In danger of giving this up

[N3MES1S]

Originally Posted by clinek

nonsense. If your are a mage then you have access to a wide variety of spells at this point. Keep only the stack of trolls, nothing else and attack a creature guarding the maps. Make sure you fight this stack ONLY AT NIGHT TIME! put them in a corner, cast fear on some of the archers so that they can do no damage to you, cast stone skin and magic spring on the trolls, while periodically casting spells that will poisen or burn the enemy with a huge stack. you will not win with just the power of your spells or brute force but if your facing 100 knights, you can burn and poisen them and at least 10 will die each turn just from that. its unreal how much damage a huge unit takes just from being burned or poisened. Each round, the trolls will heal themselves restoring thier health back to 100% while widdleing away the troops who are attacking you head on. This way, you lose zero units (maybe one if careless at one point) and you get access to other lands after you pick up the map so that you can pick up some of the better units like dragons and archdemons. The reason why im saying this is because i have had terrible luck in one game but i used this exact strategy to beat a 157 knights, 230 griffins, 211 inquisitors, and 600 robbers. i continuously casted fear on the inquisitors, and had only the griffins and robbers attack me. I was level 13, had like 14 or 15 intellect, around 60 mana, and 0 attack and denfense (I HAD THE WORST LUCK WITH ITEMS), and only 3 or 4 trolls. that was the most epic battle ever but that strategy works. Keep in mind that you can also cast fear on any unit in thier army which completely disables them for 4 turns! The game is not always... well, is never about brute force. When you are playing as a mage, its all about strategy.

+1. I always pick up trolls if i can, they are awesome units. With a mage, u can cast watever u want on trols (stone sking, divine armour, etc) and make em almost impossible to kill healing themselves on every round and casting fear on enemie troops. Having trolls on early-mid island is a great luck and having trex is a bit overpowered at level 18 xD.

[Zechnophobe]

Yeah, late game Tirex's aren't as awesome as Black Dragons, but are a whole lot of whoop at around the 2k leadership mark. Just like Red Dragons.

[Razorflame]

never used trexes before

i always found them pretty weak xD

[clinek]

never used trexes before

i always found them pretty weak x

agreed. I was really dissapointed in the lizards as a whole. None of them are really all that useful for no loss. Sure mark of blood is a good skill for guargonas (however you spell that) but they are level 3 units and that only leaves level 1 and 2 units to cast fear on. the rest are pretty shitty. towards the end of the game, you never fight an enemy group who is not marked as being impossible. They have a huge advantage as far as brute force is concerned so sending in units to fight head to head is suicide. Thats pretty much what the lizard race is all about; brute force. if you put trex's in your army you have between 10-20 depending on what heroe class you choose and most armies in reha have at least 30 in thier army. Thier initiative is ok, thier speed is ok, and thier attack/defense is ok for a level 5 unit, also, they give your dragons low morale. it would be awesome if they could fly though

[Razorflame]

i found the birds always ok units

their egg is awesome for blocking

but overall

only 2 usefull units for lizard

and trex ain't one of em xd

[Zechnophobe]

Tirex is actually one of the best level 5's until you get to the point in the game where enemies can actually kill them in a single attack or two. The built in ability to fully heal makes them darn efficient for no loss games. Their like Giants crossed with Trolls, and move a heck of a lot further.

Not good for morale though.

[clinek]

thats any level 5 unit though. If you get them early on, they are unbeatable. they would be useful if you got them in scarlet wind or something like that but for the most part, you dont get them until late in the game. the only useful ability they have is healing themselves by eating fallen troops. Lets face it, 10-40 damage, that is so useless. Sure it halves the action points of enemy units IF they have less leadership than your stack but how often does that happen when trying to kill the creatures that guard the maps. something needs to be done for them for them to be useful at all. I mean for gods sake, its a ******* t rex, the king of the dinosaurs, not a cat. Thier damage should be significantly higher than any other creature or something

[N3MES1S]

Originally Posted by Zechnophobe

Yeah, late game Tirex's aren't as awesome as Black Dragons, but are a whole lot of whoop at around the 2k leadership mark. Just like Red Dragons.

I prefer red dragons instead of black dragons by far. And i prefer Tirex instead of black dragons. Must be a taste choice. Trex are awesome units, maybe the most useful unit on lizards, and maybe one of the best level 5 units.

About lizard faction, they are as good as the others, stop saying dumb things like they are weak or something. U just need to apply different strategy if u play with lizards, and be aware of the morale.

[clinek]

i think the reason why most people prefer dragons over a trex is not really because of the damage or anything, but more so for thier ability move a great distance. you could put one black or red dragon against 100 trex's and they will win because they can "hit and run". Just keep running to the other side of the screen, wait for them to get close, then fly to the other side using your skill.

[Heroe]

nonsence.. you cant win having 1dragon vs 100trex..