Thread: Berserk vs Awe
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Old May 13th, 2009, 03:24 PM

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Default Re: Berserk vs Awe

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Originally Posted by Aezeal View Post
And I'm sure not all opponents are beserk unless you play a very strangely modded game
The tough ones are (Ashdod's giants).
Berserkers, including Ashdod's giants, won't go berserk until they're damaged, unless someone has cast Touch of Madness of them. In practice this means that the Shield of Gleaming Gold's Awe will still work against most berserkers except ones you're actively beating on, so it still has some crowd control benefit.

(Sometimes berserkers will berserk themselves if you Repel them, though. This won't happen with Ashdod's giants because they have long weapons that can't be easily Repelled, but it happens frequently to Maenads.)

On the other hand, Awe isn't tremendously useful against elite (i.e. high-morale) troops anyway, and especially not against blessed sacreds who tend to have several stars of experience (Ashdod's giants). An Eye Shield, on the other hand, would be great against Ashdod.

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