Spells: What are your favorite buff combinations?

MaxWilson · #1 May 15th, 2008, 04:57 PM

Putting Soul Vortex first is a good idea if you have a bunch of serf warriors on Guard Commander. Batteries.

-Max

thejeff · #2 May 15th, 2008, 05:03 PM

Got to be careful killing off your bodyguard that way. 75% hp limit and all. Clever though.

I'm usually not quite that ruthless with my troops. Mostly because of the hassle of having another set ready for the next fight.

Holy Avenger:
I've certainly seen it trigger multiple times in one round. Usually when I've killed off an AI prophet...

MaxWilson · #3 May 15th, 2008, 05:22 PM

Holy Avenger:

Are you sure you didn't see it fire several times in a row at the end of a fight? After the last enemy is dead/retreated, several (5?) rounds of battle still pass in order to give poison/Decay/Holy Avenger a little bit more time to take effect. A similar mechanic results in units who retreat while suffering from Decay disappearing in little puffs of blood--they aged to death.

Soul Vortex:

Yeah, I haven't actually done this a lot. When I have there's usually a group of "real" guards (Helhirdlings) to accompany the Hangadrott, which is probably why I never ran into (or thought about) the 75% HP autoroute threshold. [IIRC, autoroute happens not when 75% of your UNITS have died or routed--it's when 75% of all HP have died/routed. Thus, monkeys matter less than Tartarians.]

-Max

thejeff · #4 May 15th, 2008, 06:20 PM

Yeah, I guess that could be it. Weird if it keeps track and only fires once per round. That would be both once per time you take damage and once per round. Which I never even considered.

Omnirizon · #5 May 15th, 2008, 08:14 PM

hmm. maybe y'all are right. i had a battle replay of holy avenger, and i watched closely and the unit actually only got damaged once each turn. he was surrounded and i assumed he got hit multiple times, but he didn't. so maybe it will proc multiple times in a round.

moderation · #6 May 15th, 2008, 09:19 PM

Hmm, using a communion to buff multiple thugs with Holy Avenger might be nifty, but probably not terribly useful.

Omnirizon · #7 May 15th, 2008, 10:55 PM

I think the problem is they have to take damage to proc the effect; where other shields proc on hit.

it is still useful though if you want to stack up such shield effects, although you always have to consider the opportunity costs.