Quote from: silverclawgrizzly on January 14, 2014, 12:58:06 AM

1. Could you swarm the Wizard with creatures? Yeah his armor is nice but you could maybe wear him down. Especially if you managed to get rid of the Regrowth Belt. It would seem a Beast Master could get out a bunch of cheap creatures fast enough to swarm him at least at first.

Swarm is a good way to deal with the voltaric shield, but the wizard has cheap access to Mordok's Obelisk, and will probably also run a Suppression Orb. This is to say nothing of the fantastic suppression cloak, which is probably the strongest of his anti-swarm spells. The wizard is really good at control, so swarming him may be difficult.

Oh believe me I found that out yesterday lol. I managed to take out the Oblelisk and it got a lot easier but putting Essence Drain on my pet timber wolf, Mana Siphon out, and other fun stuff did not make my Beast Master jump for joy. And oh yeah that Suppression Cloak is horrifying.

These ideas were just in reference to the Watergate spell book I saw linked. I firmly believe The Wizard has the potential to take on any and all comers. I think of him as Batman, with the right plan he'll take on any threat you want to throw at him.

Ok just throwing out a couple ideas to this spellbook. It seems pretty powerful so ideas on how I'd handle it would be appreciated.

1. Could you swarm the Wizard with creatures? Yeah his armor is nice but you could maybe wear him down. Especially if you managed to get rid of the Regrowth Belt. It would seem a Beast Master could get out a bunch of cheap creatures fast enough to swarm him at least at first.

2. He's got a lot of Dispel and Dissolve. I am currently under the impression that Reverse Magic will send those back at him. Am I correct? If you got rid of his armor he's a little more vulnerable. I mean it's really only gotta work once to make a difference.

3. Would putting a wall up around the Wizard Tower weaken it's effectiveness?

4. Would a Cloak of Shadows on a dark mage who positions himself effectively make the Teleport/Hello Hydras technique harder? Put Cheetah Speed on the Dark Mage and you get a range/mobility advantage I would think.

Again these are just ideas off the top of my head. Don't actually know how effective any of it would be.

Out of curiosity why would the Necromancer be an illegal target for Ghoul Rot? He's a living creature.

Hey thanks that really helped a lot!

1. Ok that's what I figured. If I put the curse on him with my Warlock though he'd still be vulnerable to Molochs Torment though I imagine.

2. Ok mechanically that makes sense at least. Gonna teleport someone to a corner now then immediately put up a Steel Wall around them. In fact a Warlord should totally do that then put up an Archers Tower.

3. Ok that significantly alters the flow of the game as my group and I were playing it up til now. That adds a whole new, and pleasant, aspect of strategy there. Really makes initiative important.

Equipment:
Fireshaper Ring
Helm of Fear
Cloak of Shadows
Sectarus
Lash of Hellfire
Ring of Curses
Elemental Wand
Mage Wand
Molochs Torment
Dragonscale Hauberk
Regrowth Belt

Conjuration:
Battle Forge
3 Mana Crystals
2 Walls of Fire
Pentagram

Creatures:
3 Firebrand Imps
2 Flaming Hellions
2 Dark pact Slayers

Enchantments:
Harmonize
Vampirism
Cheetah Speed
Reverse Magic
Rhino Hide
Bull Endurance
Nullify
2 Hellfire Traps
Enfeeble
Maim Wings
Marked For Death
2 Ghoul Rots
2 Poisoned Bloods
Magebane
Death Link
2 Agony
2 Chains of Agony

Incantations:
Drain Life
Drain Soul
2 Explodes
Minor Heal
Animate Dead
Dispel
Dissolve
Teleport

Attacks:
3 Fireballs
2 Rings of Fire
2 Flameblasts
2 Firestorms

Quote from: silverclawgrizzly on January 10, 2014, 02:36:26 AM

I'm with Mr. Saucy on this. Just cause a creature isn't as powerful against the undead as it would be against the living doesn't make it useless. Goran actually is really cool against zombies as his Double strike gives him two shots at damaging them. The Tegu has done well for me on a number of occasions, and Dire Wolves are just cool.

The thing with Dire Wolves is that against undead, they are less effective than the cheaper Timber Wolves are.

This is true as the Timber Wolf has a higher base attack(and is usually made into my pet.) Dire Wolves are as you say best used for the living.

So I just bought Battle for Kumanjo and I spotted Drain Soul. At first thought I was deeply impressed with it. Yeah it's expensive but man you pull that trick off once and you're smiling! Couple of things though

1. Am I correct in thinking that "Gain Life" means your permanent Health goes up? Sunfire Amulet also has that wording I believe.

2. What happens if you would gain more life than is on the counter? Say for example if a Warlock who hasn't yet named a Dark Servant suddenly went up a ton? Is the excess lost(that'd make sense) or do you just jot down the actual number? Obviously if the excess is lost it would be in the Warlocks best interest to get that Dark Servant out first.