Dark Knight

[Aezeal]

if you see a Dark knight in a province with total 4 units... what is it.. I think I had that before and I recall it where 4 strong creatures.. I'm in the start of a game and can't decide if my lil army will be able to beat it or not... what will I be up against?

[Humakty]

I have them in almost all my games cause I love to take misfortune(in SP).
If I remember well, there is a flying guy who will attack rear, usually right on your general, so give bodyguards to him(and your mages !). There are usually two mages with plenty of gems, so I recommend not to attack them without strong magic support.
One of the thugs has fear, can't remember if it is the flying one.
I usually wait until I have level 4/5 spells to take them down.(quite rapid to have normally)
Don't even think of taking them out with sheer number.
Use spells which allow no magic resistance, I think most of them are quite high on MR.
Good luck

[Aezeal]

clearly not an army I'm gonna attack now thanks.. I thought as much

[Yrkoon]

That must be Bogus and his merry men.

If you want the surprise of finding out for yourself who they are, don't read any further...


Bogus the troll, very very deadly thug. He won't drop of fatigue because he has a wraith sword. he won't rout because he goes berserk. He will kill kill kill, and is very good at it.
The dark knight, and his ferocious griffin - he has the fear helmet plus other magic items, and usually flies straight at your commander
A troll archer who nearly alway hits (your commander generally). Your mages will fall like flies.
A human mage with rune smasher, the weakest of the 5 heroes
A troll mage with air magic, annoying but not very dangerous

[Ironhawk]

Yeah the dark knight will attack your commanders.

Interestingly, if you can gain control of the Dark Knight or... i think the troll in the group w/ a bow, then you will gain access to the Attack Commander order. Incredibly powerful!

[Taqwus]

Bogus is a bit weaker than he used to be, now that the weapon-based life draining is capped. Still nasty, 'tho.

[Cor2]

I have an irrational phobia of Bogus and company. If I see them I leave them alone. I have lost too many armies to that @##$%#

[archaeolept]

in MP, stealing the attack commander order would be thought an exploit

Don't attack them - they're tough, and its easy to be wrong on whether you have the right army for them...

[Meglobob]

archaeolept said:
in MP, stealing the attack commander order would be thought an exploit

Many people have done it thou...

Leave them until you have charm spell. Then put together a few mages with bodyguards(by bodyguards I mean a 20-40 strong army of), then charm them.

You gain them as thugs, with all magic items and can save the attack commander/fire at commander orders using ctrl-number. So all your forces can be scripted with that command.

You should now win easily...

[llamabeast]

I hereby declare using the 'Attack Commander'/'Fire Commander' orders on any LlamaServer game to be cheating. Definitely an exploit.