Assassin nations?

Burnsaber · #1 November 2nd, 2007, 03:24 AM

In order to have a good early game assasin, try recruiting one on the first turn and propethising him. Assasin + Smite spam = good. Just remember to put him way back in the battle placement screen.

Edi · #2 November 2nd, 2007, 07:06 AM

Lanka also has assassins, the Rakshasi is a seducer/assassin, and they can summon Samanishadas later on (a Rakshasa assassin). The Rakshasi does have the problem of not having stealth in both forms, so if she shapechanges in battle, she will likely get stuck or will attack her current province.

thejeff · #3 November 2nd, 2007, 08:09 AM

Since someone mentioned Black Hearts, Jotunheim has easy access to blood and very tough (giant) scouts...

Ygorl · #4 November 2nd, 2007, 05:51 PM

Tupilaks may be able to take down mages and priests, but they fail miserably against victims with high defense. Hoburg heroes beat them, and that's just embarrassing.

Taqwus · #5 November 2nd, 2007, 07:52 PM

Yeah, not a fan of Tupilaks due to their att/def.

Ah, forgot about the Samanishadas. Vicious, if memory serves. Likewise, the seducers (including the non-national Succubus blood summon) and Sirens can be outfitted as such, although Succubi are slow to work with -- if the seduction succeeds, they have to fly back all the way from the capital.

Aside -- it is probably a bad idea to use Succubi with an underwater nation, although it might be funny from a really really warped POV if she has water-breathing gear on. Talk about a bad date...

jaif · #6 November 2nd, 2007, 07:57 PM

Hey all, thanks for the good discussion. I don't get to play much, so I've focussed mostly on nations without assassins up until now, but I just got a hankering to play with them a bit.

I'm curious - what do you guys do against a priest with smite? Smite's 20 points, so that can easily be a one-shot kill.

-Jeff

llamabeast · #7 November 2nd, 2007, 08:02 PM

Smite is MR-resists, so give your assassin an anti-magic amulet.

Edratman · #8 November 5th, 2007, 09:26 AM

Smite is powerful, but you also need precision with it and MR influences the hit.

I've been playing using either of 2 bows on assassins, bow of madness(?) and etheral crossbow. Etheral crossbow is more effective, but I still lose assassins to mundane commanders. Haven't managed to get my assassin with the crossbow to target a pretender or major commander yet.