SC gear

[hunt11]

i am just testing out some SC gear in single player, do I have everything that i need for an effective SC.

SC chasis is a Melqart
Fire Brand
Charcoal Shield
Black Steel Helmet
Robe of Shadows
Earth Boots
Amulet of Resilience
Pendent of Luck
first thing i do in battle is cast Invulnerability and Bless which gives me 10% regeneration.

[thejeff]

You'll slaughter the AI just fine. And die in a couple rounds in MP.
No MR boosters. I don't know offhand what Melqart's have for MR, but I'll bet it's not over 20. You can't have too much...

(Even in SP, I'd cast Summon Earthpower (for reinvig) and Iron Will for MR)

[hunt11]

thanks for that, i already have reinvig thanks to my amulet, but i will add iron will to my spell casting list

[ano]

Remove amulet of Reinvig if it is an Earth Melqart and use Amulet of Antimagic (Earthpower gives enough reinvig)
Remove Earth boots and cast Ironskin. If you still need reinvig, use Boots of the Messenger, Flying shoes otherwise.
Change Charcoal Shield to Vine shield.
Maybe add regen.

This is what I'd use:
Fire Brand
Vine shield
Black Steel Helmet / Dragon Helmet / Horror Helmet
Hydra Skin Armor / Rainbow Armor
Boots of the Messenger / Flying Shoes
Pendant of Luck
Amulet of Regeneration / Amulet of Antimagic

[thejeff]

The Charcoal Shield clears chaff. With the Vine Shield, you'll lose to a timeout if there are enough of them. Horror Helm would suffice except for undead or other unbreakables.

Summon Earth and then Invulnerability.
Skullcap for MR is another alternative.

Regen comes from the bless, though more is always good.

Also, if you're up against a nation with strong mages in a particular path, make sure you've got resistance to it. Fire, Cold, Lightning, poison, higher MR for astral nations, etc.

[hunt11]

why would I replace charcoal shield with Vine shield? I have seen it win battles on it's own. I have a level 6 nature blessing so I am covered on regen.

[ano]

hunt11 said:
why would I replace charcoal shield with Vine shield? I have seen it win battles on it's own. I have a level 6 nature blessing so I am covered on regen.

Because your sc will be hit MUCH less with it. He will be hit almost never, actually

[hunt11]

thats why i like Robe of Shadows, Invun combo, i have 27 defense, ethereal, and luck my guys takes so little damage i don't even notice it, except when they get the 'bright' idea to cast blade wind and they die because of how much fatigue they get.

[thejeff]

If you script just your buffs, then attack they shouldn't cast blade wind.

I've never seen a mage set to attack cast anything.

If something in your script is being overridden, that'll be a problem, but should be fixable.

[hunt11]

I think I forgot to finish my script which was the problem. I was just very annoyed, watching my SC die because of that, was very annoying.