Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD News

• Dwarven Flamespitter: Can now target flying enemies
  
  
• Brewmasters: Halfdan attack speed buffed 1.5 sec -> 1 sec
  
  
• Necromancer: Basic skeleton now has 50 HP (from 40) and 3-5 damage (from 1-4). Golem has 150 HP (from 120) and 8-12 dmg (from 6-10). Cooldown for Rattling Beacon was reduced in levels 1 and 2
  
  
• Elven Stargazer: fixed attack rate change bug between some upgrades, Reload Damage increased from 4-6/10-16/20-28/32-48 to 4-6/11-18/22-32/34-52 Event Horizon Cost decreased from 250/150/150 to 250/100/100 Rising Star Damage increased from 16-24/28-42/36-54 to 18-30/28-42/36-54 Rising Star Range increased from 120 to 200 Rising Star Stun increased from 0.5 to 0.8
  
  
• Twilight Longbows: Basic Attack Damage increased from 14-18/35-48/66-90/106-142 to 14-22/40-54/76-92/134-146 Range including from 200/220/250/280 to 200/230/260/300 Support Blades Damage changed from 10-14/14-22/24-37 to 12-16/16-24/22-34 Support Blades Dodge chance increased from 40% to 60%.
  
  
• Cannoneer Squad: Base Cost reduced from 80/130/200/260 to 60/130/180/240 Respawn timer reduced from 10 seconds to 8 Seconds Growing Ranks cost reduced from 150/200/250 to 120/180/240 Incendiary Ammo Bomb Damage increased from 20-28/34-50/48-72 to 20-28/38-58/52-80 Incendiary Ammo Burn Damage increased from 3/7/12 to 3/8/14

• Torres: Men at Work HP: 50/75/100 -> 75/100/125 Defensive Turret: cooldown - 30/30/30 -> 25/25/25, damage - 6-10/14-22/22-34 -> 8-12/16-24/24-36
  
  
• Stregi: Speed: 120 -> 180 Health: 240 -> 265 Damage: 13-19 -> 15-22 Night Furies: cooldown - 20/20/20 -> 18/18/18, number of cats - 1/2/3 -> 2/3/4 Pumpkling speed: 24 -> 20 Dazzling Decoy: distance - 130 -> 160, cooldown - 20/20/20 -> 18/18/18, decoy health - 30/50/70 -> 50/75/100, decoy damage - 8-12/10-14/13-18 -> 8-12/12-18/16-24, stun duration - 1s/2s/3s -> 2s/2.5s/3s

• Darksteel Hammerer: HP increased from 400 to 420 on Veteran Difficulty (450 for Impossible).
  
  
• Rolling Sentry: Reduced HP to 450/520/640/720 and increased damage from 6-10 to 10-18
  
  
• Brute Welder: Tower stun from 8 to 10 seconds (Impossible only)
  
  
• Darksteel Fist: Slam skill cooldown reduced from 4 to 3 seconds ((Impossible only)
  
  
• Mad Tinkerer: Increased Magic Res from 60% to 80% (Impossible only)
  
  
• Darksteel Anvil: Increased Magic Res to 50% and reduced skill cooldown from 10 to 8 (both Impossible only)
  
  
• Machinist Grymbeard: Increased scrap bomb damage from 108-72 to 145-95. Increased fire blast damage from 4 fps to 16-24 dps. Burning debuff increased damage from 4 dps to 4-12 dps and duration from 2 to 4 seconds.
  
  
• Darksteel Hulk: Reduced “safe nodes” and HP threshold for the charge to be triggered.
  

• Fixed Rocket Gunners Missile crash
  
• Fixed Dante and Demon Pit's damage types
  
• Fixed several chinese localization texts
  
• Balanced SFXs on stage 24
  

Tower defense games are a fantastic distillation of the strategy game format, so it's not too surprising that the likes of Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance, Bloons TD 6, Orcs Must Die, and Plants vs Zombies remain so popular. New Kingdom Rush 5 DLC Colossal Dwarfare, however, has landed to a surprisingly stark reception. Since its launch on Thursday January 30, the expansion pack has found itself with a dreaded 'mostly negative' rating. Just 32% of Steam reviews are positive, a far cry from the base game's excellent 86% score, and developer Ironside wants to know how it can change that.

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