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Warlords Battlecry II (General and Daemon) FAQ TheManWhoCan joeyolbean@hotmail.com this FAQ is copyright Joe Soloway Table of Contents 1. Introduction to the game - backround info about game 2. Basics about game - making hero - starting out - levelling up - choosing profession - choosing speciality 3. The Daemon Race - buildings - armies - strategy using daemons - strengths/weaknesses of daemons - titan 4. In game info - items - campaign - inventory screen - spellbook - hotkeys 5. Starting your army - what race to choose - how to start - basics of a good army 6. Map Editor - basics =============================================================== 1. Introduction to the game - backround info about game Welcome to the Warlords Battlecry II FAQ. It is generally about the Daemon race but it does have some things on other races. I'm writing this because there are no FAQ's on this game yet, partially due to the fact that there is documentation about the game already installed on your computer. In any case, hope this guide helps. Warlords Battlecry II is not really a hugely popular game yet. I figure it should be because it is a great strategy game with elements of an RPG, mixed with great graphics and sound. In my opinion, it is one of the better strategy games out there and you will find yourself addicted to it after a short while. =============================================================== 2. Basics about game - making hero - starting out - levelling up - choosing profession - choosing speciality This section is about starting the game for the first time. Things start very slow in this game and your hero is no stronger then your strongest unit. He/she is basically a pushover. Making Your Hero The game has 12 races to choose from and each has their own strengths/weaknesses and different heros. The hero is broken down into four main groups at the right hand side of the screen: Strength - combat, health, training, conversion Dexterity - speed, health, resistance, morale Intelligence - resistance, morale, training, command Charisma - morale, merchant, conversion, command The four main ones are correct, but the breakup may not be, it;s close though. Next, choose what mode to play in: Normal Mode - gain normal experience, and it your hero dies, you still gain experience points Bronzeman Mode - gain 25% more experience, but if you die, no experience for your hero Ironman Mode - 50% more experience, but if you die you go back to the beginnig of your level Ironman Mode - Double experience, but if you die, you stay dead Those are the choices that you have. Whatever race you choose, is what those will apply to and what you hero will look like on screen. You then have to choose a portrait and a name for your hero. You portrait does not change your hero model in the game. Starting Out This part tells you how to start your game, what you need to do to win etc. The game uses a different method of collecting resources. Instead of just mining your resources and returning them to your base, your hero, or one of his generals, must convert the resources, then the income starts. Converting basically means win over, or change. You have to change the resources to your colour in order to start collecting. After that is done, you can send up to 8 builders into the mine to increase it's production. Enemies can come and convert your buildings any time they want, and if you have men in the resource when it gets converted, you lose them. Press "R" to display your command radius. Anything inside this can be converted excluding quest shrines. You can convert enemy buildings if you have a chance. Every building that you build, adds 2 to your army limit with some exceptions. So in order to produce many units, you must have many buildings. Walls and resources do not add anything to the limit, but both are important. Your hero can build. So even if your base gets destroyed, but you hero lives, you still have a hope of winning..........a small hope. The resources are as follows: Gold Metal Rock Crystal The counters are located at the top right hand and are in that order, from left to right. Every race uses different amount of different resources, so converting what you need first is very important. Your units gain experience as well and they gain levels. The higher the level, the better the unit. Weather matters in this game. Certain weather gives bonuses to troops. Daemons like the rain. That's about it. As long as you keep building and converting, there ins't much else you can do to speed up the process. Levelling Up This is the best part of the game by far. You get to pump up your hero and make him out to be exactally what you want. It's a good idea to make a well rounded hero instead of a lop sided hero. This way, if someone exploits a weakness, you have other strategies to help. Levelling up occours when you reach a certain number of experience points. You earn experience by converting, and sending your hero into battle to kill enemies. The levelling up screen is quite complicated and you should end up spending a lot of time debating on what to do. Hero Strengths: Strength - combat, health, training, conversion Dexterity - speed, health, resistance, morale Intelligence - resistance, morale, command, training Charisma - command, merchant, morale, conversion I'm not sure if these are right, but they are close. Each strength that you level up, adds a bonus to the above skills. These are generally more expensive to level up because they apply to 3 or 4 skills. Hero Skills: Combat - how well your hero performs in hand to hand combat. - high combat means your hero will hit more often, and be hit less often. Health - more hit points and faster regeneration of those points Speed - how fast you hero moves and attacks Magery - more mana, applies a casting bonus to all spheres of magic, mana regenerates at a faster rate and you start with more mana at the beginning of a battle. Morale - how well your troops fight in your command radius, hit more often, be hit less ofter etc. a very high morale rating applies a bouns to troops not in the raidus as well. also helps troops evercome psychological effects such as dragon fear, chaos etc. Command - increases the command radius, which in turn increases the range of spell effects. also allows more troops to be in your retinue (available after a battle at the right hand side of screen) Conversion - faster conversion for you hero. useful to convert enemy buildings and leave before attack. a low conversion has the opposite effect. Merchant - lowers the cost of buildings and units. Training - gives your hero more experience after a battle, gives more experience to every unit you produce, gives your hero extra ability points when levelling up. Resistance - your hero's armor rating. the higher the armor, the less damage your hero will take. it also lowers the chance of assisanation. Hero abilities: The abilites of the hero are directly affected by the speciality of the hero. IE, Assasins have the ability "Killing Blow", this adds a 4% chance of killing anything on the battle field in one blow. Death Knights have the ability "Inhuman Strength", this adds 15+ melee damage. Every specaility has different abilities, but they do share some. Hero Magic: If your hero has magic, this is where your purchase magic spells. In order to get the last spell, all of the spells of that sphere must be purchased. There are about 11 spheres of magic, each having unique effects. Chaos, Illusion, Nature, Ice, Summoning, Alchemy, Rune, Healing, Pyromancy, Necromany and common spells are the spheres of magic, each having about 10 spells within. Common spells are given when any hero gains magic ability. Casting - this helps with the effectiveness of casting spells. the more casting ability, the higher percentage of success. Choosing a Profession You get to choose a profession for you hero. This means your hero becomes one of four professions: Warrior Wizard Rogue Priest Each profession has strengths weaknesses. You are given bouses depending on your profession. IE, warriors gain a bonus in strength while wizards gain 5 to 10 + in intelligence or something like that. Once you level up again, you get to choose a speciality. Choosing a Speciality This means your hero will be a master at a certain profession. Warrior - Barbarian, Death Knight, Fighter Barbarians and Fighters are tough in hand to hand combat but do not have much magic. Death Knights are much more powerful and have spells in 3 different spheres of magic (chaos, ice, summoning). However they are much slower, and their charisma is way lower. Ability points are also expensive. Wizzard - Ice mage, Pyromancer, Necromancer, Illusionist etc. Wizards are incredible spellcasters with a huge range of spells to choose from, especially if a race with extreme or high intelligence is selected. However they are very weak in hand to hand combat and if their mana is drained, they are usually pushovers. Rogue - Assasin, Merchant etc. Rogue Assasins are very fast and have access to magic. On top of that, they can have up to a 20% chance of killing anything on the battlefield in one shot. This includes Heros and Titans. On the downside, they do not do much damage since they do not have access to spells the wizards do and they lack the strength the warriors do. They also have a low resistance rating and health rating, which can make them easy to kill. Priest - Healers etc. Priests are sort of in the middle. They have access to spells, and some can be strong. They cannot be very strong when compared to warriors but still have some experience in spells, and they usually have decent speed. On the opposite side, they have average to low resistance, low health and damage. I only have experience with a couple of different heros so there are a lot more. IE, Runemaster, Merchant, Ranger, Summoner, Bard, Paladin etc. Each speciality provides a bonus to an appropriate hero strength indicated at the right hand side of the screen. And so ends this section. Choosing a hero correctly will make or break you. The hero is by far the coolest part of this game because of the huge selection. =============================================================== 3. The Daemon Race - buildings - armies - strategy using daemons - strengths/weaknesses of daemons - titan Daemons are extremely strong in this game. They have the strongest units in the game by far, but have low dexterity and charisma..That means, low speed, low merchant, command, conversion. Lots of their units fly and can attack ground and air troops. This is an extremely good advantage as other races don't have many flyers that are strong, also, many other enemy units don't have the ability to attack flyers They are pretty good spellcasters and if they lose all of their mana, they are still a force to be reckoned with. They suck up resources like crazy and are pretty slow at building. From that description, it doesn't sound like they are a very good race so let me put it into perspective how strong they are. Succubi leave souls for spellcasters. Souls, when devoured, replenish mana. 1 Salamander can kill the following: 3 Dark Elf Summoners 3 Aincient wisps 4 Skeletons 3 archers at once. This has happenned before, so don't doubt it. Buildings A very important part of this game is knowing what buildings do what. Not having to stop and read what the upgrades are during battle is very important. Doomspire The command centre of the daemon race. Needed to build the rest of your buildings, so if you don't have this, you can't build anything. Can be upgraded to level 5. Pit This is where the units come from. One unit is built at a time so it is a good idea to have lots of these. No upgrades are given by the pit. Gallows This building gives resource upgrades. It give increases the income from all converted mines. 3 upgrades total. Portal Quite and important building. Adds 4+ to your army limit, allows the succubi to be produced, gives various upgrades: Gives immunity to banish spell to all daemon units Gives 3+ combat for all daemons Gives 5+ damage for all daemons Gives 3+ speed for all nightmares Gives 3+ and 5+ viewing ranges for daemons Lightning Spire Shoots lightning at gound units at first, upgrades allow it to shoot at flyers. Changes weather to rain which gives bonuses to troops. Eerie Produces flyers. Gives upgrade for doombats to become almost immune to fire damage, and gives 3+ combat for harpies. Summoning Tower Prodcues Summoners. Gives upgrades: Ability to summnon up to 8 quasits Daemons are produced 25% faster Daemons are produced 50% faster Summoned armies gain 25 more XP Summoned armies gain 40 more XP Chaos Shrine Produces Titan. Gives upgrades: All daemons gain 1+ armor for all types of damage All daemons gain 2+ armor for all types of damage Mana regenerates at 50% normal rate Daemon Tower Can add generals or hero into the tower to strengthen it. Shoots at ground and air troops. Daemon Wall No upgrades. Provides protection for base. Those are the daemon buildings. Get to know them off by heart to help win battles. The upgrades are listed from left to right in the upgrade menu of that building. Daemon Armies This is just as important as the buildings. Knowing what units to produce and when to produce them is crucial. Quasits Built from the Doomspire and are the builders of the daemons. They cause poison sometimes. Imps They can fly. They do magic damage and shoot pretty fast. About 20 damage. First unit produced. Nightmares Fast daemon cavalry. Can only attack ground units but attack pretty fast. Lots of HP and pretty good resistance. Succubi Leave souls for spellcasters to devour. They fly. Strong, good resistance. Salamander Hits multiple enemies at once. High combat rating, great damage, up to 80% resistance to fire damage. They can cause fear to enemy troops. Daemon Extremely strong units with high resistance. They can summon imps and they can fly. They cause chaos to enemy troops. They do double damage against strong creatures. Summoner Generals of the daemons. They can convert, banish and summon daemons, attack ground and air units with 40 magic damage. Average resistance for daemons. Doombat Fast producing bats that only attack other flyers and buildings. With the doombat upgrade, they are very useful for hunting down enemy dragons. Harpies Have the ability to drain all mana from anyone who has mana near the harpy. Fast producing, but relatively weak. Dragon Causes fear, 50 fire damage that does splash damage to near units and a high resistance rating make Dragons a great asset. Balora The daemon titan. Causes fear, ignores enemy armor, explodes after death, does great damage (about 135) , resistance ratings of 80% and a VERY high combat rating makes balora very difficult to hit and kill. Those are the daemon units. It's a good idea to take squads that are mixed, as salamanders are not the greatest at taking out buildings, but are great against units, where as nightmares and succubi are great for taking out buildings. Take succubi with your spellcastes. A plentiful supply of souls insures that your spellcaster will never run out of mana. You can use spells to attack the souls as well, so if there are lots in your command radius, use a spell with a wide range of effect and you will hit the souls as well as enemies. You still gain mana back since the spell you cast usually does not cost anything over 70-80 mana, and the souls give something like 25-30 mana per soul. Strategy Using Daemons This section is geared to good strategies using daemons. If used correctly, they are an incredibly overwhelming opponnent and can walk over any race. On the other hand, if you use the wrong strategies, then you will usually get crushed before you start. 1. Make a well rounded hero. This is extremely important because if someone knows your handicap, they can exploite it, and then you will have nothing to fall back on. A daemon Death Knight is an incredible opponent since he does an outrageous amount of damage, and has access to 3 different spheres of magic. 2. Take lots of succubi with your hero. This way, lots of souls will be around you to devour/eat/attack. It's a pretty big advantage to be able to cast your biggest spell over and over again. Wildfire is an incredible spell as it hits everything inside the command radius that is not part of your army. This includes, enemies, walls, buildings, heros, towers, resources etc. This spell is definately the unit killer and should be used often. 3.Convert Quickly. Do not stop converting. If enemies come and convert your buildings, try to drive them away. Generally people will not want to fight your hero in the early stages of battle. Especially a Death Knight. 4. Use your power advantage. Daemons are the strongest race in the game. Try not to sit back and build up a massive attack. Cripple your opponent as quickly as possible. Send in a squad of succubi and nightmares as soon as you can. This will do a lot of damage. Since you are so much stronger then everyone else, you don't need to spend so much time building a giant squad of Salamanders and Daemons. You need to spend a lot of time converting, because daemons use up a lot of resources. 5. Build buildings fast. If you have the resources, use them. Don't save them. If you have 150 stone to build a pit, use the stone because it will replenish. You have to build everything quickly, becuase it takes a long time to build. If you don't believe me, play againt the computer daemons as they usually have 3 to 4 pits by their level 2 Doomspire. 6. Put quasits into mines. This is great to increase resource production, especially if resources are scarce. 7. Mix up your units. Do not take all one kind of unit because a single unit has weaknesses, and therefore your whole squad will share the weakness. 8. Take out the towers first. They do lots of damage and have good to great health. They can absouloutely smash your squads if there are lots of them. 9. Build lot of towers all over the place. 10. Build walls. During the match, it's a great idea to build walls to protect your base. Think of it, build 1 section of walls around your base, then line them with towers on the inside. Build 2 more sections of wall around that, then put towers in between. This tactic is extremely useful because the walls will have to be destroyed in order to get to your base. Walls also serve as a distration to units. Enemy units like to attack walls which does no harm to your base because your towers will be busy crushing them. 11. If your hero has to many spells, set his attitude to Magic Defender. Then you concentrate on your units. 12. When trying to uncover the map in the very beginning, set the formation to wide line. Your units cover the most ground this way and helps to uncover the map quicker. Also, use an imp or some other unit, and set the attitude to scout. 13. Salamanders hit multiple units. Use this to your advantage. Send in some salamanders with succubi, to really crush enemy cavalry. Even though salamanders are great cavalry killers, they suck at killing towers and buildings. Don't get me wrong, they are still strong, but their speed is quite low and they can get pummeled while trying to kill towers. 15. Build lots of summoners. This gives you an instant supply of daemons if you need them to help defend your base. They can also convert. 16. Spend lots of points on training. High level units help a lot in the battle because they are stronger, but are built at the same speed as normal units. 17. Upgrade stuff quickly. Anything that helps boost your units stats is a good thing. 18. Send in squads from 2 different sides at the same time. This means the enemy has to split up their defences, and the lower the nubers that are attacking you, the better. 