advices ANTI EA R'lyeh needed

Saxon · #1 May 18th, 2007, 01:59 AM

Can you tell us what bless you have? I am boldly assuming that Vanheim would be played with a bless.

Also, what paths do you have on your pretender? That would help people thinking of magic options for you.

Yes, those two things are pretty much the same question, but you might have some paths that are useful but don't give a bless.

AreWeInsaneYet · #2 May 18th, 2007, 02:18 AM

I get a W9A9 double bless god without any other magic, like what you would assume vanheim doing these days.

Since I lack the old-style F9 part, chop mind lords won't be that easy even if my units managed get there; the ability to go underwater with construct magic is out of question, but I'm wondering that maybe kappas could handle it better than my national troops?

And yes, it's a pain to have no astral at all. no anti magic, no duel spam, extremely vulnerable to mind lords

vfb · #3 May 18th, 2007, 02:38 AM

An important thing to have in this fight is MR. Your sacred Vanheres have MR 14. Kappas have MR 8. Kappas will get nuked by spells and Gibo Mind Blasts.

Your Vanheres should be just fine with their high speed and high MR. With no arrows to hurt them, they should look like a bunch of underwater cuisinarts. I think barrels of air are the way to go.

The Vanheres might be vulnerable to hordes of freespawns. Do you have anything AoE that will work underwater?

MaxWilson · #4 May 18th, 2007, 02:48 AM

With +5 berserk, an F9 bless on the Vanheres is really not necessary to chop Mind Lords (and you *do* have quickness). All the Vanir units have terrific MR, which is another reason for R'lyeh to be wary of you.

Good point, vfb, about MR on kappas. Other than that kappas are terrific, and if construction magic is out of the question... save up a whole bunch of gold, then create 300 kappas in two turns and drop them on R'lyeh. Mind blast only has 10 ammunition or so, eventually they'll run out.

-Max