Sarelgaz's Lair

Sarelgaz's Lair
Type	Elite
Campaign	Standalone
Environment	Mountain
Previous Level	n/a
Next Level	n/a

Flash version:

"General! We have need of you and your brave men! The late Vez'nan's caused trouble from beyond the grave. While you were battling him, he sent one of his hordes to wake up one of the dreaded spider queens, Sarelgaz!

We thought the spider queen would never wake up again, but Sarelgaz has, and with her powers over darkness she's taken control of Vez'nan's remaining troops. You must vanquish them, and slay Sarelgaz!

iOS and Love2d version:

General! We have need of you and your brave men! Sarelgaz one of the dreaded spider queens, has awoken!

We thought they would never wake up again, but Sarelgaz has, and with her powers over darkness she's taken control of Vez'nan's remaining troops. You must vanquish them, and slay Sarelgaz!

Sarelgaz's Lair is an elite stage in Kingdom Rush. It requires the Premium Content in the Flash version.

Campaign

Set-Up

• Gold 800
• Strategic Point x14

Wave Composition

Wave	Enemies (West)	Enemies (Cave > West)	Enemies (Cave > East)	Enemies (East)	Income
1	Giant Spiders x12			Giant Spiders x12	144
2	Giant Spiders x6	Giant Spiders x6 Spider Matriarch x1	Giant Spiders x6 Spider Matriarch x1	Giant Spiders x6	184
3	Bandit x22			Brigand x12	356
4	Bandit x26			Brigand x15	433
5	Gargoyle x14			Gargoyle x14	336
6	Wulf x10 Worg x4 Winter Wolf x1	Wulf x14 Worg x4	Wulf x14 Worg x4	Wulf x10 Worg x4 Winter Wolf x1	502
7	Troll x10		Troll x10		500
8		Troll x11 Troll Champion x2		Troll x11 Troll Champion x2	750
9	Troll x4 Troll Champion x1	Troll x4 Troll Champion x2 Troll Chieftain x1	Troll x4 Troll Champion x2 Troll Chieftain x1	Troll x4 Troll Champion x1	840
10	Necromancer x4			Necromancer x4	400
11			Spider Matriarch x6	Dark Knight x18 Dark Slayer x3	870
12	Dark Knight x21 Dark Slayer x3	Spider Matriarch x6			945
13	Rocket Rider x8			Rocket Rider x8	480
14	Yeti x4	Spider Matriarch x3	Spider Matriarch x3	Yeti x4	1080
15	Yeti x4 Winter Wolf x8	Spider Matriarch x5	Spider Matriarch x5	Yeti x4 Winter Wolf x8	1640
16	Necromancer x2	Son of Sarelgaz x7	Son of Sarelgaz x7	Necromancer x2	1320
17	Necromancer x3	Son of Sarelgaz x4 Troll x15	Son of Sarelgaz x4 Troll x15	Necromancer x3	1690
18	Troll x20 Troll Champion x8 Troll Chieftain x3			Troll x20 Troll Champion x8 Troll Chieftain x3	2220
19		Giant Spiders x15 Son of Sarelgaz x15	Giant Spiders x15 Son of Sarelgaz x15		2580
20	Spider Matriarch x22 Son of Sarelgaz x9	Spider Matriarch x22 Son of Sarelgaz x9	Sarelgaz	Spider Matriarch x22 Son of Sarelgaz x9	3480

Flash

The Flash version of Kingdom Rush has different waves to the other versions of the game. Waves are the same up to and including Wave 10, but after that there are differences in the entrances, numbers and enemies themselves. As such, your strategies for the level should change to reflect the different enemies. Although wave 11 lists 10 Shamans, it actually only spawns 9.

