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c-tis-la [2023/04/02 00:38] (current)
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| With ??Sauromancer#1036??s as the only workhorse mage, however — supplemented by ??Empoisoner??s for assassins and minimal nature access — and the nation's recruitable units being extremely sub-par for the era, LA C'tis typically struggles; this is exacerbated by it being hard to find the gems in LA to finance its one main strength, and the nation's narrow focus leaves it very vulnerable to being hard-countered. | With ??Sauromancer#1036??s as the only workhorse mage, however — supplemented by ??Empoisoner??s for assassins and minimal nature access — and the nation's recruitable units being extremely sub-par for the era, LA C'tis typically struggles; this is exacerbated by it being hard to find the gems in LA to finance its one main strength, and the nation's narrow focus leaves it very vulnerable to being hard-countered. |
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| | Not that anything stone-walls ??Bane Fire??. |
| =====National Features===== | =====National Features===== |
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| | {{:nations:la:ctis:falchioneer.png?nolink}} | **??Falchioneer??**\\ {{gold}} 13\\ {{:misc:gui:resources.png?15&nolink}} 17 \\ {{:misc:gui:recruitmentpoints.png?15&nolink}} 18 | {{:abilities:ambidextrous.png?20&nolink}}[[Ambidextrous]](2) \\ {{:abilities:resist_poison.png?20&nolink}}[[Poison resistance]](7) | As a recruitable dual-wielding size 2 unit, these units have a small niche, but are held back by above-average gold cost, middling damage in an era of high-prot units, low protection (particularly because their natural protection ceases to be an advantage once protection spells are applied) and no shields. They may be the nation's strongest massable unit, but they are particularly susceptible to crossbows, which are omnipresent in the era. | | | {{:nations:la:ctis:falchioneer.png?nolink}} | **??Falchioneer??**\\ {{gold}} 13\\ {{:misc:gui:resources.png?15&nolink}} 17 \\ {{:misc:gui:recruitmentpoints.png?15&nolink}} 18 | {{:abilities:ambidextrous.png?20&nolink}}[[Ambidextrous]](2) \\ {{:abilities:resist_poison.png?20&nolink}}[[Poison resistance]](7) | As a recruitable dual-wielding size 2 unit, these units have a small niche, but are held back by above-average gold cost, middling damage in an era of high-prot units, low protection (particularly because their natural protection ceases to be an advantage once protection spells are applied) and no shields. They may be the nation's strongest massable unit, but they are particularly susceptible to crossbows, which are omnipresent in the era. | |
| | {{:nations:la:ctis:desert_ranger.png?nolink}} | **??Desert Ranger??**\\ {{gold}} 13\\ {{:misc:gui:resources.png?15&nolink}} 16 \\ {{:misc:gui:recruitmentpoints.png?15&nolink}} 18\\ Wasteland Rec Only | {{:abilities:patrol_bonus.png?20&nolink}}[[patrol bonus]](2) \\ {{:abilities:resist_poison.png?20&nolink}}[[Poison resistance]](6)\\ {{:abilities:wasteland_survival.png?20&nolink}}[[wasteland survival]] | With passable damage, a javelin, reasonable protection, a shield and not outlandish encumbrance, the Desert Ranger is one of the nation's most dependable rostered units. Unfortunately, as a wasteland-recruitable unit, the nation will often struggle to find the recruitment points to mass these. | | | {{:nations:la:ctis:desert_ranger.png?nolink}} | **??Desert Ranger??**\\ {{gold}} 13\\ {{:misc:gui:resources.png?15&nolink}} 16 \\ {{:misc:gui:recruitmentpoints.png?15&nolink}} 18\\ Wasteland Rec Only | {{:abilities:patrol_bonus.png?20&nolink}}[[patrol bonus]](2) \\ {{:abilities:resist_poison.png?20&nolink}}[[Poison resistance]](6)\\ {{:abilities:wasteland_survival.png?20&nolink}}[[wasteland survival]] | With passable damage, a javelin, reasonable protection, a shield and not outlandish encumbrance, the Desert Ranger is one of the nation's most dependable rostered units. Unfortunately, as a wasteland-recruitable unit, the nation will often struggle to find the recruitment points to mass these. | |
