communion question w/ concrete example

[Frozen Lama]

well you'd need a lot more than its worth to kill indies with just weak magi. honestly i'd say you are way better off researching. trying to kill indies with just pyth magi is a bad idea. you're just asking for a lot of gold to get arrowed to death.

4 man communions aren't really worth it because they can do the same magic (mind burn) without the communion, and they don't need to waste a turn casting CM or CS.

[Sir_Dr_D]

Communions are usually only usefull to
1) have the master cast spells he doesn't have the path levels to cast normally. This is usefull for battlefield wide spells such as flaming arrows, or arrow fend.
2) Boost your slaves with self buffs in a reverse comunion strategy. Good buffs to have the master cast include power of the spheres, summon earth power and eagle eyes. The slaves would then get the same buffs.


But in almost all cases , you want your communion behind an army.

[Rookierookie]

I don't know if you are playing in a standard game or not, but in four turns you could probably churn out an army of around 50 principe with the gold you needed for the four theurgs.