Horror Marking Horrors

Scarlioni · #1 May 4th, 2009, 05:46 PM

Can you horror mark horrors?

Executor · #2 May 4th, 2009, 05:52 PM

Yes you can, work very well too, possibly the best way to kill them, make them kill each others that is.

Scarlioni · #3 May 5th, 2009, 03:08 AM

Oh yeah, you cn horror mark horros all right. Talk about a cluster fudge.

At war with LA Ermor using LA Mictaln. Getting my arse buttered good by and large with a few minor victories. For the last five turns I have been recruiting moon priests at my capitol. Going to unleash hooror hell on his army of three gazillion undead.

I have 30 priests, 360 jags and assorted slaves and garbage. Have my moonies scripted for (Call Horror)(Reinvig)(Call Horror) (Reinvig)(Call Horror). Got a merc astral mage casting light of the northern star to allow my two mictlan priests with an astral magic point to horror mark. One of the moonies was set to start horror marking from the get go.

The plan broke down when the first turn one horror popped out before the moonie whose job it was to mark something marked anything. So he marks the horror. In fact the entire fight all my horror marks we applied to the horrors! It was a horrorable fight let me tell you. The horrors spent the entire fight fighting each other, the four lammashatas I also summoned went right for the horrors.

Thanks to the legion of priests I won the fight with a loss of ovr 100 jags. I believe the horrors did more damage to me than the Ermorian hordes.

Burnsaber · #4 May 5th, 2009, 03:13 AM

Yeah, mages often will horror mark horrors, since they're always considered hostile (to both sides) and they have large size + nice amount of HP.

Illuminated One · #5 May 5th, 2009, 04:53 AM

I think someone mentioned another trick for horror marking with horrors present - Astral Geyser. Shouldn't target Horrors since it's an AoE attack.

I don't know if you're script would have worked anyway.
After calling a horror your moon priest is at 200 fatigue and can't reinvigorate.

What worked for me was a reverse communion with
Moon Priest (Sabbath Slave)(Call Horror)...
Priest (Sabbath Master)(Reinvigoration)

Executor · #6 May 5th, 2009, 06:09 AM

Horrors aren't the best answer to undead, since they have life drain attack which they can't use and fear which won't work since they are mindless, and they are hard to control in large battles.
Now, if all the troops are mindless use soul slay, mind burn, it'll target the commanders.
Communion for Solar briliance.
Living water if it's a cold dominion, it'll make trampler ice elementals
Idealy making a few thugs that cast blood vengeance, or having aegis is the best answer.
But I guess it all depends on what undead you're fighting.

chrispedersen · #7 May 5th, 2009, 08:11 AM

Horrors don't work well against:

Glamored troops (the glamor cuts down on the amount of hp recovered).

Indies with nature mages (tangle vines/vine arrows)

Net troops.

Troops with magic/AoE attacks - winterwolves etc. Agarthan Seal Guards. Caelum ice lances etc.

They work OK

Berserk troops.

OTherwise, they work pretty well

Psycho · #8 May 5th, 2009, 11:31 AM

Horrors don't work well against Van pd from the point Van player researches orb lightning.

chrispedersen · #9 May 5th, 2009, 12:08 PM

Hmm rather than continue this thread, I'll make another thread where I will update the results of user posts...Where do horrors work well .. and not work so well.

Oh the Horrors!