Ignis Altar

The Ignis Altar is a premium Artillery Tower introduced in Kingdom Rush: Vengeance, available for $2.99 as an in-app purchase and available at stage 30 in Steam.
==Description==
Shamans who offer sacrifices to the volcano's god in return for great power.
==Stats==
	Level	Damage	Attack Rateper Puddle	PuddleDuration	Fire Rate	Range 	Build Cost
	1 	2-2 	0.4s 	3.5s 	Very Slow
(3.5s)	Short 	120
	2 	4-4 	0.35s 	3.5s 	Very Slow
(3.5s)	Average	160
	3 	6-6 	0.3s 	3.5s 	Very Slow
(3.5s)	Long 	220
	4 	8-8 	0.2s 	3.5s 	Very Slow
(3.5s)	Long 	300
In total, the Ignis Altar deals up to 16/40/66/136 explosive damage to an enemy that stays in the puddle for a full 3.5 second duration. Puddles can also stack.
==Abilities==
===Burning Elemental===
 "A life for a life!"
Summons a Magma Elemental to block and fight enemies
	Cost 	HP 	Melee Damage	Armor	Respawn
	300 (255)	585	19-43 	None 	10s
===Single Extinction===
 "Art is an explosion!"
Make an enemy take additional damage from all sources. When that enemy dies, it explodes dealing area damage.
Level	Cost(With Upgrades)	Additional Damage	Explosion Damage
1 	180(153) 	50% 	32
2 	100(85) 	75% 	54
3 	100(85) 	100% 	76
:*The ability has a limited duration omitted from the description
===True Fire===
 "Burn. Burn!.. Burn!!!"
Every basic attack leaves a pool of lava that slows enemies in contact
Level	Cost(With Upgrades)	Slow Amount
1 	250
(212) 	50%
==Strategy==
*The Ignis Altar is an artillery tower similar to the Rotten Forest, albeit being more powerful in terms of DPS and falling off in crowd control. It launches puddles of lava onto the path that steadily and rapidly deal damage over time, but do not stack with each other. As such it should be placed near barracks and preferably Orc Warriors Den or Dark Knights to compensate for the tower's unique damage output method. Alternatively, placing it near the entrances will drastically thin out hordes of average enemies with little to no armor.
*True Fire is a must-get upgrade; the slowing amount is massive for its price and technically doubles the damage it deals to whatever passes by the tower.
*Single Extinction targets the enemies nearest to the exit and may not reliably hit tough enemies that could suffer from this the most, but it lasts longer than Shadow Mark and actually deals a little bit of area damage when the affected enemy dies, so it has some value.
*Burning Elemental isolates some troublesome enemies and deals moderate damage with high variance. It can be treated as a slightly weaker Dragon Warrior.
==Range==
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==Related Upgrades==
==Quotes==
*"It ain't much, but it's honest work."
*"Another day, another egg."
*"Let's start a fire!"
Tier 4: 
*"It's getting hot in here!" (Building)
*"If you play with fire, you're gonna get, crusty... I guess." (Burning Elemental)
*"Lava bath! Lava bath!" (Single Extinction)
*"This is fine." (True Fire)
==Trivia==
*The Shamans of the Ignis Altar may be the ancestors of the Ma'qwa, who have continued the tradition of throwing sacrifices into volcanos, but have moved on from Velociraptor Eggs to kidnapped princesses.
*"It ain't much but it's honest work." 
**A popular meme fromat featuring Dave Brandt in a farmers' outfit saying the quote. Often used sarcasticly to describe how people doing something despicable think of themselves. Since the savages on the volcano are sacrificing unborn velociraptors (which is pretty dastardly), the line fits right in.
*"Another day, another egg."
**Rephrased from the song "Another Day, Another Dollar" by Wynn Stewart
*"Let's start a fire."
**Song by the band Stubborn
*"It's getting hot in here!"
**A reference to the chorus of "Hot in Herre" by Nelly
*"Lava bath! Lava bath!" 
**"Lava Bath" is a song by Axe Wielder
*"This is fine." 
**A meme taken from the webcomic Gunshow created by K. C. Green. The meme shows a dog sitting at a table, sipping tea and saying "This is fine" in the living room of a burning house, so the quote being used by people sitting on an active volvano makes a lot of sense.
*"Art is an explosion!"
**The signature quote of the character Deidara from the popular manga/anime series Naruto, whose power was creating explosive clay and making volatile figures out of it
*"A life for a life!"
** A reference to the movie Avengers: Infinity War, where there is a scene where the Red Skull says, "A soul for a soul."
** Also a reference to the movie Mulan, when the titular character's life is spared by Shang to repay his debt for her saving his life in lieu of execution.
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