Wave	Enemies (West)	Enemies (Cave > West)	Enemies (Cave > East)	Enemies (East)	Income
11			Shaman x9	Dark Slayer x3 Dark Knight x18	840
12	Dark Slayer x3 Dark Knight x21	Shaman x10			915
13	Rocket Rider x8			Rocket Rider x8	480
14	Yeti x4	Shaman x7	Shaman x7	Yeti x4	1100
15	Yeti x4 Winter Wolf x8	Shaman x9	Shaman x9	Yeti x4 Winter Wolf x8	1700
16	Necromancer x2	Magma Elemental x5	Magma Elemental x5	Necromancer x2	1200
17	Necromancer x3	Magma Elemental x4 Demon Spawn x15	Magma Elemental x4 Demon Spawn x15	Necromancer x3	1700
18	Demon Lord x4 Demon Spawn x20 Demon Hound x16			Demon Lord x4 Demon Spawn x20 Demon Hound x16	2080
19		Son of Sarelgaz x16 Giant Spiders x15	Son of Sarelgaz x16 Giant Spiders x15		2740
20	Son of Sarelgaz x11 Spider Matriarch x22	Son of Sarelgaz x11 Spider Matriarch x22	Sarelgaz	Son of Sarelgaz x11 Spider Matriarch x22	3960

Strategy

General This level has a boss with very high HP. The Sons of Sarelgaz have both armor and magic resistance. Upgrades and Hero Try to max out reinforcements, Rain of Fire, Artillery, and Mages for your upgrades. You will be needing them the most. Hero choice is no different from other levels. Heroes such as Gerald, Oni, and Elora are all good choices. Towers Artillery is great versus the massive number of spiders, especially versus the Sons of Sarelgaz. With both magic resistance and armor, Son of Sarelgaz is best dealt with with Artillery Towers as well. In fact, the stage could potentially be beaten with just Artillery if it wasn’t for certain rounds, such as the flying enemy rounds. Sorcerer Mages place a curse upon every enemy they attack, halving their armor. When paired with artillery, this allows for easy cleanup of all Sons of Sarelgaz. Instakills are advised against Sons of Sarelgaz as well, but don't go too haywire on this due to the massive number of weak enemies. A few Arcane Wizards and Musketeer Garrisons can be a great choice, though. The boss requires a lot of damage to be taken down. Arcane Wizards have excellent range and high dps, so a few of them will be good. However, the boss has many minions, so be sure to have enough artillery to clear the swarms, so that the Arcane Wizards will focus on the boss. On Android/Steam/Switch, Shrapnel Shot deals massive damage if you have Smart Targeting tech upgraded. Make good use of this - its DPS is even greater than an Arcane Wizard. Besides, its explosive damage ignores half of the enemies’ armor, so it helps a ton with the Sons of Sarelgaz as well. If you can’t deal enough damage to take down Sarelgaz, place a Melee Tower instead. Put a barracks in her path, and upgrade it whenever she has eaten all the soldiers. When it reaches level 4, sell and buy again. It is wise to save Rain of Fire for Sarelgaz.

Heroic Challenge

Set-Up

• Gold 1400 ^{(1100 on Flash)}
• Strategic Point x14
  • Restriction: Heroes are allowed.
  • Restriction: Upgrades fully allowed.

Wave Composition

Wave	Enemies (West)	Enemies (Cave > West)	Enemies (Cave > East)	Enemies (East)	Income
1	Troll x9 Troll Champion x1			Brigand x12 Marauder x1 Dark Knight x3	570
2	Wulf x10 Troll x15 Troll Champion x2			Wulf x10 Dark Knight x15 Marauder x2	1050
3		Giant Spider x85 Spider Matriarch x6 Yeti x1	Giant Spider x85 Spider Matriarch x6 Yeti x1		1500
4	Necromancer x2	Yeti x6	Yeti x6	Necromancer x2	1640
5	Worg x10 Troll Chieftain x2 Troll x30 Troll Champion x3			Worg x10 Dark Slayer x6 Dark Knight x30 Shadow Archer x15	2870
6	Spider Matriarch x35	Son of Sarelgaz x9	Son of Sarelgaz x9	Spider Matriarch x35	2840

Flash

Much like the Campaign, there is another difference on the Flash version, albeit only for a single wave here.

