Events/Shadow Legion Invasion

The Shadow Legion Invasion is an event that occurs once every couple of months. It will last 3 days, during which a leader of the alliance can start the event. It usually lasts around 50 minutes, with 25 waves of Shadow Legion armies sent to every member's city.

**Preparing**

Before you start this event, you should do a few things. If you are an alliance leader, remind your members of these things:

-Look at the civilization of the Shadow Legion. You will be able to see this information on the event page after the event starts. This will tell you what troop type they are using, and therefore what troop type they are weakest to. For example, if their civilization is Byzantium, they will be using cavalry and be weakest to infantry.

-Look at your garrison commander. Make sure you have a good skill tree for them. Some commanders are better than others. Keep in mind that if do not defeat one wave of the Shadow Legion before the next wave arrives, you do not have time to heal. This means commanders that are meant to last long but don't do a lot of damage may not be the best choice.

-Equip your garrison commander with your best equipment!

-Grab a rune, pop up an attack or defense buff, and scout someone for the War Frenzy effect (this one will wear off halfway through the event, so you will need to do it again)!

-It is a good idea to be close to your fellow members, especially if you are doing a higher difficulty. It might be a good idea to pick a spot on alliance territory where members can teleport so they can reinforce each other. This will help more people succeed, as well as get members more points.

**Difficulties**

Just like with other Rise of Kingdom events, there are 5 difficulties. In order to advance to the next difficulty, enough members (15?) must defend the 25th wave of the Shadow Legion.

**During the Invasion**

When the leader starts the event, Shadow Legion armies will start marching towards every alliance member's city from the nearest Shadow Legion fortress (these will appear the day before the event starts, and will be everywhere on the map). Thus, they won't be hitting every city at the same time. One wave is sent out about once every couple of minutes. Every 5 waves, there is an "elite" force. These are especially difficult, so be prepared to recall your troops.

While it is possible to attack the forces before they hit your city, this is discouraged. Not only will you be stronger in your city, but is often hard to tell what army is actually heading towards your city. If you attack an army that isn't heading to your city, you are stealing points from your fellow alliance members. If it is taking too long for your garrison commander to defeat an army, and you are afraid that you will be hit by two at once, then it might be a good idea to speed up their defeat so you can heal.

Points are gained during this event by how many Shadow Legion troops you help defeat. To get more points, you can reinforce your alliance members. If you won't be online for the event, but are confident in your ability to defeat the Invasion, you can still reinforce your fellow members; maybe just send less troops to more people. If you are online, you should reinforce your nearby alliance members and recall them as needed. Keep in mind that the army menu doesn't update your troop count while you are inside their city. To know how many troops are actually left, you need to click "Reinforce" or tell your army to return. This way you can return and resend full marches. You can also keep track of when the Shadow Legion armies will hit your fellow members' cities so you can jump between them and help each person when they're being attacked.

Even if your city is defeated once, you are NOT yet out. Everyone gets TWO attempts. Teleporting during the event will count as a loss. This means you should teleport BEFORE the event starts. If you are not near your fellow members are are going to lose anyway, it might be worth teleporting before they can defeat you (since you're going to get 1 breach anyway) so you can get help from your fellow members. Unless, of course, this is during the 25th wave. Even if your first loss is on level 25, there are no more waves. The Shadow Legion will also ignore peace shields. However, they don't do any real damage to your city, you'll just have to heal a few troops and repair your wall a tad if you are breached.

**Rewards**
Points (gained by defeating Shadow Legion troops, as mentioned above) will determine what rewards you will get. There are two types of rewards: personal and alliance. The personal rewards depend on how many points each individual got. The alliance also needs to have gotten a certain number of points for them reach each tier of rewards. This is a great event for getting blueprints and materials. If you reach the top tier of rewards, you get 10 legendary blueprint chests. This doesn't necessarily mean you will get 10 blueprints, but there is a chance upon opening that you will get at least several, as well as some epic blueprints, etc. Depending on how your alliance does compared to other alliances, you can get more blueprints and materials from chests from your alliance ranking rewards.