[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Daynarr:
And, btw, he has far better combats stats then LoD. Unless you don’t consider 20 vs. 15 attack (not counting fire bonus), fire immunity, ambidexterity and fire magic (which is far better in combat then death) an advantage.

These certainly account for his 25 extra points in cost, but Imps make this little edge useless, since all you have to do is kill the stupid imps, and they practically beg for it, flinging themselves into the enemy like that, and the Moloch is gone, possibly dead, if you planned it.

As for Fire Magic being better in combat than Death, that's debatable. Fire has Phoenix Pyre and Fire Shield, which are certainly neat...but Death has Soul Vortex, which allows the aspiring SC to both damage his enemies in a radius, and alleviate the need for a lifestealing weapon.

Fire certainly has excellent artillery spells, but this is useless for an SC, unless your intent is to use the Moloch as an artillery caster, which is something he can do well, but makes his combat stats mostly irrelevant in that case. Besides, Death has Drain Life. The PoD set for drain life/summon chaff will be far more effective as an anti-SC duellist than the Moloch will.