19. Succubi can kill the animals roaming around and they sometimes leave souls. Note: For some reason, my Daemon Death Knight causes fear upon troops and so do my salamanders. I can't find anywhere this could be accounted for in stats. It doesn't say that salamanders cause fear or heros cause fear. If anyone has an idea why this happens, please e-mail me. Well that's about it. There are plenty more strategies so if you have a good one, email it to me and I will add it here and give you credit for it. Strengths/ Weaknesses of Daemons The computer breaks up daemons as follows : Strength - extreme Desterity - low Intelligence - average Charisma - low This will go in depth more of those ratings. Pros: Strongest units in the game Good spell casters Extremely strong Heros Very strong Titan High combat ratings Units can fly Summonning chain - summoner summons daemons, daemons summon imps Posibility of having almost unlimited mana if Succubi leave enough souls Cons Slow builders Slow unit producers Use lots of resources Can be slow moving Low charisma Titan Daemons titan is Balora. She can fly, she has a very high combat rating, very high resistance rating, and does pretty good damage ( 135 i think). She ignores enemy armor, causes fear, and explodes when defeated. Having her around is a great way to insure your heros safety if she is placed in the same unit due to the fact she causes fear. Fear doesn't allow enemy units to attack. =============================================================== 4. In game info - items - campaign - inventory screen - spellbook - hotkeys Items There are a ton of items in this game, and then there are the special atrifacts. If you gain 3 of the same artifacts and they are worn, then they grant a special power. IE, Sirans Breastplate, Sirans Greatsword, and Sirans Shield grant double experience from all battles. Even though the artifacts are very rare, they are well worth the effort if you get them. You don't have to be wearing the artifacts the whole match to gain their bonus. You can swith them on and off as you please and you still gain the bonus. This is good since there are a lot of great items in the game that are sometimes not worth the sacrafice. IE, Sacraficing The Mithril Armor of Warding (combat +3, Resistance +2), for Sirans Breastplate (Health +6) doesn't seem worth it to me. Usually you have to find good items in the campaign by duels and by sales, but stong high level heros also carry good items. Campaign The Campaign is one of the best parts of this game. Not only do you have the chance to gain incredible items and ancient artifacts, it also gives a great amount of experience and upgrades to your hero and units. The Orb Of Ethreia can be obtained by completing the campaign without accepting any of the resignations. If you bet the game, you get the Orb. Depending on your difficulty setting, and mode chosen, your orb becomes stronger. IE, a bronzeman hero, completing the campaign on easy will gain the silver Orb Of Ethrea which gives +6 in random skills. So as you can see, the orb is an incredibly powerful item and is definately something to strive for. Inventory Screen To access the inventory screen click on the bag or press "i" on the keyboard during gameplay. There are a bunch of different slots that you can fill with some great items. You can also carry up to 4 extra items that you can switch on an off at any time. But if your hero dies, you lose the extra items in you backpack, but keep the ones you equip. You can also drop any items that you don't want by moving them to the treasure chest at the bottom right. You can have a variety of different items. Helmets, armor, necklaces, staffs, swords, shields, bannars, two ring slots and boots. Helmets/ Crowns fit into the top, armor and necklaces fit into the second slot, staffs and swords fit into the slot underneath, the first ring fits underneath that and the second is right beside it, shields are on top of the second ring slot and boots are at the very bottom. You can't have armor and neclaces equiped at the same time, or staffs + swords etc, so you have to choose your items wisely, and always have room or be ready to drop an item if an ancient object comes your way. The Orb Of Ethrea fits into the first ring slot. Spellbook The spell book is accessed by clicking on the orb in your portrait, or by pressing "s". There is a list of all available spells highlited in yellow at the top of the book. When a spell is highlited, it tells you the effect and the cost of mana. You can also hotkey up to 8 spells using the F1 - F8 keys. Highlite a spell then press one of the F keys to hotkey it. If your hero has too many spells, hotkey the best ones or the ones used most, then set the attitude to Magic Defender. The AI will use spells when necessary, which is all the time basically, and sometimes it can get annoying because it casts spells that you would normally not cast in that situation. The Heroism spell is cast a lot by the AI and so is the shield. Hotkeys Here are a list of hotkeys that I use the most. F1 - F8 - spells "i" - Inventory Alt + i - current goals for mission "a" - attack anyting on the way to a destination "s" - spellbook "p" - patrol an area "g" - guard an area "f" - formation 1 to 0 - select squad (double click number to centre on squad) Crtl + C - convert (numpad 1 does this until you make a squad #1) "b" - build Crtl + Right Click on unit - list of attitudes Shift + Click, "a", "p" etc. - sets up a list of commands for troops Space - cycle through last messages (mouse wheel does this to) That's what I use the most in the game. It covers the most important things. There are a bunch of spells that generals use that have hotkeys but I don't know them. =============================================================== 5. Starting your army - what race to choose - how to start - basics of a good army What Race to Choose It's a good idea to choose the race that best fits your hero. If you have a daemon hero, you don't have to pick the daemon race all the time, but it does give you a bonus. Daemons also get a bonus by leading the Dark Elves. I'm not to sure exactally what the bonus is, but every little bit helps I guess. The important thing is to experiment with all of the races to find out which one you like. A quick way to do this is to make a temporary hero in the skirmish, then start to experiment. Not only does this give you experience about the game, it saves you from possibly losing your actual hero in battle, it helps choose you race and it gives you the ability to experiment with all of the different types of heros. How to Start I believe that you would want to choose a race that is rather strong in hand to hand combat first. This way, your troops can fight longer and kill more enemies while you are still figuring out what is happenning. Fast builders can take a little more skill because you have to constantly keep building to keep up with the numbers of units, and you can sometimes neglect your hero because you are constantly concentrating on building. Basics of a Good Army This is going to outline the basics of starting a daemon army. Choosing Retinue Depending on the number of points available, you should take one of your strongest units available, but still have enough points to take a Quasit or two with you. If the number is 18, then this is usually what I take 2 daemons 1 Succubi or 1 Salamander 1 or 2 quasits Building the Army 1. Convert all the nearest resources available and build your Doomspire 2. Go find some more resources to convert, ideally rock and crystal 3. Find some more resources to convert, rock and crystal 4. Depening on the level of hero and conversion speed, your Doomspire should be about done. 5. When the Doomspire is done, build 5 quasits, and take the one that finished building, and make a Pit. 6. Go find some more resources 7. Take the new quasit and make another pit and build 3 imps in the first pit 8. Convert Resources 9. Your first pit should be about done, and now you can build another one. 10. Make up to 2 imps from your second pit. 11. Convert resources and wait for resources to build so you can level up to a level 2 Doomspire 12. When the Doomspire is levelled up, build 3 Nightmares from your first pit and make a Gallows. Also make a Portal. 13. Resources should be pretty slim right now so it could be a good idea to attack the enemy , just to slow them down some. Try not to lose any of your retinue, because the attack is just meant to slow down, or distract the enemy. 14. Send in your hero every now and then to distract the builders from building. 15. If the portal and gallows is done, build 3 succubi from a pit, and upgrade the first resource upgrade from the gallows. 16. Try to build as many units as you can with the resources that you have. Crystal should be pretty slim if the resoucres you converted are not all level 3's, so this means you could have metal and rock to spare. If you do, level up the second resources upgrade in the gallows or build a tower. 17. If you have any rock available, build another pit. 18. At this time you should have bout 3-5 Nightmares and Succubi or better and you are almost ready to launch an attack. That's about it. That's a good way to start out building your army but there is lots of room for improvements or changes. There are probably tons of different ways to start out building your army, so don't use this as the only way to start out because it will not work all the time so you have to adapt to the situation. Campaign Editor I'm not good at this editor nor any other editor but I do know how to make a basic map that is fun to play on. (this map is for 4 people) . 1. Choose terrain by click on the terrain button in the editor. Then choose any one you wish. All of them are not good for starting terrain, IE, all hils, so it's a good idea to choose one that is flat 2. Place resources all over the map. To do this, choose the buildings button and then scroll down. Start by placing 1 level 3 resource of each in the corners of the map. Then start placing any resource all over the place, then repeat with the other resources. Don't make them all level 3 because once you get 2 level 3 resources of each, that's really all you need if you use them properly, plus, it takes away the whole challenge of converting while building. 3. Click on the sides menu. This menu allows you to choose the races that will be played, and give AI to the computer. It also allows you to choose how many opponents can be on the map at once. - to get rid of a side, start with the bottom right and click on the star beside the name to get rid of that race. 4. Give Towers to you and your opponents. Make sure that they are the same colour as your team otherwise the game will start out by having everyone attack the towers and the towers attacking you. - the game will strengthen the towers depending on the strength of the heros. 5. Add quests by choosing them in the building menu 6. If you want any kind of different terrain, add it in 7. Choose start locations for everyone. It's a good idea to start yourself in one of the corners that the level 3 resources are 8. Add any kind of extra buildings that you want in, like neutral towers, or temples 9. Save your game 10. Change options for the game, IE, starting army points, fog of war, exposed map etc. 11. Change rules. IE, no towers, no titans etc. 12. Add Special effects. Choose the effect that you want, then place the condition on the map somewhere. All the condition does is tell the computer that something is going to happen when someone walks over the spot.. You can also adjust the size of the condition. It gives the condition (little blue box with the question mark in it) a bigger radius. Then choose the place of effect and what kind of effect you want. If you want a lightning bolt, click where you want the lightning bolt to be when the condition is met. Then enter the condition spot, to create the effect. If all of this is confusing, here's an example. Condition is placed in the centre of the map.(move a hero over spot.... changeable in the condition menu) When a hero enters the condition box, a ring of fire (effect) will appear overtop of the hero (condition is met and effect happens). Hope that helped. If you are still confused by the editor, e-mail me and I wil try to help. And so ends the FAQ. IF anyone has any questions about this game, e-mail them to me and I will respond as soon as I can (within 2 days). The following sites may use my FAQ - the rest must e-mail me first gamefaqs.com Neoseeker.com Gamespot.com

Fey

Fey FAQ by SolarBear v. 0.3 History of updates v. 0.3 on June 26th, 2003 *Added riddles and the answers to them *Strategies against Daemons *Formatted the text to fit GameFAQs' formatting. v. 0.2 on June 23rd, 2003 *Strategies against Barbarians, Humans and Dwarves, Undead *Added some data, like ranges and some building costs v. 0.1 on June 21st, 2003 *Original version. Lacks a lot of data, like ranges and view for units as well as building prices Table of contents ----------------- 1. Introduction 2. Character creation 3. Available classes 4. Buildings 5. Units 6. General tips & tricks 7. Strategies against each races 8. Answers to riddles 9. Outroduction and contact _________________________ 1. Introduction Welcome to this guide to playing the Fey. Warlords Battlecry II's main point is the balance between races. So, each race (including the Fey) as strong and weak points. Strong points must obviously be exploited while weak points must be compensated in some way. I've been playing WB2 for some time now and I'm saddened to notice there isn't much FAQs like this one around, except maybe for one on the Daemons, maybe due in part because of the much excellent documentation of the game (kudos to SSG!). So I'm doing my part and help you with the race I like the most and have the most experience with. Enjoy. _________________________ 2. Character creation You may be familiar or not with WB2. I'm assuming you're not. After choosing to begin a campaign, press the New Character button, and choose the Fey - they're among the last races available. That being done, you'll need to find a suitable name for your Fey. Do yourself a favor and choose a SUITABLE name : "k3wl d00d" is not suited for a magical creature, sorry. You may also wish to put a password on your character. It's entirely optionnal. You must also choose which mode of playing you'll choose. There are 4. Normal mode : well, it's... normal. You get some experience (XP for short) for winning battles, but even if you lose you'll still get a few points. Recommended for beginners or those with no experience with RTS. Tinman mode : Feeling a little more self-confident ? Tinman gives you 25% more XP per battle won, but the downside is that, in case of defeat, you get none. Bronzeman mode : Recommended for advanced players, this mode will give you a 50% bonus per battle you win, but if you were to lose a battle, you lose as much experience as to not lose a level. Example : Lovariel was a level 29 Fey, with 4900 XP but lost the battle. Minimum XP for level 29 is 4600, so he loses 300 XP. Ironman mode : RECOMMENDED FOR KAMIKAZES AND PROS ONLY. You get DOUBLE XP at all times, but if you character were to die... it's permanent. Goodbye. No way out. Use at your own risks. ---------------------------- There are 4 statistics. The statistics' only role is to determine your base skills. Strength (STR) : Your hero's physical strength and endurance. Influences Health, Training and Conversion. Directly influences Combat. Dexterity (DEX) : Speed, balance and... dexterity. Influences Health, Morale, Resistance. Directly influences Speed. Intelligence : Wits, wisdom, and intellectual power. Influences Resistance, Training, Merchant. Directly influences Magery. Charisma : Appearance and leadership. Influences Morale, Conversion and Merchant. Directly influences Command. Here are the 10 skills and their effect on the game. Combat : When to units engage in combat, their Combat skill is used to calculate whether they'll perform a Death Blow (4x damage), a critical hit (2x damage), a good hit, a marginal hit (half damage) or a miss (1 point of damage). What really matters is the difference between the two skills, so two units with Combat of 7 and 9 will have the exact same chance of hitting each other than two others with 27 and 29. This applies to Heroes, too. Health : your Hero's Hit Points are determined by its Health skill. The higher it is, the more HP you get, and the higher your regeneration rate. Speed : a unit's speed determines first of all its rate of movement but also its rate of attacking. Needless to say, dealing high damage but having low speed is useless. Command : Command is a subtle but vital skill. First of all, all Heroes have a Command Radius - which you can display by pressing R. All units inside the Command Radius get bonuses depending on your Morale skill. The skills also determines how long this bonus will affect the unit once it gets out of your radius. Some spells will only affect your troops or enemies within your Command Radius. Also, you get a bonus to your retinue size. Morale : units inside your command radius receive bonuses to Combat and Speed. Theses bonuses greatly increase with your Morale skill. Also, a skill of 13 or more will give some limited bonuses to units outside the radius (i.e. all over the map). Magery : Heroes with magic need Magery. Magery determines first and foremost the amount of Mana you have. It also determines how fast that mana is replenished and finally gives bonus to spell casting. If you're a fighter or any other class with no spells at all, you will obviously not want to invest even a single point in this skill. Resistance : Resistance affects your armor, but also your units' armor, as well as resistance to psychological effects (e.g. fear), assasination and poisoning. Training : this very important skill affects the amount of XP you get from a battle and increases your units' XP at creation. Conversion : WB2 is about resource gathering, and the speed at which your convert mines depends entirely on that skill. Low Conversion makes it VERY long to convert. Merchant : affects prices you pay for buildings, units and upgrades. -------------------------- The Fey get the following starting statistics and skills : STR 2, DEX 6, INT 6, CHA 6 Combat 4, Health 8, Speed 12, Command 12, Morale 12, Magery 12, Resistance 12, Training 8, Conversion 8, Merchant 12 Obviously, the Fey will not make great fighters. Still, with 12 Speed, you should able to flee from most situation easily. ;) ______________________________ 3. Availble classes After your first battle, you'll have enough XP to gain a level. Congratulations ! Now you must choose a profession. There are 4 professions available in WB2 : Warrior : a man of arms. +1 bonus in STR Rogue : cunning men. +1 to DEX Priest : bringers of faith. +1 to CHA Wizard : devoted to magic. +1 to INT Due to their low STR, Fey cannot choose the Warrior profession. You would do well to choose your Specialty right now, so as to orient yourself in the right direction, and to not regret your choice of profession. The available specialties are the following : ROGUES Thief Bonus : +1 DEX You're... well, a thief. Need I say more ? Pros : -Have varied abilities. You get a little of everything : some magic (Illusion), Merchant bonus, a little Assination and bonuses to Gold income. -All statistics are considered secondary, meaning that buying STR, INT or CHA costs less. Cons : -These varied abilities can't be compared to more "focused" classes. Bard Bonus : +2 CHA Malus : -1 STR Your singing inspires your troops. But you lost your shape. Pros : -Abilities are good, varied skill bonus. Will give you an edge in Morale, Command, Conversion and Resistance. Cons : -No magic at all. PRIESTS Healer Bonus : +1 DEX Your troops get hurt ; that's a fatality. Healers have pity for their troops and strive to aid them. Pros: - Great Healing bonuses in regeneration. - Healing mastery and grandmastery. Cons: - Except from Healing, Healers are pretty limited when it comes to combat. MAGES Archmage Bonus : +2 INT Malus : -1 STR You have a vast magical knowledge, so instead of specializing yourself with one type of magic, you chose the jack of all trades way. Pros : -Later in the game, Archmages are pretty much invincible. They have access to ALL spell Spheres. -Ability to gain +10 Training, so that levelling up is less of a chore. -Can get immunity to magic damage. Cons : -In the first levels, Archmages are a pain : they lack good spells, and their Casting skills are very low (3 for each Sphere). You'll need to get them to level 15, maybe 20, to begin to really appreciate this class, as well as tons of Casting bonuses from items or Magery score. -No mastery or grandmastery of any Sphere. Alchemist Bonus : +1 INT You've always been a tinkerer of sorts... and you've transformed that into magic ! Pros : -The Alchemy Sphere is full of useful spells, like Golem summoning or instant conversion. -Mastery and grandmastery of Alchemy. Cons : -Spells are expensive in mana. Example : Create Artifact costs 70 mana ! Illusionist Bonus : +1 CHA Illusions are powerful, and carefully created illusions are as good as real. Pros : -The Illusion sphere create decepting images for your enemies. Enemies might think you have a 100 men army while you only have a handful of units. Cons : -Illusions are useless against heroes with very high Resistance. Ice Mage Bonus : +2 INT Malus : -1 STR You have mastery the power of ice. Pros : -Ice Magic is a powerful sphere, with lost of offensive spells. -Ability to get immunity to fire and +1 to all other armor. ________________________ 4. Buildings Fey buildings are quite fragile, generally speaking. Let's cover them up one by one. Dreamhold Upgradable up to level 5 Cost: -Level 1: 100 Stone, 100 Crystal -Level 2: 100 Stone, 150 Crystal -Level 3: 100 Stone, 200 Crystal -Level 4: 100 Stone, 500 Crystal -Level 5: 400 of all resources except 1500 Crystal HP: -Level 1 : -Level 2 : -Level 3 : -Level 4 : -Level 5 : Can produce : Oakman, Spriggan (Level 1), Fairy (Level 2), Sprite (Level 3), Pixie (Level 4), Banshee (Level 5) Specifics : While some races barely need their main base (like, say, the Dark Dwarves who only use it for upgrades), the Dreamhold is vital to the Fey player. As a matter of fact, most Fey units originate from the Dreamhold. This is a good and a bad thing : on one hand, you get a very tough unit-producing building ; on the other hand, if you want several unit-producing Dreamholds, you'll have to upgrade each of them seperately, making it quite costly. In the long run this isn't much of a problem, but in the beginning of the game this can be quite a drawback. Available with Dreamhold level 1: Orb of Wonder Not upgradable 50 Stone, 100 Crystal HP : 100 The Orb of Wonder's sole purpose is to bring you XP upgrades for your units. So, after determining their starting XP from your Training skill, they receive another bonus on top of that. With the Orb of Wonder, you'll get units level 3+ in no time. Can upgrade up to +100 XP, but this is quite expensive in Gold and Crystal. Fairy Ring Not upgradable 25 Stone, 100 Crystal HP : Varied and very useful upgrades comes from it. - Kinght of Fairie : +2 Combat for Faerie units - +5 damage for Spriggan and Fairies - Zephyr : +1,+2,+3 Speed for