Fomoria

Lazy_Perfectionist · #1 December 1st, 2007, 05:15 PM

As an aside, at least against the AI:
A N6, E6 Fomorian King (prophet) with
Lightning Spear
Weightless Tower Shield
Rainbow Armor
Boots of the Messenger

Divine Blessing, Holy Avenger, Mirror Image, Mistform, Quickness-> attack

can solo armies quite well. EVEN when I was careless and raided deep into enemy dominion, I survived even starting the battle with 17 hp. Not something I want to repeat, however.

My prophet SC had a whopping 17 hitpoints (whoops), 20 attack, 20 defense, 10 reinvigoration. Hehe... I'll update the stats somewhere a little more friendly. And a prophet doesn't require blessing...

That's more like it. In friendly dominion, I've got a nice 170 hitpoints. Combine those six mirror images with a very nice defense, and I'm set.

Now it's time to try some other blesses.

Lazy_Perfectionist · #2 December 1st, 2007, 05:59 PM

Fire Dragon 8.

Fire isn't a natural bless for Fomoria, but it makes 10 unmarked killers of indies as well. I suppose it may have something to do with repel, in addition to a higher kill count.

Water comes a bit more natural to Fomoria, with both the Fomorian God King and Lady of Springs.

Lady of the Springs, Water 9, Nature 6.
I would have rather had another scale than that last point of water. This bless works nicely, as well. Counting Shield parry, you have 18 points of defense on your Unmarked, and 4 points of regen. I consider this bless superior to the earth-nature combo. At least in my limited tests, but especially because it benefits all of your sacreds, not merely the fully armored.

My last experiment isn't designed for MP. I'll see what I can learn from it, though. It's an imprisoned Fomorian Sorceror with 5 dominion, 4 FAWEDN blessing. I really don't need the air, what with my mages, but...

whoops, posted a little early. Will edit the rest in shortly.

Hmmm... it appears even unblessed Unmarked can clear quite a few provinces in mere 10 unit squads. This most of my conclusions off the mark.

Lazy_Perfectionist · #3 December 1st, 2007, 06:41 PM

It turns out I need a new frikkin baseline or an entire game to judge the results of my bless.

Any suggestion for a good non-random lab/baseline?

And I thought I was so clever with water/nature. Anyways... it seems like its a pretty good plan to send out a team of unmarked every other turn, Champion, Unmarked Champion, OR Druid. It'll allow you some research time as well. I was having trouble figuring out where to fit in the research/nemedian sorceresses with this nation.

Anybody have any triple nine bless experiments to share?

sector24 · #4 December 3rd, 2007, 12:09 AM

Well technically Niefel Giants don't need a bless to crush indies either. I tried a 9 nature 9 earth bless with Fomoria and totally destroyed the AI. I'm not really sure what would be the most appropriate bless though. The lack of a chill aura really makes Fomorian giants prone to getting swarmed, so maybe several light blesses rather than two big ones. Fire, Nature, Water for starters. But I don't know about MP of course.