Mages suck without luck?

[sjeromy78]

Im level 21 soothsayer, and my spells blow...ive got ice ball, call of nature, winter dance, and stone skin. No other aoe, summons, rez or useful buffs, so i stack leadership items instead of intel (7200 leadership). Is this just bad luck, or am I missing something? (Currently in wasteland).

[fastjaw24]

Originally Posted by sjeromy78

Im level 21 soothsayer, and my spells blow...ive got ice ball, call of nature, winter dance, and stone skin. No other aoe, summons, rez or useful buffs, so i stack leadership items instead of intel (7200 leadership). Is this just bad luck, or am I missing something? (Currently in wasteland).

You know you can go in your spell book and flip to the end and learn spells from scrolls. If you know that already you know you can also buy scrolls from pretty much anyone you can talk to and learn them that way too.

[sjeromy78]

Of course. However, if no summons or AoE spells drop or are for sale in shop, what then? Ive hit greenwort, wastelands, the attached area (starts with an 'A'). Ive even cleared the dragons nest in wastelands. Same crappy scrolls ive been getting since the first 3 islands...

[Lancian]

Some of the betters spells can be purchased on both Freedom Isles, you just need the map from Kitano or whatever his name is (beach in Greenwort).
If you still dont have luck on some decent spells, you will need to stick to units that can summon like royal griffs, rune mages, etc. accompanied by some archers and spam frozen spikes until you find phoenix or a decent aoe (like fireball).
I'm in similiar situation, the luck factor is greatest for Soothsayer, but I like when its challenging and finding a new spell is like a christmas

[sjeromy78]

Thats pretty much what im running. 2 stacks rune mages, pallys, red dragons. Only use spells for heal and buffs. Cant wait to actually start casting something lol

[tiberiu]

Originally Posted by sjeromy78

Im level 21 soothsayer, and my spells blow...ive got ice ball, call of nature, winter dance, and stone skin. No other aoe, summons, rez or useful buffs, so i stack leadership items instead of intel (7200 leadership). Is this just bad luck, or am I missing something? (Currently in wasteland).

Short answer : yes. (Yes to the thread title)

[KeyserSoeze]

Im a lvl 17 or so mage and i have like NO good spells and im at the spider and i have no idea how to kill it.

I dont even have call of nature, i have only one summon and that one is spawning units i cant control so its pretty bad, especially vs the spider boss.

I can only do a few k dmg to the spider, i have no idea how to kill it.

Im playing on hard and have been playing all the KB games so im far from a noob.

Seems i just put all my skills in magic and really cant do anything with it. Rest of my point went into rage and that's also useless vs the boss. Seems the balance is a bit fucked here imo.

[Lancian]

Originally Posted by KeyserSoeze

Im a lvl 17 or so mage and i have like NO good spells and im at the spider and i have no idea how to kill it.

Jarls, Royal and Swamp Snakes, Trolls and Polar Bears.

[KeyserSoeze]

Originally Posted by Lancian

Jarls, Royal and Swamp Snakes, Trolls and Polar Bears.

Yea i have been thinking about snakes, they can attack without being countered.

I used jarls, they are good.

I have no trolls, i use the new lvl5 creature instead.

also have polar bears + soothsayers + axe throwers.

But i noticed that soothsayers suck in this battle, axe throwers are kinda bad also, only good is that they can dodge but 20% chance is not good enough.

[Bhruic]

Originally Posted by KeyserSoeze

Yea i have been thinking about snakes, they can attack without being countered.

Royal Snakes can attack the spider stacks without being countered. If they attack the boss, even with their special ability, they will be counter-attacked.