units - Panoply : +1,+2 to Armor for units - +5 damage for Pixies + change damage type to fire - +2 to viewing ranges Tower Not upgradable HP : 150 Combat: 12 Speed: 1 Damage: 30 Magic Each race has towers. Some are stronger, others have more HP. The Fey's towers are the weakest of all races and if you do not defend them well, they'll crumble to pieces in no time - I've nicknamed them "toothpicks". But they do have a great use : any unit killed by a Fey tower transforms into 100 Crystal that goes right into your pockets. Since most AI players will send Rampant low-cost infantry units like Pikemen, Goblins or Firebombs galore, they'll end up as a free meal for your towers, and thus a bonus for your crystal-fed units. Also, as for all towers, putting a infantry unit (i.e. Spriggan or Fairy) inside will give the tower +3 combat and +1 Speed, while putting an archery unit (i.e. Pixie) will give it +1 Range and +10 damage. Up to 4 units can fit inside : choose your infantry-archery ratio depending on your needs and opponents. E.g: playing against Barbarians, whom have weak units, put more infantry so as to shoot more often, while with stronger armies like the Undead, more power is needed so you'll want more ranged units. Note: Banshees count as two infantries, while the Hero counts as two infantries AND two archers. Wall Not upgrabable HP: Walls are... well, walls. Fortifications to keep enemies out of your base. After mid-game, you would do well to pay for an Oakman to build Walls. Just press your mouse button over the area where you'd like the first section built, and drag your mouse to "draw" the wall. Walls without protection are, again, useless. Fey are advantaged : most of their units are flying and/or have ranged attacks, so walls will only impede them so much. Be sure to leave a single opening, though. ;) Available with Dreamhold level 2: Rainbow Not upgradable 100 of each, 200 Crystal HP : Income upgrades. The Fey being expensive in crystal, paying for upgrades may not be a bad idea. Plus the first ones are relatively inexpensive. Magic Pool Not upgradable 200 Stone, 100 Crystal HP : The Magic Pool first produces Fairy Dragons (see units' descriptions). It also has viewing range bonuses, as well as another which allows you to reveal all the map and dissipate fog of war. Very useful, but you'll mainly use it to produce Fairy Dragons anyway. Available with level 3 Dreamhold: Eyrie Upgradle up to level 3 -Level 1: -Level 2: -Level 3: HP : All races have an Eyrie, but the Fey are special : the first units available are the Lightning Hawks, which are unique to the race. On second level, you'll be able to create Pegasi and on third, the nearly universal Dragon. Available with level 4 Dreamhold: Unicorn Grove 150 Metal, 150 Stone Not upgradable HP : Will allow you to summon Unicorns, which are useful for healing your troops. Has an upgrade for Unicorns, the Alicorn, that gives +10 damage to Unicorns. Also, it is the building responsible for the creation of the Fey Titan, the Forestmaster. Tome 50 Stone, 100 Crystal Not upgradable HP : Contains two kinds of upgrades : Mana regeneration (150% and 200%, respectively) and +2 or +4 to Casting skills. If you're not much of a spellcaster, the latter may be more or less interesting, but the former however will affect your Unicorns as well as your Hero, so it is still worth the expense. ____________________________ 5. Units Please note that all armor ratings, costs and statistics are basic characteristics. Scores higher or lower than 10 in Resistance, Merchant and Morale WILL modify those values. Also note that all Fey units take 1 Army Point except for Unicorns who need 2 and the Titan who needs 4. Units available with level 1 Dreamhold: Oakman - strong builder Cost : 40 Stone Production time : 25 s Building skill : 12 Combat: 2 Speed: 4 HP: 70 Damage : 15 C Armor: P 4, S 2, C 2, F 0, M 2 View: The Oakmen are the builders of the Fey, and what builders ! They are agonizingly slow, that's for sure, but try finding another race with builders that can actually raze an entire base. NO, Treants don't count, bleh. They suffer from low armor versus fire, though, so be careful what you're attacking. Anyhow, at low levels their speed is so low that they won't be of much use offensively - except if you're very patient AND have paid for Zephyr upgrades. Quote:"Ah! Sunshine on my leaves." Spriggan - basic infantry Cost: 40 Gold, 30 Metal Production time : 20 s Combat: 4 Speed: 14 HP: 20 Damage: 9 P Armor: P 3, S 2, C 2, F 2, M 3 View: The Spriggans are the Fey's basic infantry. What they lack in power, armor or HP, they compensate for in speed. They are quite good for level one units. Alone, they are pretty helpless though. Mainly used as fodder and/or to be put into towers. With some experience, put them into groups : computer AI seems to aim at ground units first for some reason so while your Spriggan get maimed, your other units can blow something else. Quote:"Whatcha wanta ?" Units available with level 2 Dreamhold: Sylph - basic air/ground infantry Cost: 25 Crystal Production time: 15 s Combat: 1 Speed: 17 HP: 5 Armor: 0 to all except Magic 5 Damage: 6 P View: If anybody has any use for Sylphs except to be put into towers, please e-mail me immediately. After months of playing, I still can't find a use for them. At least, they're cute. Don't waste your crystal on them. Oh, yeah, they can attack flying enemies. So ? Quote: "Buttercups and rainbows!" Fairie Dragon - ranged fire flier Cost: 90 Gold, 40 Metal, 20 Crystal Production time: 55 s Combat: 3 Speed: 11 HP: 35 Armor: P 2, S 2, C 2, F 3, M 3 Damage: 6 F Range: View: With good speed and range, the Fairie Dragon is a useful unit. Team them up with Sprites for variety, though. Also, they're great for hunting Trolls or pretty much any Wood Elf unit. Beware though : in the beginning of the game, you might run short of Gold if you buy too many. Quote: *swooshing sound* Units available with level 3 Dreamhold: Sprite - flying archer Cost: 80 Crystal Production time: 30 Combat: 2 Speed: 14 HP: 25 Armor: P 1, S 1, C 0, F 2, M 3 Damage: 10 P Range: View: Again, weak units, but inexpensive - as pretty much all Fey units. You'll need a horde to get any serious business done, but it's no real problem. Team them up with Fairy Dragons and Lightning Hawks. Quote:"Wooooooooooooooooooooo!" Lightning Hawk - flying ground attacker Cost: 40 Gold, 80 Metal, 20 Crystal Production time: 45 s Combat: 6 Speed: 11 HP: 30 Armor: P 0, S 1, C 1, F 1, M 2 Damage: 10 M Range: 8 (?) View: They might seem expensive at 80 Metal but remember that Fey players have not much use for Metal. You'll be surprised how powerful some level 1 Eyrie units can be. A group of Lightning Hawks will get rid of Towers in no time. Be careful not to send them alone, though, since they can't defend against flying units. Quote: *like an hawk* Units available with level 4 Dreamhold: Pixie - fast ranged unit Cost: 100 Crystal Production time: 30 s Combat: 3 Speed: 16 HP: 20 Armor: 1 in all except Magic 4 Damage: 7 M Range: View : Their incredible speed give the Pixie an edge you'll love. Most low- to medium- end units won't even approach a small Pixie group - what they lack in power, they surely compensate in speed! Getting Pixies to 20+ Speed is fairly easy. The only problem you'll have with these lovely creatures is that, teamed with Fairie Dragons and Sprites, they'll be the ones who get attacked since most enemy units can't attack flying units, so they're a lot more vulnerable. Be sure to have some infantry and/or cavalry around. Quote:"Say PLEASE!" Unicorn - healing cavalry Cost: 150 Crystal Production time: 90 s Combat: 14 Speed: 16 HP: 110 Armor: P 1, S 1, C 1, F 2, M 4 Damage: 25 P View: Unicorns are weak, let's face it : while their HP supply is honest, their armor clearly isn't up to par, except maybe against those armies with lots of magic attacks. Best used as backup units, not as regular cavalry. You may also get a bunch of them to destroy building when towers have been shot down, since their damage is pretty high - by Fey standards, that is. However, they can Awe enemy units, which halves their speed and removes their use of ranged attacks. Be sure to pay for their Alicorn upgrade so they deal extra damage. Hint : put their AI on "Magic Defender" so they cast Healing or Cure spells when your units need them... and when they have the mana for it. In that case, make sure you paid for mana regeneration upgrades. Quote: *like a horse* Pegasus - flying cavalry Cost: Production time: Combat: Speed: HP: Armor: Damage: View: Now here's some meat for ya. The Pegasi, even though they might look like flying Unicorns, are definitely not related to them. With lots of HP and Combat, decent speed and good damage (crushing damage - your only unit, except for Oakmen, that deal crushing damage), the Pegasi are worth your money. Quote: *horse* Units available with level 5 Dreamhold: Banshee - floating general Cost: 100 Gold, 200 Crystal Production time : 90 s Combat: 13 Speed: 10 HP: 140 Armor: P 3, S 3, C 3, F 3, M 4 Damage: 30 M The Banshee is... disappointing. While generals of other armies are powerful units, Banshees do not stand out of the crowd, really - but their price is function of that. They do have some interesting properties. First, they're considered "floating", which means that while they're not flying units, they can hover over water, which gives them more mobility on some occasions. Use that to your advantage. Also, they do splash damage, meaning that upon hitting an enemy, all enemies in a certain area get hit too. Also, they can cast Scare spells. Like Unicorns, put them on Magic Defender so they use their spells from time to time. Be warned, though : they'll use it at the first opportunity, whether the unit is affectable or not, or whether it's a single unit or a large group of them. Don't forget that, as generals, they can convert buildings - slowly, but it's still better than nothing. Quote:"The Moon is my mistress." Dragon - powerful flame-thrower Cost: 1000 Gold, 1000 Crystal Production time: 6 min Combat: 20 Speed: 14 HP: 400 Armor: P 3, S 4, C 4, F 4, M 4 Damage: 50 F Range: This almost standard unit is a powerhouse. Sure, it's not as powerful as a Titan ; however, you can build as many as you can manage to pay for and they take 40% of the production time of the former. Also, they have HIGH Combat and Hits for Fey standards. Produce 'em. They also cause Terror and deal splash damage. Quote:*dragon roar* The Forestmaster - Fey Titan Cost : 1200 of each resource Production time : 10 min Combat: 26 Speed: 18 HP: 750 Armor: 6 for all except Magic 7 Damage: 80 M Range: 14 Wow. Titans are cool, and the Forestmaster clearly is, to me, amongst the coolest. First, his range : with 14 range, you can hit Towers without taking a single shot ! And with his damage, only a few shots should be enough. He's relatively fast - compare it to Grond, just for fun - and has good HP and armor. Hurray for Forestmaster ! And, as all Titans, he causes Terror, ignores armor when hitting enemies and explodes on death. In last resort, send it right in the middle of the enemy base and watch their building crumble down to pieces when he's shot to death. Sweeeeeeeeeet. Quote: "Beware mortals! The Forestmaster approaches." ______________________ 6. General tips & tricks That's probably the section you were waiting for. Here are some random but useful stuff/thoughts/strategies to help you succeed in your quest to quench your thirst of conquest. Experienced players will probably know of these already ; still, you might learn a thing or two. If you think of others, contact me. - Never leave an empty tower. The BARE minimum you should allow yourself is an infantry unit. To this end, use Spriggans in the beginning of the game since they cost Gold and Metal, while Sylphs cost precious Crystal. Later on, put Pixies in them : they're the only ranged units that can go into Towers. - Convert. In the beginning, when your resource gathering is reduced to a crawl, convert. In the end, when you've got already 3000 of each resource, convert. It's that simple : a mine that's yours is not your enemy's. You don't know what kind of trick they could try to pull on you. Also, mines placed far across the map can serve as beacons of sorts, and if you're careful enough for the minimap you can see partial enemy movement near your mines. - Fey units are weak, let's face it. You can't use strategies like Daemon or Undead players use : make a handful of powerhouse units like Doom Knights or Daemons and raze buildings. Even a group of Banshees would fail. You'll need four times that amount of units to level the field. Good thing units are cheap and fast to produce. - Attacking enemy bases, in the beginning of the game, is a big no-no, unless you're a uber-mage able to summon tons of units or use very powerful attack spells. Make sure your defenses are solid, because they are few. Except for Towers, you'll have to count on your units to guard your base ; no attacking buildings like Voids for Dark Elves. So always leave a rather large group of units there ; it's just common sense. - Variety counts. Sure, a group of 20 Pixies is impressive and blazingly fast, but a couple of powerful units with splash damage and high resistance to magic/fire - like Orcs' Giants or Dragons - will rapidly thin their ranks. Unless you have a particular strategy in mind, mix groups with as much creatures as possible. That way, you get different attack types and armor values, and your enemy cannot play on that. - Know your enemy. Play for a while with all other races ; gaining a few levels as Heroes of other races will give you insight on what are the different races' weak and strong points. For example, reduce the amount of magic-attacking units when attacking Dwarves, since Dwarven units are very strong against magic attacks. And use Pixies with their Fire upgrade as well as Fairie Dragons to attack Barbarians who have, as a rule it seems, little armor against fire. - Build Towers. As soon as you have a few Gold pieces, Rocks and some spare Crystal, build Towers. There is *NO* such thing as a base with too many Towers. Be careful not to put Towers next to each other, though, because lost projectiles could hit them and splash damage attackers will quickly get them down. If you have the resources to do it, too, build Walls. They're extra easy to defend : put a layer of Walls, put Towers right behind. The Walls will cause little problem since a lot of your units are flying and/or ranged. Just be sure to leave an opening or two ;) - NEVER, EVER build only one Dreamhold, and make sure every single one you have is at the very least of level 3 (able to produce Sprites). Use your "main" Dreamhold to build advanced units like Banshees and Pixies, and use others for lower-level units, like Spriggans, Sprites and the occasional Oakman - don't laugh, with a lot of XP and help from your Morale skill, they can get over 10 speed, and they also have crushing attacks ; they are the only Fey unit with crushing blows, except for Pegasi, which come later in the game. Just be sure to set their AI to Defender instead of Stand Ground if you want them to be useful. Upgrade Dreamholds as soon as you have the resources to do it. - As soon as your Hero gains his first few levels, get his Training skill to 19 as soon as possible ! Having more Training gives you more XP after battles, which in turn makes you level up faster, thus giving you more AP to spend to abilities, skills, etc. 19 is a good start, and will give good XP to your units. It's also the minimum to get +2 AP per level. 25 gives +3. - Finish the campaign. The first obvious advantage is that you'll get many levels before getting there, and you'll get the extra-powerful item called "Orb of Etheria" if you never let your enemies surrender. The higher the level of difficulty, the more powerful it gets. - Every once in a while, play with the other race Fey heroes get bonuses with: Wood Elves. No need to like them or not - I don't - but produce a lot of Ancient Wisps, and put 1 or 2 in your retinue. Ancient Wisps count as level 2 Crystal mines, so you'll have access to Crystal right at the beginning of the game, and they don't cost too many army points. - Weather is not only of graphical interest. Fey units gets +1 to Combat on Fine weather (i.e. not raining), whether it's day or night. Have the Weather table at hand's reach to know of your enemies' and allies' bonuses and maluses with weather, and play accordingly if you have some spells to influence it. - Always have a builder on hand. To be sure it's available, hotkey it. Buildings can be hotkeyed, too (a lot of people seem to be unaware of that). - Learn keyboard shortcuts : they are presented on the same poster-like card you got with the game, or in the Manual directory of the CD under the same "Warlords Battlecry II Card1" and "Card2". It's faster to use keyboard, in most players' sense. Example : Convert skill is Ctrl-C. - Quests are important. They'll give you some interesting things, like experienced units, items or resources, but you'll also get more XP at the end of the battle : +2 XP/quest completed, up to a maximum of 10 XP. - Another way to get more XP is to kill a lot of enemy units. Which mean people will get a lot of XP from you, that's sad, but you can do the same to them. ___________________________ 7. Race-specific strategies You don't battle the Minotaurs like you'd battle the Undead ; each army has different caracteristics you must use to your advantage. Here's a summary of strategies against each race. Fey vs. Fey is not covered, for obvious reasons. BARBARIANS Barbarians can be described in two simple words : rushers and swarmers. Their units are slightly more powerful than yours, and a horde of Barbarians can quickly put swarms of Fairie Dragons and Sprites to the grave since their javelins do not stop when they hit a unit (just like Ballistas), so they can hit a lot of them. They can produce the bulk of their units with a level 3 Keep, so their general strategy is to make a lot of units and attack their enemies very early in the game, and believe me it does work, especially against "weak" races, such as the Fey, or races which require higher-level Keeps to have decent units. Be ready for them : be sure to have your Towers full, to have lots of ranged units, especially those with fire or magic attacks (i.e. Fairie Dragons, Lightning Hawks and Pixies), since most of theirs are not ranged and lack armor against fire and magic. Barbarians lack defense against aerial attacks early in the game, too, so if you can surprise them, you'll have won an important edge. Beware, though : when they get their level 4 Keep, they'll be able to summon Pegasi, and fully upgraded they'll receive +6 Combat AND Speed ! Be sure to target them first, since they can kill most of your units in a single blow. They have Eagles, too, but these are not much of a problem, except in large groups. Reavers, Barbarian generals, are cheap to produce, and as such they'll eventually infest the map, trying to convert buildings. A good idea is to have a group of Lightning Hawks or, better, Pixies to run after them. Pixies are faster, but you risk losing a few, while Lightning Hawks are safe from the Reavers' hits. HUMANS Humans have a well-rounded armies. Their cavalry is absolutely unrivaled, so ground attacks are not really an option - not much of a problem to us. However, be sure not to bring too many ground units when attacking Humans. One of the Humans' greatest weakness is their lack of flying or air-attacking units. Large cavalry groups are powerful and will do a quick job of your base, but if you intercept them in time your flying units will bring most of their group down in no time, since they can't retaliate. So have a group or two as "patrols" to spot and intercept them. Dispose of accompanying Archers or Mages first, as always. UNDEAD AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA The trick with the Undead is to dispose of them as quickly as possible. That is because, with all upgrades and a lot of resources, they are invincible. A single Doom Knight can bring down a whole group of yours quite fast before going down. First, be sure to convert as many of their mines as you can manage to do. Undead will need a lot of each resources at some point or the other in the game : in the beginning, Stone and Gold, and later on Metal and Crystal. If you have the choice, choose Metal, since they require a LOT to upgrade Skeletons to Doom Knights. But don't count on that either : high-level Necromancers have access to the Raise Champion spell which, with the Black Portal spell, could create a 320 XP champion - like a Doom Knight, for instance. So no resources does not necessarily no units. Ye hath been warned. So, to sum it up : attack fast. Don't lose time and destroy as many buildings as you can, as fast as possible. DWARF You have an enormous advantage over Dwarves : speed. As a rule, Dwarven units are slow as hell. Sure, they have a bucketful of HP and armor, but without the speed to use them, they're powerless. They do have some weapons against you. First, their siege weapons, namely the Ballista and the Catapult, will make a quick job of your units : use Fairie Dragons to take them out - being made of wood, siege weapons have low armor against fire. Ballistas attack like the Barbarian's javelins, while the Catapult's rocks deal splash damage. Dwarven Towers are extremely dangerous : first of all , a Dwarven Crossbow counts a TWO Archers when placed in a