Empire Escalation (mission)

Empire Escalation
Basic Information
Name:	Empire Escalation
File name:	mvm_mannhattan_advanced1
Developer(s):	Valve
Map:	Mannhattan
Mission type:	Unknown
Waves:	6
Difficulty:	Advanced
Starting credits:	900
Maximum possible credits:	Unknown
Minimum respawn wave time:	Unknown
Maximum respawn wave time:	Unknown
Fixed respawn time:	Unknown
Tour:	Unknown
Sentry Buster spawn time:	Unknown
Sentry Buster respawn time:	Unknown

Empire Escalation is an advanced invasion mission available on the Mannhattan map.

Waves

Sub-wave	Class			Count			Delay(s)		Credits
Wave 1 (1100 Credits)
1A-1		Expert	100% crit chance	1	1	1	—	—	25
1A-2		Normal	Gatebot	6	12	24	10	10	150
1B-1		Expert	Spawns at the top  100% crit chance	1	1	1	15	—	100
1B-2-1
		Expert	Gatebot Fires continuously	5	10	15	—	18	100
	Über Medic	Normal	Spawns with full Über  +400% ÜberCharge rate  -90% heal rate  -3 seconds Über duration
1B-2-2		Hard	Spawns at the top	3	9	24	20	3	100
1C-1		Easy	—	1	3	3	2	8	100
1C-2		Expert	Gatebot  Spawns at the top	6	6	6	15	—	100
1D		Normal	Gatebot	12	12	24	5	—	100
1E
		Normal	Fires continuously	3	18	54	5	2	250
		Hard	—
Support		Expert	Vision range 4000	2	—	—	40	85	—
		Easy	Melee only	1	1	10	120	20	75
Wave 2 (1000 Credits)
2A-1		Hard	—	6	12	36	—	7	200
2A-2
	Bowman Rapid Fire	Hard	Gatebot  Spawns at the top  100% crit chance	2	4	6	10	12	100
	Über Medic	Normal	Spawns with full Über  +400% ÜberCharge rate  -90% heal rate  -3 seconds Über duration
2B-1		Expert	Gatebot  Spawns at the top	1	2	2	15	28	100
2B-2		Normal	100% crit chance	3	9	24	15	5	100
2C-1		Hard	—	8	8	38	3	—	50
2C-2		Hard	—	4	4	12	8	—	100
2D
		Expert	Gatebot	3	3	6	3	20	100
	Bowman Rapid Fire	Hard	Gatebot  100% crit chance
2E
		Expert	—	5	10	10	10	18	100
	Über Medic	Normal	Spawns with full Über  +400% ÜberCharge rate  -90% heal rate  -3 seconds Über duration
Support		Easy	Melee only	1	1	10	10	15	50
		Expert	—	2	—	—	60	85	—
	Hyper League Scout	Hard	Begins after 2D is all dead  +75% recharge rate	2	2	40	2	1	100
Wave 3 (1200 Credits)
3A-1		Expert	—	8	8	36	—	—	50
		Expert	Gatebot	1	1	1	3	—	50
3A-2
		Expert	Gatebot	4	8	8	40	13	50
	Über Medic	Normal	Spawns with full Über  +400% ÜberCharge rate  -90% heal rate  -3 seconds Über duration
3B-1	Type 1	Expert	—	2	2	8	—	—	50
3B-2		Normal	Gatebot  Spawns at the top	2	10	26	10	3	100
3C-1		Expert	Gatebot	3	9	21	5	5	100
3C-2		Expert	Spawns at the top	3	12	48	10	4	50
3D-1		Normal	100% crit chance	2	4	12	5	5	100
3D-2
		Expert	Gatebot	4	8	8	10	16	150
	Über Medic	Normal	Spawns with full Über  +400% ÜberCharge rate  -90% heal rate  -3 seconds Über duration
3E
		Expert	—	6	6	18	10	0	100
	Über Medic	Normal	Spawns with full Über  +400% ÜberCharge rate  -90% heal rate  -3 seconds Über duration
Support	Hyper League Scout	Hard	+75% recharge rate	1	1	20	10	30	50
		Expert	Does not build teleporters	3	3	6	30	—	50
		Hard	Begins after 3D-1 and 3D-2 is all dead Melee only  Spawns at the top	5	10	50	10	5	300
Wave 4 (1050 Credits)
4A		Expert	100% crit chance	1	12	12	—	0.5	100
		Normal	Gatebot  Spawns at the top  100% crit chance	1	12	12	10	0.5	50
4B
	Major Crits Type	Expert	Gatebot	2	4	4	10	33	200
	Type 2	Expert	—
4C-1		Easy	Spawns at the top	1	10	10	20	2	50
4C-2	Type 1	Expert	—	3	9	9	2	6	100
4D		Normal	Gatebot  100% crit chance	16	16	32	1	—	100
4E-1		Expert	—	1	1	2	1	1	50
	Type 2	Expert	Gatebot  Spawns at the top	1	1	2	1	1	50
4E-2
		Expert	100% crit chance	4	12	12	—	15	100
	Über Medic	Normal	Spawns with full Über  +400% ÜberCharge rate  -90% heal rate  -3 seconds Über duration
4F		Expert	—	1	2	2	—	10	150
Support		Expert	-99.9% airblast cooldown	1	1	40	—	15	100
		Expert	Vision range 4000	2	—	—	120	45	—
Wave 5 (2000 Credits)
5A		Expert	—	2	8	10	—	6	100
5B	Hyper League Scout	Hard	Spawns at the top  100% crit chance  +75% recharge rate	3	3	9	1	6	200
5C		Expert	Gatebot	2	10	10	—	11	500
5D		Expert	—	5	10	35	4	6	100
		Easy	100% crit chance	5	5	15	20	—	100
5E		Hard	Gatebot  100% crit chance	5	10	10	—	7	200
5F		Expert	Gatebot  100% crit chance	18	18	18	1	—	100
5G-1		Expert	Gatebot  100% crit chance	18	18	18	1	—	100
5G-2		Expert	—	2	2	2	9	—	100
5H-1		Expert	Gatebot  100% crit chance	18	18	18	1	—	100
5H-2		Expert	—	1	2	2	5	8	100
5I		Easy	—	4	4	8	15	—	200
Support		Expert	—	1	1	20	10	15	100
		Expert	—	2	—	—	15	25	—
Wave 6 (1200 Credits)
6A-1	Giant Heal-on-Kill Deflector Heavy 60,000 HP	Expert	Gatebot	1	1	1	—	—	250
		Normal	Spawns with full rage  +800%	5	10	25	10	10	250
6A-2	Type 2	Expert	Gatebot  Spawns at the top	4	4	4	42	—	250
6B
		Normal	Gatebot  100% crit chance The Direct Hit	2	18	40	1	1	50
	Über Medic	Normal	Spawns with full Über  +400% ÜberCharge rate  -90% heal rate  -3 seconds Über duration
6C	Type 1	Expert	Gatebot  100% crit chance	1	4	4	—	8	100
6D	Type 2	Expert	100% crit chance	1	6	6	—	10	100
Support		Normal	100% crit chance	1	1	20	45	15	50
		Expert	Vision range 4000	2	—	—	60	20	—
		Expert	Spawns at the top Begins after 6B is all dead Does not teleport in Does not build teleporters	1	3	15	—	1	50
		Normal	Begins after 6B is all dead Melee only  100% crit chance	3	9	33	—	—	100

