Wicked Crossing

"These tunnels' twists and turns are maddening but we know we are on the right path as cultist activity keeps increasing. As we progress further we face new kinds of horrors, which begs the question of how deep the corruption runs within the Cult's ranks."

Wicked Crossing is the ninth stage of Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance. The hero Grimson is unlocked at this stage. On the Steam version, the tower Elven Stargazer is unlocked as well.

Campaign[]

Set-Up[]

Wave Composition[]

Wave	Enemies (North > Northwest)	Enemies (Northeast > Northwest)	Enemies (Southeast > Southwest)	Enemies (Southern web > Southwest)	Enemies (Altar > Southwest)	Income
1		Cult Abomination x1 Cult Acolyte x8	Cult Acolyte x10			300
2		Cult Acolyte x12	Glarebrood x11			290
3			Cult Acolyte x8		Nightmare x4	200
4		Cult Abomination x2 Cult Acolyte x10	Cult Acolyte x8		Nightmare x4	330
5		Corrupted Stalker x10	Glarebrood x10	Glarebrood x5		250
6		Shackler x1 Cult Acolyte x20				350
7			Cult Priest x4 Cult Acolyte x15		Nightmare x6	325
8		Corrupted Stalker x12 Shackler x1	Glarebrood x18	Glarebrood x9		440
9		Bound Nightmare x6 Cult Acolyte x12	Cult Priest x4 Twisted Sister x2		Nightmare x6	500
10	Cult Acolyte x8	Cult Abomination x4 Cult Acolyte x14				450
11		Shackler x1 Corrupted Stalker x18	Cult Acolyte x12 Shackler x2		Nightmare x8	510
12	Cult Acolyte x12	Bound Nightmare x6 Cult Acolyte x10	Cult Priest x5 Cult Acolyte x14		Nightmare x8	785
13	Cult Abomination x2	Cult Abomination x4 Twisted Sister x2	Glarebrood x10 Twisted Sister x1	Glarebrood x16		590
14		Bound Nightmare x8 Cult Acolyte x16	Cult Priest x8 Cult Acolyte x16		Nightmare x8	840
15	Cult Acolyte x16	Bound Nightmare x10 Shackler x2	Shackler x2 Cult Acolyte x20		Nightmare x12	940

**Strategy**
General On the bottom and the top, additional paths come later; Glarebrood crawls from the bottom wall onto the path and a bridge with enemies will arrive on the top. The Glarebrood arrive near the middle of the bottom path while the bridge arrives near the bucket of gems on the top. On the bottom is a rune just after the Y-intersection where Nightmares turn into Bound Nightmares when the rune glows. The bottom path has a large amount of magic-resistant Glarebrood and armored Bound Nightmare. If you're not ready, Cult Priests can easily turn into a horde of Cult Abomination. Flying enemies, the Corrupted Stalkers, mainly appear on the top path. Shacklers can disable towers so always have Hero Spells and Reinforcements ready to kill them. Upgrades and Hero Since Corrupted Stalkers teleport after being first hit, reinforcements upgraded on the Dark Army path (Order of Shadows, Ashen Bows, Shadow Crowcaller) are useful for making them teleport preemptively into towers and heroes that can kill them. Nyru and other heroes that deal magic damage are useful for dealing with Bound Nightmares. Long-range heroes such as Nyru and Vesper are useful for finally killing Corrupted Stalkers. Towers At max-level, Tricannon can kill groups of Glarebrood. Barracks such as Demon Pit or Paladin Covenant provides constant blocking against Nightmares.

Heroic Challenge[]

Set-Up[]

Wave Composition[]

Wave	Enemies (North > Northwest)	Enemies (Northeast > Northwest)	Enemies (Southeast > Southwest)	Enemies (Southern web > Southwest)	Enemies (Altar > Southwest)	Income
1	Cult Acolyte x4	Cult Priest x1 Cult Acolyte x4	Cult Abomination x1 Cult Acolyte x8			295
2		Cult Acolyte x14 Shackler x2	Cult Acolyte x10	Glarebrood x6		520
3	Cult Acolyte x12	Corrupted Stalker x12	Cult Acolyte x30			750
4			Cult Abomination x3 Cult Acolyte x15		Nightmare x9	315
5		Corrupted Stalker x10 Shackler x2	Cult Abomination x3 Cult Acolyte x18			560
6	Cult Priest x6 Shackler x3	Cult Acolyte x36	Cult Abomination x3 Cult Acolyte x21	Glarebrood x12	Nightmare x10	1365

**Strategy**
General Upgrades and Hero Towers

Iron Challenge[]

Set-Up[]

Gold 1700
Strategic Point x12
Rubble x2
Nightmare Sigil
- Restriction only

Wave Composition[]

Wave	Enemies (North > Northwest)	Enemies (Northeast > Northwest)	Enemies (Southeast > Southwest)	Enemies (Southern web > Southwest)	Enemies (Altar > Southwest)	Income
1	Cult Priest x4 Cult Acolyte x30 Shackler x2	Cult Acolyte x32 Shackler x2 Corrupted Stalker x25	Cult Acolyte x68 Cult Priest x2 Cult Abomination x10 Shackler x3	Glarebrood x51	Nightmare x28	3510

**Strategy**
General Upgrades and Hero Towers

Events[]

New Enemy Wave 6	Shackler
	Channeling corrupt magic through the crystals embedded on their arms, the Shacklers are fearsome foes in close quarters. Medium magic resistance Disables towers at low health

New Enemy Wave 9	Bound Nightmare
	Clad in armor thanks to cult magic, these Nightmares thrust themselves into battle headfirst. High armor Turns into a Nightmare when defeated

Related Achievements[]

UNBOUND VICTORY Complete the Wicked Crossing without any Nightmares turning into Armored Nightmares.

OVINE JOURNALISM Find Sheepy in each campaign terrain.