Guide: MA Oceania - OMG, I think I've done it

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Originally Posted by JimMorrison

... Illithids are bacon savers..... You can't even really effectively stop them with a single high HP/MR unit, like often works against Astral magic spam, as they always spread the love around a bit.

You can, you just need a passive attack. I defeated some Illithid+Troll invaders with a single Wraith Lord who cast Soul Vortex . He was paralyzed almost the whole battle, until the Illithids ran out of bullets. Then they charged forward and got killed too. I think I had something like a Frost Brand, Vine Shield, Starshine Cap, MR Ammy for gear.

I'm not sure if anything else would work as well as Soul Vortex, but you might get equivalent results with Fire Shield and enough Regen and Reinvig.

Like everything, if you just build Illithids (not that that's what Jim said at all), you're gonna be screwed. But it's worth throwing a few into your armies, and target fliers or large monsters or something else you'd like to disable in a battle.