Time ago I thought Baal was hard to kill... then I saw the power of the repair droid!

[Hento]

Yes, in some boss battles dragons don't fit, but for everything else they are the best, especially item upgrading and suppression and Gremlion.

I think I also used them to beat huge stacks of Shamans with no losses, you know when they use their magic axes they actually instantly kill whole stack of droids.

[Lord Ludwig]

True, but black dragons are quite unfit for a no-loss game. And since in my last game (as a warrior) I had, if I remember correctly, 1,174 repair droids divided in two stacks of 587 each losing 60-70 each round due to Baal or K'Tahu or Gremlion mass attack is no problem, they just replenish each other and you can always phantom in more if needed.

As for quickly dispatching gremlin towers when suppressing items, I like the archdemons, which - through demonologists - have the advantage you can actually resurrect them.

[Zechnophobe]

I use black dragons in no-loss all the time. Secret? Don't let them die . They are amazingly hardy.

Oh, but yeah, don't even get them near Ktahu or Baal. PFah, that's madness. Rest of the game though, fast and efficient no -lossers.

[Metathron]

Just finished a normal mage game, and I used black dragons ever since I could lay my hands on the first one. Their immunity to magic is perfect for the mage, as it lets you concentrate on damaging the opponent and boosting your intellect - got it up to 63, woohoo!

Next up - either warrior or paladin on hard.

[loreangelicus]

Ahhh... more discusions on solo unit tactics. I, for one, prefer black knights or bone dragons since I play warrior that has a skill dedicated to undead.

[Hento]

Originally Posted by loreangelicus

Ahhh... more discusions on solo unit tactics. I, for one, prefer black knights or bone dragons since I play warrior that has a skill dedicated to undead.

It's actually quite unfair that the game gives such huge bonuses to undead faction since most people don't like undead, why don't humans have such bonuses?

[loreangelicus]

Originally Posted by Hento

It's actually quite unfair that the game gives such huge bonuses to undead faction since most people don't like undead, why don't humans have such bonuses?

I like undead. I thought they were the coolest units in KBTL, so it pained me to only use them sporadically in that game since there was no way to resurrect them (and I always play no-loss).

Humans get it from items, and fixed ones at that. You start the game with an artifact that gives humans +1 morale. Then there's the Inquisitor's Blade from a quest.

[mcgriffin]

Originally Posted by Lord Ludwig

True, but black dragons are quite unfit for a no-loss game. And since in my last game (as a warrior) I had, if I remember correctly, 1,174 repair droids divided in two stacks of 587 each losing 60-70 each round due to Baal or K'Tahu or Gremlion mass attack is no problem, they just replenish each other and you can always phantom in more if needed.

As for quickly dispatching gremlin towers when suppressing items, I like the archdemons, which - through demonologists - have the advantage you can actually resurrect them.

How is it possible that you have 1174 repair droids? considering you use flaming eye +20% leadership and your royal hammer -15% leadership for dwarves, 1174 repair droids = 1174 * 80(1 - 15%) = 79832, your base leadership should be 79832 / (1+20%) = 66527!

[Lord Ludwig]

Originally Posted by mcgriffin

How is it possible that you have 1174 repair droids? considering you use flaming eye +20% leadership and your royal hammer -15% leadership for dwarves, 1174 repair droids = 1174 * 80(1 - 15%) = 79832, your base leadership should be 79832 / (1+20%) = 66527!

It were not 1174 but 1147, slight memory mistake there. Leadership with FE was 50,489. Besides the royal hammer I had also horn of King Borg (-10%, +5 AT) and engineer's badge (+2 IN and a juicy -20% leadership only for sroids).