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I would be interested in seeing a Baalz/Squirrel matchup, with baalz following his guide till turn 12, and no lanka attack till 12.

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^^

As would I.

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Well, to be fair with you I found some earth gem sites just in the same turn Lanka was ordering its troops to attack me, in turn 14 :D

I had bad luck because Lanka was ruled by a veteran player and I think he knew I had a low Dominion. And he had Dominion 6 and a very well blessed troops, with Twist Fate, morale + 2, protection + 2, etc.

I had the possibility to forge the crossbow Just Man's Cross, that fits well to kill demons, but it cost 5 fire gems and without fire gems and without a Dwarden Hammer...

If I had had more time maybe I could have defend better but not in turn 15, it was too soon, wasn't it?

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All sacred troops get a morale boost when blessed regardless of magic on the pretender. The other blessings are from astral 9 (+4 MR and twist fate) and earth 9 (+4 protection and reinvigoration 4)

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I've always thought N9 was more fun for Lankan sacreds - the banishment and missile weapons just berserk you then.

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Yeah. N9E9 would seem optimal to me, but then again, I haven't played Lanka all that much.

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I can see N9 (and i've tried it - but when you run into F9W9B6 mictlan the N9 is a mistake), but i really can't see E9. Combats shouldn't last long enough for the fatigue to matter, and only half your sacreds have enough armor to care. And defense is more important than protection for regular troops you plan on fielding in reasonable numbers. (Thugs are different, and size 4+ troops are too, because its too easy to get swarmed).

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well, your kala muhkas will like it,and there's nothing wrong with taking a bless that will benefit your thugs too.

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I really think N9 is a mistake on any nation with sacred mages. You don't want your Mandeha to all the sudden fly into the melee, because it ate a piece of fireball pie. Well, you might sometimes, if you thugged it out. But probably not.

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I've played a lot of lanka. I never use an n9 blessing.