Most of the time, higher tier monsters have all the abilities of preceding tiers, with increased intensity.
Stalker Traits by Tier
All Tiers
Ghostmane Stalkers are shadowy, ninja-like Gremlins that stalk knights. With the ability to cloak, dodge, and throw blades, they are the assassins of the Gremlins and are also the quickest. Their recon cloak behaves the same as in Lockdown: they can mark Knights with the Recon Mark and eventually the Death Mark, which nullifies a Knight's defenses completely for 5 seconds. If a Stalker is damaged while invisible their cloak will break, rendering them visible.
Uses a Capsule in Tier 1, Super Capsule in Tier 2 and Ultra Capsule in Tier 3 to heal
Tier 3
Throws three blades.
Strategy
Guide: Stalker Combat
Ghostmane Stalkers are a pain to deal with, since they are able to cloak, are agile, and never stay in one area for very long. Since Stalkers become visible when successfully hit by an attack, any wide-area Bomb can be used to successfully and efficiently reveal any hidden Stalkers. Once revealed, try to kill them as quickly as possible; they will become vulnerable and are easily knocked back by regular attacks. If you are unable to kill them in time, they will re-cloak and flee.
Mecha Knights can also see through the cloak and will seek them out.
The ninjas of the gremlins, they creep up on unsuspecting knights and back stab them.
Notes
This monster behaves like the others. See above strategy for combat and equip effective gear.
Combat
Saw blade Slash
Saw blade Throw
Recon Cloak
Death Mark
Use Health Capsule
Loot is dropped when the monster is defeated. The loot that drops is random. Sometimes loot isn't dropped at all. This list is simply a pool of possible loot.
Random spawns also apply to missions with floors that have geography similar to the relevant arcade area. The normal version of a monster can sometimes spawn instead of the status version in areas themed with a status, unless the spawn is guaranteed. See Gate Maps for details.
Encounter
Random Spawn
This monster has a low chance to spawn in these areas:
They use recon cloak until a red death mark appears on the victim, then they slash from behind. They can also throw their blade.
Combat
Saw blade Slash
Saw blade Throw
Recon Cloak
Death Mark
Use Health Capsule
Loot is dropped when the monster is defeated. The loot that drops is random. Sometimes loot isn't dropped at all. This list is simply a pool of possible loot.
Random spawns also apply to missions with floors that have geography similar to the relevant arcade area. The normal version of a monster can sometimes spawn instead of the status version in areas themed with a status, unless the spawn is guaranteed. See Gate Maps for details.
Expansion Mission: Operation Crimson Hammer.
