MA Tien Chi in 3.10

[vfb]

Power of the Spheres is also really great to cast with a Communion Master.

Do thugs need at least one magic path to get boosted by communion buffs through a slave matrix?

To beat an S4 with 100% chance you need S9, since they both get a d6. Assuming by "beat", you mean mutual death.

[Zeldor]

Taqwus:

To be exact - huge explosion killing all your mages. The sad thing is that there is practically no way to prevent it. Last time 16 mages died because of that - in last turn of battle, when last enemy unit was routing [and I had 0 losses].

[Shovah32]

vfb said:
Power of the Spheres is also really great to cast with a Communion Master.

Do thugs need at least one magic path to get boosted by communion buffs through a slave matrix?

To beat an S4 with 100% chance you need S9, since they both get a d6. Assuming by "beat", you mean mutual death.

Damn, for the magic duel atleast.

Power of the spheres is great for masters, even if they just cast it to boost the slaves they have(maybe 1 master casts power of the spheres, and one casts a helpful buff like summon earthpower?).

I don't think thugs need magic to be boosted, although obviously they need it to be boosted in a specific magic path(ie no free E1 mages through summon earthpower), but my communion thugs have tended to be Golems as I love misc slots so I can't say for sure.

For Zeldor: Did they have flying? Its rare for a flyer, whos only chance to be beside important units of yours is the turn after he dies and respawns in an unlucky place, to be killed on the same turn of battle that he respawns in such an unlucky place.

[Zeldor]

Shovah32:

They didn't respawn. Communion master cast Phoenix Pyre and it passed on slaves and all of them were really fatigues. So there was huge explosion and no one respawned [because of fatigue].

[Lingchih]

Makes for a really amusing battle replay though.

[Gregstrom]

Although that could tie in nicely with the worries about Mind Duel. Get a communion master to cast phoenix pyre on the first round, then get the slaves to spam Duels.

[Shovah32]

Might be a bad idea. The dueling mages probably have a high chance of losing their duel against the enemies, exploding, respawning within your own forces(or enemy forces, dying again and getting more fatigued) and blowing them up after losing their next duel.

[Gregstrom]

Yes - S1 only has a 1/6 chance of killing S4 in a duel, or 10/36 for killing S3. I only suggested it because if you're TC going up against Bandar/Arco in MA, it might be a better way of going up against therir astral mages than sitting there waiting for them to duel you. If the master casts Power of the Spheres too, odds are 10/36 for S2 v S4 and 15/36 for S2 v S3 (NB: these odds include the chance of mutual annihilation - if you don't have Pyre up this might be a bigger concern)

A bit of MM can reduce the odds of at least the first death of each slave hurting any other casters.