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FrankTrollman said:
That's crap. The fact that training in Fire Magic also gives you attack skill doesn't change the fact that you trained and your skills improved. You know, that thing that heroes do? Where they train? Yeah, the Seraph did that too.
He just happens to be an 18/14 instead of a 15/15 - to say that Hildegard has better stats is insane. She's +1 to hit the Seraph, the Seraph is +3 to hit her. The Seraph is better.
And it has 5 times her hit points, and amazing magical powers, and a host of special abilities, and blah blah blah. Hildegard isn't even comparable in any way on any level with the Seraph. It rocks her so hard that it doesn't even notice running her over on the way to the 7-11.
Hildegard isn't impressive. She should be. But she really isn't. And claiming that she is better in any way to the Seraph is just blowing smoke.
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Must be differing views again. For me, base Attack and base Defence are more important than attack/defence after bonuses from mounted, equipment etc. The Seraph would actually be at a malus to hit Hildegard, because she's also mounted (+3 defence). I did overstate her attack and defence a bit, though, because the Seraph also has base skills at level 15. I checked Seraph's stats from the screenshot, and failed to noticed the malus from Fist.
I'm not comparing how likely Hildegard is to score a hit against a Seraph. I'm comparing their skills. Seraph just happens to be the summon with the best attack and defence I came upon when going through the manual. I also disregarded magic boosts like intrinsic Fire/Water boosts, Quickness, equipment, bless, weapon/armor adjustments or miscellanous items different units happen to use. I also disregarded things like Seraph's Fire Shield and resistances.
Hildegard's attack and defence of 15 are
extreme, but unfortunately
not enough. Her low hitpoints mean that she'll still die against a lucky ranged unit, or against an AoE spell - she's just a human. Humans, even very good humans, won't matter much in Dominions. I KNOW that Hildegard would lose when fighting against a blind, feeble-minded, unconscious, unblessed Seraph. I'm not claiming that she could fight anything like the Seraph. I'm no even saying that if one hit is needed, she could deal it just as well as the seraph, because the Seraph's fire magic helps her there. I still think she's as
skilled a combatant as the best of the angels of Dominions. Not effective, skilled.