Tower. So, in extreme situations, there might be effectively 8 Archers in a single Tower. Also, when their Academy is built (a level 4 building), they can pay for a bonus which gives +25% hit to all their buildings, giving their Towers a whopping 437 HP. Ouch. Take those down as an absolute priority. MINOTAUR (to come) ORC (to come) HIGH ELF (to come) WOOD ELF (to come) DARK ELF (to come) DARK DWARF (to come) DAEMON In the very beginning of the game, Daemon players lacking experience will be having a difficult time : Deamons require a helluvalot of Crystal and Stone, and just taking their Keep to level 3 is a real pain, and beyond that is even worse. So your best option would be to strike fast with flying units. Don't even think about a ground attack : their Nightmares are more than on par with Pixies, Speed-wise ! They will only have Imps available, and low-level Imps lack Combat. However, as soon as their Keep gets to level 4, things will get a lot more dangerous. They'll be able to summon Daemons, which are powerful and rather inexpensive, and to buy and summon their units at 25% less of the cost and time, meaning more units. If you're attacking them in that case, target their Pits, which is pretty much their only unit-producing building, except for Summoning Towers - which, surprisingly, can produce Summoners at level 3. Those should be your second targets. Don't be afraid of their Towers - or, well, less afraid. Most races can put units inside Towers, but Daemons generally can't. Well, they COULD put Summoners inside, but that would be a waste. So consider them empty, except maybe for Heroes. ___________________________ 8. Answers to riddles There are various quests available, and riddles may or may not be the easiest. Because they'll quickly give you resources and XP, most of the time, here are the answers to the riddles. Try finding out the answer by yourself first, of course. It's called preserving the fun. :) R:"In Summer I wear green, All day and all night. In fall I wear yellow, In winter I wear white" A: tree R:"Red as blood, Sweet as wine, My heart is hard, But my flesh is fine." a: cherry R:"I run all day but cannot walk. I have a mouth but cannot talk. What am I?" A: river R:"I touch the earth, I touch the sky, But if I touch you, You'll surely die." A: lightning R:"I die without air, yet I have no lungs" A: fire R:"I live in the oceans, rivers & sea. When I'm cold, I float. When I'm hot, I'm free." A: water R:"A sturdy back, legs four, once I lived, but no more" A: chair R:"White flesh above, brown gills below, I move not an inch, in the darkness I grow" A: mushroom R:"I have an eye but I am blind, I'm cold and hard and never kind, Despite all this you still should see, There always is a point to me." A: needle R:"My feet are warm, My head is cold, I never move, Since I'm so old". A: mountain R:"A head but no body, a heart but no blood, leaves but no branches, what am I?" A: lettuce ___________________________ 9. Outroduction and contact AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Hope this FAQ has been of use to you. If you found any errors, typos, have strategies you'd like to share or think that this FAQ lacks something, contact me at solarbear at cgocable dot ca, specifying you're writing about this FAQ. Only constructive criticism will be accepted. Flames, spam and hate mail will not even be read. Mariage offers will be considered. SolarBear

Orcs

Warlords Battlecry 2 Orc FAQ v. 1.6 By: dracula1498 Email: dracula1498@yahoo.com Table of contents 1. Version history 2. Introduction 3. Orc heroes 4. Units 5. Buildings 6. Tips and strategies 7. Race specific strategies 8. Copyright =============================================================================== 1. Version history v. 0.5 (January 5, 2004) work on this FAQ was started v. 1.0 (January 10, 2004) submitted the guide to Gamefaqs v. 1.5 (January 13, 2004) added race specific strategies fixed some language errors other smaller changes v. 1.6 (January 19, 2004) added some additional hero info added www.neoseeker.com as a website that can host this guide =============================================================================== 2. Introduction This guide is for playing the Orcs. Orcs in WB2 are fast and are decently strong, especially in the early game. They can poison and disease which can cripple enemy units and heroes. However, each race has its own bad points too. Orcs suffer by having a weak air defence, and they cannot repair their buildings. Please let me know if there are any errors or if you have anything to share that can make this guide better. Credit will be given. I can be reached at dracula1498@yahoo.com =============================================================================== 3. Orc heroes Orc heroes start with STR 6, DEX 5, INT 4 and CHA 5. They can only specialize as fighter, thief, assassin or shaman. I would suggest going with either fighter or assassin. I will discuss the specializations here in detail. I assume that you have played the game before. Orcs inherently get the hordemaster, orc lord and chanting abilities. Hordemaster: gives you a -25% cost to all orc units. I would suggest spending your first 5 ability points on this. Orc lord: gives you a +4 to your command skill. A higher command is always better, so spend points on this. Chanting: gives you a +5 to your casting skill in Chaos magic. If you plan on becoming a shaman, this ability is a must. Specializations available: Fighter (STR 7 DEX 6 INT 4 CHA 5) Primary stat - STR, CHA Secondary stat - DEX, INT Orc fighters get improved combat, training, command, as well as +15 to damage rolls. This makes them very good fighters, and with the right equipment, can slug it out with Minotaur barbs and even Daemon deathknights. What gives them an edge is their enhanced command and training skill. A higher command will mean more of your troops receive bonuses to their speed and combat. A high training will increase the exp points your troops start out with, giving them a slight edge in combat. The best specialization in my opinion. Assassin (STR 7 DEX 6 INT 4 CHA 5) Primary stat - DEX Secondary stat - INT Assassins will get a 16% chance to kill anything, even heroes and titans in one hit. This is a bonus to the decent damage that Orc heroes will deal. Either way, the enemy still dies. Compared to a dark elf assassin, orcs will usually kill stuff faster, as they have more strength. Thief (STR 6 DEX 7 INT 4 CHA 5) Primary stat - DEX Secondary stat - STR, INT, CHA Thief is not a good specialization for Orc heroes at all. Haggling is a decent skill though, and so is a permanent +2 income for gold. However, Orcs need stone more than gold. 3% assassination is just way too low. With low int, an Orc hero just cannot make full use of the +5 to the casting skill in Illusion magic. Shaman (STR 5 DEX 5 INT 6 CHA 6) Primary stat - INT Secondary stat - STR, CHA An Orc Shaman is great when high leveled. Wildfire and chaos plague are powerful spells. They even get a +5 casting skill to nature magic. With nature magic, you can heal yourself and can summon unicorns to help out your troops. The downside to a shaman is that the lower level chaos spells are not too useful. Which means that a low level shaman will pretty much suck. If you have the patience, this specialization will reap its benefits in the end. =============================================================================== 4. Units Take note that these are the base values. A high merchant or training will modify these. For cost, G stands for gold, S for stone, M for metal and C for crystal. For damage and armor, P stands for piercing, S for slashing, C for crushing, F for fire and M for magic. Kobold Cost - 25G Production time - 25 sec Building skill - 9 Combat - 1 Hits - 20 Speed - 8 Damage - 5S Armor - 1P 1S 3C 1F 1M View - 7 Special abilities - Causes poison The basic builder unit. Nothing special except that they cause poison. Goblin Cost - 30G Production time - 15 sec Combat - 2 Hits - 18 Speed - 14 Damage - 10C Armor - 2P 2S 2C 1F 1M View - 15 Special abilities - Causes disease Fast to produce, cheap, high speed and great view makes them ideal as scouts. Try to inflict disease on enemy heroes early in the game. Orc infantry Cost - 60M Production time - 35 sec Combat - 4 Hits - 60 Speed - 10 Damage - 15S Armor - 2P 3S 3C 2F 1M View - 3 Special abilities - Basic infantry unit. Decent hit points and damage. One of the best units to destroy towers. Upgrade them to be resistant to missiles with the No Pain! Ability and they will destroy towers, since most towers do missile damage. Basilisk Cost - 60G Production time - 40 sec Combat - 5 Hits - 70 Speed - 4 Damage - 20S Range - 6 Armor - 4P 4S 4C 4F 4M View - 7 Special abilities - Turns any unit it kills into 100 stone. The first unit that the Orcs can produce that can attack fliers. Good armor and special ability. Wolfrider Cost - 100M Production time - 60 sec Combat - 10 Hits - 120 Speed - 15 Damage - 20S Armor - 2P 3S 3C 2F 1M View - 7 Special abilities - Can be upgraded to cause disease Fast and rather strong. They die rather easily though compared to other cavalry. Upgrade their speed and they can be used to hunt down heroes. Ogre Cost - 100M 100S Production time - 60 sec Combat - 12 Hits - 180 Speed - 8 Damage - 30C Armor - 2P 2S 3C 4F 3M View - 7 Special abilities - Can attack fliers With decent hits, they can really soak up the damage. If you use them, be sure to upgrade them so that they deal more damage. Personally, I prefer using orc infantry. Troll Cost - 150S Production time - 70 sec Combat - 11 Hits - 150 Speed - 6 Damage - 20C Range - 6 Armor - 2P 2S 3C 0F 2M View - 11 Special abilities - Can throw sheep, fast regeneration Slow to produce but really strong in big numbers. They regenerate 2 hits a second. With sheep, they deal much more damage and cause splash damage too. Goblin shaman Cost - 200C Production time - 60 sec Combat - 10 Hits - 70 Speed - 12 Damage - 25M Range - 7 Armor - 2P 2S 2C 2F 4M View - 10 Special abilities - Casts lightning, berserker and light/darkness I love these guys. 200C to produce them should not be a problem, since Orcs do not have much use for crystal. They have good spells as well. Always change the time to nighttime, as all Orcs get a +2 to combat at night. Upgrade them to deal more damage. Giant Cost - 100M 150S Production time - 80 sec Combat - 16 Hits - 260 Speed - 10 Damage - 50C Armor - 4P 3S 3C 4F 3M View - 16 Special abilities - Converts buildings, causes fear, does splash damage, can attack fliers These guys can sure deal damage. Careful though as they are rather slow. I still prefer using orc infantry. Anyway, most of the time I would have finished a scenario even before a level 4 orchold. Gobshooter Cost - 300G 300M Production time - 100 sec Combat - 10 Hits - 80 Speed - 3 Damage - 35C Range - 16 Armor - 4P 4S 3C 1F 3M View - 10 Special abilities - Deals splash damage, chance of goblin surviving Long range, damage is a bit on the low side though. Gonrak Elfeater Cost - 1200G 1200M 1200S 1200C Production time - 600 sec Combat - 25 Hits - 820 Speed - 12 Damage - 100M Range - 10 Armor - 7P 7S 7C 6F 6M View - 7 Special abilities - Causes terror, turn units into 100 stone, ignores armor, explodes on death A large orc riding on a large basilisk. Does tons of damage. =============================================================================== 5. Buildings Orchold level 1 (army limit +5) Produces - Kobolds Upgrades - Orchold level 2 Orchold level 2 (army limit +5) Produces - Kobolds Upgrades - Orchold level 3 Orchold level 3 (army limit +5) Produces - Kobolds Upgrades - Orchold level 2, Ogrelord Ogrelord - allows you to produce ogres at the battleyard Orchold level 4 (army limit +5) Produces - Kobolds Upgrades - Orchold level 5 Orchold level 5 (army limit +10) Produces - Kobolds Upgrades - Giantlord Giantlord - allows you to produce giants at the battleyard Goblin tower (army limit +2) Damage - 20P, to air units only Range - 12 Speed - 2 Produces - Goblin, Gobshooter Upgrades - Eagle eye (1-3) Eagle eye - Improves your sight range by 2,3 and 4 respectively Battleyard (army limit +2) Produces - Orc infantry, ogre, giant, Gonrak Elfeater (requires level 5 orchold) Upgrades - No Pain!, Training, Cowards!, Thump! No Pain! - Makes your orc infantry resistant to missiles Training - Gives all units 10 xp when produced Cowards! - All units deal double damage to archers Thump - Ogres deal 10 more damage Hovel (army limit +3) Produces - None Upgrades - None Adds +3 to your army limit. Build lots of these. Beast pit (army limit +2) Produces - Basilisk, wolfrider Upgrades - Wolfpack (1-3), Rabies Wolfpack - Increases the speed of wolfriders by 1,2 and 4 respectively Rabies - Wolfriders now have the disease ability Prison (army limit +2) Produces - Troll Upgrades - Slavehorde Slavehorde - Summons 10 thrall with the cost of some G Shaman Hut (army limit +2) Produces - Goblin shaman Upgrades - Shaman Shaman - Goblin shamans now deal 10 more damage, allows you to build totems Totem (army limit +1) Damage - 50M, to air units only Range - 12 Produces - None Upgrades - None =============================================================================== 6. Tips and strategies Orcs are a very fast attacking race. They can overwhelm the enemy early on. As mentioned earlier, orc infantry are great for taking out enemy towers. After you get a level 2 orchold, you get to build hovels, which add +3 to your army limit. From this point, you can mass produce orc infantry and basilisks, wolfriders for more speed. Generally I try to win with just these units. Ogres and giants are too slow. Early game: With mass orc infantry, you can practically defeat every race except daemons and maybe fey. Against daemons, get basilisks ASAP. Daemons get imps that can fly and do magic damage. Orcs do not resist magic well. Always build more battleyards for more production, especially if you have the resources, which should not be a problem. Middle game: During the middle game, orc infantry are still good in large numbers. You might want some ogres and trolls for backup, just in case they meet flying troops. Always build more hovels and towers if you can afford it. Buildings must be defended, since orcs do not get to repair. Late game: The late game gives orcs much better air defense that they have been severely lacking for practically the whole game. Totems are good for defending against air units. They work much better in bigger numbers though, so build more of them, especially if you see dragons flying around. Goblin shamans are extremely helpful at this point. They cost only crystal, which you should have plenty of, since orcs don't use much crystal at all. They can change the time to nighttime, which gives all orc units a +2 to combat. Lightning is good for softening up the enemy. They die rather easily though so do protect them. Giants are strong but rather slow. Also, they tend to get stuck due to their huge size, so I don't really recommend using them. =============================================================================== 7. Race specific strategies Barbarians Early on in the game, their units should not be a problem to you. Many of their units have very poor armor. Take out their war dogs and their camps next. Their spears should not do much damage to you, since they are missile units. Their units produce rather quickly though so do not let down your assault. Send in orcs after orcs. Their heroes can be a real pain, especially if it is a fighter type. Other than that, you should be able to defeat them early on without much problems. Late game, they will have many upgrades and will become much more powerful, especially pegasi and reavers. Daemons Get basilisks ASAP. Failing that, build a couple more towers. Orcs have poor armor against magic, and they have really poor air defence early in the game. Imps can fly and do magic damage, which is very bad for your troops. What is worse is that most daemon units have good armor against magic, so don't expect your basilisks to hold out forever. However, a major weakness of daemons is that they need a ton of resources. They compensate for that by having very powerful troops. Convert every mine you see and attack them early on. Send in goblins to distract them from building more. The longer the game goes, the harder it is for you to win. Never let them get to a level 3 doomspire or more. Swarm them with everything you have and send in your hero as well. Daemon heroes are extremely powerful. Hopefully your hero should be able to match them. Dark elves They should not pose much of a problem to you. Elves in general have rather weak infantry. They start to get dangerous with dark riders and assassins. They have very powerful magic users as well. Just send in orc infantry early on, but be careful of their heroes. A magic type dark elf hero will cause lots of problems. Beware of large groups of ancient wisps as well. Dark dwarves Every unit they have besides firebombs are as slow as hell. Like daemons, they have strong units but are more dependent on gold than other resources. Stone golems are reasonably fast to produce and are rather strong. It will take them quite a while to get an army going because most of their siege weapons take up 4 army points. Wolfriders and orc infantry should be enough to defeat them. Target their hall of golems first, then destroy any siege weapons and golem you see. Dwarves Their units are tough and have good armor. Berserkers are very strong and deal lots of damage. Even your superior numbers might lose out to them sometimes. It is very important to destroy them early on. They should not be too much of a problem. Fey They will mostly try to outswarm you, since this the only way they can win. They have very fast units and are cheap and fast to produce as well. You can do the same thing as well. Produce hordes and hordes of goblins, with the occasional orc infantry. Most of their units are rather weak and should die quickly. Their towers only have 150 hp. Hold out their assaults and you should win without too many problems. High elves Their dragon knights are probably the best cavalry in the game. With unicorns and mystics they are very tough to beat. Take them out very early on or their upgraded troops will really destroy you. Luckily, most of their do not have many hit points. Humans A very balanced race with decent units. Pikemen remain useful throughout the game with their upgrades. They have very strong cavalry and generals. If you fail to destroy them early on, get lots of trolls and get griffins. Enough trolls do a very good job at stopping cavalry. Humans have very poor air defence even late in the game. Take out every archer and general you see and you will do fine. Minotaurs A decently fast and strong race. Minotaurs are strong early game and even stronger late game, with powerful upgrades. Try to cripple their resource production, especially metal. Without too many upgrades, they should not be that hard to defeat, though you should probably attack with your hero as well, and maybe kill their hero. Minotaur shamen and kings are very dangerous later on. Wolfriders will be very useful against them. Undead These resource suckers can really deal tons of damage. They are extremely powerful later in the game with enough resources. Convert every mine you see and defend them. Take them out as fast you can. Wights should not be too much of a problem. If they every get their keep to level three, you are in serious trouble. Slayer knights are strong enough to defeat almost everything you throw at them. If you fail to defeat them early on mass out on trolls, but beware of liches. Undead heroes are very strong as well, especially necromancers. Their units are much more powerful at night. If they ever get doom knights, your chances of winning will be very slim. Wood elves Their cavalry deals triple damage to all your troops and should be your top priority. The rest of their units should not pose too much of a problem. Orc infantry will destroy their archers. They should fall without too much of a problem. ============================================================================== 8. Copyright This FAQ is copyright c dracula1498 and is the property of the author. It may not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without consent from the author. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. Websites that may host this guide: www.gamefaqs.com www.neoseeker.com ===============================================================================

Riddles

Easy Q: White flesh above, brown gills below. I move not an inch; in the darkness I grow. A: Mushroom Q: A sturdy back, legs four. Once I lived, but no more. A: Chair Q: I live in the oceans, rivers, and sea. When I’m cold, I float. When I’m hot, I’m free. A: Water Q: I touch the earth. I touch the sky. But if I touch you, you’ll surely die. A: Lightning Q: In summer I wear green, all day and all night. In fall I wear yellow. In winter I wear white. A: Tree Medium Q: My feet are warm; my head is cold. I never move since I’m so old. A: Mountain Q: I die without air, yet I have no lungs. A: Fire Q: I run all day but cannot walk. I have a mouth but cannot talk. What am I? A: River Hard Q: I have an eye but I am blind. I’m cold and hard and never kind. Despite all this you should still see. There is always a point to me. A: Needle Q: A head but no body, a heart but no blood, leaves but no branches. What am I? A: Lettuce Q: Red as blood, sweet as wine. My heart is hard but my flesh is fine. A: Cherry

Tips!

