Your Top 10 Super Combatant Builds

[ano]

In most cases Djinn will beat an opponent even with trample. There're a few SC's that are able to hit through his 35 Defence (acquired easily). Also, Djinn will inevitably appear in HoF (maybe even after his very first battle because trampling produces much XP) and then (attention!) you may reforge the lamp and then get him back with Ritual of Rebirth. It is probably a bug that he is not unique...
To make Djinn tremendously effective you need:
Vine Shield
Another good shield with high parry
Starshine skullcap (optional, to have more MR)
Ring of Regeneration
Pendant of Luck

Even with 2 shields he will still have fist attack which is not bad considering his parameters even against size 6 enemies (which you don't want to meet of course). Probably, it is Djinn's feature.

Script:
Iron will
Invul
Earthpower
Mistform
Mirror Image

You just don't have place in script to cast luck so you have to use an item. But it may be replaced with Stone Bird for even better parameters if you find place for Luck in your script.
Djinn is awesome and quite hard to kill.

[MaxWilson]

Originally Posted by Agema

It's also a real pain getting any of the others to fly, as the common way is winged boots and none have boot slots.

*snip*

Fire Kings are generally considered the weakest. A big advantage is they can cast Phoenix Pyre, take a big fatigue hit but will reappear on the BF alive as long as fatigue is under 100. They're quite different. One is pretty tough (but not as so as an Earth King), the other is 50HP ethereal.

Stymphalian Wings are a great way to get an Earth King to fly.

The King of Banefire is probably my favorite elemental royalty, since his built-in attack causes Plague. Also, he can cast Soul Vortex + Phoenix Pyre, which is a very fun combination. However, Air Queens are probably more powerful because they have mobility.

-Max

[SlipperyJim]

Originally Posted by Agema

Air Queens are good but fragile. About 50HP, and ethereal. This means they're lethal going through troops, but as mistform is cancelled and ethereality ineffective against magic damage, they're at risk of death in a few hits from a big thug/SC or spells.

My favorite Air Queen trick is a carry-over from Dom:PPP, and it leverages her three strengths:

• Mobility (Cloud Trapeze and/or flying)
• Strong Air MAgic
• Built-in 100% Shock Resistance

Give the Air Queen a Staff of Storms, some other decent gear, and a fistful of Air gems. Script her to cast "Wrathful Skies" on the very first turn of combat. Then Cloud Trapeze her into one of your opponents' armies and watch the carnage. The whole battlefield gets struck by lightning ... and she's immune to it! If the opposing force isn't also 100% immune to Shock, then you can kill hundreds of troops with this combo.


PS: The same trick also works with Pazuzu, if you're so inclined....

[Lingchih]

Gorgon.

Give it E9 and awe. Equip her with a shield of some sort on the first turn. Then, send it out to kill. Equip it better as turns progress.

Works pretty well... only applicable to a few nations though.

[chrispedersen]

From a recent game.... not the best I've ever had but a lot of fun:
I had to trim out his slots, this was him essentially naked. His regeneration was 100+ per turn. I kept switching out equipment as necessary. He ended up fighting 2-3 of the doom horrors singlehandedly and winning.

[Tolkien]

I remember that. You enslaved my prophet.

[Dragar]

Yeah I love Pedoisean. Stymphalian wings and other equipment as appropriate, summo nearth power, iron will, invulnerability, reinvigorate and let him fly

[chrispedersen]

Originally Posted by Tolkien

I remember that. You enslaved my prophet.

Thats ok.. you enslaved Pazuzu = )

[Arcturas]

Speaking of enslavement, I just had the AI (Ashdod) Control the Dead my King of Banefires... Guess that's what I get for taking an ammy of luck instead of MR. I suppose what with the soul vortex and banefire aura and shield of gleaming gold, luck was a little unnecessary...

Live and learn! Got him back, though. (loving the Tomb Kings nation) Now I can have two of them!

[Tolkien]

Originally Posted by chrispedersen

Thats ok.. you enslaved Pazuzu = )

Before you Master-Enslaved him back (and 20 hawks) in the same battle.