| “ | You'll be a fine feast! | ” |
Margosa the Vampire Mistress is a premium hero in Kingdom Rush: Vengeance. Margosa costs $2.99 and starts at Level 5. On Steam, she is unlocked at stage 8.
Description[]
The wounds earned during Lord Vasile's defeat were cut deep into Margosa's memory. She recovered in an isolated cave, her strength and hatred for Linirea growing day by day. She now returns looking to satiate her bloodlust.
Skills[]
Primary[]
BAT FAMILIAR (passive) (3/3/3 hero points):
- Summons a bat to her aid. Bat deals True Damage.
Level Damage (0.7s) 1 3-7 2 6-14 3 9-21
MIST OF DESPAIR (active, cooldown: 20 seconds) (2/2/2 hero points):
- Margosa surrounds herself in a magical mist. Enemies in it take up to 80/120/200 damage and suffer a 25%/50%/75% chance to miss their attacks for 5 seconds.
- (The description is incorrect on mobile.)
DARK CALL (active, cooldown: 25 seconds) (2/2/2 hero points):
- Teleports an enemy in front of her, impeding it from advancing and stunning it for 2/3/4 seconds.
VAMPIRIC TOUCH (passive) (1/1/1 hero points):
- Basic attacks now drain enemy's lives, healing her for 20%/30%/50% of the damage dealt.
Ultimate Spell[]
BEAST FORM (active, cooldown: 50 seconds) (4/4/4 hero points):
- Margosa turns into a beast thirsty for blood. In beast form, Margosa heals for 80% of the damage dealt.
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Level | HP | Damage* (0.8s) | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 500 | 20-30 (23-34) | 10s | |
| 1 | 500 | 28-42 (32-48) | 15s | |
| 2 | 500 | 42-62 (48-71) | 20s | |
| 3 | 500 | 64-95 (73-109) | 20s |
*: It is affected by One Man Army.
Secondary[]
BAT FORM
- Shapeshifts into a bat when traveling long distances.
Stats[]
| Level | HP | Heal Rate (per 2s) | Damage (1.2s) | Armor | Respawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 250 | 18 | 13-20 | Low (6%) | 18s |
| 2 | 270 | 19 | 16-24 | Low (7%) | 18s |
| 3 | 290 | 21 | 18-27 | Low (8%) | 18s |
| 4 | 310 | 22 | 20-30 | Low (9%) | 18s |
| 5 | 330 | 24 | 22-34 | Low (10%) | 18s |
| 6 | 350 | 25 | 25-37 | Low (11%) | 18s |
| 7 | 370 | 27 | 27-40 | Low (12%) | 18s |
| 8 | 390 | 28 | 29-44 | Low (13%) | 18s |
| 9 | 410 | 30 | 31-47 | Low (14%) | 18s |
| 10 | 430 | 31 | 34-50 | Low (15%) | 18s |
Tips and Tricks[]
Margosa is a melee hero that specializes in eradicating single foes via her attacks. Her skillsets help to improve her survivability while attacking, setting up and supporting chokepoints, able to fly towards another area easily thanks to her Bat Form passive. Her true prowess however, is her Beast Form which although locks her abilities, transforms Margosa into an excellent duellist for the duration to take out tough foes.
Strengths[]
- Up to level 10, by dealing 34-50 damage per 1.2 seconds in her normal form, Margosa possesses one of the highest base attack damage of all heroes (beside Doom Tank SG-11, Beresad and Jigou, all of them attack very slowly). On top of this, her 50% life steal from Vampiric Touch indicates that she will very rarely die while dishing out damage if managed properly, as she saps away the enemy's health.
- Against powerful but unarmored foes like Stonebeard Geomancer, Northern Berserker, Shieldbearers and even Paladins, she can duel them without losing much health and even achieving a kill within reasonable time.
- She also has Bat Familiar. This gives her a bat that similar to Shadow Archers's crow like doing True Damage and lock onto it's target, but a lot stronger. The bat only orbits around Margosa.
- It deals extra damage on top of Margosa's attacks, and ignores armor, thus is great versus Shieldbearer, Frost Giant and MechaDwarf MK.9, who depend on their amour for survivability.
- On top of it, her ability Beast Form is a reliable button if she is ever in a bad situation, against a strong enemy like Paragons and Golem Houses or a group of smaller enemies like Paladins and Musketeers. This serves as a form of eliminating foes one by one through her enhanced attack and attack speed (73-109 damage per 0.8 seconds), capable of melting enemies easily.
- Her passive: Bat Form, grants significant movement speed (usually she can fly to the far end of maps in less than 3 seconds), and great versatility to assassinate troublesome enemy supports like Sulfur Alchemists, Ice Witches, Svell Druids, Arcane Maguses and Devoted Priests with ease.
