Sphinx Killin Tips

[Wendigo]

When it comes to Sphinx killing, a personal favourite is the quickened Son of Niefel equipped with 2 dusk daggers: aprox 120 protection negating damage per combat round.

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[ April 23, 2004, 16:14: Message edited by: Wendigo ]

[HotNifeThruButr]

I once took down a Personal Luck'ed, Ethereal (forgot how he got it) Sphinx inside a castle. I ended up losing about 2/3 of my forces, but since tower fire can berserk some einheres, they didn't route when everyone else did. They were so tired they ended up attacking once every two turns.

So, to recap, dual weapon soldiers are good if you have no alternatives. I'm talking Falchioneers, Einheres, and Centaur cataphracts, to a lesser extent. When it's inside a fort of some sort, berserkers are almost essential.

[Endoperez]

Gate Cleaver, armor-negating axe dishing out damage with about 30 points of weapon damage added to the strength... As Caelum you might be able to give few Storm Generals Gate Cleavers and maybe amulets of antimagic. Most other nations don't have access to flyer commanders able to use weapons, but if the Sphinx is you only problem even an independant Knight Commander can dish out some damage until paralyzed...

[Taqwus]

Oh, and if you have a 3E/1S caster, you can always try Gifts from Heaven. It's not too precise, but with quickness you can toss six meteors a turn at 150 pts each. 900 points in one turn would wipe the smile off the face of even a Sphinx.
Granted, a 3E caster is probably better used casting Weapons of Sharpness so even your regular troops get the AP flag, while an astral mage could go for Astral Weapon then start swinging if he's buff enough.

[Cheezeninja]

True. But can the Dracolich fly? I'm at work and i've never used a Dracolich, but if memory serves me right then they can. Its something of a convention in fantasy that undead things with wings can fly through innate magical abilities or whatnot. I'm not saying its a problem that needs to be fixed, i just failed to look closely enough and was surprised when he couldnt in fact, fly.

[Yossar]

Haha, found out what works really well. A casting or two of Living Clouds may not kill him, but I just tried it against a 1400 hp sphinx, and while I only brought him down to about 500 hps, I think he got every affliction possible. Then once he's feebleminded and blind you can kill him with anything.

[ April 24, 2004, 03:00: Message edited by: Yossar ]

[HotNifeThruButr]

After seeing all of these sphinx killing ideas, I've concluded that it's much easier and efficient to just kill his dominion...