[Soapyfrog]

Well I have only been fighting Marignon and Ryleh. Ryleh was not too difficult to defeat though it required me essentially to suspend all serious operations vs Marignon.

Ryleh was however able to deal a blow to my bane lords early on with their mass-paralyze, but once I had broken up that mass of Ithilids they were less of a threat, and my celestial warriors could cope with them quite well in any case.

The bane lords in general have been quite effective. They are a cheap summons with good stats, and properly equipped can be quite fearsome (as marignon no doubt has felt). Also they are strong enough to resist the effects of purgatory pretty well.

Lastly of course, wrathful skies is the best army killing battelfield spell I have ever used. Just amazing the way it chews up troops. It does take some effort to cast, in terms of investing in equipment (winged helm, bag of air, staff of storms, ring of tamed lightning, shoes of flying, 4 gems for the casting, thats 70 gems of equipment and 4 egms per casting) but the carnage it wreaks is most gratifying...