EA Caelum – Ride the lightning

[Executor]

I know about all those other, but I never really used orb lighting as a counter to SC's before. Firebal and flare are crap by the way, IMO.

[quantum_mechani]

Originally Posted by Executor

Firebal and flare are crap by the way, IMO.

Fireball is actually extremely nice, in rare situations even better than falling fires (range) and far lower research.

[Redeyes]

I really like summon lesser air elemental as a means to counter SCs/Thugs, it easily rips through your typical awake/dormant SC god.

It's available hellishly early, castable by even a1 mages and works good as crowd control when you start thunder striking the battlefield. There is barely a better way to spend your early air gems.

The cheap Copper plate/ring of tamed lightning items pretty much completly protects your SC against anything Air can do on the battle field, though, and neuters air elementals as a direct counter.