Ancient Necropolis

We'll look back fondly on that ambush at Rotwick, for now the Royal Road brings us to the Necropolis!

As our men make their way through ancient crypts and ransacked tombs, they grow restless with the staggering amount of open graves.

The prenatural silence only makes it worse, as it is undoubtedly but a preamble to another attack by the forces of darkness.

Ancient Necropolis is the twenty-fourth stage in Kingdom Rush and the second in the Curse of Castle Blackburn mini-campaign available on the Steam, iOS, and Android versions.

Campaign[]

Set-Up[]

Wave Composition[]

Wave	Enemies (NW > NE)	Enemies (NW > SE)	Enemies (SW > NE)	Enemies (SW > SE)	Enemies (North)	Enemies (South)	Enemies (Other > NE)	Enemies (Other > SE)	Income
1	Skeleton x30			Skeleton Knight x13			Skeleton x5	Skeleton x5	210
2		Zombie x30		Zombie x19				Zombie x16	455
3	Skeleton x28	Fallen Knight x2		Skeleton x28			Skeleton x7	Skeleton x7	230
4	Zombie x16 Fallen Knight x1		Zombie x16 Fallen Knight x2				Zombie x8 Skeleton x10		420
5		Zombie x13 Fallen Knight x3		Spectral Knight x5			Zombie x13	Skeleton x6 Zombie x8	514
6		Necromancer x3		Zombie x40					430
7	Zombie x7	Zombie x12 Abomination x3		Zombie x8			Zombie x12	Zombie x12	507
8	Abomination x5			Fallen Knight x3	Zombie x21		Zombie x12 Skeleton x8	Zombie x8 Skeleton x4	681
9	Abomination x3 Necromancer x4		Abomination x1 Spectral Knight x6			Abomination x3	Giant Rat x6 Skeleton x12	Giant Rat x6 Skeleton x12	958
10	Fallen Knight x7			Fallen Knight x7			Giant Rat x18	Giant Rat x18	920
11					Zombie x50	Zombie x10 Abomination x7	Zombie x33	Zombie x23	1162
12	Fallen Knight x10 Spectral Knight x3		Fallen Knight x4 Spectral Knight x1			Fallen Knight x3 Spectral Knight x3			960
13		Fallen Knight x4 Necromancer x5		Fallen Knight x8 Necromancer x3			Skeleton x30	Skeleton x30	1000
14	Fallen Knight x2 Abomination x7	Fallen Knight x2 Abomination x4			Zombie x15				815
15	Fallen Knight x5 Spectral Knight x3		Zombie x15 Abomination x9			Necromancer x8	Zombie x56 Giant Rat x11	Zombie x42 Giant Rat x5	2121

**Strategy**
General Upgrades and Hero Elora Wintersong is a good choice due to their crowd control and ability to damage Spectral Knights. Hacksaws instakill will keep Fallen Knights from returning as ghosts and Abominations from exploding. Most upgrade points should be put into Archers, Mages, and Rain of Fire. Towers

Heroic Challenge[]

Set-Up[]

Gold 1100
Strategic Point x15
Skeleton Pile x3
Zombie Grave x7
Trash x2
- Restriction: Heroes are allowed.
- Restriction: Upgrades fully allowed.

Wave Composition[]

Wave	Enemies (Northwest > Northeast)	Enemies (Northwest > Southeast)	Enemies (Southwest > Southeast)	Enemies (South)	Enemies (Other > Northeast)	Enemies (Other > Southeast)	Income
1	Abomination x1 Worg x18		Abomination x1 Worg x12		Skeleton x5	Skeleton x5	480
2		Necromancer x2	Spectral Knight x2 Fallen Knight x2	Spectral Knight x5		Zombie x16	572
3	Abomination x4	Necromancer x4			Skeleton x7	Skeleton x7	428
4		Necromancer x2	Fallen Knight x3	Spectral Knight x7	Zombie x8 Skeleton x10		576
5	Abomination x1 Worg x28		Abomination x1 Worg x22	Worg x10		Zombie x13 Skeleton x6	923
6		Necromancer x8	Spectral Knight x11	Spectral Knight x10			1240

