[Peter Ebbesen]

Originally posted by Argitoth:

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Originally posted by ywl:
But it's, at best, a hopeless struggle.

I strongly disagree, hence I am trying my best. Is life drain a ranged attack?

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Touch attack. Same as the Vampire Queen.

Are ghosts all that strong against lots of undead?

Given the hitpoints of SGs troops, I would expect each ghost to kill a unit per round of close combat except when facing apparitions or other ghosts, which typically make up a very small part of the ethereal armies.

Note that I have not tested this. It is based on the conjecture that the Ghosts life drain attack counts as a magic weapon and thus bypasses ethereality.

I'm just summoning a bunch of bane lords. I guess I'll use 9 gems for ghost summoning and use the rest for bane lords. Those bane lords are very strong. [/QB]

If your good friends (hint! hint!) send you charcoal shields and rings of reinvigoration as gifts, this may be the wiser choice. The 7hp fire damage is enough to kill most of SGs troops and if you rely on bane lords, you are going to get mobbed - and mobbed by troops that can paralyse and steal strength (though I do not know whether the latter affects undead - it probably does).

The easiest way to kill hordes of SG troops in melee is to make them commit suicide.