MA Tien Chi in 3.10

[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.

[quantum_mechani]

Gregstrom said:
If the master casts Power of the Spheres too, odds are 10/36 for S2 v S4 and 15/36 for S2 v S3

No sort of booster helps magic duel.

[Gregstrom]

Oops.