Alric the Champion is a hero in Kingdom Rush: Frontiers. He's unlocked at wave 4 of Hammerhold.
Description
One of the best warriors in Hammerhold, Alric makes fighting a form of art. His discipline and training allows him to strike with lightning speed while also calling upon warrior spirits from the desert to aid him.
He has (possibly) fair skin,red fiery eyes and grey hair. He wears a red scarf,red gloves,iron armour with a spiked shoulder pads on his left shoulder,grey pants, and leather boots.He wields a cutlass and a iron sheild.
Skills
SWORDSMANSHIP (passive) (1/2/3 hero points):
- Improves attack damage by 2/4/6 points. (Improves Flurry damage as well).
SPIKED ARMOR (passive) (1/2/3 hero points):
- When damaged, Alric returns 10%/30%/60% of that damage.
TOUGHNESS (passive) (1/2/3 hero points):
- Increases hero life by 30/60/90 points.
FLURRY (active) (cooldown: 8/7/6 seconds) (2/2/2 hero points):
- Special manuevre that strikes its opponent 2/4/6 times in quick succession.
SAND WARRIORS (active) (cooldown: 10 seconds) (2/2/2 hero points):
- Summons 1/2/3 sand warriors with 60/100/140 life to aid him in battle for 8 seconds.
Stats
Alric has a 10% health regeneration, healing at 38(41/47/56) health per second at level 10.
Alric
| Level | HP* | Melee Damage | Armor | Respawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 245 | 6-10/8-12/12-16/18-22 | Low | 20s |
| 2 | 260 (290/350) | 7-12/9-14/13-17/19-23 | Low | 20s |
| 3 | 275 (305/365/455) | 8-14/10-16/16-20/22-26 | Low | 20s |
| 4 | 290 (320/380/470) | 9-16/11-18/15-22/21-28 | Low | 20s |
| 5 | 305 (335/395/485) | 10-18/12-20/16-24/22-30 | Medium | 20s |
| 6 | 320 (350/410/500) | 11-20/13-22/17-26/23-32 | Medium | 20s |
| 7 | 335 (365/425/515) | 12-22/14-26/18-30/24-36 | Medium | 20s |
| 8 | 350 (380/440/530) | 13-24/15-26/19-30/25-36 | Medium | 20s |
| 9 | 365 (395/455/545) | 14-26/16-28/20-32/26-38 | Medium | 20s |
| 10 | 380 (410/470/560) | 15-28/17-30/21-34/27-40 | High | 20s |
Numbers in brackets indicate health with Toughness upgraded.
Sand Warrior
| Level | HP | Damage | Armour |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60 | 2-6 | None |
| 2 | 100 | 2-6 | None |
| 3 | 140 | 2-6 | None |
Tips and Tricks
Alric is among the best (if not the best) melee heroes in Kingdom Rush: Frontiers, designed to guard choke points against hordes of enemies and absolutely destroy enemies, mooks and strong enemies alike. He has the best stats: lots of health, massive damage, heavy armor and a decent heal rate. He can safely tank and kill most enemies without problem, and still able to hold the line extremely well even when under overwhelming pressure. Currently, Alric is the most durable hero against physical damage in the game.
Alric has only two active skills: Flurry and Sand Warriors, both of which recharge very quickly and have a significant impact on the battlefield.
- Flurry is Alric's major damage source. At tier III, it deals over 200 physical damage to one target, enough to severely wound or kill any regular foe. However, Flurry's main strength comes from its abnormally fast recharge of just 6 seconds, the shortest of all skills of heroes in Kingdom Rush: Frontiers; when Flurry kills a foe, it is not long before it kills again, so the number of enemies is reduced rapidly. It is very effective even against the powerful Gorillion.
- Although Flurry does not ignore armor, the huge amount of damage that it dishes out is enough to damage even well armored foes like Immortals and Saurian Myrmidons, so Alric can still kill these enemies quite well.
- It should be your priority to upgrade this skill above all others: it allows Alric to quickly get rid of enemies so that he can go block others, and kill them, not only increase his block power but also decrease the amount of damage he takes, by giving him more time to heal.
- Flurry synergies with Swordmanship: The higher the base damage goes, the stronger Flurry becomes. You can try alternatively upgrading these two to maximize Alric's damage output within the given amount of Hero Points.
- Sand Warriors allows Alric to block additional enemies. However, unlike Cronan's Boars or Ingvar Bearclaw's Ancestors, these sand warriors are not made to last, nor to guard. Once summon, they relentlessly proceed forth on the path in the form of small sand twisters, seeking enemies to block. This makes Sand Warriors more of a ranged attack than a summon skill; and since these warriors only lasts for around 8 seconds, they are basically inexpensive and replaceable meat shields to continuously distract enemies.
- Most regular enemies cannot kill the Sand Warriors before their 8-second lifespan expires, and since the skill recharges in 10 seconds, the Sand Warriors can come back with full health just 2 seconds after they normally crumble, making them very effective at slowing enemies down.
- You can utilize Sand Warriors to block enemies on one path, then send Alric into another to kill the enemies there; or allows Alric to support his Sand Warriors by killing off foes the Sand Warriors are fighting, freeing them to stall others. When fully upgrade, Alric and his Sand Warriors can reinforce a choke point or even make one on their own.