<p>"As soon as it is available, build the structure that will allow your race to improve resource production (market, trading post, mill,...). Pay for the upgrades as soon as you can - it will pay huge dividends as the game progresses." - TEM</p> <p>"When playing as the Fey, build multiple keeps. Since a good portion of your units are produced by the keep, you'll need more than one to quickly build a large force." - TEM</p> <p>"It is a good idea to select one of your race's builder units as one of your starting units. When the scenario opens, have the builder begin on your keep and have your hero immediately convert nearby resources. If you are starting with just a hero, build the keep first, and then have it create a builder unit while you move your hero to convert resources. " - TEM</p> <p>"You don't need to convert enemy resource sites to deny the enemy the resources there. Send some regular troops to attack lightly guarded sites and make the sites neutral. You won't benefit from the site, but if your hero and generals are busy, then at least you can hurt the enemy's production. " - TEM</p> <p>"In Campaign play against multiple opponents, it is often possible to completely eliminate one enemy right away just using your hero. This will allow you to then easily defend your encampment against the other(s) while you build your forces." - Wild Willie</p> <p>"where mines etc are being constantly disputed between you and other heroes - after you convert it destroy with ctrl+d - it gives you an instant boost in resources and the other hero cannot convert it until it has regenerated - when you can do it all again!" - dave</p> <p>"When you start your quest or campaign you should at least have two builders handy in the beginning. Why? One builder builds your main command post near the resources which will spit troops out and the other builder should build another main command post somewhere guarded. The second command post will be used for upgrades when the first will be used to but builders in the resources. In the meantime your hero should be converting the mines from a safe distance away from the building that is going on. It is easier to give multiple commands if the game is paused. I have found that to be the best strategy. The AI converts their mines as as you go in to the damn level so when you go into the level press F12 and then command your troops to do what they have to.it is also essential to build more than one barracks for they can spit out twice as many troops, you do the math. It is a good idea to build the resource improving building asap because that will help you prosper. Well good luck and happy killing!" - RustyRazor698</p> <p>"When playing the Elves it is useful to have few Sorcecers in your retinue while playing the campaign. In this way you can raise Zombies which you can put in your mines to aid in resource production." - emperor</p> <p>"When playing as daemons, get to a lvl 3 keep and then get the summoning tower. upgrade the brood ability and then you can start getting 8 quaists for 240 gold. Send the Quaists into mines to increase resource production." - ImDeath_Mon</p> <p>"You should always note that your enimy will always (for as long as i have played this is true) start in the opposite corner to you. Playing as the demons has a gread advantage, start with as many demons as possible and then send them out to explore the map, or try and destroy the enimy while it s weak. Also note that some hero's will be able to defeat 4 demons and live. If the AI is anoying you by sending attacks often, kill the hero and those attack will all but die out, may be they will send one basic infantry to keep you busy. Oh and as i found out, when you play as the humans, the birds can't attack ground units. Use them to soften up the enim and destroy their towers!" - droid</p> <p>"If your playing with daemons my advise would be that you build level 5 keep and summonig tower with upgrade that you can produce daemons faster and cheaper.This will help you a lot when playing with daemons and you ge tstrong army fast if you produce daemons(by the way daemon army is one of the best in the game)" - anonymous</p> <p>"When your starting out you should start on camelot because it has lots of resources in the middle. I find that fey is a very good team because its cheap and you can build many of buildings with not much resources. You should try to get to lvl 3 then build a gold rainbow to upgrade your production. Then go get your enemies later in the game when you have collected up a war." - Dracon Mole</p> <p>"When playing as the wood elvs quickly build the ranger guild and get all the upgrades then build 36 Gladwardens and put them in a line around your base, no one has ever got into my base with them around not even 3 dragons" - Archer</p> <p>"All heroes are devastating at level 25 and above. If your hero cannot go face2face with a titan at level 30, you just threw away a lot of your gaming time. <br><br> The very best hero is the one achieving his full specialist advantages early in the game, say at levels 6-10. <br><br> Dark Dwarf Merchant is my favorite hero, leading, of course, masses of golems and siege machines, shadows and wyverns. <br><br> Al level 7 I think, you have a merchant skill of about 20, plus 25% discount on all golems and siege machines, the backbone of your armies. You basically produce golems at the price of goblins. Plus, with your mines full of engineers (they count for two), resources flow steadily at the proper rate. <br><br> Lastly, the race is well balanced in terms of resources dependency. You don t depend mostly on one resource, like minotaurs, humans or undead. Building golems with stone, shadows with crystal, siege machines with metal and wyvers with gold, you can amass a mighty punch for your enemies. <br><br> My favorite tactic is RAMPANT, for upgraded units they can withstand hard punishment before falling, and having the hero around converting mines (just in case, put shadows guardian the hero)." - Gimlak Naj Mul </p> Here's a strat just for beating races. To beat Humans: Humans have a slight economy problem at the beginning but if they get to lvl3 you're going to have trouble. Take advantage of their lack of gold and metal by converting any and all gold/metal mines you can find. If your hero is an alchemist guard him with a few basic infantry/missile units and rush into your enemy's base and acquire his resource mines. Then ctrl-D them. If you don't have an alchemist quickly get a party of basic units and rush them in there. Have a few units keep your enemy busy while the others destroy the mines. If you can't get to the mines just keep sending in rushes. Kill the hero right away especially if he's a merchant! Then you will have few converting problems. After you put a damper on their economy build up a big army and attack. To beat Dwarves: Dwarves may have the worst economy in the game. Take advantage of this! Do the same as you'd do with humans. Cut off resource supply (especially metal) then attack them. If they get to lvl4 try to eliminate any outlying Foundries. Siege will give you a lot of trouble if you don't. Convert and/or destroy any enemy mines you can. Then build up a force and destroy them. To beat Undead: Do NOT let them upgrade! They have a slightly better economy than the other two Civilized races and this especially shows during the beginning of the game. If you can, get units with crushing damage, even if you have to get thralls. Avoid Piercing units at all costs! Most Undead are nearly immune to Piercing damage. Do not get as many archer units as you would against other races. If they don't attack with a bow and arrow you're fine but arrows do hardly any damage to them. If the Undead get upgraded to lvl4 brace yourself for heavy attacks. They will almost constantly send in Liches, Doomknights, Slayer Knights, Shadows, and Bone Catapults. If they get Lord Bane don't worry. He is slightly weaker than the other titans and can be killed more easily (especially if you're humans). If you notice less Vampires attacking prepare yourself for Lord Bane. This is one of the hardest races to beat if they get upgraded. To Beat Barbarians: Barbarians are very good at hording and have a pretty good economy throughout the game EXCEPT right at the beginning. They will be very low on gold and stone. Get any gold/stone mines you can. Later on Barbs will need lots of metal. Take metal mines now and protect them and you might not have to face the later on barbs. Try to avoid making little units with really low HP. Barbs will cut through them like a hot knife through butter. If you are playing Fey make Oakmen instead of Spriggans. If Barbs get to lvl5 try to avoid getting large units as Reavers do huge damage against them. Barbs are one of the best hording races and will usually attack in very large groups. Build lots of towers because Barbs have low defense and can be killed easily with ranged attacks. If you are playing as Wood Elves avoid attacking completely until you get Treants/Ancient Treants. Back them up with lots of Gladewardens to take out Reavers. Barbs will come off appearing very tough but actually have a rather low base defense. Attack them often and you will beat them. To Beat Minotaurs: One simple rule: Do not let them get Mino Kings!!! They are bested only by titans and two can easily crush a base. They are very dependant on metal. Take all metal mines quickly. They also eat animals to recover. Kill any wild animals you come across. All minotaurs take a long time to produce and that is one of their main weaknesses. In order to get a lot of units they will need a lot of production buildings and they take resources. Cut off resources to avoid huge hordes. Attack often and you will beat them. To Beat Orcs: Unless you are Barbarians forget missile units altogether. They are useless against orcs and orcs are used throughout the game. Instead, get lots of melee units. If you are elves you are going to be in kind of a bad position because you will have horrible melee. Attack with cavalry. They can take down orcs easily. If you must use missile units give them a strong meatshield. Have them focus on the Ogres, Trolls, and Shamen while your meatshield takes out orcs. If they get to lvl5 you know you are beating them. Orcs can usually win by lvl4 and only go to lvl5 if they need giants badly. Attack early and often to avoid a tough brawl at the end. To Beat High Elves: High elves have weak infantry but strong cavalry. If you are humans make lots of pikemen. Make lots of different types of units because High Elves are very well-rounded. Beware of mystics. They can cast Ring of Ice. Attack them with longranged units to avoid mass casualties. High Elves have lots of flying units late in the game. Get lots of Flying defense. Attack in about the middle of the game to beat them. Get to about base lvl3 or 4 and then send in a huge rush. To Beat Wood Elves: Wood Elves are very weak early-game. They have no good melee until lvl4. But if they get to lvl4 you're toast. Watch out for large groups of Gladewardens. They can take out pretty much anything. If you are playing as orcs just send in lots of orcs and nothing else. They don't have much flying until lvl3. If the WE do get to lvl4 get strong base-busters. If you have siege use it. Treants and Ancient Treants are tough to take down but very weak against fire. If you have fire units bring them out. Attack early and you won't have to worry about late. To Beat Dark Elves: You are going to suffer many casualties here. DE have lots of poisoning units. Get lots of ranged units. Pick off any spiders or queen spiders before they can touch your units or you will probably get poisoned. DE have weak melee throughout the game but watch out for Dark Riders. Just a few can take out the strongest Deathknights. Guard your hero with ranged units to prevent poison and death. Upgrade your base quickly and send in lots of advanced units. If dark elves get to lvl5 they will have assassins and blackguards - more poisoning units. Blackguards can turn invisible and sneak up on heroes and bases. Watch out for them. Kargoth isn't too great as long as you have either strong melee or strong missile. To Beat Fey: If you have big, tough units with lots of attack or defense you're in luck. Fey are weak and have low defense, combat, and HP. If you are Dwarves or DD just make basic infantry and send them in. The fey will be crushed. If you are elves get your cavalry unit and send them in in hordes. Whatever you do, don't let the fey get their titan! The Forestmaster is almost invincible. If you do run into him distract him with melee while you attack him with missile/siege units. To Beat Dark Dwarves: Dark Dwarves are very strong but also very resource-dependant. They have a bad economy at first and a pretty bad one at the end of the game too. Cut off their resources and buff up your base. You are going to be in for some serious pummeling. Attack them often and you keep track of their base lvl. You need to know which siege they will attack with to know how to defend. When they get to lvl3 make lots of towers. Firebombs can be very annoying but are also an easy way to get ranged units lots of exp. When they get to lvl4 get strong melee and STRONG flying units. If you have harpies don't make any flying units. If you have Pegasi, Griffons, or Wyverns send them patroling near your base to watch out for hellbore. If they get Grond build up lots of missile units. Hit-and-run with missile units until he dies. If they lose Grond they're beaten. Just attack them a lot and they will be finished after a long struggle. To Beat Daemons: This is the hardest race to beat unless you're barbs or Wood elves. If you are one of these races upgrade to lvl2 right away. Barbs get hunting and Wood elves get all upgrades at the ranger's guild. Make lots of missile units and attack their base frequently. If you are not one of these races get missile units as quickly as possible. If not missile units get some kind of air defense. Fey cancel Spriggans altogether and make sylphs instead. Dwarves you will have the toughest time. Upgrade to lvl2 and get crossbows. Get lots of ballistae and get all crossbow upgrades. DD you will have a hard time against imps if they hit and run. Golems are kind of slow and will have a tough time catching up to imps. Just defend until you get wraiths/shadows. Then attack with lots of wraiths/shadows. Late in the game the Daemons will be able to summon lots of troops for free. Rush their base often and try to destroy any Chaos Shrines and Summoning Towers to avoid this. Balora is easy to kill. Just get missile units or melee units that can attack air. Note: I will not be doing Team game nor Daemon hero. Pros -veeery strong in the end game -strong units(succubi, daemons…) -summoning chain(summoners-daemons-imps) -if bored you can use quasits as a punching bag. Cons -bad start -need a lot of crystal and resources -imps are very weak -very expensive workers(did I kill them?) Early Game Start by building your doomspire and converting mines, note: if you are a summoner hero you may want to summon quasits. Build two pits and start producing imps and quasits (doomspire) build towers and get the imps (4to8)to go to the middle of the map then set them on the scout status and they’ll explore a great deal of the map. Get to level 2 build a portal (upgrade: might of ctharos, infernal fury and dark wind) and gallows(upgrade: hard labor1. 2 and 3)and start producing succubi/nightmare squadrons on raiding missions. Middle game Get to level 3 build another pit and make some salamanders for your army, build some lighting spikes(upgrade if you have resources) and a summoning tower(upgrade:brood and summoning 1).build more towers and organize the first serious attack of the game made of salamanders, nightmares and succubis. Get to level 4 upgrade your summonig tower and research summonig 2 and gate1 (one more thing you don’t need an eyrie). Also build a chaos shrine and some daemons. End game Get to level 5 upgrade your summonig tower to level 3, begin building summoners and upgrade gate 2. If your enemies are still alive order your summoners to summon daemons for the last attack. Summary Daemons are weak at the start but if you manage to get to the end game victory is sure to be yours. Human Humans are a good all round side. They have a selection of good infantry, archers and cavalry, all available fairly early in a battle. A peculiarity of the Human side is that they have three Generals - a Red Mage, a White Mage, and a Black Mage. The race has no specific weakness, but no outstanding strength either. Humans require lots of gold and metal for unit production, and stone for buildings, but do not have much need for crystal. Undead Undead are a unique race in that they cannot produce many units from buildings in the normal way. Most of their stronger units are created by transforming lesser units. Undead are slow, not having any cavalry, but strong, and are immune to all psychological effects. They are quite resistant to most forms of attack, but are vulnerable to crushing weapons. Undead primarily require metal and crystal. Dwarf Dwarves are a tough and hardy race, with plenty of hit points. They are highly resistant to magic. They are slow, not having any cavalry, but are very good at building. The defensive structures of the Dwarves are the best available, as are the siege weapons. Dwarves require lots of gold and metal for unit production, and stone for buildings. Barbarian Barbarians are a fierce, but limited, warrior race. They have a poor selection of units, although they are quick to produce, and quite upgradeable. Their units are very fast, with fairly high combat skills, but with very poor armor. Barbarians require metal for unit production and stone for buildings. Minotaur Minotaurs have the smallest selection of units of any race, but those units are also the most upgradeable. The few units that they do have are very strong, can cause a lot of damage, and have a lot of hit points. Minotaurs require metal for unit production and stone for buildings. Orc Orcs have a wide variety of units, half of which are disease and poison carriers. They are quite fast to produce, and reasonably strong early in the game. Orcs do not have many upgrades. They have poor defense against attacks from the air. Orcs primarily require stone. High Elf High Elves are a proud and noble race. They are very fast, have good scouting abilities, and high combat skills, but not many hit points. Their cavalry are amongst the best in the game. High Elves require metal and crystal. Wood Elf Wood Elves are nature lovers. They are very fast, have good scouting abilities, but not many hit points. They are extremely weak in melee combat, but their archers are the best missile units in the game. Wood Elves require gold and crystal. Dark Elf Dark Elves are an evil and sinister race. They are very fast, have good scouting abilities, and fairly high combat skills, but not many hit points. They have very powerful Mages, who have many upgrades. Dark Elves require stone and crystal. Fey The Fey are a race of faerie and woodland creatures. They may seem small and harmless, but when angered they will attack in large numbers and can be fast, cruel and deadly. Fey require mainly crystal. Daemon Daemons are an evil race with many powerful flying units. They are slow to build at the start of a game, but once established, their units have powerful summoning abilities. They can create hordes of units by summoning and opening portals for lesser Daemons, with only a mana cost. Daemons require all four resources. Dark Dwarf Dark Dwarves have been corrupted by the forces of chaos. They are too cowardly to enter battle themselves, but build large golems and siege weapons to hassle the enemy from afar. They are a race of engineers with strong defenses. Dark Dwarves require mainly gold. Strategic Studies Group is an all Australian company, founded in 1982 by Roger Keating and Ian Trout. SSG's first game was Reach for the Stars, released in 1983. Reach for the Stars has become a classic of the space gaming genre, and a totally new PC version was recently released, testimony to the strength of the game concept. SSG was conceived of and has always operated as an export driven company. SSG games have done exceptionally well on a world market, having won numerous awards and built up a very strong fan base. SSG games have a well-deserved reputation for being well crafted and delivering long-lasting entertainment value, along with the world's best computer opponents. Reach for the Stars was followed by the hugely successful Carriers at War and a string of other strategy and wargames. Among these was the Decisive Battles of the American Civil War series, which ran to three volumes and sixteen battles. Another long-running SSG series started with Warlords I, which was released in 1990. The Warlords series has sold hundreds of thousands of copies and has had seven separate releases during its history so far. Warlords Battlecry broke new ground in the RTS genre, with its imaginative combination of the deep strategy of the earlier Warlords games with role-playing and real-time elements to create a new style of strategy game. Warlords Battlecry was released in June 2000, to great enthusiasm and critical acclaim. Warlords Battlecry II is the latest innovative and exciting product in the Warlords franchise. Warlords Battlecry II takes a new game engine, adds new races, heroes, spells and items to the already vast Battlecry repertoire, mixes all these ingredients into a new dynamic campaign, and the outcome is an enthralling and addictive gaming experience. Still in the works at SSG is Warlords IV, the latest in the turn-based strategy series. Warlords IV will also feature a brand-new game engine and introduces exciting and compelling tactical combat to the deep strategy that powered the earlier Warlords games. Music Warlords Battlecry II Sample ambient music. The Plains of Daros Low quality MP3. High quality MP3. Warlords Battlecry II Sample ambient music. Silvermyr Low quality MP3. High quality MP3. Warlords Battlecry II features a brilliant CD quality musical score from Warlords music composer Steve Fawkner. Music Themes Note: Music Themes require the 1.03 patch to be installed Arabic Music Theme. 15.5MB Warlords II Music Theme. 16.8MB Warlords II Deluxe Music Theme. 19.5MB Warlords III Reign of Heroes Music Theme. 18.3MB Warlords III Dark Lords Rising Music Theme. 20.0MB Warlords Battlecry 1 Music Theme. 15.9MB Instructions: Unzip the contents of the ZIP file to the "Music" directory found in your "My Documents\Warlords Battlecry II\" directory. From the main menu of Warlords Battlecry II go to the options screen. Go to the sounds page and change the soundtrack to the desired theme. <table> <tbody><tr> <td nowrap="">Skeleton<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/skeleton.gif"></td> <td nowrap=""><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/skeletond.wav"><font color="yellow">"Join us..."<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap=""> <font size="-1"> Hits:20<br> Damage:10<br> Combat:2<br> Resistance:Irrelevant<br> Speed:10<br> Cost: 25 gold, 25 Metal<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:5<br> Slash:2<br> Crush:0<br> Fire:3<br> Magic:3<br> </font> </td> <td>Although skeletons aren't that tough they are pretty useful even in late game. They are great for rushes as they are highly resistant to missiles, build fast and are quite cheap but if the eemy has crushing attack units they'll get killed very fast.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Zombie<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/zombie.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/zombied.wav"><font color="yellow">"Meat!"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:45<br> Damage:10<br> Combat:2<br> Speed:6<br> Resistance:Irellevant<br> Cost:45 Metal<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:2<br> Slash:2<br> Crush2:<br> Fire:0<br> Magic:2<br> </font> </td> <td>The Zombie is the Undead builder. ALthough he is quite slow and has a low build skill, he can catually handle himself well if boosted by a speed spell (like berserk) in fighting. They may also scavenge the dead bodies of enemies and turn them into resources which is extremely useful as you can gain materials to rebuild your army after a large battle.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wight<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/wight.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/wightd.v"><font color="yellow">"Dieee"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:70<br> Damage:15<br> Combat:5<br> Speed:6<br> Resistance:Irellevant<br> Cost:100 Metal<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:4<br> Slash:3<br> Crush:2<br> Fire:3<br> Magic:3<br> </font> </td> <td>They are probably the best lvl 1 infantry in the game(without upgrades that is) They are fast, have nice armor and hit points and do quite a lot of damage. They are also used as a melee attack force as most people dislike the SLayer Knight's low speed and high cost.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wraith<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/wraith.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/wraithd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Ccomme ttooo meeee..."<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:60<br> Damage:10<br> Combat:6<br> Speed:9<br> Resistance:Irellevant<br> Cost:80 Crystal<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:3<br> Slash:3<br> Crush:3<br> Fire:3<br> Magic:3<br> </font> </td> <td>Wraiths provide you with some anti-air support early on and also have a nicely balanced armor so they may be used in battles that their bony friends may take heavy damages.