Bless Effects

Huzurdaddi · #1 June 26th, 2004, 09:31 PM

So I'm thinking about going into another multiplayer game and I want to try out a bless effect.

My 1st inclination is to try it with a nation with excellent sacred troops like Vanheim.

So here are some pretenders:

Water Dragon W9 D4, dominion 5, Order 3, Cold 1, Misfortune 1, Drain 1, watch tower.

Moloch W9 F9, Order 3, Sloth 3, Cold 1, Death 1, Misfortune 2, Drain 1.

Ghost King F4, W4, D4, B4, dominion 6, Order3, Cold 1, Misfortune 1, watch tower.

Lich: F4, W4, D4, B4, dominion 5, Order 3, Sloth 1, Cold 1, Misfortune 1, watch tower.

Lich: F4, W4, D6, B4, dominion 5, Order 3, Sloth 2, Cold 1, Misfortune 1, watch tower.

I kind of like the lich I have to say, you get an imortal combatant and that's nice! Of course the Moloch's Van's will tear through troops like nothing else.

What do you guys think? Of these which would you go for? Or would you try something else?

HJ · #2 June 26th, 2004, 10:24 PM

I would trade death for cold 2 in moloch Version. Temperature is unstable enough that this is bound to have a much lower impact on the game. Maybe it would be better if you also trade cold 2 for drain in other Versions. But, that's just my preference.

quantum_mechani · #3 June 26th, 2004, 11:34 PM

If you REALLY want to go for bless with vans I would do something like this:

Moloch F9W9 Order 3, Sloth 3, Cold 2, Misfortune 2, Drain 2, Mausoleum.

Huzurdaddi · #4 June 27th, 2004, 12:30 AM

Do you really think that the 10 admin of the Mausoleum is worth the 40 points?

I did test out the F9W9 blessing 1st and as expected it kicks ***.

I have not tried out the F4W4D4B4 blessing yet. I figure it will be less potent. However the pretender is in many ways better. Immortal rainbow-ish. has a lot of the cross requirements for a lot of the good blood summons and he can seach well.

Any other ideas? Anyone know of other really good bless targets ( Vanhiem has 2! ).

quantum_mechani · #5 June 27th, 2004, 02:23 AM

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Originally posted by Huzurdaddi:
Do you really think that the 10 admin of the Mausoleum is worth the 40 points?

It provides twice the gold bonus of the watch tower.

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I did test out the F9W9 blessing 1st and as expected it kicks ***.

I have not tried out the F4W4D4B4 blessing yet. I figure it will be less potent. However the pretender is in many ways better. Immortal rainbow-ish. has a lot of the cross requirements for a lot of the good blood summons and he can seach well.

Yes, rainbow bless can work, if done right it can give you good bless effects, a SC, AND a rainbow mage.

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Any other ideas? Anyone know of other really good bless targets ( Vanhiem has 2! ).

Marignon flagellents are great with fire, Man's Tuatha theme has some nice, cheap van-like sacreds.

Kel · #6 June 27th, 2004, 03:01 AM

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Originally posted by Huzurdaddi:
Do you really think that the 10 admin of the Mausoleum is worth the 40 points?

I probably play a mausoleum about 40% of the time.

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Any other ideas? Anyone know of other really good bless targets ( Vanhiem has 2! ).

Vanheim has two, not including comanders, but they are both very expensive.

As mentioned, Marignon is good. Jotunheim is popular with a nature blessing as well.

Personally, while I am not a huge fan of bless strategies, I have been playing with some base C'tis blessings. Dancers, with a water blessing, have a huge defense (like 21-22 ? can't recall offhand since some had xp stars) and, of course, the quickness (which means they keep up easier with the Elite Cavalry which do nice damage but die easily). I would expand on it but I don't want to sidetrack too much

- Kel