Thanks again Cohen .
Yeah thats why i said 8 nations because in this extreme setup i think few will play e.g. man / marignon etc. because they have little abilities to hoard anything .
It is now with 2.14 not as good as it was but my favourite equipment for a sc was : Boots of quickness , Blood thorn , Luck pendant , Burning pearl , copper plate , amulet of antimagic and starshine skullcap .
This way he lacks flying if he hasn't built in but since staff of storms is so omnipresent boots of flying are only good for strategic mobility .
If i would play jotunheim niefelheim or for ice devils because they have water magic they can cast quickness so they could get boots of flying anyways instead of boots of quickness
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Now with 2.14 luckily this setup isn't as good anymore because burning pearl gives only 50% fire resist this way .
So now you have to pay if you want +4 attack and 100% fire resist because burning pearl only gives now +4 attack and 50% resist .
But with this setup i said above i think Niefel jarls , ice devils and similiar were really quite good alround SCs . Only protection was not so high but the listed equipment is not too expensive .