how do damage multipliers work?

[Boron]

deccan said:

I'd like to test this. What would be an ideal equipment loadout for an AQ?

If you want you could take as opponents doom horrors too .
Would love to know if a good equipped airqueen is in serious danger against a doom horror

And i think a good tartarian as opponent would also be very nice since they are tough and some have really good paths which give them some nice extra buffs

[Zen]

Heh. Jade Armor + Rod of the Phoenix, you can even put that on a scout

Or perhaps Boots of Quickness.

[Boron]

Zen said:
Heh. Jade Armor + Rod of the Phoenix, you can even put that on a scout

Or perhaps Boots of Quickness.

Why rod of the phoenix ?

Standard of the damned can't be resisted and it has the same cost : 20 fire vs 20 deathgems .

[Zen]

Death Gems are more valuable than Fire? And if someone is going to tool around with a Doom Horror having 5 or 6 such scouts, (with either/or BOTH) will fill in the weakness gaps.

But all you need is either one and Doom Horror = Kaput.

[Boron]

Zen said:
Death Gems are more valuable than Fire? And if someone is going to tool around with a Doom Horror having 5 or 6 such scouts, (with either/or BOTH) will fill in the weakness gaps.

But all you need is either one and Doom Horror = Kaput.

It depends on the nation you are playing . If you lack F3 forgers for the rods or vice versa .

And there is a lot with 100% FR so the Standard should work better overall .
I like atm the idea to use banelords for this for offense and demilichs for defense in positive dominion .
Unfortunately my faerungame where i wanted to try this out got a strange error now

So i ask you now
What is your favourite lategame army composition ?
Which types of SCs , Mages and Troops do you prefer ?

Troops e.g. get killed very quick by either lighning or fire lategame . But you need troops to prevent your mages from routing or to use more than 1-2 SCs reliable .
I have thought a lot about different combos but so far haven't found a real favourite for me .
Do you have one ? Can you briefly explain why ?

[deccan]

Boron said:
But you need troops to prevent your mages from routing or to use more than 1-2 SCs reliable .

I was messing around with Black Forest Ulm and I discovered that Vampire Counts are so good because they are all immortal. Because of the "immortal commanders do not rout in friendly dominion" rule, I could make an army of mini-SCs out of them that won't rout when the first one dies.

[Boron]

deccan said:

I was messing around with Black Forest Ulm and I discovered that Vampire Counts are so good because they are all immortal. Because of the "immortal commanders do not rout in friendly dominion" rule, I could make an army of mini-SCs out of them that won't rout when the first one dies.

The problem is to get positive dominion when you attack
As a defensive force especially vampire lords with vampire horde are not bad

[deccan]

Boron said:
If you want you could take as opponents doom horrors too .
Would love to know if a good equipped airqueen is in serious danger against a doom horror

And i think a good tartarian as opponent would also be very nice since they are tough and some have really good paths which give them some nice extra buffs

Heh, that's kind of carrying things a bit too far. As you can see from the types of tests I run, I'm mostly interested in finding relatively cheap and reliable counters to some of the most commonly encountered SCs. I'll leave the late-game mega-SC stuff to when I can actually survive to lategame.