Surviving on Impossible

[Zhuangzi]

I think we just mean 'pathfinding exploit' bman, i.e. the unit doesn't follow you around to the side.

Fire Rain has got to be the best direct damage spell in the game, and I couldn't find it ANYWHERE this time. So, after finishing the Pyramid - King Fandor's obelisks quest I traded the map in at the Mage's Tower in Verlon Forest. This seems to work by giving you the three 'best' spells you don't already have. Lucky for me, Fire Rain was among these.

30 or higher Intellect + Higher Magic 3 + Chaos 3 + Destroyer 3 + Fire Rain + 120 Mana = Win

It's pretty simple - you use Fire Rain twice a turn on turns 1-3 and avoid the enemy. If the fight lasts until turn 4, there isn't much left to fight. Only downside to Fire Rain is it's not much good against Dragons.

I'm up to level 23 now and I've just defeated Karador. This time it was absurdly easy, which is a disappointment because I recall this being just about the hardest fight in the game. I always seem to go for Xeona as my final wife but maybe I should go for the Elf wife instead, because I seem to have the best luck with Elves in the end. My demon team actually didn't last very long in Ellinia, but this team is extremely powerful:

Leadership 15,000

Sprites - 1800
Hunters - 130
Elves - 250
Dryads - 700
Black Dragons - 6

The only reason I am using Black Dragons is because there are NO Lake Fairies anywhere in Ellinia, which is bizarre. Anyway, with Anga's Ring equipped Lake Faires, Dryads and Sprites are probably the most overpowered units in the game. Massive movement, no retaliation, and massive damage. Plus Dryads can put things to sleep. Anyway, my stack of 1800 Sprites will sometimes do up to 18,000 damage in a single hit if they score a critical (presumably 10 damage per unit). This is insane, and I don't think any other unit in the game can do damage like this. Can it?