How to counter illithids in early game ?

Xietor · #1 April 20th, 2007, 01:45 PM

I do not think mind blasters are underpowered at 50 gold.

They are a good ranged troop that can go on water and sea.
They can kill a solo sc rather easily. If you take the high resource version, they are not easy to kill. And they get a life drain attack.

Teraswaerto · #2 April 20th, 2007, 01:49 PM

If the SC has over 20 mr like it should mind blast is extremely unlikely to work. With huge numbers of illithids anything is possible, but I wouldn't say it's easy.

Xietor · #3 April 20th, 2007, 02:07 PM

Let's put it this way, I would not send my sc against an army with either astral mages, or mind blasters. You may get lucky and resist all the spells, and you may not.

Tuidjy · #4 April 20th, 2007, 03:31 PM

Seconded. I have had a MR 23 Air queen die to about ten astral 2-3 mages. She
was scripted for wrath, chaff, retreat, and didn't manage to retreat. One
paralize getting through is enough.

You don't give mind blasters a single target. Unless it's a golem.

HoneyBadger · #5 April 20th, 2007, 06:23 PM

I forget-are undead generally immune to mind-blast? I know mindless beings obviously are. I'm guessing they're not, or they'd be a pretty easy counter.

Shovah32 · #6 April 20th, 2007, 09:21 PM

They arent, sorry.

VedalkenBear · #7 April 20th, 2007, 11:26 PM

Depending on what the opponent is using to screen his Illithids, massed missile fire scripted to 'fire at large creatures' can possibly break the Illithids. They do not have very good morale.

(Obviously, if he is using large creatures as a screen, this tactic is less effective.)

Also, there is a 'critical mass' of Illithids necessary to 'work'. I find it hard to believe that a rush of Illithids would be able to achieve that critical mass to work.