What are the strongest summons? - Page 4

Teraswaerto · #31 December 15th, 2003, 04:12 PM

Lamias are nice.

NTJedi · #32 December 15th, 2003, 04:48 PM

Mid-Level Summons... Pale_Riders spell gives you 20 longdead horsemen for 10 death gems.

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I don't really see much in earth...earth magic just strikes me as weak overall really. Besides blade wind its battlefield spells are weak or hard to cast, and its summons are not great either, ...

I would have to disagree... the earth kings are awesome. Lots of life, regenerating and poison immune! Easily made into supercombantants with more regenerating items and a wraith sword. Being lvl_4 earth mages also allows them to cast invunerablity(30_Protection). Of course elemental kings are not mid-level summons... this was clearly a response to a previous post.

[ December 15, 2003, 15:49: Message edited by: NTJedi ]

#33 December 15th, 2003, 05:21 PM

I consider "Mid-Level Summons" to be of the troop type not Kings, Arch-Devils, Ice Devils, etc that are commanders/SC's. Some of my more common Favorites.

All the Seasonal Spirits have their place and position (I don't know what our cutoff for Mid-Level is here).

Summer Lions - Expensive but powerful. A good unit be bait; force attention on them while you tear at their army from a different direction.

Fall Bears - See Summer Lions, but not as effective because they do not have radiation.

Spring Hawks - The equivilant of a battlefield assassin. They are fragile but get the job done, don't expect them to survive long. Just have them do their job.

Winter Wolves - Cheap, radiation effects and ethereal. What's not to love? Of course you have to have a matching dominion or they might as well be Spring Hawks.

Spirit Mastery - 4 Death Gems for some fodder that have the chance to paralyze everything they can hit.

Lamias - Cheap cavalry type of unit that has multiple units per cast (my favorite) so it doesn't eat up too many mages time.

Mandragoras - See Lamias.

Clockwork(s) - Fodder against magic heavy nations and armies and good for defending a castle entrance. Plus they are cute.

Behemoth - No Morale Elephants for everyone.

Reanimated Archers - Fast firing free Xbows, even some disease thrown in for good luck.

Blood - I like Devils and Demon Knights personally; though if you don't have access to heavy penetrating missile using troops and do have access to Frosties or Storm Demons, they can fill a gap.

ywl · #34 December 15th, 2003, 05:44 PM

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Originally posted by Joonie73:
I have never seen Doom Horrors. How do you get them, aside from Wish?

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Originally posted by Teraswaerto:
Nope, they don't. One fun thing to wish for is the Doom Horror.

They might come if you cast a high level spell (e.g. Wish) while the Global Ritual Astral Corruption is active.

ywl · #35 December 15th, 2003, 05:50 PM

Summon Ghost at Level 6 Conjuration is not bad if you have a high-level death-mage. The number is 2+ at 9 gems. If you have a level-9 death mage, it'll be one gems per ghost in each casting - cheap and efficient.

Blood Rite at Level 7 Blood is not bad neither but it's more research.

NTJedi · #36 December 15th, 2003, 05:51 PM

Has anyone seen the computer opponents cast WISH?? And if they have what was casted??

Taqwus · #37 December 15th, 2003, 06:04 PM

A mage under a Dome of Corruption, casting spells during Astral Corruption, wielding the Banefire Sceptre and Magebane, wearing a Robe of the Archmage, Boots of the Planes, the Forbidden Light and Horror Harmonica should have a decent chance of seeing more horrors than he could ever want. No bets on his longevity 'tho.
Seriously, if you want a guaranteed-friendly horror, use Wish + Gift of Reason. Otherwise, well, you place your bets and take your chances with enslave/charm spells.

ywl · #38 December 15th, 2003, 08:03 PM

I forget another one. The second level spell "Hell Power" also summon Horror in combat. If I remember correctly, the longer you survive, the bigger will be the summoned horrors. The horros are not necessarily friendly and they have a good chance of attacking you though.

void · #39 December 25th, 2003, 09:59 AM

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Originally posted by Teraswaerto:
Nope, they don't. One fun thing to wish for is the Doom Horror.

just for fun?
no...
it's a map-move 10,fly,76 life,25 prot(vastness 0),+15 fear,NO ASTRAL MAGIC' creature..
i prefer to wish D-H instead of vastness/abo*4 ^^

void · #40 December 25th, 2003, 10:07 AM

my Favorites:

* clockwork' horror
* spirit mastery
* winter wolves
* army of the dead
* wish: doom horror