Call of colossus spell question

[loreangelicus]

Originally Posted by Zechnophobe

Edit: Oh, and Shield of Rekross is better than Call Colossus, as it will provide you with dragons of various types for many levels to come, whereas the scroll will give only a couple early on.

Without a doubt the Shield of Rekross is better than Call Colossus. But for some reason, I have yet to see the shield spawn on Debir or Scarlet. I used the KBScanner on 10 save game files and the earliest island it spawned in was in Verona (sometimes no Shield of Rekross at all, like in my current game). This is all well and good since you could map-kite up to Verona, but if you are going for a 7-day game then map-kiting is not an option.

I believe that even though items are random you only get to spawn some items in some areas. I've seen this happen when I was trying to get an Ancient Amulet and Gladiator Sword in the initial academy and castle (around 100 tries); the items generated in both buildings are limited to a few items only.

On Impossible difficulty the first few levels are the hardest if going for a 7-days/no-loss game. I read that you have 1 in 40 chance per chest to get a wanderers scroll, and in the first 120 chests I opened in Debir and Scarlet I found 4 such scrolls (Ancient Knowledge, Magic Flow, Call of Death, Titan Armor), and that was not including the Call Colossus I got in replacement of the duplicate navi map.

I may be wrong though, so if anyone found the Shield of Rekross in Debir/Scarlet/Bolo/Rusty, please correct me.

[Urbz]

I'm fairly sure I got the shield really early on my normal mage playthrough. but i cant remember where exactly i got it. Probably at on of the first 4 islands though.

[lauvhk]

The earliest chance you can get the Shield of Rekross is in the cave in Scarlet Winds where it requires a password to get through. Obviously you are also expected to deal with the blocking heroes army who likes to annoy you with poison skull, and an army consisted of zombies and beholder.

[loreangelicus]

Originally Posted by lauvhk

The earliest chance you can get the Shield of Rekross is in the cave in Scarlet Winds where it requires a password to get through. Obviously you are also expected to deal with the blocking heroes army who likes to annoy you with poison skull, and an army consisted of zombies and beholder.

Are you talking about Rob Cuttlefish's hideout? Then you can't pick it up early on since you need to be powerful enough to take out the guard who is around level 20 I think (and equivalent invincible enemy stacks).

On the other hand, a Call Colossus from 120 chests is quite probable at level 8.

[Urbz]

Originally Posted by lauvhk

The earliest chance you can get the Shield of Rekross is in the cave in Scarlet Winds where it requires a password to get through. Obviously you are also expected to deal with the blocking heroes army who likes to annoy you with poison skull, and an army consisted of zombies and beholder.

Yes i think its here I got mine actually!

[rollems]

i am trying all combination but not getting red dragon but i get black dragon shall i use black or keep trying for Red

[DGDobrev]

Depends on your hero class. If you play a Warrior or a Paladin, you can use him, simply don't make him tank for you against big enemy armies, simply have it spray fire at anything he can damage without getting hit back or suffering too much damage. As a Mage, drop all other stacks and use only him. Black Dragon + Flaming Arrow + Poison Skull + Fear is the I win button in amy early fights.