Repel

[Radio_Star]

Originally Posted by Bat/man

Its an interesting little niche:

Wrathful Skies & Blood rain can make repel viable, and these combinations are very rarely used or considered in conjunction with Repel, and so can be a surprise to an opponent (and fun!). Combine with fear units to force a rapid route.

Beware berserck/undead (...) as always of course.

What would the best nation to leverage this mechanic be? Someone who can spam H2 priests for sermon?

Would you pick up those paths on your pretender to guarantee access if your nationals don't provide it?

[BewareTheBarnacleGoose]

Originally Posted by Radio_Star

What would the best nation to leverage this mechanic be? Someone who can spam H2 priests for sermon?

Would you pick up those paths on your pretender to guarantee access if your nationals don't provide it?

LA Marignon and LA TC both have pikes and fear-spam. But as Kungfoo explained above, you use fear-spam because you want to use fear-spam (traditionally to rout a large army whose retreat path you were able to cut off magically), not because you have pikes. What's up for debate is really whether pikemen make good line-holders WHILE you are using fear-spam.

So definitely don't design your pretender around something everyone in this thread has affirmed as a niche use!