[Peter Ebbesen]

Originally posted by PDF:

Contrary to Peter E I'm not that easy with Jotuns - troops are very expensive, never numerous and I get easily mobbed... Plus I still have difficulty with Blood economy.

Using Jotunheim's blood ability is entirely optional and, to my mind, not really worth it in the early game where you need to concentrate on building a decent giant force while working on summons. Certainly a devil factory is somewhat less valuable than for other blood nations, as blood mages are expensive and the climate cold. The Ice Devils and Ice Fiends, on the other hand, can provide a strong end-game component to your forces.


To avoid getting mobbed, it is advisable to bring alone some cheap chaff that you can afford to lose, and put in on the flanks, while you keep a Jotun/Niefel (if Niefelheim) force in the centre. The undead are IDEAL for that purpose, and you have easy access to low-level death magic. At higher conjuration levels I find that Sea Trolls are an extremely good complement to a Jotun force as they are excellent meatshields with a decent punch that do not consume supplies (often a priority with giant forces ) As the Sea Kings produce a water gem per round, each Sea King becomes a free Sea Troll recruiment post once summoned. Produce two astral gem generators (10 water gems each) for each Sea King hiding away in a fortress summoning Sea Trolls, and you are on your way to something great.

You do not really need water gems for much other than summoning Sea Trolls or generating astral gems, and together they make a good combination. (With just a tiny boost, Angerboda the Great Hag can be summoning Ether Warriors for those nice astral gems in the mid-game)

Another excellent flanker can be obtained through the medium level spell Pale Riders that gives you an awful lot of longdead horsemen at a low price. While rather fragile, they perform the role of flank shock absorbers excellently, and with attack rear orders and enough of them, you can surround many enemies completely while your giants tear them apart.