Flaming Arrows counters

[BigDisAwesome]

Are Arrow Fend and fire resistance the only 2 counters to Flaming Arrows?

[MaxWilson]

Well, Rain of Stones comes to mind. Flaming arrows is useless if there aren't any archers. Mist/Storm/Darkness would also work, probably cancelling out the increased effectiveness of Flaming Arrows. Army of Lead renders the flaming arrows pretty much moot. That's all that comes to mind.

-Max

[Ironhawk]

Darkness and Storm work well too.

Does Rain effect precision too? I cant remember. Solar Brilliance would work too - hehe.

[Amhazair]

MaxWilson said:
...Army of Lead...

Army of gold works even better in this case, though you'll want someone to cast antimagic for the MR then.

[MaxWilson]

Bear in mind that Darkness also brings elite units closer to parity with chaff (great if you're Marignon with flagellants or something, terrible if you're Vanheim/Helheim) by halving the difference between attack/defense. And of course it makes you vulnerable to skelly spammers and other assorted undead. Vice versa, of course.

(Does EA Pangea have access to Darkness?)

-Max

[Fal]

EA Pangea doesn't have death mage, even though taking death path is absolutely necessary. I think there's a Pan hero who comes with death 2 though.

[elbnar]

I've never hired an EA pangea Pan that came with death magic. You have to have a pretender with some death magic who can search out death sites and cast Revenant, and then empower a Revenant with nature. Sucks, but I haven't found a better way around it yet.

Another decent counter to Flaming Arrows:

-Longbowmen set to Fire Archers.
Too bad they're so flippin' rare, tho.

[Gregstrom]

A few that come to mind are:

Rain - puts the fires out, I think.
Storm - 50% of arrows removed.
Will of the Fates - 50% of arrows deal no damage
Infantry with honking great shields - speaks for itself

[elbnar]

Fliers set to Attack Archers
Thug armies - plenty of items grant fire resistance
Air bless
or, uh... play as Abysia

I agree, it sucks to have that spell used against you

[MaxWilson]

Rain does not affect arrows, it just reduces heat effects, doubles Fire spell costs, and doubles flier fatigue. Interestingly, Acid Rain does none of these things.

-Max