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Originally Posted by dainbramage
As a viking, my standard army worked. Berserkers, warrior maidens, paladins, archmages, horsemen. Killed loki as fast as possible, then left one axethrower stack alive (slow it so it doesn't switch to melee and suicide... had to reset when they did that the first time) and 2 gifts on my paladins let them res everything. Berserkers did most of the damage, and were helped out by mista's special, teleported whenever Loki switched ends, and given the extra turn by paladins whenever possible.
However, I did it at 56 whereas you're only 48. Were you rushing to loki for his rage skill or something?
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Ahhh that army sounds like fun! So, between warrior maidens for MEGA range res, and paladins cleaning up when "call to valhalla" inevitably fails, sounds like you can keep the berserkers numbers very high very easily!
I debated if I should use Gift or Phantom as a Soothsayer. I think Phantom is a "better value" but Gift is more potent if you specifically only need res. I finally have enough crystals to get Gift now. I definitely should experiment with the Rune tree more. I've mostly ignored it with both Viking and Soothsayer playthroughs.
Regarding level rushing, yes. I made the mistake of hitting Rage level 60 before getting Loki's skill with my Viking playthrough. Although right now my rage growth is so slow I'm not sure if I could get to level 60 rage anymore. I probably could if I equip rage items and change my army build a lot.
I think I could have beaten him sooner than level 48, as most of my damage is from the Ancient Phoenix. Maybe a good use of Flaming Eyes would let me achieve the goal at an even lower level.
Maybe that's a worthy cause for a second playthrough. Critical usage of key wanderer scrolls early on. I had my Raven learn nearly every Wanderer scroll but in hindsight maybe I should have saved them and just used them as needed. I'm not sure I have enough extra battles and crystals to use that many scrolls.
Perhaps it is a bit trite, but I hope to get most of the achievements. I'm still mid-way through but the only one I can't get is the "beating Giant spider in 15 turns". Were you able to do that? I'm suspecting the best way for the wizard to do it is with Summon Phoenix before the spider boss.