[Stormbinder]

Originally posted by LintMan:
The one time I was attacked by a horror, it was on a soul contracted mage casting some ritual spell.

The horror that showed up wasn't a small one (I'm not sure if it was a Doom Horror, though: I'm thinking it was a regular Horror), but I felt confident because the target mage had a bodyguard of 5 Iron Dragons, one of my favorite units.

Combat begins, the dragons fly over and all attack the horror. The horror lives, and immediately flies past the dragons and attacks my mage, killing him instantly. End of battle.

IIRC, Iron Dragons have a decent bite attack, but I might have done better with bodyguards specialized in doing regular attacks rather than trampling. But I think the horror mark makes the horrors prioritize the marked being, even when already surrounded by enemies. So unless your bodyguards are going to kill the horror immediately the first round before it can move, I suspect you're a goner unless the target victim is tough enough to hold up for a few rounds against the horror.

Nah. Target victim should summon something first round, and you should give him gems if needed, unless he can kill horror in first round with spell. Also tramplening is indeed one of the worst possible attacks against horrors, since they got to make two checks - 75% of faliure because of they are etherial, AND good chance of failure becuse of horror's high defense (all tramlening attack made as attck 10 vs unit's defense). I would suggest next time to try something with magical attack as a bodyguard, so it could hurt etherial units.