Basic strategies

• Strafe when fighting the Armored Sandman Scouts. They can effectively stun lock you, assuming you get hit once or twice.
• On the second wave, Giant Crit Huntsman Snipers will spawn from the top pocketed by Uber Medics. Consider having a Demoman place a sticky trap up top before the wave starts.
• Giant Shotgun Heavies on the third wave can dish an insane amount of damage up close. Have a Medic use a projectile shield when closing the distance.
  • Some of these Shotgun Heavies are pocketed by Uber Medics.
• On the fifth wave there will be a large horde of 10 Black Box Soldiers. 2 will spawn per wave and there's only an 11 seconds pause between waves. They will fire 3 rockets at once and one rocket heals 1000 health each.
  • This sub-wave can be insanely tough to beat for inexperienced players. Using the Medic's shield is probably the best counter to this.
• Collecting all the money on the fifth wave nets a total of 2000 credits + 100 bonus. This can be very helpful for the last wave.
• On the last wave, have the Scout switch to a Pyro so he can knock enemies into the grinder. Especially useful when the first gate has been captured.

Bugs

• In Wave 3 of this mission, the wave display infobox incorrectly lists the number of Uber Medics as being 27 when there are 30 Uber Medics in the wave.

Trivia

• Disabled code on the final wave indicates that an unused boss robot known as "Chief Concheror Soldier" was meant to spawn with the Giant Heal-On-Kill Heavy boss.

Update history

November 21, 2013 Patch

• Added Empire Escalation to the game

December 6, 2013 Patch

• Rebalanced Empire Escalation