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Originally Posted by Fantomen
Grendelkin and treeants I haven't used myself but my opponent in Warthog spams them at me. So far not impressed at all. I've killed them off easily with Risen oracles and GoR:ed Umbrals, but I suspect this is more due to their lack of proper equipment and poor deployment than any problem with the summons themselves. I'm looking forward to see what i could make of them if I planned a strategy around them.
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Oh man, I was almost thinking Grendelkin are overpowered. You just have to realize that they are not damage dealers, they're damage soakers. They're probably about right for the cost, but they're out of the box great raiders and just absolutely awesome if you put just a bit of effort into them. Any SC *should* go down to a crafted counter or anti-SC tactics, but with very cheap equipment Grendelkin aren't going down to anything short of that.
For big battles have some fairly cheap mages buff them and stick 5-10 gems worth of whatever resistance/immunity is appropriate. You can also stick a fear helm + lantern shield (or implement axe) for a substantial fear aura (+15) which nicely combos with a golden shield. Their hps are so high that having one with jacked up MR is a great lightning rod if you expect to need one. For anti-SC duties give them some gladiator gloves and quickness and there's not really anything with a prayer of living through that assault - that's 12 attacks at 41 damage! And it's not like there's much that can kill them fast enough to keep the pummeling from happening...