How can I kill sky drake with dark elf race??

[boradori9]

I played with dark elf..AI opponent had
sky drake..I couldn't do anything against that monster...my warlock and nightmare was useless..Watching them be slaughtered helplessly I quit game..T.T

[cayenne_spicy]

Sky Drakes are pretty much the most rude unit in the game, but there's a lot of good ways to take them down as long as it isn't a stack of 9 of them. If it's a stack of 9 of them, the main strategy is just attrition, focusing on taking out at least one in every suicidal battle until the stack is reduced to a manageable size. But, if you allow a Sorcery-focused AI to last long enough to make that stack, you probably should have your own big nasty fantastic creatures like behemoths that you can stack up and counter them with. If the AI is able to make a stack like that and you can't... then you probably haven't kept up well enough with the AI and the game is lost anyway.

That said, Dark Elf Warlocks can cast Doom Bolt, and a couple of those should kill a Sky Drake, and that doesn't even matter what kinds of magic you have yourself.

[No One]

Although I also remember doom bolt going through magic immunity, it doesn't. If you could target the sky drake, yes 3 warlocks > 1 sky drake, every time, but it just errors at you.

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Warlocks and nightmares are roughly uncommon tier or maybe low rare, they shouldn't be good against very rares.

That is, unless you buff the nightmare out the wazoo. Lionheart, holy weapon, holy armour, prayer or high prayer. Then you can kill sky drakes with nightmares. Then you can kill great drakes with nightmares, let alone sky drakes.

If you're not a white mage, then your plan should be to use your absurd mana revenue to research and summon your own giant squads of very rares.

[boradori9]

Thank you~~ I don't remember well but does doom bolt penetrate magic immunity?

[boradori9]

Maybe I remember it wrong..I think I couldn't use doom bolt to sky drake..

[joonkp1976]

No spells penetrate magic immunity, other than web, cracks call, banish, creature binding, holy word, and a few others that I cannot remember all of at the moment...

[No One]

https://masterofmagic.fandom.com/wiki/Magic_Immunity#Exceptions

[joonkp1976]

Originally posted by No One:

https://masterofmagic.fandom.com/wiki/Magic_Immunity#Exceptions

But that is only original Master of Magic and Master of Magic/Community Patch...

[No One]

That's true, creature binding seems to be new.

[dbemont]

Web is one of the most useful spells in the game, I never start a game without it. Once a Sky Drake is grounded, things become a lot more possible. Lots of non-magical things can punch through a defense of 10. (And if you have brought magic users who can cast Crack's Call, that could do it. )

The problem is that you probably have to web every round, what with that lighting breath. So a big bunch remains a serious problem, and whittling away at the pack is the best you can do.

But yeah, if there's a lot of them, not much choice other than to whittle away, taking your losses.

I wonder... does Mind Storm work through Magic Immunity?

[joonkp1976]

Originally posted by dbemont:

I wonder... does Mind Storm work through Magic Immunity?

Mind Storm does not work through Magic Immunity...

[cayenne_spicy]

Oh, I did forget about that. Yeah, nix the doom bolt idea. Sorry, I rarely play Chaos or Dark Elves, lol

[No One]

I just realized how ironic it is that the only spell with perfectly reliable, consistent damage is a chaos spell.

[Soul]

Doom bolt penetrates everything.

[Second Duke Revier]

But not Magic Immunity

[lunargod2002]

I am playing a sorcery mage with buffed out sky drakes. You know what kills them quite easily is 8 arch angels with higher prayer and supreme light cast to buff in battle. I'm playing the Caster of Magic updated version. That setup will decimate sky dragons. As a matter of fact, I think its an overlooked balancing issue. I can't crack merlin's castle because he has 8 arch angels that use those spells in battle. Cant whittle them down because supreme light just heals and resurrects right at the end of battle. It might be a glitch. Not sure. Tried using the great unsummoning to banish a few but nope. None will banish on his home castle no matter how many times I cast it. Lets just say, I'm more than a little frustrated. lol