Darkrift list

[Mort]

First wave you are able to summon, if you don't have summoner/warlock or bard, is Wave 7, Blood Wolf, but IF you have to summon that early, wait for Wave 8.
For more detailed Info about the waves visit this page
For a better chance of kill on Offense, look what armor the heroes got, and the attack type the summos got, as some attacktypes will do much more damage against certain armortypes.

Wave 7 -----> Wave 10
Wave 8 -----> Wave 11 Good to summon, as Wave 11 have cleave damage.
Wave 9 -----> Wave 12
Wave 10 ----> Wave 13 Good to summon, but could use an Arhat to be most effective. Good as offense.
Wave 11 ----> Wave 14
Wave 12 ----> Wave 15 Good to summon. Good as offense.
Wave 13 ----> Wave 16 Good to summon.
Wave 14 ----> Wave 17
Wave 15 ----> Wave 18 Good to summon, but could use an Arhat to be most effective. Good as offense.
Wave 16 ----> Wave 19
Wave 17 ----> Wave 21 Good to summon, Average as a Offense.
Wave 18 ----> Wave 21 Good to summon, Average as a Offense.
Wave 19 ----> Wave 22 Average as Offense.
Wave 20 ----> Wave 23
Wave 21 ----> Wave 24 Average as Offense.
Wave 22 ----> Wave 25
Wave 23 ----> Wave 26
Wave 24 ----> Wave 27 Good for a stealhy offensive
Wave 25 ----> Wave 28 Good to summon. Good as Offense.
Wave 26 ----> Wave 29
Wave 27 ----> Wave 30 Good to summon.
Wave 28 ----> Wave 31 Good to summmon, as long as they get sheared.
Wave 29 ----> Wave 32 Average as Offense
Wave 30 ----> Wave 33 Good to summon. Good as Offense.
Wave 31 ----> Wave 34 Good as Offense with their ensnare
Wave 32 ----> Wave 35 Good as Offense with their ensnare
Wave 33 ----> Wave 37 Good to summon.
Wave 34 ----> Wave 37 Good to summon.
Wave 35 ----> Wave 38 Good to summon, good as Offense
Wave 36 ----> Wave 39
Wave 37 ----> Wave 40 Good to summon.
Wave 38 ----> Wave 41 Good to summon. Good as Offense.
Wave 39 ----> Wave 42 Good to summon. Good as Offense.
Wave 40 ----> Wave 42 Good to summon. Good as Offense.
Wave 41 ----> Wave 42 Good to summon. Good as Offense.
Wave 42 ----> Wave 42 Good to summon. Good as Offense.

[zigzag]

Could you tell us what we're going to summon? Not the wave but the actual name?

[Mort]

Well that's why i posted the link on top of my post.
I think that most people have a better sence of what wave they are playing against, rather than the names of them. But if people rather want names, it's easy to fix

[arcanis]

Shouldn't:
Wave 17 ----> Wave 20 and Wave 33 ----> Wave 36

be:
Wave 17 ----> Wave 21 and Wave 33 ----> Wave 37

since you can't summon the bonus creeps?

[ingenting]

Jan 22, 2009 17:55:33 GMT -5 arcanis said:

Shouldn't:
Wave 17 ----> Wave 20 and Wave 33 ----> Wave 36

be:
Wave 17 ----> Wave 21 and Wave 33 ----> Wave 37

since you can't summon the bonus creeps?

Welcome to the forum!
thx for pointing this out ! and it is fixed

[Cheezeman]

Great list Really helps out.
But I want to improve even more! ;D
Here's the list of what level will summon a level with the Beastslay ability.
(eg. if you summon at level 10, the Darkrift summons will have Beastslay)
Level 10
Level 12
Level 13
Level 15
Level 17
Level 18
(Level 19)
Level 21
(Level 23)
Level 29
Level 30
Level 31

Perhaps you already included this information, but hid it as "Good as summon"?
Anyway I just felt like posting it, hope it will make you happy

Oh and I'm working on the requested names, will come soon in this post ;D

NOTE: In 1.88 wave 22 and 26 will have Beastslay, that's why I've included wave 19 and 23 within paranthesis.


EDIT 1.1
Ok here's a quick summary that may help out. I included all names - even the bonus waves - just to keep it organized

1 Giant Salt Crab
2 Gnoll
3 Crazed Madman
4 Wild Boar
5 Wood Troll
6 Faenrae Reaver
7 Blood Wolf
8 Giant Wolf Spider
9 Rock Troll
10 Brown Bear
11 Dark Fiend
12 Snowbeast
13 Lesser Slaugh
14 Arbelog
15 Moss Mey
16 Swamp Troll
17 Young Ogre
18 Mottled Westanuryn
19 Small Peccary
(20 Spirit Hawk)
21 Giant Thicket Viper
22 Yvhh la'tami
23 Giant Black Leucro
24 Fendryad
25 Death Spirit
26 Rock Guardian
27 Pirate
28 Skeletal Sailor
29 Marbled Angiswaerd
30 Adan'f Blood Warrior
31 Zombie Nomad
32 Adan'f Shadow Mage
33 Lun'Shele Hunter
34 Kra'hei
35 Poloh'izh
(36 Spirit Owl)
37 Misshapen Germish'din
38 Armored Warklin
39 Warklin Mauler
40 S'sugi Malchata
41 Snaer Hafwa
42 S'lai Screamer

Hope it helps you improve this guide

Hm... Perhaps I should make a quick explination on what the later levels are?
Eg: Level 42 S'lai Screamer (Doom Guard)

[BlackMagister]

Aug 13, 2008 5:35:20 GMT -5 Mort said:

Wave 39 ----> Wave 42 Good to summon. Good as Offense.
Wave 40 ----> Wave 42 Good to summon. Good as Offense.
Wave 41 ----> Wave 42 Good to summon. Good as Offense.
Wave 42 ----> Wave 42 Good to summon. Good as Offense.

The last waves while good at offense is at a point where offense is no longer important. Unless you're killing heroes that are really good late game for stalling like time mage and summoner by camping their spawn it's kind of pointless. The team you're trying to offense will just be summoning defensively and it takes 2 group of doom guards to kill one group quickly. Otherwise you're just killing them slightly faster than normal and your summon would have been better spend on a defensive spot on your side.

Late game is just whoever can summon on their side the most to stall and remember never to summon when your ally has already summoned until their summons are dead or almost dead.

[BlackMagister]

Remember that all resistant skin waves have their resistant skins removed when summoned expect for wave 42 (doomies). Which means they can be sheared and affected spells.

This means they can be affected by Arhat and Havoroth which normally resistant skin creeps/waves are not. Many people forget this and Arhat on stun waves which have resistant skin and Arhat to "help" their wave 42 summons.