Geyser spam from enemy hero - Any way to prevent it?

[Akimbo]

It's somewhat annoying, since if you're going for no losses you basically can't have any undead or demons in your army if the hero spams this spell every turn. I know sometimes doing something different will cause them to cast a different spell, but that's rarely the case. Is there a guarenteed way to avoid them casting this every turn?

Edit: I got past the battle that was annoying me, it actually went exactly the same except I attacked with one unit from a different angle, which seemed to make the Orc hero cast Bless (mass) instead of Geyser. Still, my question remains, how do you deal with Geyser in no loss games? Does it really boil down to having to use the same old boring Paladin based army?

[TemjinGold]

Use 1 troll and hit at night. As long as the Geyser doesn't do enough to kill your troll in 1 shot and you have a way of summoning loads of units to do the dirty work, you're good.

Btw, using a 1 troll army, my impossible mage's dragon levels WAY faster than any warrior's and I don't even have the dragon +exp skills!

[Metathron]

Originally Posted by TemjinGold

Btw, using a 1 troll army, my impossible mage's dragon levels WAY faster than any warrior's

Why's that?

In one of my games I used dragons only, or black dragons only, to fight Zag Zag. The poor bastard kept casting geyser anyway.

[Elwin]

Its obvious .. .u have to use it hell a lot if u have just one unit to kill all those impossible stacks ...
U cant realy prevent geyser .. just resssurect with paladins after caster mana is out .. geyser is just nothing compared to fire rain or armageddon Beating samman with 360 mana armegodfing and fireraining you on harder diffculites with no loss is rrealy a challenge ( on normal i kiled him in 4 round with power of mage spells but on har dor impossible it wont work)

[Ryastar]

Zag-Zag was easy for me (normal warrior). His army consisted mostly of peasants, and I had evil beholders. He got off a geyser on the first round, but I made sure to kill everything except his biggest stack of peasants. Evil beholders' ability triggers 100% of the time vs level one units, so he had no ability to cast spells, since I hit the peasants every turn from then on. I used the time to have my paladins res everything with one prayer, dig up chests, and get some points towards some medals.

[DGDobrev]

That would work on normal, but harder difficulties... that's another matter Besides, Zag-Zag is not the only one to spam geysers... Try Elenhel and his 40 intellect max lvl geyser

[Urbz]

Originally Posted by Elwin

Its obvious .. .u have to use it hell a lot if u have just one unit to kill all those impossible stacks ...
U cant realy prevent geyser .. just resssurect with paladins after caster mana is out .. geyser is just nothing compared to fire rain or armageddon Beating samman with 360 mana armegodfing and fireraining you on harder diffculites with no loss is rrealy a challenge ( on normal i kiled him in 4 round with power of mage spells but on har dor impossible it wont work)

Not only that but I think it's mainly a leadership issue, you use less leadership so your dragon gets alot more exp isn't it?

[Elwin]

Probably you are right

[TemjinGold]

Originally Posted by Urbz

Not only that but I think it's mainly a leadership issue, you use less leadership so your dragon gets alot more exp isn't it?

That's right. The last part of the dragon exp formula is enemy total leadership divided by your total leadership. Zag-Zag's total leadership (sum of all stacks) is well above 50k while my total leadership is 1100. My mage's dragon is always several levels ahead of Amelie because of all the 1-troll fights I did.

[vicheron]

Geyser does physical damage so you could get some units with physical resistance like Guardsmen, Paladins, Ghosts, Black Knights, etc. You can also equip Slippery Cuirass, Twinkling Boots, and Leather Dress for 30% physical resistance. If you're lucky, you can get two copies of those artifacts and equip them on your companion for 60% physical resistance.