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Shadow<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/shadow.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/shadowd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Bow before your master!"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:100<br> Damage:15<br> Speed:10<br> Combat:10<br> Resistance:Irellevant<br> Cost:175 Crystal<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:3<br> Slash:3<br> Crush:3<br> Fire:3<br> Magic:3<br> </font> </td> <td>Shadows are the main units for most undead players. They have high speed and armor, and they also gain excellent combat after night comes. They still do little damage for their level but that's why undead have dark mithril for.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Slayer Knight<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/Slayer.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/slayerd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Pathetic Creature..."<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:150<br> Damage:25<br> Combat:10<br> Speed:5<br> Resistance:Irellevant<br> Cost:190 Metal<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:4<br> Slash:4<br> Crush:3<br> Fire:3<br> Magic:3<br> </font> </td> <td>Like an undead tank, the Slayer Knights slowly but surely can rase any defence that stand in their way. In spite of the fact that human knights get a lot more speed than them, they can still beat most melee units in a fight and dark mithril makes them even harder to kill as their allready tough armor ratings gets even better.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/liche.gif"></td> <td>Liche</td> <td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/lichemasterpiece.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:100<br> Damage:20<br> Combat:10<br> Speed:8<br> Range:6<br> Resistance:Irellevant<br> Cost:250 Crystal<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:4<br> Slash:2<br> Crush1:<br> Fire:3<br> Magic:4<br> </font> </td> <td>The only Undead missile unit, liches are quite good in spite of the fact that they come in later on. It is also a pity that they are weak against humans since due to the Red Mages and the fact that humans are good vs undead makes it even worse.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/DoomKnight.gif"></td> <td>Doom Knight</td> <td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/doomknightmasterpiece.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:250<br> Damage:45<br> Combat:16<br> Resistance:Irrelevant<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>Bigger, thougher and better than slayers, they are one of the best melee units in the game. By making a few calculations I have decided that they might even be able to take a dwarf lord one on one which will make them the best infantry in the game. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Vampire<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/vampire.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/vampired.wav"><font color="yellow">"Your blood is good."<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:200<br> Damage:20<br> Combat:16<br> Speed:12<br> Resistance:Irellevant<br> Cost:100 gold 200 Crystal<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:1<br> Slash:4<br> Crush:4<br> Fire:1<br> Magic:4<br> </font> </td> <td>A very powerful unit, it loses any practical uses due to the fact that you can only build them in a lvl 5 keep. Since I doubt anybody has resources to waste on upgrading several keeps, mass production of them is impossible and are usually used only for converting or small battles as they will never match up vs a powerful archer army or an army that greatly outnumbers them.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Undead Catapult<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/undeadcatapult.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blagardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>The undead get a siege weapon. That might not mean much but think of the implications. Undea dunits are tanks (slow and tough). Catapults are ranged. Undead speed means they will get shot down by any range defenders but their power means they'll kill any melee ones. Now, the can stay and blakc attackers from getting to the catapults while the catapuls wreak havoc with their 60 splash damage. It is great support as arches are very weak and any pothe rgood missile unit is usually easier to kill.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bat<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/bat.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/batd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>What would the undead be without bats? Although weak, the do get vampirism wit an upgrade and if you have means of training them better, then they can hold their own agains enemy air units.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Harpy<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/harpy.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/harpydd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>Useless for fighting(in my opinion anyway), the have one good use: drain mana. SInce the spellcasters are a very big threat to undead, they need the harpies to destroy them and what better way to destroy something than to leave it defenceless agaisnt the swarm?</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dragon Liche<br><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/bonedragon.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blagardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> Range:4<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>The undead don't like the living too much which is obvious as they decided to ge trid of all the dragons that they had and get new ones, made of bone. Other than improved range, there's not much difference between them and normal dragons.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lord Bane<br><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/LordBane.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104243/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blagardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>THe Undead god an one of the four Horsemen, Bane is even more suefuo sinc ehis undead can protect him while he unleashes deadly fire upon enemies from a distance.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody><tr> <td nowrap="">Wisp<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/wisp.gif"></td> <td nowrap=""><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap=""> <font size="-1"> Hits:10<br> Damage:5<br> Combat:1<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:50 Crystal<br> Range:4<br> Speed:12<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:1<br> Slash:1<br> Crush:1<br> Fire:4<br> Magic:4<br> </font> </td> <td> Small beings made out of energy, wisps help the elven races by building the different structures that they require. Unlike other builders, they cannot be placed into mines. But the fact that they cannot mine makes you want to kick them in their butt, wherever that is. They do make up for that by being pretty good builders and 4 of them may merge into an Ancient Wisp. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ice Guard<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/iceguard.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:30<br> Damage:15<br> Combat:8<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:60 Metal, 50 Gold<br> Speed:9<br> <br> Armor:2<br> Pierce:2<br> Slash:2<br> Crush:2<br> Fire:1<br> Magic:3<br> </font> </td> <td> The Ice guard has the highest combat and damage rating from all basic units in the game. Their armor is ok but their hp are pretty low, a trademark of the elven races. They do get a damage upgrade and their high combat helps them survive and still be useful even in late game. I don't use them much however as I like other High Elf units far better than them. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Longbow <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/longbow.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:30<br> Damage:8<br> Combat:4<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:50 Metal and 70 Gold<br> Range:8<br> Speed:11<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:2<br> Slash:2<br> Crush:<2BR> Fire:1<br> Magic:3<br> </font> </td> <td> Longbows are the High Elf archer. In my zeal I avoided them for much better units like mysics and Moonguards. However, I have found one good use for them: Firebreath. Invigorating them and firebreathing them makes them perfect base destroyers as they'll burn down both units, bases and heroes in a matter of seconds. They are one of the many reasons why you should have a moonguard in your retinue. Or better yet, make that two, they have decent hit points compared to most elf units. </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/dragonknight.gif"></td> <td><center>Dragon Knight</center> </td> <td> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/HighElves/unitportraits/dragonknightmasterpiece.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:100<br> Damage:25<br> Combat:14<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:100 Metal and 100 Gold<br> Speed:15<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:3<br> Slash:3<br> Crush:3<br> Fire:4<br> Magic:3<br> </font> </td> <td>Dragon Knights are the best basic cavalry in the game. They have huge combat, even for an advanced unit, and they get even more combat upgrades, making them the unit with the second highest combat in the game after Minotaur Kings. Their ability to hit air and kill dragons in two hits(after the upgrades at the dragon shrine) makes them both versatile and useful. </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/druid.gif"></td> <td><center>Mystic</center></td> <td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/HighElves/unitportraits/mysticmasterpiece.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:50<br> Damage:15<br> Combat:8<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:100 Gold and 100 Crystal<br> Speed:10<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:2<br> Slash:2<br> Crush:2<br> Fire:1<br> Magic:3<br> </font> </td> <td>Mystics are extremely powerful spellcasters. red mages get fire ring which does less damage. The sorcerors pillar of fire has destructive damage but low range. The shamen's lightning has long range but bad damage. The mystics are a combo of all of them. And their rings of ice are extremely powerful as a bunch of mystics will knock down any army that has no decent ranged support or a mana draining fiend. They become even deadlier with invisibility because not even the toughest heroes are safe from them. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ancient Wisp<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/ancientwisp.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:8<br> Damage:100<br> Combat:8<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:100 Crystal<br> Speed:8<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:2<br> Slash:2<br> Crush:2<br> Fire:4<br> Magic:4<br> </font> </td> <td> Ancient wisps are formed by merging 4 normal wisps. They are weaker at building than wisps, but cna attack multiple units, ignore armor and generate crystal, which makes them well worth having. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Unicorn<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/unicorn.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:120<br> Damage:25<br> Combat:14<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:150 Crystal<br> Speed:16<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:1<br> Slash:1<br> Crush:1<br> Fire:2<br> Magic:4<br> </font> </td> <td> Unicorns are the advanced High Elf unit. They can heal, cure and cause awe, which is quite dangerous for archers. They have great damage, combat and speed, but not many hit points and armor. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Scorpion<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/scorpion.jpg"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:60<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>Scorpions are one of the coolest weapons in the game. They are armed with 12 bolts that can be thrown at the same time. The bolts will go through units, allowing you to hit multiple enemies and usually kill them in one hit. As an added bonus, they can shoot arrows in all directions, hitting all enemies in range with a multi-target spell like the moonguard. </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/moonguard.gif"></td> <td><center>Moonguard</center></td> <td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/HighElves/unitportraits/moonguardmasterpiece.gif"> </td></tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:120<br> Damage:20<br> Combat:15<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:200 Metal and 50 Crystal<br> Speed:12<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:3<br> Slash:3<br> Crush:3<br> Fire:1<br> Magic:3<br> </font> </td> <td>Best general in the game in my opinion. The have very good hit points, armor and combat and decent damage. Their true strength lies in their multitargeting ability. They don't cost much and build fast and large groups of them are unstoppable. Multitarget will take down any unit, no matter how strong thy are, as long as enough Moonguards are available. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lunarion<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/moonking.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021027043847/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blaguardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td> Not much known yet. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody><tr> <td nowrap="">Wisp<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104940im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/wisp.gif"></td> <td nowrap=""><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104940/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap=""> <font size="-1"> Hits:10<br> Damage:5<br> Combat:1<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:50 Crystal<br> Range:4<br> Speed:12<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:1<br> Slash:1<br> Crush:1<br> Fire:4<br> Magic:4<br> </font> </td> <td> Small beings made out of energy, wisps help the elven races by building the different structures that they require. Unlike other builders, they cannot be placed into mines. But the fact that they cannot mine makes you want to kick them in their butt, wherever that is. They do make up for that by being pretty good builders and 4 of them may merge into an Ancient Wisp. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Forestguard<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104940im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/forestguard.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104940/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:25<br> Damage:10<br> Combat:4<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:30 Metal, 50 Gold<br> Speed:10<br> <br> Armor:2<br> Pierce:2<br> Slash:2<br> Crush:2<br> Fire:1<br> Magic:3<br> </font> </td> <td> Weak and pathetic, the forestguard will leave the same impressionon his enemies as his whiper leaves on your eardrums: almost none. They have very few HP which is not good for a melee unit. They migt still draw offensive action away from your ranged units, at least untill Woodriders and themore powerful Treants are available </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gladewarden <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104940im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/gladewarden.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104940/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:15<br> Damage:8<br> Combat:2<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:50 Metal and 50 Crystal<br> Range:8<br> Speed:10<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:1<br> Slash:1<br> Crush:1<2BR> Fire:1<br> Magic:3<br> </font> </td> <td> Gladewardens are one of the best uits in the game. Not because of their starting stats but because of their upgrades whihc will grant them an extra 10 damage and 4 range, alowing them to shoot down enemies with great fury and few can stand in their way. </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104940im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/woodrider.gif"></td> <td><center>Woodrider</center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:90<br> Damage:15<br> Combat:9<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:50 Metal and 150 Gold<br> Speed:16<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:2<br> Slash:2<br> Crush:2<br> Fire:1<br> Magic:3<br> </font> </td> <td> Woodriders are weak compared to other cavalry units but they provide good defence for their archers, for a short while anyway, untill treants are available. Their speed also makes them good scouts. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Druid<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104940im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/mystic.gif"></td> <td><center>Druid</center></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:60<br> Damage:15<br> Combat:7<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:50 Gold and 150 Crystal<br> Speed:10<br> Range:6<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:1<br> Slash:2<br> Crush:1<br> Fire:1<br> Magic:2<br> </font> </td> <td> Druids are, perhaps the weakest spellcaster in the game. With one spell useless for the wood elves, and weak armor and not too great combat and damage, the only useful thing they bring is the lightning spell. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ancient Wisp<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104940im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/ancientwisp.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104940/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:8<br> Damage:100<br> Combat:8<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:100 Crystal<br> Speed:8<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:2<br> Slash:2<br> Crush:2<br> Fire:4<br> Magic:4<br> </font> </td> <td> Ancient wisps are formed by merging 4 normal wisps. They are weaker at building than wisps, but cna attack multiple units, ignore armor and generate crystal, which makes them well worth having. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Treant<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104940im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/Treant.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104940/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:200<br> Damage:35<br> Combat:16<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:200 Stone<br> Speed:4<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:5<br> Slash:3<br> Crush:4<br> Fire:1<br> Magic:3<br> </font> </td> <td> Slowness is their only weakness, but even that is countered. They have huge hit points, good armor(except against fire) and damage (which are also upgradeable) and they have the best building skill in all the game. They can cause fear(-4 speed, half damage) and cast entangle which will help destroy the enemy speed advantage and if it works, counter the knight's huge damage upgrades. Their height also allows them to attack air units at will. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ancient Treant (no good screenshot available)</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104940/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:60<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td> Ancient treants are bigger, badder versions of treants. They have better hit points, damage and stuff, but they cost twice as much and take 8 spaces. Theyr best ability is the fact that they split into two normal treants when killed, making up for whatever disabilities they might have. </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104940im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/dryad.gif"></td> <td><center>Dryad</center></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:100<br> Damage:40<br> Combat:10<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:250 Crystal<br> Speed:16<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:1<br> Slash:1<br> Crush:1<br> Fire:1<br> Magic:4<br> </font> </td> <td> Dryads are extremely fast and powerful units. They have huge damage, but not much hit points, and armor. They are great for retinue troops and hit and run tactics, and they get melee damage upgrades. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ironbark <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104940im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/WoodElves/ironbark.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104940/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blaguardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:800<br> Damage:170<br> Combat:27<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> Speed:11<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td> A huge treant. Like Lunarion, not much is known about him. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="">Wisp<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/wisp.gif"></td> <td nowrap=""><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap=""> <font size="-1"> Hits:10<br> Damage:5<br> Combat:1<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:50 Crystal<br> Range:4<br> Speed:12<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:1<br> Slash:1<br> Crush:1<br> Fire:4<br> Magic:4<br> </font> </td> <td> Small beings made out of energy, wisps help the elven races by building the different structures that they require. Unlike other builders, they cannot be placed into mines. But the fact that they cannot mine makes you want to kick them in their butt, wherever that is. They do make up for that by being pretty good builders and 4 of them may merge into an Ancient Wisp. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dark Infantry<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/darkinfantry.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:30<br> Damage:10<br> Combat:5<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:40 Metal, 50 Gold<br> Speed:9<br> <br> Armor:2<br> Pierce:2<br> Slash:2<br> Crush:2<br> Fire:2<br> Magic:4<br> </font> </td> <td> Dark Infantry are not very liked in WBC as their low HP an dhigh price makes them die fast and not have enough of them to face the enemy while ignoring casualties at the same time. To make up for that, they have some of the most kick-arse voices in the game. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dark Archer<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/darkarcher.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:25<br> Damage:8<br> Combat:3<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:30 Crystal and 75 Gold<br> Range:8<br> Speed:13<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:2<br> Slash:2<br> Crush:<2BR> Fire:2<br> Magic:4<br> </font> </td> <td> Dark archers are not just another missie unit. Like half the dark elf army, they can poison units. In fact, along with the black mages, they are the only units that can poison from a distance, and they don't need mana for it. They are also good for low armor annoying barbarian units, since they have a range upgrade. </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/darkrider.gif"></td> <td><center>Dark Rider</center> </td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:100<br> Damage:25<br> Combat:8<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:100 Metal and 100 Gold<br> Speed:14<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:2<br> Slash:2<br> Crush:2<br> Fire:2<br> Magic:2<br> </font> </td> <td>Dark riders do not have bad stats, but that does not excuse the fact that they are close to being worhless to anybody other than undead heroes and archmages that is. They cost as much as a dragon knight, but with less combat, a lot less armor and they can't attack air. WIth vampirism and phantom stee however they become quite useful. </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/sorceror.gif"></td> <td><center>Sorcerer</center></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:90<br> Damage:20<br> Combat:9<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:100 Gold and 100 Crystal<br> Speed:12<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:1<br> Slash:1<br> Crush:1<br> Fire:3<br> Magic:5<br> </font> </td> <td>Sorcerers are the most powerful spellcasters in the game. They may summon zombies to put into mines, which is quite an advantage for the dark eves. But their main strngth lies in the battlefield. with upgrades, 30 damage worth of armor piercing damage make them deadly for both armies and high level heroes. And should any foolish melee unit dare attempt to touch them, they can unleash deadly pillars of fire, roasting anything in range. Their only weakness is that they are outranged by archers, and low armor means they won't last long enough to get into range. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ancient Wisp<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/ancientwisp.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:8<br> Damage:100<br> Combat:8<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:100 Crystal<br> Speed:8<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:2<br> Slash:2<br> Crush:2<br> Fire:4<br> Magic:4<br> </font> </td> <td> Ancient wisps are formed by merging 4 normal wisps. They are weaker at building than wisps, but cna attack multiple units, ignore armor and generate crystal, which makes them well worth having. