Acid Storm, What counters it?

[Dedas]

sum1won said:

Rust mist and acid storm have the same affect on armor.

No, Acid Storm has the same effect as Armor of Achilles, and Armor of Achilles destroys armor. You can either test it or read it in the manual (p. 260). It even states that it destroys armor.

[atul]

Hm, didn't test Acid Storm, but at least Rain of Acid creates the rusty armour syndrome, where the armour goes away after a good strike, i.e. identical to Rust Mist. Perhaps the effect from Storm is stronger than from Rain?

[Chris_Byler]

Since it only affects armor prot and not skin prot, not only are high natural skinprot creatures like Trolls and Crushers unaffected, but units affected by protection buffs like Wooden Warriors, Marble Warriors or Army of Lead lose only their armor, not the protection provided by the buff. This can be useful either for the Acid Storm caster, or for the opponent.

Assassins, Mind Hunt, remote assassination rituals, flyers, etc. can also be effective counters to Acid Storm depending on who or what is casting it

[Dedas]

atul said:
Hm, didn't test Acid Storm, but at least Rain of Acid creates the rusty armour syndrome, where the armour goes away after a good strike, i.e. identical to Rust Mist. Perhaps the effect from Storm is stronger than from Rain?

Yes, Acid Rain damages armor but do not destroy it. Acid Storm however...
But as there seems to be a lot of confusion on this I'm just gonna clear things out by quoting the manual:

Acid Storm (p. 260): [Second row] "All armors are destroyed, like Armor of Achilles."

Armor of Achilles (p. 243) [First row] "Destroys the target's armor, reducing its Protection."

Rust Mist (p. 244) "All armor in the area of effect becomes rusty. When struck (and after damage is calculated) the armor has a 50% chance of becoming "broken" [Acid Storm gives instants broken armor] and conferring no Protection bonus. Broken armor has the same effect as Armor of Achilles."

To summarize: there is a difference between "broken" and "rusty" armor. Acid Storm gives "broken", Armor of Achilles gives "broken", Rust Mist gives "rusty", Acid Rain gives "rusty".

[Juzza]

good creatures to use would be ones with good regeneration maybe trolls, but probably something like tarasque would be better,or those kind of statues in enchantment, spells like acid storm and fire storm don't do a huge amount of damage to single units and don't always hit, so something with regeneration and decent hp is likely to survive.

um a good strategy to try would be using say EA C'tis' sacred serpent dancers, get a water, nature and air blessing, so they have even better Def, regenerate and have some defence against incoming missiles, remember they already have like no armour so you just have to outlast them.