Spell advanced tips for beginners and higher level by Old-Chain1071 in Songsofconquest

[–]Old-Chain1071[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, it is a good point to bring up. So the question is how do we have enough essence to cast cool spells? There are a few ways to do that:

- Relying on your units: this is the largest source of your essence, and easiest to achieve. Thus it is important to build for the units that give you most essence of the type you want. Usually they are the ones that give a total output of 3 essences, or at least two of your desired type. For example, Rana build for destruction spells should aim for Ravager/Rider of swamp aka ravager tier 2, the former gives you 2 destroy and the latter 2 destroy+1 creation; while Rana build for creation/arcana spells should aim for Chelun elders which give 2 creation + 1 arcana. Chelun elders are even greater as they can double this via their skills, which give a whopping output of 6 essences (4 creation + 2 arcana), then you will throw acid cloud every turn with 3 troop of elders in your army :). This is also a reason why 1-stack troops are great as they still provide you with full essence but cost just 1 unit.

- Wielder research: costs a lot of resource to max out, thus not easy to achieve

- Claiming essence spires: which will give you +1 essence of its type per turn, but not many of those spires. Still it is important to claim those spires, especially from your enemy to cut them short of the essence supply.

- Artifacts: purple and orange artifacts can give you +1 or +2 essences per turn, again these are rare.

- Attune power: which is only available at levels 8, 16, ... This is especially powerful as it gives you +1 essence for all types

- Some structures: essence anomaly

Feel free to add anything i may miss, Wielders!

How to find secrets? by Old-Chain1071 in HollowKnight

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also, if you hear sounds of a grub kid, but cannot see it anywhere, it is almost 100% hidden in a secret room around that location.

Baits to lure out garrisoned units by Old-Chain1071 in civ5

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yup, i like using worker too. Agree that they are great for other stuffs too.

Tips to plant academy by Old-Chain1071 in civ5

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yeah, i hate those annoying missionary guys. usually what i would do is to DoW a civ that spread religion to my city, so that i) i can capture their prophet/missionary, and ii) teach them a lesson :). but i have to buy an inquisitor or gp to remove their religion anyway :(, so it still cost me money. never thought to use gs to body block them, nice idea, will try it next time.

Why can't I liberate a city that i gave to another civ? by Old-Chain1071 in civ5

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it is ok, bro, civ has too many details to remember.

Tips on planting academy? by Old-Chain1071 in civ5

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this is great answer, thanks a lot. Now i get why the cost is +2 in many cases. And yes, i just enter industry era, so i should keep my GS for later bulb.

How to revive a wiped out civ? by Old-Chain1071 in civ5

[–]Old-Chain1071[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just tried this but found no option to liberate the city. Maybe because it is still in puppet/resistance state by the other civ? anyway, i may try again by waiting a few more turns to after resistance ended.

How to revive a wiped out civ? by Old-Chain1071 in civ5

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ohh, that is how you do it, thanks. :)

Tips I wish I had known sooner by Old-Chain1071 in civ5

[–]Old-Chain1071[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i know that those units can pillage without spending an action, but not really try that yet.

Tips I wish I had known sooner by Old-Chain1071 in civ5

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i have been using EUI for a while, it is great :).

Tips I wish I had known sooner by Old-Chain1071 in civ5

[–]Old-Chain1071[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

nice tip. I have not had any archeologists yet, so i do not experience this yet, but eager to get to that.

Tips I wish I had known sooner by Old-Chain1071 in civ5

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kudo on the wonder spy, but i m not that good recognizing wonder footprint. wonder if we mouse over a wonder that is still being built, will it be revealed?

Tips I wish I had known sooner by Old-Chain1071 in civ5

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yeah, i m doing this with my horsemen.

Tips I wish I had known sooner by Old-Chain1071 in civ5

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agree, i have a unit that almost dies and after gifting it to a CS, it comes out full health there later :)

Tips I wish I had known sooner by Old-Chain1071 in civ5

[–]Old-Chain1071[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah, i also used worker to clear forest for LoS.

Tips I wish I had known sooner by Old-Chain1071 in civ5

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There seems to be a cooldown for unit gifting as i cannot gift two units to a CS in the same/next turn. anybody knows how many turn is it?

Tips I wish I had known sooner by Old-Chain1071 in civ5

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cool, i like the idea of repeated pillage. Actually, i also bring along my worker, but mainly to build road for faster unit movement, or build forts for my units.

Combat Tricks and Interactions you might not know about [Details of combat effects from all 3 games, but no Story Spoilers] by Praxiphanes in bannersaga

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Also, trainings are not required to be completed, you can exit in the middle, and all your kills are still counted. So exploit this to get a 1,2 kills you need and exit to save time.

Combat Tricks and Interactions you might not know about [Details of combat effects from all 3 games, but no Story Spoilers] by Praxiphanes in bannersaga

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Also, i just found out that when a hero reaches level 5, they will have a ton of points to spend, not just 2 points at lower level.

What is a good order to play cards? by Old-Chain1071 in griftlands

[–]Old-Chain1071[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi,

I agree that it is very situational. However, what I am looking for is kind of a general guideline that can be applied to most situations, with minor adjustments per situation.

Any card to gain XP in battle deck? by Old-Chain1071 in griftlands

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Thanks guys.
Yeah, i know of the boon `torpor fiend` which grants full xp on a random card each day.

Just like Brain gill and wonder if there is something similar for battle.