Death Bless

[Wahnsinniger]

Throw the Blood-9 Death Curse on there, and using cheap Sacreds like Flagallents or mictlan's, then the enemy army is doomed whether they win or lose.

[Kristoffer O]

My brother just pointed out that this probably means that the heroic ability 'legendary cruelty' also affects spells in the same manner (it gives some fear and increased affliction chances).

[MaxWilson]

Don't bother with the cheap sacreds. Use a single sacred mage and a spell like Earthquake or Rain of Stones. (Edit: IIRC, the death curse gives an MR resist roll.)

However, "Doomed" is a bit strong. "Annoyed" might be better. Much like the spell Leprosy, the main effect is probably psychological. People hate having their pretty armies messed up.

-Max

[PyroStock]

Kristoffer O said:
My brother just pointed out that this probably means that the heroic ability 'legendary cruelty' also affects spells in the same manner (it gives some fear and increased affliction chances).

Does anyone know how Legendary Cruelty scales? Does the Fear also increase over time? Unlike other heroic abilities there's nothing to show where this starts and how it scales up. I have it on a sacred unit (rainbow w/ 4Death bless) so I presume those both stack, but I'm wondering how good this heroic ability is... I'm tempted to retire him and let a new hero in (it's just SP so I control the Hall of Fame for the most part).

[Edi]

Legendary Cruelty is much like Heroic Agility in that it combines two different abilities in one package. Heroic Agility combines Heroic Battle Prowess and Lightning Reflexes with a bit of a bonus with the ambidex, Legendary Cruelty combines Battle Bellow (gives fear and increases over time) with the increased affliction chance.

[Kristoffer O]

I don't think the fear effect increases, but the affliction chance does.

[Edi]

So, the fear from legendary cruelty is different from the fear from Battle bellow?

[Edratman]

I am starting to think that the death bless has been underrated. It may not be real beneficial for hand to hand combat, but once you research some effective area spells and have sacred mages it has the potential to be stronger in the medium to late game than others that are more highly regarded.