How to use blood magic effectively in battles?

[Warhammer]

Life for a Life looks like it would be good against SCs.

[Velusion]

Warhammer said:
Life for a Life looks like it would be good against SCs.

I've found B9 is excellent in that scenerio. The "send to inferno" spells and LfL can be very powerful against SCs.

Of course... you have to get to B9 and are only usable by above average blood mages...

[Micah]

L4L is B3, but only 1 slave, so a B2 mage could get a cast off...not exactly "above average" there. He'll be very much KO'd from it, but L4L is kind of a multiple-caster spell anyhow if you're trying to drop a 200HP SC.

[Velusion]

Micah said:
L4L is B3, but only 1 slave, so a B2 mage could get a cast off...not exactly "above average" there. He'll be very much KO'd from it, but L4L is kind of a multiple-caster spell anyhow if you're trying to drop a 200HP SC.

I'm pretty sure the computer won't cast it (it will default to something else) unless you have 3B. I've actually been testing it out in test games the last few days and I can't get the B2 mages to cast it (even when loaded up on slaves).

[Micah]

Well, it wouldn't be the first time the spellcasting AI didn't work like it ought to, so I may very well be mistaken.

[K]

Reinvigoration is the best combat blood spell. Rush of Strength is nice as well. The spells that send dudes to hell are the premier SC killers.

Otherwise, pray your mages don't cast any of the other spells (though Hellbind Heart is almost as good as Charm or Enslave and will do wonders in Assasinations).

Otherwise, blood slaves make good meatshields.

[konming]

I think Hellbind Heart is just like Charm, even longer range, but high fatigue cost and requires blood slave. It certainly is better than enslave. But all these spells tends to work on single more powerful target, as area kill is hard to find.