Tartanians

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There are five or so different sorts of Tartarians.

First are the Titans: Kings (Scythe) and Queens (Lance). The kings have 3+2+2 random magic picks, the queens 3+2 picks and full slots, making them good GoR candidates in case you need magic diversity or powerful casters. The Kings easily have a magic power of 5 in one of the paths, very powerful.

Then there are the Tartarian Cyclops. Two variants: One with a Lightning weapon and 3E2A magic, making it a very good SC chassis with good self-buffing out of the box: Earth Power, Mistform, Mirror Image, Invulnerability... and Cloud Trapeze! The other has 4E magic, so a little less versatile but more powerful. He has already very good gear and wouldn't require you to necessarily forge equipment for him. Nice for throwing Earthquakes at enemy armies, as they'll do him almost no damage at all, especially with a Ring of Regeneration or so. Both have full slots and poor amphibian, meaning that they can go underwater without extra items!

Next are Monstrum, Monstra and Spirit. They are less powerful than the above, since they are missing some slots. All are missing foot slots, the Monstrum even has no slots except for a head slot. Monstra doesn't have a body slot, too. The Monstrum has flying, though, and the Spirit a 5% regen and poor amphibian. The Spirit has fixed 3E2D picks, the Monstrum 2+2 random picks and the Monstra 2+2+1 picks.

So in general, Monstrum and Monstra are the weakest. Spirit is nice with it's builtin regen rate, which can be improved further with artifacts, but it takes a Flying Carpet instead of Flying Boots, which would mean one less misc slot. The Titans are the best magicians and the Cyclops the most solid SC chassis.

If you have the means to cure them of their afflictions, then they offer the best for their gem price. Otherwise Abominations and Iron Dragons might be good alternatives if you are making more Astral or Earth gems instead of Death. The best thing about Tartarians is the slots that they have.