| | {{:nations:la:ctis:tomb_guard.png?nolink}} | **??Tomb Guard??**\\ {{gold}} 23\\ {{:misc:gui:resources.png?15&nolink}} 29 \\ {{:misc:gui:recruitmentpoints.png?15&nolink}} 28\\ {{:misc:gui:fortress.png?20&nolink}} Capital Only | {{:abilities:sacred.png?20&nolink}}[[Sacred]] \\ {{:abilities:resist_poison.png?20&nolink}}[[Poison resistance]](6)\\ {{:abilities:wasteland_survival.png?20&nolink}}[[wasteland survival]] | Genuinely heavy infantry with passable stats, Tomb Guard have the potential to be reasonable units if blessed. Unfortunately, the rest of the nation struggles to benefit from a Tomb Guard bless, and without one such, the unit struggles to justify its high cost. All the same, these may be worth recruiting simply as a durable frontline when one such is needed. | | | {{:nations:la:ctis:tomb_guard.png?nolink}} | **??Tomb Guard??**\\ {{gold}} 23\\ {{:misc:gui:resources.png?15&nolink}} 29 \\ {{:misc:gui:recruitmentpoints.png?15&nolink}} 28\\ {{:misc:gui:fortress.png?20&nolink}} Capital Only | {{:abilities:sacred.png?20&nolink}}[[Sacred]] \\ {{:abilities:resist_poison.png?20&nolink}}[[Poison resistance]](6)\\ {{:abilities:wasteland_survival.png?20&nolink}}[[wasteland survival]] | Genuinely heavy infantry with elite stats and a 20 damage weapon, Tomb Guard can be a backbone for national armies, especially during expansion when your freespawn and skellyspam are not yet online. Their high encumbrance and low combat speed are significant weaknesses. | |
| | {{:nations:la:ctis:poison_slinger.png?nolink}} | **??Poison Slinger??**\\ {{gold}} 25\\ {{:misc:gui:resources.png?15&nolink}} 6 \\ {{:misc:gui:recruitmentpoints.png?15&nolink}} 32\\ {{:misc:gui:fortress.png?20&nolink}} Capital Only | {{:abilities:resist_poison.png?20&nolink}}[[Poison resistance]](8) | Expensive, immensely fragile and prone to killing your own troops, Poison Slingers are nevertheless a very potent tool against non-resistant foes when used in combination with summoned or reanimated longdead which — unlike C'tissian troops — are wholly immune to the poison and serve to tarpit the enemy while it kills them. Caution should be taken to minimize friendly fire and unnecessary exposure. | | | {{:nations:la:ctis:poison_slinger.png?nolink}} | **??Poison Slinger??**\\ {{gold}} 25\\ {{:misc:gui:resources.png?15&nolink}} 6 \\ {{:misc:gui:recruitmentpoints.png?15&nolink}} 32\\ {{:misc:gui:fortress.png?20&nolink}} Capital Only | {{:abilities:resist_poison.png?20&nolink}}[[Poison resistance]](8) | Expensive, immensely fragile and prone to killing your own troops, Poison Slingers are nevertheless a very potent tool against non-resistant foes when used in combination with summoned or reanimated longdead which — unlike C'tissian troops — are wholly immune to the poison and serve to tarpit the enemy while it kills them. Caution should be taken to minimize friendly fire and unnecessary exposure. | |
| | {{:nations:la:ctis:sacredserpent.png?nolink}} | **??Sacred Serpent??** | {{:abilities:sacred.png?20&nolink}}[[Sacred]] \\ {{:abilities:resist_poison.png?20&nolink}}[[Poison resistance]](5)\\ {{:abilities:standard.png?20&nolink}}[[Standard]](1)\\ {{:abilities:animal.png?20&nolink}}[[Animal]] | A source of badly-needed morale for the squad they are placed in, but with no real ability to fight. It might be worth securing a few to help keep any falchioneers from routing, but they are not to be confused with combatants, as they will melt in the face of the enemy, between their lacking protection, their middling hitpoints, their large size and their abysmal defense score. | | | {{:nations:la:ctis:tomb_chariot.png?nolink}} | **??Tomb Chariot??** \\ Reanimated by undead priests | {{:abilities:resist_poison.png?20&nolink}}[[Poison resistance]](25)\\ {{:abilities:resist_cold.png?20&nolink}}[[Cold resistance]](15)\\ {{:abilities:undead.png?20&nolink}}[[undead]]\\ {{:abilities:need_not_eat.png?20&nolink}}[[need-not-eat]]\\ {{:abilities:spirit_sight.png?20&nolink}}[[spirit-sight]]\\ {{:abilities:unsurroundable.png?20&nolink}}[[unsurroundable]](1)\\ {{:abilities:resist_pierce.png?20&nolink}}[[Pierce-resistant]]\\ {{:abilities:mindless.png?20&nolink}}[[mindless]]\\ {{:abilities:inanimate.png?20&nolink}}[[Inanimate]]\\ {{:abilities:never_heals.png?20&nolink}}[[Never Heals]]\\ {{:abilities:trample.png?20&nolink}}[[trample]]\\ [[mounted]] | Hordes of trampling Tomb Chariots can destroy most things they outsize. Unlike most chariots, their two attacks can be effective against larger foes. \\ \\ With just 7 hit points, tomb chariots are extremely fragile, protected primarily by their high speed, decent defense skill, and remarkably effective repel, with 2 length 2 weapons and good attack skill (easily boosted with ??Royal Power??). Casualties are to be expected, but tramplers kill swiftly enough that attrition can be quite minimal when critical mass is achieved. While late game buffs like ??Fog Warriors?? make mundane attacks like trampling much less effective in major battles, freespawn chariots are an excellent source of raiding pressure in any phase of the game. | |
