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The wraithlord is more expensive than the ID, because 40 death gems is worth something around 80-100 blood slaves depending on the nation.

The wraithlord is more skilled, but has fewer hitpoints, so I'm not certain which way it will go.

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I'll do the Wraith Lord tests later today.

Question: The ID is a size 4 creature. If someone arranges an army of national troops (smaller than size 4) to accompany one or more IDs, if I set my demon assasination BLs to attack biggest, would it be able to ignore the chaff and go straight for the ID?

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Attack largest will ignore all of the smaller troops, and go straight for the biggest ones on the battlefield. Attack fliers works in the same manner.

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Okay, Wraith Lord test results in (having a lazy Sunday afternoon here...)

Basically I'd say the WL is much, much better. I did 10 battles with a Herald Lance + Lucky Coin WL. The ID was always defending and so got first hit. The WL won all battles.

The lower hit points made no difference at all I think. In 8 battles, the WL's HP never dropped below 30. In 1, his HPs dropped to 13, in the other , to 20+. However, the reduced strength of the WL compared to the BL was very noticeable. The WL needed to hit the ID noticeably more times to kill it. However, the ID had a hard time hitting the WL, so it was okay.

That was a one on one battle however. I suspect that in a big battle with lots of troops, missile support and multiple SCs, having more hit points would be better.

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I'm doing it for purely selfish reasons. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

I'm in a couple of MP games in which having a reliable way of killing ice devils would be very useful...

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And I'm asking because I have a tendency to mass-produce BLs (they are, IMO, the most cost-efficient means to wipe out enemies). Oops, did I just admit that? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Thanks again.

Re: how do damage multipliers work?
 

Killing SC's is easy when they're alone. Somebody sneezes and they die. But when they bring a huge army and hide behind, that's another story. Though big SC's are still vulnerable to spells and "attack large monsters" squads. For <6 SC's life is easier as they can bring something large (Niefel Giants, Mammonths, Elephants etc) to draw enemies fire.

What about AQ? If they come alone, bunch of el-cheapo lifeless summons (undead, clockwork horrors, etc) work just fine.

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How about a firbolg vs Ice Devil matchup? Firbolg has similar stats to a Bane Lord (1 more attack and defense, 3 less strength), but 16 less hps (42 vs 26). But on the other hand, he's not vulnerable to triple herald lance damage.

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Yeah, but the firbolg has terrible encumberance. Without a drain life weapon to restore his fatigue, and with a drain life weapon hitting him, he just won't Last very long. It seems like a choice only when you don't have access to death.

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Got to agree with that. And the HP is going to be quite a large issue.