Re: The New Sauromatia
Snake Bladder Stick has an enormous AOE attack dealing 5 AN poison damage. I believe that it actually has a higher damage potential than any other weapon in the game. If your opponent throws high MR attackers against you, and some nations like Pangaea even have high MR chaff, you are going to have a very tough time dealing enough damage to win the battle. Which is something that you definitely want to do, because as a flyer, the Gorgon is often behind enemy lines, and to retreat is to die.
It also works great with the Fear factor beacuse the damage forces morale checks. Otherwise you're stuck with Useless Kick and 5 hair attacks, which don't deal a whole heck of a lot of damage... any unit with decent Protection and MR is going to hold her.
What this all points to is that you really have to have a damage dealing weapon with the Gorgon. Fire or even lightning is ideal but extremely hard to get by the time you want to be using your Gorgon in earnest. The same for a Frost Brand... that relies on getting lucky in site searching, but a Snake Bladder Stick will always be available to forge.
Later on you'll want to switch to more powerful items that also help her resistances, reinvigoration, whatever, but for starters, nothing beats the Stick... in Russia, Stick beats you!
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