Originally posted by splooger: Well, I finally had to preach his *** out of existance after countless losses of Avalon Knights and ethereal crossbow wielding units
Personally, I would have tried Gate Cleaver. Ethereal Crossbow is nice instant death if save fails, but 29 + strength points of Armor-negating damage should do pretty well, too. Cleaver is harder to make, though. And the commander would have to survive to hit the Monolith, and survive any spells it might have cast...
I actually assassinated one successfully once (I didnt even expect to get him, there were 20+ commanders in the fort at the time) with a Slayer armed with a rod of inceneration and a lifelong protection and some other goodies.