Who do you usually promote to prophet?

[trebuchet]

I've found that the new bless effects make a difference when I choose, keeping in mind that your prophet seems automatically/permanently blessed. That is, assuming that the units in contention aren't all sacred anyway (which is sometimes the case). I am not big on combat prophets, but with certain bless effects this becomes a much more interesting possibility.

Unless there's a compelling reason to wait (like an uberpriest available for boosting a turn later) I will often put it on one of my starting commanders on the first turn - no matter how bad they are - to increase my dominion faster in the early game.

With Ermor I try to wait until I have the most powerful base unholy priest available, just to be able to reanimate more powerful undead.

[SurvivalistMerc]

Has anyone ever made a level 5 priest a prophet? Is there such a thing as a level 6 priest?

[PvK]

The Doms I Abyssian AI just made an Anathemant Dragon its pretender, and attacked me on the same turn with his pretender and a bunch of blood summons leading the way.

I don't think I've even seen an Anathemant Dragon before. Don't tell me; I'm enjoying the suspense!

PvK

[Joonie73]

I've gotten 2 level 5 priests as national heroes: Carmont (Marignon) & Bartholomeu (Pythium). I suppose they become level 6 if you make them prophet. Bartholomeu is nasty. The most powerful magic user in the game arguably.

Originally posted by SurvivalistMerc:
Has anyone ever made a level 5 priest a prophet? Is there such a thing as a level 6 priest?

[RadiantFleet]

If I remember right, you could get to level 7 in dom 1, but 7 didn't do much for you. You could do level 5 prophet with the sword of justice (I think that's the name, it was the two handed artifact that increased priestly power by 1).

For prophets, I always pick a strong combatant at the beginning of the game. Unless you have a combat pretender, your prophet is your best general in the beginning game. In the late game it can be lots of fun picking a prophet. Gift of Reason plus high end summoning can give you Iron dragon prophets or abomination prophets. I've been speculating that some of the Ryleth void criters could be a fun prophet

If I'm in a tough game, I like using a wraith lord rainbow mage as my prophet. Pretty tough, makes a good rainbow mage, and if you keep him in your dominion you'll never loose him.

[Adept]

Originally I went for boosted combat types. Tough knights and the like, but as was already pointed out, campainging outside your own dominion really takes a lot out of the prophet.

These days, I always go for a priestly type. Even promotin a lvl 3 priest to lvl 4 is worth it in my books, especially if there's trouble with the undead.

[Saber Cherry]

Originally posted by Adept:
These days, I always go for a priestly type. Even promotin a lvl 3 priest to lvl 4 is worth it in my books, especially if there's trouble with the undead.

"Even"? "Trouble with the undead"?

Level 4 holy is incredibly valuable, simply due to Divine Blessing and (most important) Fanaticism. If only you could force-cast Fanaticism... still... it is the most important prophet ability, in my experience.