Strategic Points highlighted
A Strategic Point, also referred to as a Holder in Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance, is a predetermined place on the map where towers can build. When not restricted (in the Iron Challenges), any tower can be built on an available point, and it is the goal of the game to make best use of the available towers to effectively kill enemies and stop them reaching the goal.
Blocked Strategic Points[]
These Strategic Points start off the game blocked by rubble and cannot be built on until gold is spent to clear them.
- In Frontiers, beginning with Crimson Valley and throughout the rest of the jungle levels, some strategic points are covered in Overgrowth that cost 100 gold to clear. From The Underpass and the following underground levels, some points are covered in Rubble and will require 200 gold to clear.
- In Vengeance, beginning with Northerners' Outpost and continuing through all of the Frozen North levels, some Strategic Points are covered with Frozen Land and require 80 gold to clear.
- In Alliance, from Ravaged Outskirts onwards, a few Strategic Points are covered in Rubble. These are visually different and grow more expensive to clear as the campaign progresses and the environment changes. In the Everadiant Forest, these are cut down trees and cost 50 gold to remove; in the Forsaken Canyon, stone heaps cost 100 gold; in the Void Beyond, Overseer tentacles require 150 gold.
Destroyed Strategic Points[]
Two bosses, Malik (in The Grand Arena) and the Overseer (in Hunger's Peak) are able to destroy both a tower and the Strategic Point it's built upon, rendering it unuseable for the rest of the level.
Other Obstacles[]
In the Cursed Bargain mini-campaign of Vengeance (Back To The Rotten Forest, A Night In The Swamp and The Ancient Ghosts), some Strategic Points are covered in Rotten Roots and cannot be built on. These roots cost 20 gold to clear, but this is not permanent. When the roots regrow over a tower, they halve its attack speed, prevents soldiers from being repositioned, and locks out all upgrades until they're cleared again.
Some strategic points in Temple Courtyard are covered by dormant Crystal Golems, which animate and free up the Strategic Point at certain waves.
