Drillers area attack

[atlatea]

I still don't know how to kill Baal and Kthul with no losses but everything else was not very difficult (mage impossible)

Againts k'tahu, just make him rarely/never use his mass attack, and you'll get easy no loss win. By the way, to do that, position your unit in front of his iron claw attack area, though 1 stack won't 100% guarantee no mass attack, but 2 stacks will 100 % guarantee it, and to make it more guaranteed, have 1 attacker always on the blind spot attack (hexagon which is in front of his normal claw). Summoning unit might be the best option to do this (since you don't want your real stacks to get hit by k'tahu insane physical dmg)

Imo Baal is easier than k'tahu (weaker mass attack) and you have bill gilbert.

[jake21]

Yea but what troupes do you use ? For k'tahu i avoid the iron claw but maybe that's the problem and I should stick some thorns or something there...

Originally Posted by atlatea

Againts k'tahu, just make him rarely/never use his mass attack, and you'll get easy no loss win. By the way, to do that, position your unit in front of his iron claw attack area, though 1 stack won't 100% guarantee no mass attack, but 2 stacks will 100 % guarantee it, and to make it more guaranteed, have 1 attacker always on the blind spot attack (hexagon which is in front of his normal claw). Summoning unit might be the best option to do this (since you don't want your real stacks to get hit by k'tahu insane physical dmg)

Imo Baal is easier than k'tahu (weaker mass attack) and you have bill gilbert.

[atlatea]

Dryad, rune mage, hunter, black dragon, and paladin (i'm not a fan of Black knight tactic or any single stack tactic or orc/goblin/undead). For spells, i use phantom and calm rage (sometimes stoneskin on runemage). Well, if i don't have scale set or any good phys. resistance item, stone skin is a must.

I forgot something, perhaps you should not summon too many stacks because it seems to encourage him to use mass attack even with all 3 hexs in front of iron claw occupied, though i'm not 100% sure about this. Another thing, try to quickly clear all lizardman stacks, it seems to lessen the chance of mass attack, because it seems to encourage him to summon more lizardman, though once again, i'm not 100% sure about this (because it's just according to logic/probability assumption).

[BB Shockwave]

Ktahu will ALWAYS move away next round if you attack him on his blind spot. So, if you have units with very high initiative (I used Hayterants hatched from eggs) you can pretty much ensure he never attacks you, as long as you have this unit parked in the blind spot. He will summon new units every time he moves to the next spot, but that's all.

[atlatea]

Not always, check it again.

In my games, even if i parked a unit at his blind spot, he can still does his mass attack.

[ckdamascus]

Originally Posted by atlatea

Not always, check it again.

In my games, even if i parked a unit at his blind spot, he can still does his mass attack.

Yeah it is a Dark Science. I only beat Ktahu with my heavy ranged team, no loss because my royal griffin barely hit his blind spot so he went running.

Yet, there were times when he would still do it. I really don't like fighting bosses. Haha.

[BB Shockwave]

I meant, when you hit him in the blind spot. As he'll retaliate, but not hit the unit that attacked him - I guess that is what makes him move. Just parking a unit there doesn't.

I killed him at second try with no-loss, after I figured out how this works. He only got one mass-attack off in the beginning.

I found Bhaal more problematic, as he does horrible mass damage, and there is no way to stop him, plus his retaliation is a killer. I killed him by only using 1 troop of around 325 Gorguls, then Phantoming the heck out of them. I could thus attack Bhaal by attacking the demons he summons in front of him- the Gorguls will damage Bhaal through them, and he cannot retaliate. PLus as a warrior, it was easier on Mana to time-back just one troop.