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Assassin<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/assassin.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:100<br> Damage:15<br> Combat:16<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:120 Gold, 45 metal<br> Speed:16<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:2<br> Slash:2<br> Crush:2<br> Fire:2<br> Magic:2<br> </font> </td> <td> Althpugh they may look weak, they are not so. Their power lies in assassination, hence the name. With the upgrades, they have a 10% chance of outright killing any enemy non-hero unit. Their hihg combat and speed ensures that tey will avoid hits while quickly attacking and trying to kill the enemy. Extremely useful against slow but tough troops like dwarf lords or slayer knights. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Queen Spider<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/SpiderQueen.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:60<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>Queen spides are highly avlued for the ability to lay eggs. They can be used to replenish an army after a long tough battle. Their stats are better than normal spiders and along with spiders can be used to take the damage for an army of sorcerers who will shoot down enemies form a safe distance. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Spider<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/Spider.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>Tiny creatures, fast but weak with the ability to poison. They can easily be used to overrun enemy bases as queen spiders can lay eggs in enemy bodies, which hatch into small spiders </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/blackguard.gif"></td> <td><center>Blackguard</center></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:160<br> Damage:35<br> Combat:18<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:150 Gold and 150 Crystal<br> Speed:12<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:4<br> Slash:4<br> Crush:4<br> Fire:5<br> Magic:4<br> </font> </td> <td> Best armor in the game, along with good hits and very high armor means that they won't die anytime soon. They may turn invisible to perform sneak attacks on enemies and they may even get lucky and poison somebody. But their attack rate is quite slow, compared to their speed so faster units will bring them down. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kargoth<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/Kargoth.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091623/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blaguardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td> Every one thousand years, Aranea, the dark elven goddes, chooses a sorceror to mate with and join her in godhood. After a thousand years have passed, she mates with him and the devours her mate, picking a new sorceror to join her. It is the greatest honor a dark elf can recieve. Kargoth is fast, and shoots a deadly bolt of green lightning. Like all titans, he ignores armor and causes terror upon enemy armies. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody><tr> <td nowrap="">Engineer<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/engineer.jpg"></td> <td nowrap=""><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap=""> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td> It is quite strange that the builders are the only Dark Dwarves brave enough to go to the field of battle. It porves that prhaps even the smalles fly can scare an unsuspecting Dwarf into a heart attack. Nvertheless, they can repair buildings instantly with earthpower, after it is researched, of course. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Stone Golem<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/StoneGolem.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td> The first out of three units that arent siege weapons and that can be used for fighting, the golems are slow but hae good armor, hits and damage. In addition, the may hit air units due to their enormous size. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Firebomb<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/firebomb.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>Small and fast, it kills stuff Al Quaeda style, by running up to them and blowing up. Should be fun to see Swarms of the little buggers smashing into an anemy army and decimating it, yet still see more coming and coming and coming.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Catapult<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/Catapult.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackguardd.v"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Battering Ram<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/BatteringRam.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ballista<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/ballista.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blaguardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Flame Cannon<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/FlameCannon.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blaguardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hellbore<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/Hellbore.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blaguardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bronze Golem<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/rubygolem.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blaguardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>The Dark Dwarf General, They are extremely strong (and slow), and they can scavenge resources from destroyed buildings.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Grond<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/Grond.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203091300/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blaguardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>A massive iron golem, in my opinion, he should be able to beat all other titans without breaking a sweat. I can't posibly see any other titan beat that huge piece of mobile metal. All he has to do is drop on somebody and he's a goner.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody><tr> <td nowrap="">Quasit<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/quasit.gif"></td> <td nowrap=""><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap=""> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>Quasits are the small Daemon workers. Being greedy as most tiny creatures are (see gnomes for more details), they cost a finger and a thumb(hey, they're workers, not tanks) which means that it might be hard to get a lot of them for mining purposes. They are decent fighters for their levels and it's quite amusing to watch them karate chop your units mere seconds before you send them back into the hell they came from. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Imp<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/imp.jpg"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>Like Quasits, Imps are also one of the reasons the demons start really slow. In spite of their devastating attack power (decent damage and speed) with the added advantage of flying, they are still quite weak to physical attacks and with low hit points they won't last much against archers. Daemons can summon them a lot however and since the daemons are melee the support the imps will give them will be devastating as the enemies will be too busy getting ripped up by whips to worry about some puny imps. </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/nightmare.gif"></td> <td>Nightmare</td> <td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/nightmaremasterpiece.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>Looking true to their name when you first see them since they are made by a spine with guts atacked to it, the fact that their face looks like an old pissed off lady will cut terror short and replace it with laughter. Not accepted in schools where the kids always hurt their feelings by saying that their faces look like their dead grandmothers, the Nightmares have turned bitter and swore vengeance. They soon joined the Royal Demon Children, Women and Old People killing brigade (RDCWOPKB), they now wreak havoc with their newfound Demon allies. When asked why the demons included them in their armies by our reporter, Demon Titan Balora said:"They remind me of my grandmother who was a vicious beast that loved killing and destruction and...". Unfortunately, we cannot finish the statement as we could not understand what Balora was saying due to the fact that she had her mouth full with our screaming reporter's legs. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Succubus<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/succubus.jpg"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackguardd.v"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>Although weaker than the Nightmare, the Succubus does have some nice curves and she can fly. And before you get any nasty thoughts, remember this: there are no holes in your monitor that can be used for that purpose and your hard drive does not function well when it is wet.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Salamander<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/Salamander.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:200<br> Damage:35<br> Combat:18<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> Speed:11<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td> Salamanders are the toughest melee demon unit, except perhaps daemons, they don't have the damage of a daemon but beat it in hit points and combat, and then fact that it does spalsh damage is a sure advantage. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Daemon<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/daemon.jpg"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blaguardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown(ok i do know it but i'm too lazy to see if i have it :)"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>The Flying Fat Man returns mwahaha. Nobody in his right mind would tell them that but i'm safe as it Is just a game..IS it? Nevertheless, they do work out a lot which shows in their massive muscles. Thye may also summon imps as they get ready for an attack which will make people want demons in their retinues even more as they can now have an anti-rush unit and a scout in one..</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Summoner<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/summoner.jpg"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blaguardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown)"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>The Summoner is the most intelligent of demons. He has found that he can use his mind for more than just making up new ways of torturing people. He can summon Daemons to do the job and if any of the demon units irritates him he can banish them to wherever he feels like. For that reason he is the demon general and it's not like anybody can object to that.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Firebat<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/firebat.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blagardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>La la la...</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Balora<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/Balora.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203085612/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blagardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>La la la...</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody><tr> <td nowrap="">Thrall<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104446im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/Thrall.gif"></td> <td nowrap=""><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104446/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap=""> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td> Not all Thralls stay with their human friends. Durning an exchange program between barbarians and minotaurs, the barbarians thought they had it made when they recieved a good fighter for a weak pathetic worker. They were wrong. The minotaurs they got are useless as they get no upgrades while the minotaurs no longer ave to work and can spend even more of their troops on fighting rather thna working. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Minotaur<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104446im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/minotaur.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104446/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td> One of the best Infantry units, htey're not even considered primary, as the have great hp and combat and decent damage and speed. Their armor is a little weak but they do get an armor upgrade and they do crushing damage which is quite sueful unless you face orcs. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Minotaur Shaman<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104446im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/MinotaurShaman.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104446/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>At a recent meeting, the Minotaur Council had decided that they didn't like the fact that orcs were considered smarter than them as they had their own spellcaster. The Council decided that a mino spell caster was in order. After painful (but hilarious) experiments made by the Minotaurs with drinking acid, hemlock and different poisons and explosives, The Minotaurs ave dievised the perfect Mage(in their heads anyway): the fire priest. Still being considered stupid by other races, he was named "shaman"(in spite of huge goblin protests and riots). WIelding a fire shooting staff, casting a spell that sets unit berserk by setting them on fire, casts ring of fire and pillar of fire, anybdoy who studies them will notice a certain obsession. The coming of the mino shamans also triggered another event: Genocide of all goblin shamen. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Basilisk</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104446/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackguardd.v"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>Some wonder why basilisks wonder with races like minos and orcs. The answer is simple: not only can they take more damage than either, they are also smarter than both of them. and the fact that they provide free stone is also useful, and the early air defence is not a bad deal. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Minotaur King<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104446im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/MinoKing.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104446/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>Minotaurs aren't known for variety. But who needs it when one unit can pound the crap out of everything, which is what the Minotaur King is good at. \ Why mess with a good thing after all? Lots of HP, ignore armor, great upgrades and good damage is enough to beat even hardheaded heroes. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Skull of Sartek<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104446im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/SkullOfSartek.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021203104446/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blaguardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown(ok i do know it but i'm too lazy to see if i have it :)"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td> Sartek may be god of war, but a pissed off Bane still finished him off. Now that the Minotaurs have found his skull, it is carried around everywhere to help them defeat tehir enemies. Although not happy to be shooting rather than smashing, I'm sure even Sartek underestands that you need something to grab weapons with to bash others. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody><tr> <td nowrap="">Thrall<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/Thrall.gif"></td> <td nowrap=""><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap=""> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td> Thralls are very cheap, fairly quick to produce, but build very slowly. Because of their low cost, they are the best mine-stuffing unit in the game, and until you reach keep lvl three, theey are the only builder the the barbarian side has. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Barbarian<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/barbarian.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td> Barbarians are a short range missile unit. they have very low base combat skill, but it is highly upgradable through training and gladiator upgrades from the camp, and they get range, damage, and speed upgrades from the fortress. Very weak in the early game, the main thing that barbarians have going for them is that their missiles do carry-through damage, which means that they can hit multiple targets. Their hits are average for a lvl 1 unit, but their armor sucks, and only gets a +1 upgrade at keep lvl 3 (this is a cheap upgrade, though). Barbarians are most effective when used in huge groups (15 or more), but because they are cheap and produce quickly, making huge groups does not take very long. <br> Another unique feature of barbarians is that if they are put in a tower, they give the tower carrythrough damage, which basically turns the tower into a stationary ballista. This allows barbarians to build very well defended bases, as each tower can his many units at once. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wardog<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/hyena.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>War dogs are the basic melee unit for barbarians. They cost gold, not metal, and they are fast, but not particularly tough. they serve 4 main purposes. <br><br> 1. if you put them in towers they increase the fire rate. <br> 2. They keep enemy melee units off of your barbarians in the early game. <br><br> 3. They can be used in early resource raids. <br><br> 4. they serve as decent melee troops in mid game, when you are at your army limit and have to choose between 1 rider or 2 dogs. <br><br> war dogs are generally superior to minotaurs, but become obsolete once reavers become available.<br></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Raider<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/Rider.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackguardd.v"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>Riders are a cheap cavalry unit that produces reasonably quickly. they are probably the weakest cavalry in the game without upgrades, but with the +5 combat and speed upgrades they become as good or better than most cavalry, and are one of the fastest units in the game. Riders cost only metal. you must have a corral, available at keep lvl 2, to produce riders. <br> riders are excellent for razing enemy mines, isolated towers, temples, and outposts, with hit and run tactics, as almost nothing can catch them once they have their speed upgrades. they are also good melee units to protect your barbs with. the choice to produce riders vs. dogs generally depends on whether or not you have managed to build a corral, and which resources you can afford, as riders cost metal and dogs cost gold. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Minotaur<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/minotaur.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>Minotaurs are an expensive intermediate infantry unit available at keep lvl 3. they cost metal and stone, so unless you are swimming in these resources and too starved for gold to produce dogs or the corral, they are not very useful, as they are both more expensive than and inferior to both dogs and riders. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Reaver<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/Reaver.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>Reavers can be produced from camps if you have a keep lvl 5. for a general, they have fast production times and low cost, which allows them to be mass produced. They have very good combat and damage, but poor armor, which makes them vulnerable to missile units. They also do triple damage to all large units, which appears to mean any unit that takes up more than one army point (in other words, all cavalry, titans, siege engines, treants, golems, ancient wisps, ogres, trolls, giants, mino kings and salamanders). Becasue they are expendable, they can be sent out on dangerous conversion missions without you worrying too much about them. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Eagles<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/eagle.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>available from a lvl 1 eyrie (which you need a lvl 3 keep to build), eagles are tough air to air combat units. they are great against air-based races like fey and daemons, and have very long view ranges so are good for scouting and surveillance. They also build faster than thralls, so you can retire your thralls to your mines and build with eagles once you have a couple produced. <br><br> eagles cost gold to produce. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pegasus<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games2/Nova/units/pegasus.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>Pegasi are produced from a lvl 2 eyrie, which requires a lvl 4 keep. They are the standard 'good' lvl 4 flier, but because they benefit from the same combat and speed upgrades that riders get, they are considerably more powerful than most other lvl 4 fliers, and they are extremely fast. they essentially make rider obsolete, except in specialized circumstances. Pegasi cost crystal and gold. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dragon<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447im_/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/wbcii/images/pics/reddragon.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blackardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:<br> Slash:<br> Crush:<br> Fire:<br> Magic:<br> </font> </td> <td>Dragons can be produced at a lvl 3 eyrie, available at keep lvl 5. Dragons are good for barbarians for the following reasons. 1. Its the only really tough unit they get, and compliments the upgraded pegesi nicely. 2. Barbarians have easy resource management, so dragons (and lvl 3 eyries) are much more affordable for barbarians than they are for other races. 3. Because barbarians get lots of army point upgrades, there is always room in the army for big late game units like dragons. The dragons also get the universal training and armor uprades that the barbarian side recieves. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tempest<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447im_/http://www.ssg.com.au/wbc2/armies/Tempest.gif"></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063447/http://www.angelfire.com/games3/WarlordsBC/sounds/blaguardd.wav"><font color="yellow">"Deathblow Unknown(ok i do know it but i'm too lazy to see if i have it :)"<font></font></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"> Hits:<br> Damage:<br> Combat:<br> Resistance:<br> Cost:<br> <br> Armor<br> Pierce:5<br> Slash:5<br> Crush:5<br> Fire:5<br> Magic:5<br> </font> </td> <td> Tempest is the Barbarian titan. he is produced from the altar of tempest, once you have a lvl 5 keep. He is the only flying titan with a ranged attack, but as a result, he is the weakest of the titans, with low hits, combat, and armor. he is also slower than the other fliers barbarians can produce- something to keep in mind if he has to run away. However, when used to provide missile support for dragons and pegesi, he can be extremely effective, and the fact that he flies and had a ranged attack makes him good for micromanaging. