[Scott Hebert]

Originally posted by Cohen:
slot to be protected. Sadly she's very frail even in her own dominion and have slow stats ... I believe a such angelic being should be with moloch like stats.

Every time I hear this, I start to wonder. There is NO WAY the Virtue should have similar stats to the Moloch. The Moloch is one of the best fighters, stat-wise, in the game. The only thing preventing him from SC-dom is his Imp posse. If you made the Virtue as good as the Moloch... she'd be first choice as Pretender.

The Virtue has many bonuses over the Moloch already. She has a one higher starting Dominion. She has a better path. She has Awe(+6). But she's not meant to be a SC. Like the Phoenix, she's much more of a combat mage. As you point out, she can cast Wrathful Skies and not care. All this, and IIRC she costs less than the Moloch.

The bless make your mages protected by arrows and 75% lightning.

It also extends the same benefits to your Lava Warriors, which become quite a bit better once they're virtually immune to crossbows.