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Jarkko said:
Aka what I am looking for is a few "key"-summonings, that hardly never is a bad choice but usually is an excellent choice  Or is the thing really self-evident, and all I need is to get more games played and eventually I won't be trampled (so badly at least) anymore?
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Hi Jarkko. It depends on which role you want to fill out, really, but you are never going to go wrong by getting SCs.
SCs: Queen of Elemental Air, Tartarian (with Gift of Reason and Gift of Health/Chalice)
Thug: Bane Lord, Wraith Lord
Mage, diverse: Lamia Queen, Spectre (and some Tartarians)
Mage, high level: Any Elemental Royalty, Faery Queen, Treelords, Couatls, (Arch Angel - a desperate way to reach base FFF) (and some Tartarians)
Dangerous Self Defense in own Dominion: Demilich, Wraith Lord
Diseased Wimp: Black Servant. (Primarily used to hold a fever fetish and perhaps a clam while hiding in a safe fortress protected by troops and domes)
Troops:
- Vine Men/Vine Ogres - good cannon fodder in the early game with the right cheap equipment if you have access to cheap nature mages.
- Enliven Statues - especially with a high-level earth mage for lots of tough troops. Lifeless so no health gain for nasty thugs or SCs with life drain.
- Lamias - easy to mass with the help of Lamia Queens
- Kithairionic Lions - very strong troops mid-game but do not age well
- Ghosts - deadly in large numbers
- Mandragoras - if your enemy likes flying thugs and SCs into melee without sufficient backup, Mandragoras can be a remarkably effective cheapo defense.
- Mechanical Men - useful against people who rely on elemental damage. Also lifeless.
- Pales Riders - lots of longdead cavalry (with lances) at a low cost - good to flesh out the ranks.
- Behemoth - a 104 hp trampling undead elephant can come in useful for some nations - but not a must-summon.
- Legion of Wights - 20 undead very heavy infantry with bane blades? What's not to like?
- Abominations - expensive but nasty critters. Come with MR 20, HP 266, regeneration and three life drain attacks. Perhaps too expensive - not a must summon.
- Juggernauts - they look funny.
- Iron Dragons - expensive but nasty critters. Trampling elemental immune mechanical dragons with good protection. Perhaps too expensive - not a must summon.
Those were all non-blood. For blood magic, get any and all uniques you can get your hand on - they are all worth it, and get Vampire Lords in you want to create a Vampire Realm instead of a Devil Realm. The 9 level mass troops summoning spells are also quite useful, especially the mass storm demon summon. (flying, ethereal, lightning immune)
