Question about Dark Ages V: War & Mythos [ 5.0.5 ]

[FrankSriracha]

I've restarted a few times now because the moment a lich finds my fortress, it's gg. Is there a trick to killing liches? Do I need to make weapons/ammo out of silver? It'd be cool if there was a research function in the library or some kind of research mission on the world map so the dorfs can actually damage the undead.

[Alb-Hatar]

I managed to kill one with some legendary axedwarf in steel armor/weapons, but not before he killed 4 of my recruits in iron armor. But there was no corpse to raise on the battle field apart of a deer head.

[Barbarian Mowz]

Use bludgeoning weapons rather than cutting weapons to smash their body parts, try to lure them into a pit and seal them in, or into a pool of lava, or slam a drawbridge on their body smushing them into dust

[Columbus]

Am I the only one whose saves are going corrupted?

[Terminal]

You can damage the undead with most weapons, the issue is that if there is a Necromancer nearby they can instantly reanimate the corpse, and their severed hands and heads and other various body parts, infinitely and (nearly) instantaneously.

The best weapons for fighting the undead are Maces (NOT warhammers, although warhammers are also suitable). This lets you kill and mangle the undead and all of their body parts without breaking them up into multiple pieces. Necromancers cannot reanimated mangled corpses, so once you have hammered a zombie into the ground it (usually) will not come back.

Necromancers themselves are also susceptible to blunt force trauma. The only issue with them is that they may potentially be exceptionally skilled combatants, further boosted by the stat bonuses from being undead/a Necromancer generally. A single armed and armored Necromancer may be a match for a full squad of Dwarves, because they never tire, feel no pain, cannot be stunned, and do not mind if you destroy their organs while fighting.

However, generally speaking most Necromancers are unarmed/unarmored, so if you can bum-rush them with your squad then it boils down to how long they can hold out being bludgeoned until they finally die for good.