[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by AhhhFresh:
Why can't your SC have exactly the same thing?

So which pretender chassis has as many advantages and few disadvantages as the VQ?

Except that your hits will be AP x3 damage.

That's if you have a fire 3 mage available. That definetly limits the nations that can accomplish it. She's also has all the advantages of being undead. Your pretender will either get tired because you aren't using any life drain, or you will be using up two or more equipment slots for reinvigoration. Any standard SC needs at least two MR items and regeneration, so with the Flambeau, skullcap, AMA and regen ring you have an armor slot and a boot slot left over. You now have no elemental resist or flying.

You've probably also managed to rack up a few afflictions by this point, while she will be perfectly healthy. You'll also need to be able to bring your SC to her every single turn, since she is perfectly safe inside her dominion. This also presupposes that you know what kind of pretender your opponent has, and have more gems to spend than your opponent, since the flambeau alone is more expensive than the equipment needed to turn a VQ into a SC that can destroy any grouping of conventional troops.