Empowering a Wendigo

[Valerius]

Wendigo are great. Not only are they useful in combat but you get a D4 caster for 24 water gems. Lower research level and cost than a lich and using Adam J's empowerment suggestion you can get a tart summoner with just a skull staff and skullface. I wonder if his magic should top out at W3D3? In comparison Streams from Hades seems too expensive since the kokythiad only has W3D3 (she's stealthy but the wendigo is an SC with stronger magic that costs less).

[Adam J]

I'm not certain if 24 gems is too expensive, he can definitely be a bargain but it requires some finessing, you need to wait for him to grow up, he berserks when he's grown up and the lich has the obvious advantage of being immortal. And lets not forget he likes to eat population in your free time. Frankly I think the problem is that the kokythiad is kinda weak for its high cost, not that the wendigo is too strong. Sure the kokythiad is great for diversity, but I'd rather have a wendigo or if I absolutely need some power right now I'll take hidden in snow for the water gems. Hidden in snow is spectacular in my opinion.