Dayyālu
Arcane
We're so far into the game that I might post more things like this for fun, as "winning" has kind of lost its allure(and is quite hard with our throne setup).
Maybe it's heretical to suggest so, but if our game has become a chore we can devise something. Not talking about surrender or whatever, but maybe a single series of duels or something. It would be bad if the game results to be an annoying work instead of relax.
Yeah, that particular guy is geared out a bit much, but I have a lot lying around so I was messing with some builds.
Just the shield + spells would be decent against chaff, but sometimes I want to kill them a bit faster, or be capable against tougher enemies. Just SV and basic attack has taken quite some time against tougher Atlantis/Abysia infantry. My armies aren't lasting long in battle these days. I've got a couple others roaming around with different builds.
In our game it's a common theme that Ragha has a lot of equip, thanks to having two globals up for a lot of time. Roughly half of MY equip is battle spoils from Ragha/Caelum.
Honestly, many of your thugs are overgeared and you do not use them against me aggressively enough. For example, your vampire: the only time I've fought one on the battlefield he simply flew right into a unit of Ice Guards. High Morale+ Magic Weapons = died in two turns. 27 Hp just don't cut it, even with regen. Of course, you are quite smart to avoid to use them against my infantry in all occasions.... and Abysia keeps inflating your kill count.
Your SCs are all another song, of course. Even my elite infantry fails to do enough damage. And N9 Zhayedans are a major annoyance. They can be killed by specific spells (Frozen heart) but in groups do wonders.
My most succesful Thug was a Spectral Mage: Vine Shield, Frost Brand and.... nothing else, I think. W2D1, casting Quickness and Stygian Skin. Excellent against PD and infantry. Died in a stupid way by failing a morale check, like my other good Thug, a vampire with Frost Brand and something I do not remember. Failed a morale check, retreated, died.
So, Codex, pimp my Golem. I need hints to stand against the endless amout of Raghan SCs.
One of my SCs at a basic level of equip. Vine Shield and Shadow Brand are both self-explaining. Jade Armour is for Quickness, the helm is a substandard choice because I have little gems to spare and that's good enough (plus Fire Resist is good against Ragha), Flying shoes is obvious, Burning pearl to augment the substandard fighting skills of the golem (mindless, so he does not gain exp) and Lodestone Amulet is a cheap way for more MR (useful against Blindness or the like). Then, obvious battlefield buffs with Astral (Body Ethereal and things). Is this good or he can be rebuilt and improved?