing over 35 F2P mobile games to market.