What is the best equipment for an E9 Cyclops?

[thejeff]

More reinvig than you spend attacking is, of course, crucial, but having some regen drastically reduces the chances of getting afflictions. Sure it won't save you when you're exhausted fighting death bless sacreds, but what will?

Without it, you're likely to pick afflictions even from the occasional weak hit that gets through.

Especially important for SC pretenders in the early game, when you won't be able to replace them easily and there are less instant kill counters.

[MaxWilson]

My experience has been that regeneration of 5% or 10% reduces your affliction rate by maybe half, which means you will still pick up afflictions from the occasional weak hit that gets through. I don't know if that alters the reinvig vs. regen balance, though, because half as many afflictions is still an improvement.

-Max

[JimMorrison]

The manual states that ANY regen reduces affliction rate by 80%..... Thus a 400% Death bless would put you at normal affliction rate again. Funny how that works.

Sun Tzu would shake his head disapprovingly at the man who sent his cyclops against Death blessed sacreds.....

[MaxWilson]

I believe the manual is erroneous. KO has stated in the past that regen reduces afflictions in proportion to regen %, e.g. a Lamia Queen with a Ring of Regen and Monolith armor will be less afflicted than someone with just an N4 bless. My experience is that he is correct. A regenerating Pretender who is killed by D9 weapons frequently has 3 or 4 afflictions by the time he dies.

-Max

[JimMorrison]

Hmmmm. I'll confer with my roommate on affliction rates. I'm currently playing Fomoria with a N4 bless, and it's quite rare for them to gain afflictions, and they take a LOT of hits. He's fiddling with Jotunheim with a N10, and all of his commanders get Ring of Regen asap, I'll have to see how that's working for him in comparison.

[Coldshard]

MaxWilson said:
I believe the manual is erroneous. KO has stated in the past that regen reduces afflictions in proportion to regen %, e.g. a Lamia Queen with a Ring of Regen and Monolith armor will be less afflicted than someone with just an N4 bless. My experience is that he is correct. A regenerating Pretender who is killed by D9 weapons frequently has 3 or 4 afflictions by the time he dies.

-Max

I've actually played a game where I was using sacred hydras with a nature bless. They had better than 100% regen and still occasionally picked up afflictions.. and that wasn't against death blessed creatures. It was pretty rare, but did happen, even without the hydras being on their last head.

[moderation]

Hmm, since affliction chance is based on the percentage of HP, wouldn't it be a lot easier to cause afflictions on hydras when attacking their minor heads due to the low HP? Unless affliction percentage is based on the unit's total HP, rather than the HP of one head.

[MaxWilson]

How did you get above 100% regen with a bless? I'm AFG. Do Hydras have 80% regeneration pre-bless? 70%? An E10 bless is 20%, and IIRC Mass Regeneration is 10%, so I don't see non-commander units getting boosted more than 30%. Am I wrong, or does the Hydra just have super-high regen?

-Max

[chrispedersen]

I play blessed prophets with an n8 bless.. and pick up afflictions all the time. Usually disease.

NOTHING worse than when a prophet dies of disease. Ok. your god dying of disease.

Pretenders REALLY ought to be immune, btw.
It would be COOL if you could have the call god option all the time.... And if it could remove afflictions.. you know.. 8 call god points get rids of lose an eye..
12 gets rid of disease etc.

Also cool.. if calling god.. boosted hp...

the faith of your peope....

[Aezeal]

I think the loose heads have 100% regen 6 out of 6 hp.. so usually means nothing anyway. the main head in the end has only 30% I think or lower