This means that a means of anti-tank is very important on AoK. Not just the walker type units from waves 17-19 of BC, but also real heavy tanks like predators and fire prisms. Many more tanks and heavy units spawn on Anvil.This means that builds and abilities that aren't normally used because of wave 16 on Colosseum can be brought to Anvil. There is no clone wave (wave 16 on Colosseum) on the Anvil.However, higher level teams are able to reach the mid teens and even wave 20 with reliability, getting a higher XP per hour rate than on Colosseum. The XP rewards are a bit lower per wave on Anvil, which (combined with the higher difficulty early on) makes it a poor map for low-level heroes who are still trying to level. There is less of a difference between wave 2 and wave 12 on Anvil compared to wave 2 and 12 on Colosseum. However, the waves do not ramp up in difficulty as fast as they do on Colosseum. Having a low-level team wiped during the first waves is not unheard of. Waves on Anvil start out much tougher than on Colosseum. There are two buildings just like on Colosseum, except on Anvil they are located side by side by the back (northeast) wall. There is a partially blocked central area with cover and obstacles that allows teams to set up camps. The map is markedly smaller, making it harder to lead enemies around the map for long stretches of time as they can often fire or jump across much of the map. The Anvil of Khorne is similar in overall design to The Bloodied Colosseum. It is not available in the old/original version of The Last Stand. The Anvil of Khorne is the second The Last Stand map, introduced with the release of the Dawn of War II: Retribution expansion and The Last Standalone.

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