Re: Can someone tell me about Machaka?
 

The fetish is mindless and will die on turn 50, he won't run away. I don't think a berserker pelt will do anything at all (except replace his steel plate armor)

For expansion against indies, you could give him 5D for fear. But Machaka does not need an awake god to expand, it's got spiders. So A is probably good, especially since it gives you Rain of Stones, always nice to have.

I think a frost brand (if you can get your hands on one somehow) or snake bladder, plus a charcoal shield, will work better than trampling, if you want to trapeze around and fight stuff.

It's like a cheaper EA cyclops, that can't be mind hunted.

Re: Can someone tell me about Machaka?
 

I decided to reply to this thread.

No I can't tell you about Machaka. I don't know anything about them.

Re: Can someone tell me about Machaka?
 

IIRC units that are berserk will fight on until round 75 instead of the normal 50 rounds before fleeing. So it would buy you more time.

Re: Can someone tell me about Machaka?
 

Hey rdonj
Stop chasing my trolling posts you silly noob!

Re: Can someone tell me about Machaka?
 

No wai!

Re: Can someone tell me about Machaka?
 

You are probably right, thank you for pointing this out :)

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I certainly did :)

However, I definitively need more coffee to understand the why this would be a good thing anyway. Would you really put expensive items (requiring paths Machaka does not have) on a squishy black sorceror to be able to cast a Range 15 spell which is usable against single SC's only? And if it is a trampling SC or a SC with some damaging aura, you got pretty much nothing for the effort.

If I had all those items available, I'd use Shadow Bolts to paralyze the SC. Long range, and even if the bolts don't kill the target, a paralyzed target is a dead target. Sure, will end up with lower +Penetration ("just" +5), but on the other hand you can use the spell even when the SC is still buffing up.

But as I said, I definitively need more coffee to get my brains awoke.

Re: Can someone tell me about Machaka?
 

Woodsman are pretty strong, so punch through protection regularly and for big damage. And, not that that particular colossal fetish was trampling, but at size 4 they're quite resistant to trampling - i doubt you'd lose a single woodsman to the fetish before it died.

IMO cyclops is kind of a crap SC once you're fighting real players. I've killed many of them with ease.

Re: Can someone tell me about Machaka?
 

Yes, I suppose. I've killed many early and mid-game SCs with Emerald Guard squads. Their skills are good and they pack better than serpent cataphracts, but I think it's their morale that really does the trick.

Re: Can someone tell me about Machaka?
 

Says who?