Carrion Woods ideas please

Cainehill · #1 July 19th, 2006, 02:51 PM

But something like the Starshine Skullcap or Wraith Crown will help keep your expensive pretender alive. As Oversway said, the carrion dragon is going to kill a lot of units, especially if it has water or fire for BoW / Fire Shield. That is, of course, as long as it stays alive : I've lost CDs to a sleep spell (which the SS might have prevented) and to mass XBow fire, which the WC probably would've prevented.

shovah · #2 July 19th, 2006, 04:49 PM

starshine if you will be facing mages, wraithcrown for (expensive) all purpose and horror helm for routing (horror helm gives+5 fear, carrion dragon has good fear base AND death magic adds fear). for the misc's give him luck and something (maybe reinvig)

Vicious Love · #3 July 19th, 2006, 11:15 PM

Also, bear in mind that many of the units killed by the helm would have been killed anyway, either by hurling themselves at a fire shield, freezing to death, being souldrained, or being picked off by a spare attack when they're the last unit in base contact with the carrion dragon.

Edit: Oh, and do factor in the forging time, plus the fact that gems are often worth much more than their alchemy value, as well as the fact that Dominions isn't exactly short on summons, spells and items that give you a 100% return on investment in a full 20 or more turns.

Agrajag · #4 July 20th, 2006, 03:49 AM

I wasn't saying the helmet is better than other alternatives, I just responded to the part about it costing too much by saying that if you haven't got anything better it can be worth its price. I did not say it was the best/ultimate option.

Saxon · #5 July 24th, 2006, 01:48 AM

I thought regen didn't work on undead, like my Carrion Dragon or a Banelord? Let me give it a shot!

That said, it looks like I will be able to dominion them out. I have been pushing hard to keep the carrion critters coming and am slowly overwhealming C'tis. They are also on a long peninsula and I am taking the ocean around them and building temples. Hitting them from both sides should help. The game is taking a long time, the higher level of difficulty has made the AI pretty good.

Wish · #6 July 24th, 2006, 02:08 AM

regen works on undead, but not on the lifeless. all the carrion things (dragon, ettin, mandragoras, etc) are lifeless, and thus - no regen.

Though lifedrain still works for them.

shovah · #7 July 24th, 2006, 10:31 AM

yea, regen really helps if your sending your banelord vrs undead.