Scripts to defeat earth attacks or ashen angels

aku666 · #1 January 9th, 2007, 04:08 PM

How about using mindless/mechanical units as bodyguards?

Ironhawk · #2 January 9th, 2007, 05:35 PM

Against an Ashen Angel, all you need is some chaff bodyguards to stall the angel for a turn or two and then script your mage to cast Dust to Dust. I suppose Banishment might also work if it was a priest? Not as good of a bet tho.

As for an Earth Attack - thats a tough spell to stand up to. Paralyze, Soul slay, etc would probably be your best bet. Or the spell that kills magic beings? Cant recall what it is. If you are willing to spare a gem, you could summon your own elemental in the battle. In the case of earth attack tho, you really are better off going with chaff commanders like scouts to reduce the chances of a mage or key commander being assassinated.

tibbs · #3 January 9th, 2007, 05:45 PM

Well, I believe there is a spell that is designed to kill a magic unit.I think it is maybe 3 astral and fairly high up the research scale. Also there is a sword, (moonblade?) that is good against magic beings.

But decoys are probably your best and cheapest route for low lvl mages.

Borya · #4 January 9th, 2007, 09:15 PM

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I rarely use bodyguards with morale below 20 because of the routing issue.

Sorry for offtopic - what is the issue about?

NTJedi · #5 January 9th, 2007, 09:18 PM

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Borya said:

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I rarely use bodyguards with morale below 20 because of the routing issue.

Sorry for offtopic - what is the issue about?

It's not a bug, but a by design issue... if a bodyguard dies during an assassination battle then all units make a morale check. If they fail the morale check all units will retreat and thus anyone retreating during an assassination battle means death for them.

1000yd_stare · #6 January 10th, 2007, 01:58 PM

You should surrender to Yomi.

Taqwus · #7 January 11th, 2007, 05:02 PM

'Opposition' is the targeted anti-magic-unit spell; resist or take damage. It's also the effect on Elf Bane. Moon Blade does additional damage to magic creatures, but doesn't attempt Opposition, if memory serves.

Earth Attack is powerful for the marginal gem cost, which is presumably why it takes an E5 caster and a fair amount of research. Body Ethereal will help a human-sized victim, because earth elementals attack smaller targets by trampling, but this doesn't help against Ashen Angels because the latter use magic weapons IIRC.

Decoys make sense. So might a dome spell, to reduce the likelihood that the spell attacks will actually work, if this is a situation where you're getting pummeled in one province.