- Her two other abilities: Dark Call and Mist of Despair has some situational niches while they pale to her other abilities.
- Dark Call teleports an enemy in front of Margosa, usually enemy near the exit. This helps prevent a single foe from entering the exit when used right. When a strong enemy about to leak and this ability is off cooldown, try moving her away from the exit to teleport that enemy to either take it out, or to stall it for later.
- Mist of Despair is Margosa's only area attack skill. While the mist has a small area, forcing the enemies to stay within Mist of Despair helps to protect your units from taking too much damage via the chance to miss, including Margosa herself.
Weaknesses[]
- High damage ranged enemies in groups like Northern Huntress and Musketeers can still kill Margosa quite quickly. A strategy for this is to move her to a lane where there are no high damage foes and let her life steal until her health is full (her life steal rate on unarmored enemies is much faster than idle healing rate). Then move her back to the side of ranged enemies and watch the full health Margosa chomps through them.
- High armor and damage foes like the MechaDwarf MK.9, Frost Giants and High Sorcerers can pose a big threat to Margosa. Though Margosa can survive an extended period of time against Mecha Dwarves and High Sorcerers, she is still mostly incapable of killing them, even with her bat which deals 9-21 true damage. Do not put her against the Frost Giant for more than 5 seconds as she will die. Instead, use the strategy listed above to constantly stall the giants and let your Mage Towers take care of the rest.
- Margosa alone could not handle hordes easily, most of her abilities are catered towards duelling and as such, she will be more reliant on towers and chokepoints to handle them.
Additional Tips[]
- Margosa cannot transform into bat form while in beast form, which hinders her speed.
- Margosa cannot use active abilities in beast form (Mist of Despair and Dark Call), but her Bat Familiar will still be active.
- While the description for Beast Form cites a duration of 20 seconds, as long as Margosa is engaged in battle, she will continuously remain in Beast Form. Hence, before the 20 second duration is over, let her be engaged in combat against a foe or more, and do not reposition her
- Beast Form cancels when she lands after traveling once her duration is over.
- Margosa's health fully replenishes after shifting into or out of Beast Form. Utilize this fully when Margosa is low on health.
- When facing tough foes (e.g. Bone Carriers, Frost Giants) on one path and no threat on another path, consider positioning Margosa on the empty path when not in Beast Form. Her Dark Call ability will transfer an enemy where your idle towers can finish it, effectively being as good as an instant kill.
Related Upgrades[]
BACK TO BATTLE (1 upgrade point)
- Reduces the respawn time of Heroes. (10% respawn reduction)
- SPECIAL TRAINING (1 upgrade point)
- Thanks to a secret and intense training heroes level up faster. (25% extra XP gain)
- ONE MAN ARMY (2 upgrade points)
- All heroes improve their base attack damage. (15% extra damage)
- ULTIMATE POWER (1 upgrade point)
- All heroes' Ultimate skills now have their cool downs reduced. (20% CD reduction)
- IRON WILL (2 upgrade points)
- All heroes improve their maximum health. (20% HP increase)
- SHIELD OF PROTECTION (2 upgrade points)
- Every basic attack inflicted to a hero has a small chance of dealing no damage. (10% chance to trigger)
- SECOND WIND (4 upgrade points)
- Heroes now have a small chance of instantly respawning. (10% chance to trigger)
Quotes[]
- "You'll be a fine feast."
- "I never drink... wine."
- "I find your suffering exquisite."
- "Not my blood type."
- (death) "The hunter becomes prey."
Trivia[]
- The name Margosa is derived from the first names of two artists on the KRV team, Mariana Miralles and Agostina Ravera.
- Margosa's Bat Form is based on both Lucrezia and the Vampiresa's form of movement. Equally, her Beast Form is possibly based on the Lycans transformation from human(oid) to beast.
- In Margosa's lore it is revealed that she knew Lord Vasile. However, it is unknown what her connection with him was. Possible theories include that she was Vasile's bride, a high ranking lieutenant in his army, or related to Lucrezia in some way.
- "I never drink... wine."
- A line spoken by the 1931 film Dracula. The line is closely associated with the character and said in numerous related media.
- "I find your suffering exquisite."
- A line said on screen by the character Vega, in the 2008 video game Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.
- "Not my blood type"
- Based on the phrase "Not my type" to indicate a person does not fit the preferences of the person stating the phrase. In this context, it also includes a reference to blood type and may be a reference to Margosa's liking for some types of blood but not others.
- "The hunter becomes prey"
- The hunter becomes the hunted is a popular trope wherein the normally powerful hunter has the tables turned in it by the weaker or less intelligent prey, essentially becoming the hunted itself.
Gallery[]
"The hunter becomes prey"
