Arcane Bolt

Lingchih · #1 May 5th, 2010, 01:29 AM

Arcane Bolt?

There should be some kind of way to resist it. It knocks out magic units quite early in the game.

pyg · #2 May 5th, 2010, 01:37 AM

Congrats!

chrispedersen · #3 May 5th, 2010, 01:44 AM

Its one of my favorite spells. But I think thugs, SC's etc are too hard to kill.

Reasonable spells for battle mages encourages chaff units (as screens). I think we need a lot more of that, not less.

Squirrelloid · #4 May 5th, 2010, 01:50 AM

I've had bad luck actually hitting much with Arcane Bolt. Even with good base precision + windguide (12 base + windguide = 20 iirc) it misses more often than it hits.

BlanketThief · #5 May 5th, 2010, 02:41 AM

Shields sorta neuter arcane bolt, don't they?

zzcat · #6 May 5th, 2010, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by BlanketThief

Shields sorta neuter arcane bolt, don't they?

Yep. Air shield helps too. AFAIW a thug with shield of valor is basically immune to any bolt spells.

Lingchih · #7 May 5th, 2010, 05:15 AM

Tell that to my dead Eagle Kings.

quantum_mechani · #8 May 5th, 2010, 05:34 AM

Air shield doesn't help, but shields with high parry should make it very ineffectual.

zzcat · #9 May 5th, 2010, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by quantum_mechani

Air shield doesn't help, but shields with high parry should make it very ineffectual.

It's quite easy to test. Check attached turn files and you will see most arcane bolts missed against the nagas with A10 blessing(80% air shield). But if you shift-k the bandar commander before he cast divine blessing, almost every arcane bolt will hit and kill a naga.

chrispedersen · #10 May 5th, 2010, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by quantum_mechani

Air shield doesn't help, but shields with high parry should make it very ineffectual.

Air shield does help.
Most people think that air blesses are worthless. I think they are way better than most people realize - not only for sacred troops, but for sacred thugs.