Best guards when horror marked?

thejeff · #1 April 5th, 2007, 05:37 PM

Lots of blood slaves. Not useful in combat, but keep the Horrors at a distance.

Of course, I believe the Doom Horrors nasty attacks are ranged.

Nick_K · #2 April 5th, 2007, 06:12 PM

Would a hit from mage bane give the 100 fatigue and stop the horror acting? If so fly + high mr + high attack skill + attack orders (no spells) might well work.

jutetrea · #3 April 6th, 2007, 01:05 AM

don't forget wraith crown - instant 4-10 or so undead in front of the commander. Usually a no-brainer on my main SC, so enough time for 3-4 buffs then no problem. Haven't really met a lot of the big horrors, so unsure if it would make a difference.

Micah · #4 April 6th, 2007, 01:15 AM

Best Horror guards are two astral pearls and a returning script.

Wish · #5 April 6th, 2007, 03:18 AM

Quote:

Micah said:
Best Horror guards are two astral pearls and a returning script.

quoted for truth

Shovah32 · #6 April 6th, 2007, 09:14 AM

You know his god is a lord of the forest, right?

Hellboy · #7 April 7th, 2007, 03:30 PM

This has been an interesting thread, but most of the comments above seem oriented towards a pretender w/ the likelihood of high level horror attacks. I'm also wondering about low level horror attacks. For example, if you're fairly sure you've got a low level horror mark (say your mage was using a lightless lantern, and he stopped using it after the first turn a horror mark showed up).

To be more specific, if you have a useful, but expendable mage with a probable low level horror mark, is there any point in guarding with 5 heavy infantry? If not, is there a not so very expensive way for a non-astral mage to protect himself?