Awesome units/spells

[UncleYee]

EARTH ATTACK!

I don't get it, is this the best assassination spell or what? Manifestation, Infernal Disease, even the Send Tupilak just seem weaker. That earth elemental can roll right over skele spam or other chaff, even the normally assassination-wrecking dragonflies. He almost always gets the job done.

And that's in SP, where mages and such are free to cast whatever they want. I can't imagine how easily he cuts through mages in MP who are all scripted to cast battlefield support, or even (minor) thugs who are scripted to spend 5 turns buffing themselves.

[danm]

UMBRAL.

UmmmmmmmmmmmmmBRAL.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

he's yummy. beefy, etherial, lifedraning, and CHEAP.
just add Gift of Reason, and a few well chosen items and you have a nice cheap SC.

3 or 4 can hold a fortress gateway indefinately.

they should rename him YUMbral.

[vfb]

Leech rocks. Sure, it comes in at research level 7, but what else are you going to research when you've gotten the Const you want, if you are Mictlan or Lanka?

Because of the fatigue restoration in the spell, a lowly B1 Mictlan Priest can get off two of these in a row and still have only 88 fatigue.

It does 25 points of AN damage, with no MR roll, has AoE 1, decent range (25), and 100 precision. So it's a great anti-SC, anti-thug, anti-heim spell.

Does anyone know if the Leech "Life Drain" damage affects undead, demons, or lifeless beings?

[Yrkoon]

Tangle vines

I know, you must be thinking - what, that lowly spell ?

Well yes, exactly, it is a lowly spell, only conjuration 1, nature 1, so lots of mages (in particular all the shamen) can cast it. Shamen are available as indies in lots of places.

And tangle vines really turns high def armies to sitting ducks, since it halves the defense and stops them from moving at all. It AoE 1, no MR, and can last for several turns (depends on your growth scale). So the fearsome elite troops of the enemy become punching bags.

Works wonders on all units, particularly cavalry, glamour units and SCs. Great in conjunction with eagle eyes (also N1).

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vfb said:
Leech rocks. Sure, it comes in at research level 7, but what else are you going to research when you've gotten the Const you want, if you are Mictlan or Lanka?

Because of the fatigue restoration in the spell, a lowly B1 Mictlan Priest can get off two of these in a row and still have only 88 fatigue.

It does 25 points of AN damage, with no MR roll, has AoE 1, decent range (25), and 100 precision. So it's a great anti-SC, anti-thug, anti-heim spell.

Does anyone know if the Leech "Life Drain" damage affects undead, demons, or lifeless beings?

I couldn't find the answer to my question, so I used MaxWilson's handy easyspell.dm to check.

Result with a Mictlan Priest:

Being Undead does not provide immunity to Leech. (Priest killed a black servant with Leech.)
Being Lifeless does provide immunity to Leech. (Priest refused to follow script, cast summon imp at golem instead.)

So Life Drain attacks work against all units except Lifeless units. Makes sense!