Countering Master Enslave...

[MaxWilson]

thejeff said:
Well, in the classic Master Enslave contest, he who goes second has some serious issues to contend with.

First, the defender can cast AntiMagic/Army of Lead to protect both his troops and your former troops, greatly weakening the effect of your Master Enslave.

Second, since his new troops are among your remaining troops (and mages) many of your mages will be attacked or in hand-to-hand and thus less likely to cast what was ordered.

The situation I see counter-Enslaves being useful in is when other counters won't work, e.g. you're Ulm and your troops have low MR even after Antimagic. I don't expect hand-to-hand interference to be a big problem unless you were caught by surprise, in which case you're not using Master Enslave as a counter-tactic anyway. (You may be using it anyway but your forces will be set up differently.) I agree that you're going to have a hard time dealing with counter-countermeasures like Master Enslave + Army of Lead.

But I don't have a good understanding of the endgame anyway.

-Max