Always place Alric next to your main choke point. Not only he will seal the spot with his sand warriors, Alric will kill lesser enemies quickly, much reducing the pressure put on the choke point. When necessary, do not fear to send Alric forward into a horde to thin them out, he rarely die, thanks to the huge health bar and great amount of armor. Tanking Alric against an especially strong enemy is a good tactic, as he can hold them for an extended period of time, longer than most other heroes.
The most likely way for Alric to die is fighting Saurian Brutes and Bloodshells because of sheer damage, or by the poison of Savage Hunters' darts, or ranged attack of Saurian Blazefangs and Saurian Deathcoils, all of which deals True Damage, irresistible by armor. While he still lasts for a while against these enemies, it is advised not to send Alric to confront them, instead make use of soldiers, skeletons and sand warriors to shield him. Also, DO NOT send him forth to attack the boss Nazeru as Nazeru possesses an instant kill attack. Nazeru will most likely destroy Alric before he even gets one hit off.
Since Alric can heal himself fully in 10 seconds or less, retreating him is very much recommended when Alric is heavily wounded. This rarely happen though; even fire or poison is not a big problem for this big guy.
Here are a few side notes on using Alric in different situations:
- Alric excels against Parasytes, because facehugged Sand Warriors will just fall apart instead of becoming Reapers, Spiked Armor wears down Parasytes attached to him, and Alric's huge health reserve sponge the damage done. He cannot hold against four or more Parasytes though, so support him to effectively counter the Parasyte horde.
- Two Flurry III of level 10 Alric is enough to kill one Reaper. Combine with the sand warriors, Alric can take out multiple of these creatures before they even have a chance to overwhelm him.
- Skeletons have to same attribute as Sand Warriors in this case: facehugged skeletons, when killed, simply fall apart, killing the Parasyte. Thus, you can support Alric with a Necromancer Tower, one should be enough to keep Parasytes from leaking through.
- Spiked Armor cannot outright kill Parasytes attached to Alric in a reasonable period of time.
- Alric makes a good pair with the Battle-Mecha T200, his Sand Warriors block and group enemies together, negating the Battle-Mecha's inability to block enemies by itself while fully utilize the area damage of the bombs.
- Alric cannot kill a Bloodshell - the hulking monstrosity can tank against whatever Alric throws at it(it has 95% physical armor). Alric cannot take on a Saurian Brute also, as this enemy deals great True Damage and can kill Alric before he can deal much damage to it.
Below you can find a list of Alric's strengths and weaknesses:
Strengths
- Superior melee capability: When fully upgraded, Alric is more than capable of holding the line against most enemies he encounters, and kill them faster than other heroes. Thus, you rarely have to be afraid when sending Alric to confront foes.
- Alric only fall to Saurian Brutes and Bloodshells in fair fights, and to groups of Saurian Blazefangs and Saurian Deathcoils when he is ambushed.
- You would still want to check Alric's health bar once every while, since Alric can heal much faster than he respawns.
- Sand Warriors: These extra units lend their hands to help Alric stall enemies. While they possess only a modest amount of health and are unarmored, the Sand Warriors are usually durable enough to not be killed before they crumble on their own, and after just 2 seconds, they come back at full health, so regular enemies are slowed down tremendously as they are constantly blocked by the Sand Warriors.
- Support Sand Warriors with other units to make up for their habit of crumbling and moving away further up the path. Any soldiers work well, but Necromancers are best since the skeletons are more numerous, and the mage can benefit from Alric's heavy physical damage output.
- Use Sand Warriors and Reinforcements to shield Alric from ranged foes to give Alric time to move out of harm's way.
- Use Sand Warriors to reinforce choke points.
Weaknesses
- Lack of a ranged attack: Alric lacks an effective method to kill from afar, and is completely useless against flying enemies. You should always back him up with towers and move him into combat with ranged foes when needed.
- Slow movement speed: Alric moves extremely slow( a bit slower than Malik in the first game), thus he is not very good at supporting multiple choke points at once. Utilize Reinforcements and your towers to help him handling other paths, or set up a choke point where many paths are concurrent so that Alric can stop enemies from different fronts at once.
- True damage: True damage bypass his heavy armor, the thing that makes alric amazingly durable. Keep him away from the true damage dealers.
Quotes
- Blood and sand!
- I have no fear!
- Stay Frosty!
- Till shade is gone!
- (upon death) Ahhh!
Trivia
- The name Alric is a variant of the Germanic name "Alaric" which means Ruler of All. The name is composed of two elements, ala (all) and ric (ruler).
- Sand Warriors that have nets thrown over them will not disintegrate.
- "Blood and sand!"- Likely taken from the name Spartacus: Blood and Sand, the first season of an American TV series that ran from 2010-2013.
- "Stay Frosty!" - A common turn of phrase used in many films and TV shows to mean "stay alert". It may also be a reference to a song of the same name by American rock band Valen Halen.
- "Till shade is gone" - A quote said by the Aiel, a desert race featured in the book series Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (specifically the third book The Dragon Reborn). The full quote is "Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit into Sightblinder's eye on the Last Day."
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