Immortals

[Verjigorm]

Yes, he does.

When using him for defensive purposes, don't take anything expensive. Usually, you just want to take a few choice gems and drop as much death as you can before he dies.

Now, the Lich pretender is VERY resilient and, especially deep in his dominion, can act as a good thug. Cheap equipment is very nice on him.

Master Lich is definitely a no-no... He dies from arrow volleys. Not that he can't wear stuff, just make sure he's got guards.
Phoenix can't wear anything anyway.
Vampire Queen? I think she moved to Mexico after Dominions 2...
Lich is built for thugging especially in deep dominion.

[Peter Ebbesen]

Originally Posted by Verjigorm

Master Lich is definitely a no-no... He dies from arrow volleys. Not that he can't wear stuff, just make sure he's got guards.

He doesn't die (much) from arrow volleys if he has air shield and etherealness from items, but you are right.. he is terribly frail.

That makes him bad for offensive cloud trapeze/teleport operations in friendly dominion, but he is still excellent for suicide-defense, where he is guaranteed to cast at least one spell - so long as he has the magic to cast a spell that counts.

In the very late game, a master lich who has wished for power is one of the most terrifying pretenders for suicide-defense, outclassing even a normal lich (or for Ermor, the lich queen) due to the extra miscellaneous slot and more magic - but admittedly that is the very late game and 100 astral gems that could have been used for, oh, a Chayot.

Still, with the huge amounts of magic a master lich is normally created with, having used a wish to make him actually able to survive in battle, he is capable of laying down a wide variety of high-powered spells while surviving. I am not saying that this is always a good idea as it is so damn expensive, but if one has made a master lich for the magical variety that is also capable of casting wish (which it will be even if it only has a base 5 astral by wearing RoS+RoW+SS+CC), one should at least consider it if one is being pressed on the defensive. Soul Drain + Phoenix Pyre + Invulnerability + battlefield wide spells + cheap equipment is a very, very, fun combination on an immortal.