Re: Caelum questions, both themes.
Imo Caelum has only one, but very powerful advantage over other nations. High Seraphs.
3 air 2 water 1? Flying, and most importantly, costs only a fekking *175* in cash, they are perhaps the most powerful single mage in game, when cost is taken into account.
At their mind-bendingly low cost, you should be making hordes of them. They are one of the most effective, if not THE most effective, researchers one can buy from the start, can search for sites really quickly (althought at limited paths), can cast quickness in battle to make them even more effective, work well with storm and storm power and do a lot of nice overland spells.
As for good battle spells for caelum, first one to cast is always obviously quickness, then summon storm power (if you are fighting in storm) and then proceed with thunder strikes or orb lighnings. The spells seem weak? Remeber, after first turn you will be casting 2/turn, and your mages are really cheap, so you have lots of them. Caelian mages have one weakness though: most of the stuff can be canceled with lighning resistance, so even mechanical men can be real nasty.
As for slaughtering abysians, or anyhting else for that matter, try this once: Take a single high seraph, give him staff of storms and ring that gives lighning immunity. Then go to battle, alone or preferably with some units that have lightning immunity guarding him, and cast wrathful skies. Proceed to watch the enemy army fry, and leave your enemy wondering at the battle report where hundreds of his units died and your units show one living commander.
Will not work twice against a human though, but is guaranteed to bring any ai down every time. There are another Versions with at least fire and poison.
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