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<u>Playing Condition</u> - this stage is very similar to a Chaos 5 expedition of the same map, however a new miniboss, enemies, and stage mechanic have been added. This incursion uses no mutators. All ground lanes are the same as normal play, but with higher Dark Assassin spawn rates, along with periodic Dark Prophet spawns. All normal air lane enemies have been eliminated and have been replaced by Altar Assassins, who are initially invulnerable. Normal minibosses will also spawn in lanes with the [[Goblin_Siege_Roller|Goblin Siege Roller]] and Skarnash the Terrible (large version of a Dark Assassin) being the most common ones. In the West center West of the map there is a raised rectangular area with a coffin surrounded by 4 pillars - this . This is the Altar and the pillars are each hiding a Dark Realm Statue miniboss. The Altar will be motionless and does not do anything at first. You must summon a Dark Realm Statue miniboss by collecting 4 books dropped by defeating Dark Prophets. After a Dark Realm Statue miniboss has been summoned and defeated, the the Altar Assassins can then be damaged. You must defeat all of the Altar Assassins on the stage map to end that wave. The stage has 4 waves, and each wave goes on infinitely until all Altar Assassins on that wave have been defeated.

On Wave 1, 3 Altar Assassins will spawn. On Wave 2, 4 Altar Assassins will spawn. On Wave 3, 6 Altar Assassins will spawn. On Wave 4, 8 Altar Assassins will spawn.  As play commences on the first wave, the ground spawns will all commence with their schedules and the air lanes will produce a set number of Altar Assassins each wave. Altar Assassins are a version of the Dark Assassin with a unique flair that is are invulnerable to any attacks. Altar Assassins want to hunt down and attack the hero, and will follow them the entire wave. They do not latch onto the hero, and have a unique flairlike Dark Assassins do. After they spawn, they follow their air lane to the crystal, and then slowly hunt seek out the hero downthe rest of the wave. If you come near onethat just spawned, it will begin following you and not go to the crystalright away. They do not attack the crystal, so there is no need to try and stop them. They do not intentionally attack any defenses, however they will sometimes possibly attack a barricade on their path, so all you need to do is come near one and it will then chase you the rest of that wave. When attacking you, Altar Assassins can damage you along with what you are next to, so be mindful about standing on the crystal or next to a defense. They only attack when very close to you though, and sometimes you can put an object or defense between you and them and they will get stuck behind it, until you move. They are covered in a dark skin flair while they are invulnerable, and can be seen on the minimap as a an air enemy icon. While you cannot damage then, you can still attack then, them and all elemental and crowd control effects can be appliedwill work. Slow, Stun, and Freeze can be applied and will have an effect. Defenses do not target these enemies, but Altar Assassins will be affected by any attack they are in the path of. This means that Tower based defenses are hard to hit them with, but Aura and AOE based ones are much easier to do so with. Altar Assassins want to hunt down and attack the hero, and will follow you the entire wave. They move slow, and their attacks also push your hero slightly and will move them. You cannot pass by, under or jump through them and since they are a low hovering flying unit, which . That can make getting around them a tad tricky at times, especially in large numbers that all hone in on your position follow you constantly throughout the wave. Be careful not to stand in a corner or next to a ledge when they find and attack you, as they can push you over the side or you can get trapped in a corner. To lead them away, just go stand anywhere else and wait for them to follow you.

To stop and ultimately kill a Altar Assassin, you must first Defeat one of the Dark Realm Statue miniboss at the Altar to remove their invulnerability. As play commences on the first wave, the ground spawns will also intermittently produce Dark Prophets (an enlarged version of a [[Warboars|Warboar]], with light grey skin flair) on random lanes, but usually a different one each time cycling through the 4 ground lanes. A white exclamation mark will be shown above the area each will spawn from, but will vanish once it actually spawns, and no icon showing their location will exist after that apart from a regular ground enemy dot on the minimap. Once defeated, the Dark Prophets will drop a purple book on the ground. Be careful not to place or aim defenses too close to a spawn point so that when the Dark Prophets drops the book, it falls outside of the spawn point and you can reach it. When you collect the book by touching it, it will disappear and then show as a light grey debuff icon on your screen, and your hero will glow purple. Once you have a book debuff, go give it to the altar by simply touching the coffin anywhere with your hero. The book debuff has no timer, but if you switch heroes or die, it will be lost. You can only hold one book debuff at a time. You must collect and bring 4 books to the altar to activate the next step - the summoning Ritual. There is no time limit for getting all 4 books, and they will remain there until all 4 are collected. The altar will display a message after each book is given successfully, and you can also see them placed on each corner of the coffin as you progress. The system will announce when the Ritual can be used to summon the Dark Realm Statue, which will be immediately after the 4th book is placed. Once the 4th book is placed, all other books currently on the ground map or in the possession of a hero will disappear, although more may spawn after this event as more Dark Prophets continue to spawn. To activate the Ritual, you must interact with the coffin. When you do this, you will call forward a single Dark Realm Statue miniboss that is located in place of one of the 4 pillars, with the NE, NW, SW, SE pillars always activating in that order, with only one being summoned on each of the 4 waves. The Dark Realm Statue does not move from its location, but will attack you. The ritual only lasts 10 seconds. When the ritual is activated, the entire altar area is covered in a purple glow. If the Dark Realm Statue is not defeated during the ritual, it will vanish and any heroes inside the altar area will be killed instantly, no matter your defense or health level. You will then need to collect 4 more books to summon it once again. If you summon it again, the Dark Realm Statue will have the same remaining health as when it disappeared. When the Dark Realm Statue has been defeated, all of the Altar Assassins on the stage will lose their dark skin flair and they can then finally be damaged and killed. Each wave is over once all Altar Assassins on the map have been defeated. Defeated Dark Realm Statue pillars will be shown as broken in half afterwards. Once wave 1 is over, repeat the whole process over again, on all 4 waveseach remaining wave. The stage incursion is won when all Altar Assassins on wave 4 are have been defeated.

<u>Special Weapon MOD</u> - '''Shadowflame Knife''', "Secondary Attucks fire a Shadowflame Knife dealing XX% Hero Damage as Magical Damage. Daggers bounce up to X times." Chaos 5 values [25-61%, 3-? times], Chaos 7 values [31-67%, 3-8 times]. Primary attacks are unaffected. The dagger is a slow projectile that shoots one at a time , straight forward. It is slow, and with a quick Hero Speed, you can outrun it. When it hits an enemy, it will then hit the next random enemy automatically that is within close proximity. The daggers do not reflect off of surfaces or pierce.