Wave	Enemies (West)	Enemies (Cave > West)	Enemies (Cave > East)	Enemies (East)	Income
5	Worg x10 Troll Chieftain x2 Troll x30 Troll Champion x3			Worg x10 Dark Slayer x6 Dark Knight x30 Shadow Archer x8 Shaman x7	2828

Strategy

General Like in most levels, the wave composition of the Heroic challenge isn't all that different from the main stage itself, so play almost as if it were the main stage. Be aware that the right side gets more armored enemies, though. Upgrades and Hero Try to max out reinforcements, Rain of Fire, Artillery, and Mages for your upgrades. You will be needing them the most. Hero choice is no different from other levels. Heroes such as Gerald, Oni, and Elora are all good choices. Towers Tower choice is similar to the main stage as well, except for the fact there's no boss. This means high dps towers like Musketeers with Shrapnel Shot and Arcane Wizards are not as good. You get quite a few armored enemies early on, so try to get a Sorcerer quickly. Tesla is a great starting tower, like always.

Iron Challenge

Set-Up

• Gold 1400 ^{(1200 on Flash)}
• Strategic Point x14
  • Restriction: Heroes are allowed.
  • Restriction: Upgrades fully allowed.
  • Restriction: only.

Wave Composition

Wave	Enemies (West)	Enemies (Cave > West)	Enemies (Cave > East)	Enemies (East)	Income
1	Giant Spider x218 Spider Matriarch x17 Son of Sarelgaz x1	Giant Spider x212 Spider Matriarch x18 Son of Sarelgaz x2	Giant Spider x212 Spider Matriarch x18 Son of Sarelgaz x2	Giant Spider x218 Spider Matriarch x17 Son of Sarelgaz x1	7040

Strategy

General You will face a lot of Spider Matriarchs with very little crowd control. The best way to deal with them is to kill some of them close to the entrance before they can overwhelm you. This can be done with your hero, or with Rain of Fire. Apart from the first two Sons of Sarelgaz spawning from the central entrance, use your Rain of Fire exclusively on Spider Matriarchs. The side entrances often spawn the same number of Spider Matriarchs as the central entrance, but a bit earlier. Make use of this to judge the size of the Spider Matriarch pack coming out of the central entrance - if there are at least three per side, you should use Rain of Fire on them if it's not on cooldown. The final rush has five from all entrances, so definitely save Rain of Fire for the central entrance there - getting rid of so many at once takes a lot of pressure off of your defense. Upgrades and Hero Try to max out reinforcements, Rain of Fire, Archers, and Barracks for your upgrades. They are the only towers allowed. Hero choice is not really any different from other levels. Heroes such as Gerald, Oni, and Elora are all good choices. Towers Barbarians will truly shine in this level, especially compared to how well they would normally do. Most spiders deal very little damage, so you will have almost all Barbarians dealing damage at any one point in time. Their Whirlwind (not available on Flash) is also very good at killing hordes of weak enemies. If you choose to go for a Barbarian-heavy strategy, go for a few high level Barbarians with Whirlwind and Throwing Axes upgraded. Don't go for low level barracks all over the place. Another great tower is the Rangers Hideout. Wrath of the Forest is amazing at dealing with loosely grouped enemies. Since the vast majority of enemies die to Wrath of the Forest level 2, don't bother buying level 3 until much later in the level, when Spider Matriarchs are more common. Spiders are immune to poison, so don't bother with that. If you choose to go for an archer-heavy strategy, try to fill as many spots with level 1 archers as possible, with possibly some barracks in between. Low level towers are more efficient at dealing damage than high level ones. Once you get a couple of them up to level 2, you can start saving up for Rangers with Wrath of the Forest.

Events

Warning!
	This is a stage of extreme difficulty...
Over 50 stars are recommended to face this stage.

New Enemy Wave 16  Wave 19 (Flash)	Son of Sarelgaz
	The sons of the spider queen are formidable opponents and serve as her guardians. High magic resistance Heavy armor

Related Achievements

FREE FREDO Help Fredo escape.

ARACHNOPHOBIA Defeat Sarelgaz and her minions.