Any good strategies for C'tis Poison Slingers

[Thilock_Dominus]

At the moment I'm playing the C'tis race, and to be honest I can't figure out how to use the Poison Slingers 'correctly'. I can't seem to make them work as I wish. It ends up with I'm poison my own army though most of them have a res 50 or they get slaughtered because of their laughable fire range. It could be cool if anyone could give me a hint how to play them right. At the moment they are useless for me, and why sacrifice bows and cavelry for something useless.

Thanks

with best regards
Thilock_Dominus

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by Thilock_Dominus:
At the moment I'm playing the C'tis race, and to be honest I can't figure out how to use the Poison Slingers 'correctly'.

Poison slingers + undead, nothing else.

[licker]

Yes slingers are a bit difficult to use, and some would say not worth their cost in the first place.

However...

If you play the standard theme (not Miasma, DT doesn't get slingers does it?) then realize that your sacred water dancers are 100% immune, and if you go for the right blessings (9water is my fav along with some fire) you can have a decent army of slingers and dancers. Try to add in some undead for fodder or for other purposes or use the drakes bog beasts and other 100% immune summons to add bulk or power or whatever you miss.

Though I usually find myself only using slingers in smaller armies or raiding Groups with small amounts of undead or constructs, I don't think they are particularly viable (on a cost basis) for your main army, though a small group of them placed properly could help, but as things degrade in the heat of battle you will wind up with your 50% troops getting poisoned.

[Gandalf Parker]

As with most shooters (archers, longbow, crossbow) you can lessen friendly fire by putting the slingers to the flanks of your army.

Also they work well in the bait-and-gauntlet tactic. Having hvy units do hold-and-attack closest, then have the slingers do a fire-and-flee. They will run forward, hit units with poison, then run back thru your holding line.

[Thilock_Dominus]

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
As with most shooters (archers, longbow, crossbow) you can lessen friendly fire by putting the slingers to the flanks of your army.

Also they work well in the bait-and-gauntlet tactic. Having hvy units do hold-and-attack closest, then have the slingers do a fire-and-flee. They will run forward, hit units with poison, then run back thru your holding line.

ummm...I will try that and see how it works out.

[stiger]

The problem with fire-and-flee for archers (or slingers in that case) is that they do actually... well... flee after it. So after each battle they end up in another province (or even scattered in three different provinces) and you have to spend turns geting them into your army again. Hope it will be fixed.

As for poison slingers, I've had hard time using them even with 100% poison immune army. Their range of fire is just too small... A sauromancer using breath of dragon or, with some beefing up, poison cloud/foul vapors will have much more impact on any battle (provided the army is resistant of course) then a couple of slingers for the same price.