| | {{:nations:la:ctis:tomb_wyrm.png?nolink}} | **??Tomb Wyrm??** | {{:abilities:sacred.png?20&nolink}}[[Sacred]] \\ {{:abilities:resist_poison.png?20&nolink}}[[Poison resistance]](25)\\ {{:abilities:resist_cold.png?20&nolink}}[[Cold resistance]](15)\\ {{:abilities:undead.png?20&nolink}}[[undead]]\\ {{:abilities:inanimate.png?20&nolink}}[[Inanimate]]\\ {{:abilities:need_not_eat.png?20&nolink}}[[need-not-eat]]\\ {{:abilities:spirit_sight.png?20&nolink}}[[spirit-sight]] | A respectable bag of hit points, but with middling damage, bad protection and atrocious defense, these are hard to justify over Tomb Chariots. A bless can be taken, but will struggle to plug all necessary holes; protection in particular is a nearly insurmountable problem. | | | {{:nations:la:ctis:tomb_wyrm.png?nolink}} | **??Tomb Wyrm??** \\ Reanimated by undead priests | {{:abilities:sacred.png?20&nolink}}[[Sacred]] \\ {{:abilities:resist_poison.png?20&nolink}}[[Poison resistance]](25)\\ {{:abilities:resist_cold.png?20&nolink}}[[Cold resistance]](15)\\ {{:abilities:undead.png?20&nolink}}[[undead]]\\ {{:abilities:inanimate.png?20&nolink}}[[Inanimate]]\\ {{:abilities:need_not_eat.png?20&nolink}}[[need-not-eat]]\\ {{:abilities:spirit_sight.png?20&nolink}}[[spirit-sight]] | Tomb Wyrms, like living serpents in Dominions, have extreme stats. Their modest protection and atrocious defense skill mean that they will take damage every time they are attacked, unless the attacker is blinded by ??Darkness??; no defensive bless can keep them from taking damage quickly in melee. \\ \\ At the same time, they have some impressive stats: 39 HP, 30 morale, 16 [[magic resistance]], and 15 attack skill (readily boosted to 19 with ??Royal Power??) with a respectable 18 damage bite. Because they have so many HP, Tomb Wyrms with a highly offensive bless (say, +8 strength) can trade well even with elites like heavy cavalry and giants, while tanking hits from even top evocations like ??Thunder Strike??. Even without a bless, Tomb Wyrms are ideal evocation bait; at 78 hit points per square, Tomb Wyrms are magnets for banishment spells and other evocations that might decimate fragile tomb chariots. | |
| | {{:nations:la:ctis:tomb_chariot.png?nolink}} | **??Tomb Chariot??** | {{:abilities:resist_poison.png?20&nolink}}[[Poison resistance]](25)\\ {{:abilities:resist_cold.png?20&nolink}}[[Cold resistance]](15)\\ {{:abilities:undead.png?20&nolink}}[[undead]]\\ {{:abilities:need_not_eat.png?20&nolink}}[[need-not-eat]]\\ {{:abilities:spirit_sight.png?20&nolink}}[[spirit-sight]]\\ {{:abilities:unsurroundable.png?20&nolink}}[[unsurroundable]](1)\\ {{:abilities:resist_pierce.png?20&nolink}}[[Pierce-resistant]]\\ {{:abilities:mindless.png?20&nolink}}[[mindless]]\\ {{:abilities:inanimate.png?20&nolink}}[[Inanimate]]\\ {{:abilities:never_heals.png?20&nolink}}[[Never Heals]]\\ {{:abilities:trample.png?20&nolink}}[[trample]]\\ [[mounted]] | As a massable size 4 trampler, the Tomb Chariot can kill most things it outsizes, in large enough quantities, and it retains reasonably damaging attacks for sufficiently large opponents. The unit is extremely fragile, but has some repel capabilities owing to its length 2 bite, combined with a relatively high attack skill after priestly buffing. Casualties are to be expected, but can remain quite small when critical mass is achieved, as the unit kills quite swiftly. | | | {{:nations:la:ctis:sacredserpent.png?nolink}} | **??Sacred Serpent??** \\ Trained in temples | {{:abilities:sacred.png?20&nolink}}[[Sacred]] \\ {{:abilities:resist_poison.png?20&nolink}}[[Poison resistance]](5)\\ {{:abilities:standard.png?20&nolink}}[[Standard]](1)\\ {{:abilities:animal.png?20&nolink}}[[Animal]] | Sacred serpents, like other snakes in Dominions, have notably high attack skill and good morale and MR, but low defense skill and protection. In practice, this means they will die quickly even to militia without major buffs. Their main role is as a [[Standard]] that is fortunately a bit slower than your heavier infantry. The high attack skill and strong poison on their fangs may give them niche uses even into the late game, if you can boost their 10 piercing damage fangs enough to pierce protection. | |
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| ==== Heroes ==== | ==== Heroes ==== |
