Sauromatian units

[Dedas]

The Hydra Tamer
Have anyone found a use for this unit? I know he is the only commander with poison resistance in the Sauromatian arsenal, but besides that he pretty much stinks. He cannot lead more than 10 units and he doesn't have any armor. Could you perhaps outfit him somehow to make him useful?

I believe he is meant to lead the hydras into battle but the Soothsayer does it so much better. With a ring of poison resistance he can also cast body ethereal on the hydras.


The Soothsayer
Pros

- Astral magic (1). Though the Enarie also has it but for 150 gold.
- Cancels bad events in the province he visits. How high is this bonus anyways? But the Enarie can do this too.
- Comes with a ring mail cuirass.
- Good at leading and buffing hydras. Needs poison resistance first.

Cons

- Starts with old age.
- 70 gold for 3rp when the Spirit Guide cost 60 gold for the
same research. So not a good researcher. Is this unweighed by the "cancels bad event" ability?
- Comes with a ring mail cuirass. But what use is it really? It costs resource points.

How do you use these units?



Anyone thought of good blesses for this nation?

[Kristoffer O]

> - Comes with a ring mail cuirass. But what use is it really? It costs resource points.

Makes him look nice

> - Cancels bad events in the province he visits. How high is this bonus anyways?

5% IIRC

> Anyone thought of good blesses for this nation?

Seems everyone answers W9 to this on most nations . Works well with high def troops.

[Dedas]

Thank you for you answers!

A water bless with Sauromatia would directly point to Lady of Springs as the chosen pretender. However, the Gorgon is looking more tasty.

The problem is the blesses with the Gorgon. High earth is perhaps nice on the Androphags and Oiorpatas, but nature?

Perhaps there are better alternatives?

[Kristoffer O]

You might not need a bless strat with a gorgon ?

Androphag archers ?

[Dedas]

But the Gorgon is so cheap you can afford blesses.

Also made a discovery, the call ancestor spirit is sacred, how interesting...

Androphag archers are hard to use with anything but hydras and undead (like shades and spirits). Not something Sauromatia has a hard thing to muster though.
I wish there was a way to to make the androphags and oiorpatas resistant early on. Oh, wait, there is, poison ward!

Another question:
How high is the Enaries chance to prevent bad events?

[Dedas]

An example pretender I came up with:

Dormant Lady of Springs

Dominion 5
This may be too low but the sacreds cost a lot initially so you can't really afford that many. Plenty of time to build temples to raise the dominion.

Magic: 9W; 4N

Scales:
Order 2
Production 2
Heat 1
Misfortune 2 (you have Enaries and Soothsayers)
Magic 1


I haven't tested it yet so I don't really know if it is any good. Feel free to post your own Sauromatian pretenders.