I hate horrors

[Psycho]

Originally Posted by rdonj

If you don't mind your pretender going mad, the astral rod that shifts things out of existence is pretty good at getting rid of horrors. I've seen a master lich defeat at least one doom horror with it.

You got lucky. The insta-death effect of the astral rod is MR negated.

[Gregstrom]

I've had an E9W9 Cyclops with the Summit laugh off the Eater of Gods.

[Meglobob]

If you are attacked underwater, a mage scripting encase in ice x2, frozen heart, encase in ice, frozen heart, cast spells will kill the horror a high % of the time. Put 5 body guards as well and to avoid your own mage running away from fear aura, items like dragon helm, ring of the warrior, bear claw talisman help, various dragon scale armour, fire plate and fire brand help alot. Place right at the front of the battlefield as well.

Underwater races can happly forge/cast spells with astral corruption up using those tactics.

[Gregstrom]

A massive Defence score probably helps a little, too.

[TwoBits]

I just don't see what the big deal is. The only time I've ever faced one of the uber Doom Horrors was when I cast a global with Astral Corruption up (as an underwater race, with excellent bodyguards - so I survived, barely).

In another game once, I had an Elemental King repeatedly nailed by Horror Mark (7 or 8 times, at least), and over the course of the next 30-40 turns, was attacked by a grand total of one, ONE, regular Horror - and that was it! No Hunter of Heroes, no Doom Horrors, nothing. Made me regret all the paranoid precautions I took that hampered a fully useful deployment, and all for no good reason.

Which makes me believe that you need an insane level of horror marking before you can expect regular visits by Kurgi, the Swallower of Souls, the Devourer of Eyeballs (OK, I'm making these names up at this point, because, well, I've only ever seen that one guy, in that one game, in all this time of playing, and I've forgotten his name already!), etc..

AC is a whole 'nother ball of wax. But if you allow your Pretender, or other prized unit, to become sooo badly horror marked that he's a Doom Horror magnet, then you deserve everything you get, IMO.

[K]

Originally Posted by TwoBits

I just don't see what the big deal is. The only time I've ever faced one of the uber Doom Horrors was when I cast a global with Astral Corruption up (as an underwater race, with excellent bodyguards - so I survived, barely).

In another game once, I had an Elemental King repeatedly nailed by Horror Mark (7 or 8 times, at least), and over the course of the next 30-40 turns, was attacked by a grand total of one, ONE, regular Horror - and that was it! No Hunter of Heroes, no Doom Horrors, nothing. Made me regret all the paranoid precautions I took that hampered a fully useful deployment, and all for no good reason.

Which makes me believe that you need an insane level of horror marking before you can expect regular visits by Kurgi, the Swallower of Souls, the Devourer of Eyeballs (OK, I'm making these names up at this point, because, well, I've only ever seen that one guy, in that one game, in all this time of playing, and I've forgotten his name already!), etc..

AC is a whole 'nother ball of wax. But if you allow your Pretender, or other prized unit, to become sooo badly horror marked that he's a Doom Horror magnet, then you deserve everything you get, IMO.

When Astral Corruption is up, there is a chance of the Send Horror spell actually sending a Doom Horror.

That being said, there are a number of Horror-based strategies where someone would unintentionally become HMed.

[Tifone]

Originally Posted by TwoBits

...the Devourer of Eyeballs...

Damn, we totally need a Doomie with this name

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Totally unrequested opinion - I totally love the whole Horrors thing.
Totally.

[chrispedersen]

Originally Posted by Tifone

Damn, we totally need a Doomie with this name

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Totally unrequested opinion - I totally love the whole Horrors thing.
Totally.

I actually have such a unit, and such a commander in my Yomi mod...

[Alderanas]

try putting a meat shield of arhcers that wont move forward to attack the horror and then surround them with other soldiers.

[HoneyBadger]

Let's see...new doom horror names...

The Doom-Banger
The Skull Emulsifier
The Pain Dimension
It Who Must Not Be Described
Whuppass, Juicer of Worlds
Hell's Garden Service
10-Pin Nation-Bowler
The 9 eyed, 9 horned, Shiny Happy People Eater