Guide: LA Agartha - Armies of Darkness

[Zeldor]

I mentioned that you can get flaming arrows with just phoenix power [and appropriate pick on Ktonian Necromancer]. It makes it a bit heavy on research though, putting it in a place where it's not so great anymore. It's surely a good thing to use, if you get access to it.

Bless works in CBM only. CBM makes that nation more cool to play, with tweaks to other summons too [I should write more about it]. MR is not a huge problem on blindfighters, at least not when you are using them [later you should rather use sepulchrals and TOs]. I don't think they are worth just E9 bless and B is not enough to give enough power. You want to kill enemies fast, so fatigue does not kill you. So F9 or D9.

And I am fanatically against taking turmoil with any nation, unless settings are really special [tiny map]. You want money for forts and necromancers.

[MaxWilson]

I love LA Agartha! I'm a sucker for strong recruitable-anywhere mages, especially with Death magic.

* I've found that LA Agartha can have pretty average expansion against indies in the early game with 30-odd crossbowmen and a handful of cave knights. You don't necessarily need a production scale.

* I would avoid blindfighters for expansion even with the CBM H1. They're too hard to mass and don't do enough damage. Your expansion will be slow.

* Umbrals are greatly improved if you throw Iron Warriors on them before sending them into combat.

-Max