HELP! The (failed) Assault on General Karador's Necro-Castle

[Tibster]

The spirit of Black hole!
There is a qwest eich gives u a powerful anty-undead order spell.

[fell]

Originally Posted by Tibster

The spirit of Black hole!
There is a qwest eich gives u a powerful anty-undead order spell.

Sadly it does less damage than a fireball/icesnake. And its "fear" is pretty useless. Use alot of units that are immune to hypnotize. And take out the obelisk asap. Then lower the necromancer stack without killing it. When you kill a stack place a troop on top of it to prevent it being Called back. Or necro call the fallen stack yourself.

[Palinius]

I won at the first attempt, quite lucky i guess couse by accident i used quite good and effective tactic.

I would say that you need to have necromancers in your army if you got the Dark commander skill that gives +initiative to undead it helps.
When i started combat i did Fire Rain on their necromancers , im a mage so i had x2 spell in 1 turn. When i killed their necromancer i used mine to ress his and i had 2 x necromancers.

Be sure that when you kill an enemy stack next to move is 1 of your necromancers, becouse if you dont take control over the dead bodies the Boss or his crystal will ressurect them

I guess thats simply the key.

Ofcourse there is the spell of light thing that do damage and make the mobs go away but Fire rain + 30% Fire amulet if you got it is kinda better. Just eauip intel items to be sure you kill their necromancer in 1 turn so you gain control over him by ressing him using your own necro.

P.S

BTW as i remember when i won the fight there was an item that i bought in the castle (maybe it was some other place but i think it was that castle)...the item name is PAIN SKULL and it also have a 2nd lvl called DEAD SKULL, i cant simply upgrade it. There is something like: Power of Spell : 100% and im guessing from the info when i will use the item in many fights and it feed itself with my mana (steals 50% of mana every fight) the power will go to 0% and i will be able to upgrade it.
So my questions are:
1. Do it really needs to be used till 0% of power of spell when it can be upgraded?
2. What are the Stats of the DEAD SKULL? (is it even worth to try to get it)
2.I noticed that 1 fight lowered 2% of the power. Do i need to fight 50x to take it to 0%? Im a mage i cant afford that.

[Fate]

Originally Posted by Palinius

BTW as i remember when i won the fight there was an item that i bought in the castle (maybe it was some other place but i think it was that castle)...the item name is PAIN SKULL and it also have a 2nd lvl called DEAD SKULL, i cant simply upgrade it. There is something like: Power of Spell : 100% and im guessing from the info when i will use the item in many fights and it feed itself with my mana (steals 50% of mana every fight) the power will go to 0% and i will be able to upgrade it.
So my questions are:
1. Do it really needs to be used till 0% of power of spell when it can be upgraded?
2. What are the Stats of the DEAD SKULL? (is it even worth to try to get it)
2.I noticed that 1 fight lowered 2% of the power. Do i need to fight 50x to take it to 0%? Im a mage i cant afford that.

I got the item too and manage to upgrade it. The % drop more as it get lower so it is less than 50 battles but the upgraded version is worth it. It has +5att and +5int with no penalties.

[jake21]

How do you upgrade it? It does not have an upgrade option. Also, is it possible to use items during combat? (THere are several items that suggest they are to be used during combat but I haven't found a way to use them).

Originally Posted by Fate

I got the item too and manage to upgrade it. The % drop more as it get lower so it is less than 50 battles but the upgraded version is worth it. It has +5att and +5int with no penalties.

[OmegaDestroyer]

If you're playing as a Paladin, it's a unique mind skill. Maxed you get +15 offense when fighting undead and demons. While a niche skill, you'll be fighting plenty of both in the game.

[oceanskie]

Haha! Got it down today using black and white unicorns, elven archer, sprites and dryads, equipped the ring that gave +3 to all stats for she-fighters. Had to reload a couple of times to get a good opener.

In the round that I won, 1900 sprites went down 300 after 1st turn due to skelie archers' crits but a nicely placed Time Back saved the day. Grind down the bone dragon with unicorns while waited for Karador to hammer down the barricades. Used the consecration spell to make a breakthrough and fought my way in. Black Hole and Underground Blade used consecutively pretty much sealed the deal.

Reward: 4.4k exp and some gold

Good luck to all who are still struggling, this one sure was tough.