What to do about Ermor ....

[Boron]

a probably more useful tip for this game :
you have the b2 skratties right ?
so you could bloodhunt a bit and empower one to b3 then and let him forge some bloodthorns .
they are great weapons for your gigant leaders as scs or vor banelords too .

forging a water bracelet for 1 doesn't hurt too and is easy

then you have a b3w3 skratti which can summon the ice devils they are great scs .

if you are extremely lucky one gets e.g. heroic hitpoints as heroic ability or heroic quickness
this is then a true monster against everything expect ermorian undead hordes were lifeleech doesn't work

[magnate]

Boron said:
a probably more useful tip for this game :
you have the b2 skratties right ?
so you could bloodhunt a bit and empower one to b3 then and let him forge some bloodthorns .
they are great weapons for your gigant leaders as scs or vor banelords too .

forging a water bracelet for 1 doesn't hurt too and is easy

then you have a b3w3 skratti which can summon the ice devils they are great scs .

if you are extremely lucky one gets e.g. heroic hitpoints as heroic ability or heroic quickness
this is then a true monster against everything expect ermorian undead hordes were lifeleech doesn't work

Hey that's another good idea - thanks. As soon as I can spare 250gp I'll get one. I already have a water bracelet or two. Little chance of them getting hero status though, with my priests having >100 kills each.

Why is Life Drain so good? Surely it doesn't kill things as fast as high damage (esp. if AP like the fire brand)? If my SCs have high prot and luck, surely they don't get hit often enough to make LD worth while? Or does LD add to hp above max??

CC

[Boron]

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magnate said:

Hey that's another good idea - thanks. As soon as I can spare 250gp I'll get one. I already have a water bracelet or two. Little chance of them getting hero status though, with my priests having >100 kills each.

Why is Life Drain so good? Surely it doesn't kill things as fast as high damage (esp. if AP like the fire brand)? If my SCs have high prot and luck, surely they don't get hit often enough to make LD worth while? Or does LD add to hp above max??
CC

yep lifedrain adds to above max hp .
after the battle for the new turn it is restored to the basic hp ( "negative" heal ) .
against weak units so it is very likely that your ice devil starts with about 80 hp and ends the battle with e.g. 130 hp .

high protection and luck are good too but lifedrain has another EXTREME good advantage :
it restores FATIGUE too when lifedraining from living beings .


so example :
a not 0 encumberance SC = nonundead will fatigue out slowly . you can take reinvigoration items but this is expensive and if you have a good armor you need a lot .

so a niefel jarl e.g. without high reinvigoration / lifedrain when fighting against 100 units will lose because he fatigues out after he kills a percentage of the 100 units .

when the niefel jarl/ice devil had lifedrain or high reinvigoration / regeneration he would have won against the 100 units .

reinvigoration / regeneration has the advantage it does this every turn always while lifedrain needs living beeings ( no undeads , lifeless ) to restore hp .
so reinvigoration / regeneration works always but is much more expensive you need more items for this , 1-2 reinvigoration and 1 regeneration item while you need only 1 slot for a blood thorn as lifedrain weapon .

small guidelines for SC usage :

use lifedrain weapons or a wraith lord with d3 can cast soul vortex so he doesn't need that .
this is cheap.
you can use these SCS against all kinds of living beings .
against 50 troops + a few leaders you will win 99% of the battles .
against 100+ troops + some mages use SCS + some troops .

against undeads / lifeless use troops + battlemages instead .

Against the ai these guidelines should be enough
a human player when you advance to mp requires a bit more detailed tactics and lots of painful learning expierience .

i found this out myself since the 1-2 months i am playing mp

[Pickles]

SC do get hit often enough to make the recovery of HP an issue plus it relieves fatigue plus it can take them above maximum.
The extras HP do not seem to all disappear at once either when you stop but I am not sure quite how this works.