**Strategy**
General Abusing Rain of Fire is essential to complete this level. Rain of Fire's most important roles are to heavily reduce Abominations' HP and to turn Fallen Knights into Spectral Knights so Elora Wintersong can deal with them, with the aid of Magic Towers. Upgrades and Hero All the Upgrades should be maxed at this point. Elora Wintersong is a very strong choice here because of her crowd control skills plus her ability to deal a lot of damage to Spectral Knights. Towers A proven strategy is placing two on the last spot (the previous to the last on the southern lane), two barracks immediately before them and two artillery towers immediately before those. You should focus on getting a Tesla x104 with Overcharge in the northern lane, which will be enough to deal with the Necromancers.

Iron Challenge[]

Set-Up[]

Gold 2700
Strategic Point x15
Skeleton Pile x3
Zombie Grave x7
Trash x2
- Restriction: Heroes are allowed.
- Restriction: Upgrades fully allowed.
- Restriction: only.

Wave Composition[]

Wave	Enemies (Northwest > Northeast)	Enemies (Southwest > Northeast)	Enemies (Southwest > Southeast)	Income
1	Fallen Knight x5	Necromancer x4 Skeleton x46	Necromancer x4 Skeleton x46	784

**Strategy**
General Don't forget that after the death of Fallen Knights, they will turn into Spectral Knights. Spectral Knights are immune to physical damage, and mages are banned in this challenge. Spiked Armor deals True Damage. Upgrades and Hero At this time, you should have enough stars to upgrade everything in the Upgrade Tree. If you do not, then upgrade Barracks, Artilleries, Rain of Fire, and Reinforcements fully in the Upgrade tree. Because Spectral Knights are immune to physical damage, any ranged heroes that wither deals True Damage or Magic Damage works for Spectral Knights due to the restriction of mage in this challenge. If you do not have any premium heroes, you should use Gerald Lightseeker, as he have a fair health and the heaviest armor among all three free heroes. However, he have low armor at Level 1, so place him near any unarmored enemies so that he can gain experiences quickly, as well as leveling up to have an even better armor. Don't forget that at least level 4, Gerald will use Shield of Retribution to reflect back damage from attacker; plus, the ability deals True Damage. Towers In the top western entrance, it spawns Fallen Knight. Be aware that then they die, they return as Spectral Knight, and as they are immune to physical damage, Melee Towers and Artillery Towers (though they ignore 1/2 of armor, but not in immunity), deals no damage to them. However, as mentioned above, Spiked Armor reflects True Damage back to the attacker, so building Barracks would be the best on Top western strategic points. Even better, upgrade them to Holy Order, and if possible, purchase Healing Light (to heal themselves), and Shield of Valor (for heavier armor). Holy Strike will do nothing against Spectral Knights, as its ability only deals physical damage (except in Flash; however, players will not encounter Spectral knights as an enemy as it is in the elite levels that aren't available in flash). It's also advised to place Gerald Lightseeker near Paladins, as he will use courage to gain armor, damage, and heals allies (this requires Gerald to be at least Level 2). Lastly, use rain of Fire against Spectral Knights if your troops couldn't handle the Fallen Knights and Spectral Knights. In the southern west, it spawns Skeletons and Necromancers. Because Necromancers spawn undead minions, it can overwhelm the players; therefore, artilleries are the best to be placed around the south. Low-leveled artilleries almost do nothing against Skeleton Knights and Necromancers, so upgrade them as fairly as possible. If possible, as soon as Necromancers spawn from the entrance, place Reinforcements, with the help of artilleries, to attack the Necromancers, as they cannot summon undeads while blocked.