Impossible Viking/No Rune Mage Geyser No Loss

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Originally Posted by dainbramage

Whittle him down to one stack ASAP, blind it (or sheep or any other disabling skill, but blind on a low level stack is the most mana-efficient), revive everything with paladins. I haven't run into anything that geysers hard enough to need more than about 3 prayers on my paladins.

I was sort of afraid that's the only way to do it.

Against all dragon army heroes, I had to get lucky since you can't disable those guys. Just got to blitz and pray!

I might have to use the Rune Tree to use Gift since that is cheaper mana wise and I'll need that as a Viking.

I'm considering some semi-interesting armies

Berserker Axe (30% crit to axe users) includes
- Jarls
- Demons
- Goblins
- Goblin Shaman
- Furious Goblin

Orcs don't seem too bad. Not nearly as good as before, but not too bad.

I'm also considering anything with a strong counter attack (multi or unlimited)
- Royal Griffins (I really dislike them though...)
- Demons
- Orc Veterans
- Berserkers

Multi/Unlimited counter attacks means faster battles and lots of rage. I used to do this via "Phantom Horsemen" blitz but I want to try something different, fun, yet fast!

Demons are high on my list, but sadly they won't work with Paladins. Demonologists require bodies to feed off of... if only I had the OLD rune mage.

I'd be amazed if I could do this without Paladins and/or summons, but that probably isn't happening unless I commit to a "lossy" build.

If I do a lossy build, I need a special edge like fastest real time or fastest game time play (speed run) where I skip most quests and just go for fastest win.