ulm help

Chris Byler · #7 February 1st, 2004, 12:41 PM

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Originally posted by Graeme Dice:

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Originally posted by Targa:
My basic starting army is the commander that you get for free, then I recruit the unit with the highest 'holy' value and make him my prophet.

Don't bother with making a holy 2 commander your prophet, unless you also want the boost to stats to help him in combat, as any commander is brought up to holy-3 or has one added to their priest ability, whichever is higher.

Prophets also get a significant boost in fighting ability as well as permanent blessing (the effect of blessing depend's on your God's starting magic).

That is why I like a Black Lord prophet with default Ulm. Black Lords have unsurpassed protection (among normal units), good defense skill (because they are mounted and don't take penalties for armor) and some strong attacks. As a prophet they get even more attack and defense skill, extra hp in friendly dominion and permanent blessing (gods of Ulm usually have earth, which provides reinvigoration if you have 4+, very nice on a Black Lord).

It's good to forge him some cheap items, too. Sword of Sharpness is a nice improvement over his basic sword (go with the 1-handed Version so he doesn't have to give up his shield), and requires no research. Later on with more Construction research there are lots of things you can forge.

Then give him five or so Black Knights with orders set to "Guard Commander", and put them all on a flank giving the prophet orders to "Attack rear" or "Attack archers". Unless you're fighting undead, then you may want to have him banish instead. Combine this with infantry in the middle.

In my opinion Ulm benefits more from archers than from crossbows. Crossbows have too much of a friendly fire risk. So find an independent province that has archers, preferably with good population (at least 8000) and at least 2 provinces away from your capitol, and build a fort there. Any commander can build a fort if you have enough gold, but it takes several turns depending on the fort type you chose for your God.