How do I Deal with Living Statues and Raiding Tarts?
 

I am R'lyeh and am being raided by Living Statues and Tartarians.
This end game stuff is a little new to me. What is my best counter? My mind blast, enslave mind and soul slay are powerless against them.
I could teleport Starspawn and nether dart. Or do I need to go with control or arcane bolt? Arcane Domination seems drastic for raiders, it is difficult to pull off, especially when he rain of stones my communicants.
Thanks
Aristander

Re: How do I Deal with Living Statues and Raiding Tarts?
 

Living Statues as I recall don't have immunity to the elements, so attack them with troops with high strength or a big weapon, or any spells that deal high damage. All you really need to do is beat their protection (astral has armour negating damage spells).

Tartarians are trickier. You're Rlyeh, so astral is your strong point, water being mostly useless against them.

If it's got astral magic itself, teleport several astral mages in with gems to cast "Magic Duel". Might lose a few of your mages, but worth it. If the tart doesn't have astral and there aren't other astral mages with them, Mind Hunt them with S4 mages and as much penetration as you can supply for each mage casting it. They'll die eventually.

In battle, try Soul Slay with astral, again Pen boosted, with plenty of chaff to soak up the Tarts attention to give time for one to work. Mind blasts will probably paralyse a Tartarian eventually if you can get past its MR. Again, penetration boosts will help your mages.

Re: How do I Deal with Living Statues and Raiding Tarts?
 

GolemzzzzZzz!!!

Also, soul slay is by no way powerless. Just bring enough mages with spell-penetrating items, any MR is bound to fail eventually. Mimd control is, of course, even better. Also, read Baaltz's guide to communions. You can teleport entire communion on his head, if you are feeling especially nasty. With a golem up front to tank, and maybe one or two bottles of living water as well.

Re: How do I Deal with Living Statues and Raiding Tarts?
 

Hm, yeah, should have made clear.

Your average Tart probably has items to give it MR over 20, if not nearly 30. Your chance of beating its MR with an unboosted spell or mind blast will be well under 5%. Add penetration boosters (Eye of the void, rune smasher, stellar focus etc.), and if in battle use communion to get additional astral level. You can easily get +5 penetration or better, which will double your chances if not better. After that, it's simply a case of firing so many that eventually one works.

Also try mind control instead of soul slay. Then you'll have your own Tartarian.

Re: How do I Deal with Living Statues and Raiding Tarts?
 

Equip a golem or 2 with the following:
Flambeau
Flying Boots
Jade Armor
Astral Cap
Burining Pearl/Ring of the Warrior/Stone Bird

Set to 'Attack large monsters' then teleport onto a tartarian.

Re: How do I Deal with Living Statues and Raiding Tarts?
 

Darn, statttis beat me to the punch. I was gonna say Flambeau spam against the tarts with your own thugs/SCs. As for living statues, I think (could be wrong on this) they are magic beings, so I would go with Moon Blades/Elf Bane on your counter thugs/SCs.

Re: How do I Deal with Living Statues and Raiding Tarts?
 

Living Statues probsbly don't like AN weapons either, so Dusk Daggers or Gate Cleavers might be worth a look.

Re: How do I Deal with Living Statues and Raiding Tarts?
 

Or gloves of the gladiator, CBM.

Re: How do I Deal with Living Statues and Raiding Tarts?
 

If you get s1 mages up to s2 they can cast the spell that increases fatigue (forgot the name it's in evocation).
5 of them spamming the spell and your chaff should probably work.

Re: How do I Deal with Living Statues and Raiding Tarts?
 

Underwater you may be able to Encase in Ice instead of Stellar Cascades. Also try Shark Attack if you can fight on the defensive, and force him to retreat, while cutting off the neighbor provinces.

Give your mages some Stone Armor or Boots to survive the Rain of Stones, or on the defensive you can try a Crystal Matrix and:
- Communion Slave,...
- Communion Slave,...
- Communion Slave,...
...
- (Crystal Matrix) Ironskin, Power of the Spheres, etc