Ermor Themes

[Vicious Love]

Jurri said:
Also, in theory a dude with high attack and a magic weapon should repel the dipossessed spirits to death when they swarm him, right? Could be considered, in case you don't happen to have fireshield available.

Not just in theory. They drop off like flies. I considered mentioning this, but figured it was covered by that whole "thugs vs ethereal" imperative, unless one favors 0-length weapons. Didn't think the whole morale weakness was worth pointing out, either, simply because SG has so many other, more easily exploited susceptibilities.

Alneyan said:
Note that mindless units have no problem sieging a fort: they work just as well as anyone else here. Mindless units do work poorly when defending forts.

Jurri said:
Ashen seems better even in fort defense. And of course they crack forts like heads, being both numerous and strong.

My mistake and point taken, respectively.

[spirokeat]

Death magic is very good, but I suspect the power of Ermor doesn't come from straight out of the box death. Its the themes and the units that they provide that are unique to them.

Dark Knowledge costs 3 gems rather than the 2 that the other divines cost. In my particular instance it means that as Mictlan when Mictipoctli turns up, I can throw out a revenant with him or do it with my pretender if he doesn't and have a chance at getting a death economy going.

You should probably do three challenges.

Ermor out of the box vs anyone.
Ermor AE vs anyone
Ermor SG vs Anyone.

With some good players and knowing your facing Ermor specifically I don't think it would be the walk over that people are expecting. There are plenty of undead bashing spells and items out there.

SPiro.

[Alneyan]

Note that mindless units have no problem sieging a fort: they work just as well as anyone else here. Mindless units do work poorly when defending forts.

[Jurri]

Well, it really doesn't matter if your guys are mindless or not if you have eight times more of them than your mindful comparison-group! Soul Gate guys have so low a strength anyway (on average, since most of the chaff is dispossesseds ) that Ashen seems better even in fort defense. And of course they crack forts like heads, being both numerous and strong.

[Turin]

Well I guess it´s a matter of taste which theme you like more. Either you go for masses of troops, in which case AE ermor is your favourite, or you go for awesome leaders, then you are better off with soul gate.

Both themes seem to be incredibly strong (if you know how to make money with them) and I doubt anyone could win a 1vs1 vs my SG ermor.