Tactics: Countering Summoned Horrors

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It's not defeatist. I'm not saying you can't counter it and you might as well give up, just that if they force you into an expensive counter the send horror tactic pays off. If they continue it heavily and your counter works well against it, then they start to burn resources. It's just a matter of which is more costly in the long run; the attack or the counter. If they're roughly equal though, it's always better to be on the attack rather than the counter, because you are actively controlling how the game progresses, not reacting.

And yes, I would say that you 'force' people to use arrow fend, amulets of mr etc. Any counter that you have to use or suffer seriously is one you're being forced into. Of course if you correctly predict their attack and have the counter ready and your counter is cheaper and easier than their attack, or they continue trying their attack despite it not working, you have the advantage. With the advantage the next move is an attack of your own which they will hopefully fail to counter, counter too slowly, or overcounter when you're actually going to switch tactics.