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Originally Posted by Verjigorm
Master Lich is definitely a no-no... He dies from arrow volleys. Not that he can't wear stuff, just make sure he's got guards.
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He doesn't die (much) from arrow volleys if he has air shield and etherealness from items, but you are right.. he is terribly frail.
That makes him bad for offensive cloud trapeze/teleport operations in friendly dominion, but he is still excellent for suicide-defense, where he is guaranteed to cast at least one spell - so long as he has the magic to cast a spell that counts.
In the very late game, a master lich who has wished for
power is one of the most terrifying pretenders for suicide-defense, outclassing even a normal lich (or for Ermor, the lich queen) due to the extra miscellaneous slot and more magic - but admittedly that
is the very late game and 100 astral gems that could have been used for, oh, a Chayot.
Still, with the huge amounts of magic a master lich is normally created with, having used a wish to make him actually able to survive in battle, he is capable of laying down a wide variety of high-powered spells while surviving. I am not saying that this is always a good idea as it is so damn expensive, but if one has made a master lich for the magical variety that is also capable of casting wish (which it will be even if it only has a base 5 astral by wearing RoS+RoW+SS+CC), one should at least consider it if one is being pressed on the defensive. Soul Drain + Phoenix Pyre + Invulnerability + battlefield wide spells + cheap equipment is a very, very, fun combination on an immortal.