Wraith Crown

Ironhawk · #1 October 29th, 2005, 04:57 PM

Hey, what good is the Wraith Crown? I was looking at it and was excited by the prospect of ethereal from a helmet, but since it auto-casts that undead thing I dont see how you could use it on an SC. It would rout as soon as all the skeletons were dead. Do you just make sure that the SC always has an army with it? That seems kind of lame and perhaps not worth the price? Does anyone even make these? I feel like I'm missing something obvious.

Molog · #2 October 29th, 2005, 05:55 PM

It would be nice for an assasin to have for extra help when assasinating.
I think lifelong protection item stops the retreating when all troops are destroyed thing.

shovah · #3 October 29th, 2005, 06:19 PM

or just use it on a golem or something which wont rout

Ironhawk · #4 October 29th, 2005, 06:23 PM

While I've never personally used a Golem it strikes me as odd that they wont rout. All commanders rout regardless of power if all troops on the battlefield die. Which is why, if you're an SC, you dont want troops on the battlefield, ever. The only exception that I know of is immortal units in positive dominion, which will never ever rout.

shovah · #5 October 29th, 2005, 06:38 PM

the golems dont rout because they are mindless constructs(i think) but they dont dissolve because they each have 1 astral to keep them alive. i know for a fact they dont rout because in my current sp test i used 3 golesm and a banelord, soon as 1 golem died (forgot to equip him) the banelord routed and it said my forces had routed and even though they could fly and had a clear escape route my golems kept fighting

Chazar · #6 October 29th, 2005, 07:48 PM

Immortals are also supposed to keep going in positive dominion, arent they?

shovah · #7 October 29th, 2005, 07:51 PM

yes they are, so wraith crowns supprisingly enough work well on wraiths (though wraiths are already etheral so its not that useful on them)

Vicious Love · #8 October 29th, 2005, 08:07 PM

Golems, immortal commanders and commanders wearing the Slave Collar(not sure about this one) will never rout in friendly dominion. Immortal troops will rout. I suspect golems that have become troops, rather than commanders, might also rout or dissolve.

Circa one patch ago, the Wraith Crown was unique in that its autosummons never caused a rout if they were killed. I'm not sure if this was intentional, if it was reliable, or if it is presently true, but it was definitely a plus at the time. To the furthest of my knowledge, no other summoning/enslaving items have this advantage, not even the reanimating Twin Spear or the Tartarian Chains.

shovah · #9 October 29th, 2005, 08:17 PM

also, units that have gone berserk never rout (especialy if they start the fight berserk)

Wish · #10 October 29th, 2005, 08:34 PM

try giving the hero a skeleton charm as well, and churning out more longdead every battle round.

the wraith crown is essential on my Army-of-one assassin armory. the crown, plus the fenris skin and wolf stone, lifelong protection and the lantern shield. your choice of boot and single handed weapon. (I prefer the death oriented twin spear, either the flight boots or the stone boots)

of course with the fenris skin, you are auto-berserk, and wont rout no matter what