H2 priests: Why, when, how?

[Jarkko]

Originally Posted by Gregstrom

And if you're worried about cost effectiveness, a temple plus two H1 priests costs rather more than a single H2 priest.

That is hardly a fair comparison, is it? Compare a H2 vs two H1 priests with no temple present, and you are at least in the correct ballpark The H2 priest btw becomes more effective under those conditions if there are 3 or more hostile candles.

But as has been pointed out already, if you could recruit a H2 priest, you would usually be able to recruit a H3 priest (or mage) instead (unless there H3 priest is capital only). And H3 priests are way nicer (Smite in addition to SoC) than H2 priests, which further limits their usefullness.


I wonder how useful H2 priests would in general be as thug chassis with some nice bless. I wonder how far for example C'tis High Priests would get with their ~10 HP Slap on some armour and a weapon, cast bless and holy avenger, while being buffed by Shamans (Body Etheral, Luck) and wade in