River Escape

River Escape
Name	River Escape
Battle	1-5
Enemies	Revenant, Mad Ghoul, Worm, Water Fiend, River Ghoul
Previous Battle	Return to the Coliseum
Next Battle	The Battle of Karsk

"A bold escape from the coliseum takes the party over a river."

River Escape is the last battle of Act I and the fifth overall. Azra learns a new spell before this battle.

Story

After escaping from the prison, the party tries to flee across the river. However, the enemy is getting closer, and there is no other choice but to fight them.

The Battle

Before this battle Azra learns Frenzy, one of the best spells in the game. It raises the attack rate of all defenders for a period of time, much useful against the hardest waves. Also, this spell scales: its usefulness remains the same during the whole game, different from Lightning, which becomes obsolete as the opponents' HP gets much higher for the latest levels. It is usual for players to maximize Frenzy and Pushback, another spell that scales well, learned later in the game.

For this battle there are two lanes -- Ketta can be positioned to hit the last half of the way for both lanes. The last three waves are distributed over both lanes. Ketta is probably not strong enough yet to deal with them alone, so you will need help from Slak and any other berserkers you may have.

The Mad Ghoul waves could kill the weakest berserkers, depending on their positioning.

Casual

Total XP: 72
Total Scrap: 273
Reward: Unlocks next level
Perfect Bonus: + 63 Scrap

#	Wave	Name	HP	Speed	Attack	Range	Armor	End Hit	PSI	Traits
1	x 10 LVL 1	Mad Ghoul	6	1	1	1	---	2	3.0	---
2	x 15 LVL 2	Revenant	8	1	---	---	---	2	2.2	---
3	x 20 LVL 2	Mad Ghoul	15	1	2	1	---	3	3.3	---
4	x 10 LVL 2	Worm	10	2.5	---	---	---	3	2.2	---
5	x 30 LVL 3	Mad Ghoul	24	1	2	1	---	4	3.6	---

Normal

Total XP: 72
Total Scrap: 273
Reward: Unlocks next level
Perfect Bonus: + 125 Scrap

#	Wave	Name	HP	Speed	Attack	Range	Armor	End Hit	PSI	Traits
1	x 10 LVL 1	Mad Ghoul	15	1	5	1	---	3	3.0	---
2	x 15 LVL 2	Revenant	21	1	---	---	---	4	2.2	---
3	x 20 LVL 2	Mad Ghoul	39	1	6	1	---	6	3.3	---
4	x 10 LVL 2	Worm	26	2.5	---	---	---	5	2.2	---
5	x 30 LVL 3	Mad Ghoul	64	1	7	1	---	7	3.6	---

Advanced

Here all waves come on both lanes. Use smart placing of your heroes, this is still an easy level.

Total XP: 177
Total Scrap: 609
Reward: + 125 XP
Perfect Bonus: + 500 Scrap

#	Wave	Name	HP	Speed	Attack	Range	Armor	End Hit	PSI	Traits
1	x 20 LVL 6	Revenant	82	1	---	---	---	9	3.0	---
2	x 20 LVL 7	Revenant	99	1	---	---	---	9	3.2	---
3	x 20 LVL 6	Mad Ghoul	146	1	9	1	---	12	4.5	---
4	x 20 LVL 8	Worm	107	2.5	---	---	---	10	3.4	---
5	x 30 LVL 10	Revenant	155	1	---	---	---	12	3.8	---
6	x 20 LVL 10	Mad Ghoul	275	1	13	1	---	16	5.7	---

Extreme

This level features the Water Fiend and River Ghoul, versions of Revenant and Mad Ghoul who can cross water. It also has one more spawn point by the right side of the map, close to Azra.

Keep the same strategy for archers and focus on defense near the librarian, it is perfectly possible to deal with all three lanes at the same time.

Total XP: 320
Total Scrap: 1286
Reward: + 250 XP
Perfect Bonus: Charlatan's Staff

#	Wave	Name	HP	Speed	Attack	Range	Armor	End Hit	PSI	Traits
1	x 30 LVL 10	Water Fiend	155	1	---	---	---	12	3.8	Swims
2	x 15 LVL 10	River Ghoul	275	1	13	1	---	16	5.7	Swims
3	x 10 LVL 9	Water Fiend	136	1	---	---	---	1	3.6	Swims
4	x 30 LVL 11	River Ghoul	311	1	14	1	---	17	6.0	Swims
5	x 20 LVL 13	Worm	192	2.5	---	---	---	13	4.4	---
6	x 15 LVL 15	Water Fiend	263	1	---	---	---	16	4.8	Swims
7	x 40 LVL 14	River Ghoul	425	1	17	1	---	20	6.9	Swims