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody><tr> <td width="18%"><b>Name</b></td> <td width="9%"><b>Type</b></td> <td width="11%"><b>Stat increase</b></td> <td width="34%"><b>Set bonus</b></td> <td width="28%"><b>Best used on</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%"> <p>Sirian's Greatsword</p> </td> <td width="9%">Sword</td> <td width="11%">None (bugged)</td> <td width="34%">x2 hero xp gained</td> <td width="28%">all heroes untill they reach maximum level</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%"> <p>Sirian's Shield</p> </td> <td width="9%">Shield</td> <td width="11%">+ 6 Resistance</td> <td width="34%">x2 hero xp gained</td> <td width="28%">all heroes untill they reach maximum level</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%" height="20"> <p>Sirian's Breastplate</p> </td> <td width="9%">Armor</td> <td width="11%">+ 6 Health</td> <td width="34%">x2 hero xp gained</td> <td width="28%">all heroes untill they reach maximum level</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%"> <p>The Vampiric Blade</p> </td> <td width="9%">Sword</td> <td width="11%">Combat</td> <td width="34%">Permanent Vampirism</td> <td width="28%">Fighters, heroes with assassination</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%"> <p>The Vampiric Standard</p> </td> <td width="9%">Banner</td> <td width="11%">Conversion</td> <td width="34%">Permanent Vampirism</td> <td width="28%">Fighters, heroes with assassination</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">The Vampiric Medallion</td> <td width="9%">Medal</td> <td width="11%">Command</td> <td width="34%">Permanent Vampirism</td> <td width="28%">Fighters, heroes with assassination</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">The Crown of Elvekind </td> <td width="9%">Crown</td> <td width="11%">Command</td> <td width="34%">x3 Mana Regeneration</td> <td width="28%">Magic users</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">The Staff of Elvenkind </td> <td width="9%">Staff</td> <td width="11%">Magery</td> <td width="34%">x3 Mana Regeneration</td> <td width="28%">Magic users</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">The Boots of Elvenkind </td> <td width="9%">Boots</td> <td width="11%">Speed</td> <td width="34%">x3 Mana Regeneration</td> <td width="28%">Magic users</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">The Iceblade</td> <td width="9%">Sword</td> <td width="11%">Combat</td> <td width="34%">Magic Immunity</td> <td width="28%">Fighters, mages</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">The Iceshield</td> <td width="9%">Shield</td> <td width="11%">Resistance</td> <td width="34%">Magic Immunity</td> <td width="28%">Fighters, mages</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">The Icehelm</td> <td width="9%">Helm</td> <td width="11%">Magery</td> <td width="34%">Magic Immunity</td> <td width="28%">Fighters, mages</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">The Flamestaff</td> <td width="9%">Staff</td> <td width="11%">Combat</td> <td width="34%">Fire Immunity</td> <td width="28%">Fighters, mages</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">The Flametorc</td> <td width="9%">Armor</td> <td width="11%">Resistance</td> <td width="34%">Fire Immunity</td> <td width="28%">Fighters, mages</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">The Flamecrown</td> <td width="9%">Crown</td> <td width="11%">Merchant</td> <td width="34%">Fire Immunity</td> <td width="28%">Fighters, mages</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">Dwarven Shortblade</td> <td width="9%">Sword</td> <td width="11%">Combat</td> <td width="34%">x3 Hero bonus in towers</td> <td width="28%">Support heroes</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">Dwarven Emblem</td> <td width="9%">Medal</td> <td width="11%">Morale</td> <td width="34%">x3 Hero bonus in towers</td> <td width="28%">Support heroes</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">Dwarven Mail</td> <td width="9%">Armor</td> <td width="11%">Resistance</td> <td width="34%">x3 Hero bonus in towers</td> <td width="28%">Support heroes</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">Elcor's Wand</td> <td width="9%">Staff</td> <td width="11%">Magery</td> <td width="34%">x2 Health regeneration. Immune to poison and disease</td> <td width="28%">Heroes with no cure ability</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">Elcor's Amulet</td> <td width="9%">Medal</td> <td width="11%">Morale</td> <td width="34%">x2 Health regeneration. Immune to poison and disease</td> <td width="28%">Heroes with no cure ability</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">Elcor's Standard</td> <td width="9%">Banner</td> <td width="11%">Training</td> <td width="34%">x2 Health regeneration. Immune to poison and disease</td> <td width="28%">Heroes with no cure ability</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">The Snakeblade</td> <td width="9%">Sword</td> <td width="11%">Combat</td> <td width="34%">10% assassination chance</td> <td width="28%">Vampiric heroes, fighters</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">The Snakeskin Boots</td> <td width="9%">Boots</td> <td width="11%">Speed</td> <td width="34%">10% assassination chance</td> <td width="28%">Vampiric heroes, fighters</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">The Snakestone Gem</td> <td width="9%">Medal</td> <td width="11%">Conversion</td> <td width="34%">10% assassination chance</td> <td width="28%">Vampiric heroes, fighters</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>The Orb of Etheria</h2> <h2> </h2> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <td><b>Type</b></td> <td><b>Bonus</b></td> <td><b>Requirement</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bronze Orb of Etheria</td> <td>+5, +5, +5 (random stats)</td> <td>Normal Easy/Medium, Tinman Easy</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Silver Orb of Etheria</td> <td>+6, +6, +6 (random stats)</td> <td>Normal Hard, Tinman Normal, Bronzeman Easy, </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gold Orb of Etheria</td> <td>+7, +7, +7 (random stats)</td> <td>Normal Extreme, Tinman Hard, Bronzeman Medium, Ironman Easy</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ruby Orb of Etheria</td> <td>+8, +8, +8 (random stats)</td> <td>Tinman Extreme, Bronzeman Hard, Ironman Medium</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Godly Orb of Etheria</td> <td>+9, +9, +9 (random stats)</td> <td>Bronzeman Extreme, Ironman Hard/Extreme</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <h2> </h2> Barbarians TIPS The Barbarian unit's (Barbs) attack does carry-thru damage, and might hit more that one target. If you put one in a tower, the tower will do the same thing. You receive 100 gold for each building razed (both enemy and friendly buildings, but not walls) Barbs, Minotaurs, and Reavers can receive the Berserker upgrade. They will get +6 Combat and +4 Speed. It will also set them alight (on fire). They slowly die from it. Eagles are also builders. War Dogs can be put into towers. They act as infantry ( +3 Combat, +1 Speed). Reavers do 3x damage to large creatures. Weather bonus: -1 at night Tricks The Barbarian strategy is summed up in one word - Horde. Lots and lots of units constantly attacking the enemy. One of their upgrade later in the game is army limit (up to +50). Set up additional small bases around the map. Build a few Camps for production, protected by a couple of towers. This will speed up the 'Horde Machine', and the buildings will add to your army limit. You "Big Gun" is the Barbs. Now, your are probably asking, "How can a Lv 1 unit be your 'Big Gun'?". The answer, of course, is upgrades. You get XPs, Combat, Speed, Armor, Damage, and Berserker. Combine all those with your hero's Training and Morale bonuses, and you get some rather sweet Lv 1 units. Now take 15-20 of them, mix in some Reavers, Riders, War Dogs, and Minotaurs, and you get a large attack force that you send at your opponent every few minutes. Reavers are great fighters, especially against large creatures. However, they can not attack air creatures. Minotaurs - Most people don't know why they are here, and never use them. I partially agree. I don't know why they are here, but they do have some use. They offer a different attack, Crushing, and they do get the Berserker upgrade. Resources- Early Game - A lot of Gold for buildings and upgrades, and Stone for buildings. Mid Game - A lot of Metal for unit production, and Stone for buildings. Late Game - A lot of Metal for unit production. Crystal is only used for making Pegasi and Dragons, and a few upgrades. You can trade it at the Mill, if you get the Trade upgrade. It's not essential, but helpful. -------------------------- DAEMONS Tips & Tricks TIPS When Succubi kill units, a soul is left on the map for Summoners and Daemons to collect and gain mana from. Each soul is worth 25 instant mana. Weather Bonus: +1 for Rain TRICKS Daemons are a very simple race to play. They don't have many units, and most are rather good. After you build your keep, immediately upgrade to Lv 2. Build a few Pits, then the other Lv 2 buildings. Get all the upgrades before moving on to Lv 3. Daemons have the best Lv 2 units with upgrades, and you might be able to win the game with them early on. Resources - This is the Achilles' heel of the Daemons. You will use alot of all resources. Your units are expensive, but they are worth it. Make sure you protect any mines with Towers or a small group of Succubi & Imps. ---------------------------- Dark Dwarves TIPS Dwarven Smiths count as 2 men when placed in a mine. Bronze Golems can scavenge resources out of the rubble of destroyed buildings. Weather bonus: -1 for rain TRICKS Dark Dwarves are the most unique race, because they have mostly Siege weapons and Golems. They are the best race to use if you like to play defense. Siege weapons are great for defense. Just put them behind a wall, and set their attitude for 'Stand Ground'. Your 'Big Guns' are ... well, you don't really have a 'Big Gun', or maybe, they all are. Stone Golems are tough and strong, but slow. Bronze Golems are solid as a General. Wyverns are the best flying melee unit. Shadows and Wraiths are great against fliers, and they only take up 1 army point. The numerous Siege weapons are all useful, but they use 4 army points, except for the Firebomb. Firebombs - These little guys are awesome for offense. Each one will do (with upgrades) 75 points of fire damage to a building or unit. However, towers will kill them before they can get close. Let a group of Golems and Siege weapons break a hole in the enemy's base defenses. Then send in the Firebombs, and have them target the main Keep, other important buildings, or the enemy hero. Mortar - Do not ignore these mini-catapults. They have good range for attacking ground troops, don't take up much space, don't cost much (compared to towers). But most importantly, they add 2 to your army limit. Placing 10 of these around you base adds 20 to your army limit. They work best in groups of 4-6 and around Towers. However, Mortars do not attack air units. Resources - Early game, you will use a lot of Stone and Gold. For the Mid and Late game, you will use all of your resources, especially Crystal for Shadows and Wyverns. Each siege weapon uses different resources to build, so plan appropriately. For example, if you have an excess of Metal, build Ballista and Flame Cannons. Dwarven Smiths are great because you only need 4 to fill a mine. They are not great because the are expensive and cost Stone, which you desperately need in the Early game. Take many (4-8) at the start of the game to build and fill mines. Don't make any until you get up to Lv 3, and then stuff the rest of your mines. ---------------------------- Dark Elves TIPS Like all Elven races, they have Ancient Wisp which generate Crystal at the same rate as a Lv 2 mine. Ancient Wisps are formed when 4 Wisps are merged. Dark Archers can poison an opponent when hit with an arrow. Queen Spiders will lay eggs when it kills an enemy unit. The eggs will hatch into 4 spiders. Spiders and Queen Spiders can be put into towers. They act as a melee unit (+3 Combat +1 Speed) Placing them, or a Dark Archer, in the tower will cause the tower attack to poison the enemy unit. 'Sacrifice' skill from the Void gives you a 5% (1/20) chance of getting a Daemon when you sacrifice a unit. Weather bonus: +1 at night Tricks Dark Elves are one of the more unusual races to play. The are quite good early in the game, but they are 'weaker' later in the game, at least compared to other races. Because of this, you have to go on the offense ASAP. This can be done with Spiders and Dark Archers, especially if your opponent can't heal itself from the poison. The 'Spider Rush' is an important tactic early in the game. Build 2 Tombs and crank out the Spiders. You then send out 10-15 of them to attack the enemy base, his mines, or his hero. Your "Big Guns" are the Sorcerers and Blackguards. Sorcerers are the best Caster unit in the game, especially with the upgrades. Make sure you bring as many as possible when you start the game. They cast Summon Zombie, which you can use to fill your mines. Assassins - Overall, their stats are average for a melee unit. But their strength is not killing many units. It is killing a single unit with a single hit, maybe a General, a Titan, or even a Hero. Build them if you need them, but not too many. You are better off producing more Sorcerers and Black Guard. Remember, the threat of Assassins might be more powerful than the Assassins. Dark Elves have no Siege Weapons, so one of their weakness is base busting. Attack using a mix of Daemons, Assassins, Queen Spiders, Dark Archers, Imps, and many Sorcerers. While they are doing a frontal assault, sneak in a group of invisible Blackguards. Have them attack the main Keep, and then other important buildings. Wait as long as you can until you attack, so you will have the largest force possible. A small attack force will just get crushed. Don't bother with the Dark Infantry and Dark Riders. The only use for the Infantry is to 'sacrifice' them for Daemons. However, if you get into a long game, you will need those Daemons. Dark Riders do 3x damage to heroes, but that is their only use. Sorcerers and Assassins do a better job of hero killing. Voids are quite useful for defense, because they can attack both air and ground units. Like other defensive buildings, they are cheap and add 2 to your army limit. Imps are available in Lv 4. They are essentially free, because they only cost Crystal, of which you should have large pile at Lv 4. Resources - Dark Elves have a difficult economy. Being an Elven race, their biggest need is Crystal. However, they also need a lot of Gold and Stone, but use very little Metal ... They are also one of the few races that have no Trade or Income upgrades ... At the start of the game, be sure to bring in Sorcerers and Ancient Wisps from you retinue ... Make as many Ancient Wisps as possible, and keep them safe ... Your biggest resource needs will be: Early game: Crystal and Stone Mid game: Crystal, Gold, and Stone Late Game: Gold and Crystal. ---------------------------- Dark Elves TIPS Like all Elven races, they have Ancient Wisp which generate Crystal at the same rate as a Lv 2 mine. Ancient Wisps are formed when 4 Wisps are merged. Dark Archers can poison an opponent when hit with an arrow. Queen Spiders will lay eggs when it kills an enemy unit. The eggs will hatch into 4 spiders. Spiders and Queen Spiders can be put into towers. They act as a melee unit (+3 Combat +1 Speed) Placing them, or a Dark Archer, in the tower will cause the tower attack to poison the enemy unit. 'Sacrifice' skill from the Void gives you a 5% (1/20) chance of getting a Daemon when you sacrifice a unit. Weather bonus: +1 at night Tricks Dark Elves are one of the more unusual races to play. The are quite good early in the game, but they are 'weaker' later in the game, at least compared to other races. Because of this, you have to go on the offense ASAP. This can be done with Spiders and Dark Archers, especially if your opponent can't heal itself from the poison. The 'Spider Rush' is an important tactic early in the game. Build 2 Tombs and crank out the Spiders. You then send out 10-15 of them to attack the enemy base, his mines, or his hero. Your "Big Guns" are the Sorcerers and Blackguards. Sorcerers are the best Caster unit in the game, especially with the upgrades. Make sure you bring as many as possible when you start the game. They cast Summon Zombie, which you can use to fill your mines. Assassins - Overall, their stats are average for a melee unit. But their strength is not killing many units. It is killing a single unit with a single hit, maybe a General, a Titan, or even a Hero. Build them if you need them, but not too many. You are better off producing more Sorcerers and Black Guard. Remember, the threat of Assassins might be more powerful than the Assassins. Dark Elves have no Siege Weapons, so one of their weakness is base busting. Attack using a mix of Daemons, Assassins, Queen Spiders, Dark Archers, Imps, and many Sorcerers. While they are doing a frontal assault, sneak in a group of invisible Blackguards. Have them attack the main Keep, and then other important buildings. Wait as long as you can until you attack, so you will have the largest force possible. A small attack force will just get crushed. Don't bother with the Dark Infantry and Dark Riders. The only use for the Infantry is to 'sacrifice' them for Daemons. However, if you get into a long game, you will need those Daemons. Dark Riders do 3x damage to heroes, but that is their only use. Sorcerers and Assassins do a better job of hero killing. Voids are quite useful for defense, because they can attack both air and ground units. Like other defensive buildings, they are cheap and add 2 to your army limit. Imps are available in Lv 4. They are essentially free, because they only cost Crystal, of which you should have large pile at Lv 4. Resources - Dark Elves have a difficult economy. Being an Elven race, their biggest need is Crystal. However, they also need a lot of Gold and Stone, but use very little Metal ... They are also one of the few races that have no Trade or Income upgrades ... At the start of the game, be sure to bring in Sorcerers and Ancient Wisps from you retinue ... Make as many Ancient Wisps as possible, and keep them safe ... Your biggest resource needs will be: Early game: Crystal and Stone Mid game: Crystal, Gold, and Stone Late Game: Gold and Crystal. ---------------------------- Fey TIPS Fey Towers generate 100 crystal for each unit they kill. Weather bonus: +1 for fine weather (no rain) Tricks The strength of the Fey is their upgrades and their flying units. They have the most upgrades of any race, including XP's, Armor, Speed, Combat, Range, Damage for some units, Income, View Range, Casting, and Mana regeneration. They also have the most fliers (5) of any race, starting at Lv 2. Most of them are not powerful, but are great for attacking in large group or against enemy units that can't attack air. The "Big Gun" of the Fey is the Unicorns. If they could attack air units, and had better armor, they would be the best unit in the game. This is due to their high combat and speed, and, of course, Healing. Make sure to set the attitude of their building to 'Magical Attack' so they will cast Healing when it is needed. Because they are so reliant on upgrades, the Fey are very weak in the early game. You need to get your first Keep up to Lv 4 ASAP, so you can start producing Unicorns. You also must make other Keeps, because they produce most of the units. Upgrades: The Orb Wonder is for XP upgrades. Get enough upgrades to get you units to 4 medals (40 XP). This will only take 2-4 purchases, depending upon your Training skill. The next medal for units comes at 80 XP, and is not worth the resources to get. At the Faerie Ring, get the Combat and Range upgrade right away. You can get the others as you have the resources. Sylphs are great for scouting, with their speed and view range. It is also their only use. Select 3-5 at the start, but don't bother to produce them. The Fey have zero siege. The best tactic for Base Busting is a large group of Unicorns escorted by Pixies and some fliers. Of course, a few Dragons wouldn't hurt. Resources: Crystal, Crystal, and more Crystal. The Fey use as much Crystal as any Elven race, and they don't have Ancient Wisps to help. But they do have Towers. Make a lot of Towers around your base, and guarding your mines. Income upgrades are also helpful. Gold and Metal are used mostly for upgrades, and a little for units. Stone is mainly for building Towers and other buildings, also Oakmen. ---------------------------- High Elves TIPS Like all Elven races, the have Ancient Wisp which generate Crystal at the same rate as a Lv 2 mine. Ancient Wisps are formed when 4 Wisps are merged. Both Moonguards and Scorpions have the ability to hit multiple targets. Weather bonus: +1 during Daytime Tricks High Elves are a balanced race that has good units at all Keep levels, and can be played different ways. They can attack early, or build up for the big battle. Your 'Big Guns' are Dragon Knights, Unicorns, Wyverns, and Moonguards. Dragon Knight are the best Lv 2 cavalry unit in the game. They have good upgrades, and can attack fliers. Unicorns - If they could attack air units, and had better armor, they would be the best unit in the game. This is due to their high combat and speed, and, of course, Healing. Make sure to set the attitude of their building to 'Magical Attack' so they will cast Healing when it is needed. Moonguard are the ultimate archer unit. All the archer upgrades apply to them. Scorpions are the only Siege weapon High Elves get. It is a massive Archery machine. It is wonderful for defense, because it can hit many targets at once. It is not good for offense, because archery missiles do not do much damage to buildings, towers or walls. Iceguard are a quality infantry unit. If you want to attack early, use these guys. However, their only upgrade (Damage) comes at Lv 3. Many player are not going to keep using their infantry at Lv 3, because their are better units to produce. Resources - Even though they are an Elven race, Crystal is not their biggest resource need. It's Gold. Gold is needed for most units, and some upgrades. Crystal is still very important, as well as Metal and Stone. Overall, the High Elves have a balanced economy. High Elves get the usual Income and Trade upgrades. The Income upgrades are important, because you use all 4 resources. Trade is a luxury. If you feel you want or need it, then get it. If you manage your resources with what units you are producing, you probably won't need it. ---------------------------- High Elves TIPS Like all Elven races, the have Ancient Wisp which generate Crystal at the same rate as a Lv 2 mine. Ancient Wisps are formed when 4 Wisps are merged. Both Moonguards and Scorpions have the ability to hit multiple targets. Weather bonus: +1 during Daytime Tricks High Elves are a balanced race that has good units at all Keep levels, and can be played different ways. They can attack early, or build up for the big battle. Your 'Big Guns' are Dragon Knights, Unicorns, Wyverns, and Moonguards. Dragon Knight are the best Lv 2 cavalry unit in the game. They have good upgrades, and can attack fliers. Unicorns - If they could attack air units, and had better armor, they would be the best unit in the game. This is due to their high combat and speed, and, of course, Healing. Make sure to set the attitude of their building to 'Magical Attack' so they will cast Healing when it is needed. Moonguard are the ultimate archer unit. All the archer upgrades apply to them. Scorpions are the only Siege weapon High Elves get. It is a massive Archery machine. It is wonderful for defense, because it can hit many targets at once. It is not good for offense, because archery missiles do not do much damage to buildings, towers or walls. Iceguard are a quality infantry unit. If you want to attack early, use these guys. However, their only upgrade (Damage) comes at Lv 3. Many player are not going to keep using their infantry at Lv 3, because their are better units to produce. Resources - Even though they are an Elven race, Crystal is not their biggest resource need. It's Gold. Gold is needed for most units, and some upgrades. Crystal is still very important, as well as Metal and Stone. Overall, the High Elves have a balanced economy. High Elves get the usual Income and Trade upgrades. The Income upgrades are important, because you use all 4 resources. Trade is a luxury. If you feel you want or need it, then get it. If you manage your resources with what units you are producing, you probably won't need it. ---------------------------- Human TIPS Pikeman get 3x damage against Cavalry Each Knight Lord gives +1 to your hero's Morale skill. Eagles are builders Weather bonus: -1 at night Tricks Human are a very basic and straight forward race. They are also flexible in the ways that they can be played. At the start: Build a Palace, and immediately upgrade it to Lv 2. Build 2 Barracks, and set them to pump out Pikeman. When Palace is at Lv 2, get the Palace Guard skill for Pikeman. Build a Market. Research Trade ASAP - You will need it. Build 1-2 Stables. Research the speed upgrade. At this point is where the flexibility comes in to play. You can now do several different things, depending upon what you want to do, or what race you are playing. Build a Smithy, and start upgrading melee damage and armor. Build a Fletcher for Squires, and start the archery upgrades. This is important if playing against Daemons or Fey. By now you should have a good size group of Pikeman. You could send them at the enemy base, possible mixed with a few Mercenary or Squires. Upgrade to Lv 3, build a Cathedral and a few Eyries, upgrade to Lv 4, ect. ... Your "Big Guns" are the Knights and the 3 Mages. Make sure you set your Libraries to a 'Magical' attitude, so they automatically cast their spells. Knight Lords are very powerful cavalry. However, they are expensive (300 gold/metal), take a long time to build (over 3 min.), and can't attack air units. Build them if you need the muscle, but make sure you build many Stables, because of the long build time. Resources: Gold, Gold, and more Gold. It is used for every upgrade and all but 2 units (Pikeman and White Mages). Metal is also in demand, for some upgrades and some units (Pikeman, Knights, Knight Lords). Stone and Crystal have little use - Stone for buildings, and Crystal for Lv 4&5 units ... Peasants can be put into mine, but they also cost gold (20) ... You must research Trade. You can trade Crystal & Stone for Gold. ---------------------------- MINOTAUR Tips & Tricks TIPS Basilisks will generate 100 stone for every enemy unit killed, as well as animals roam the countryside. Mino units (Minotaurs, Minotaur Shaman, Minotaur Kings, Minotaur Heroes) can cure poison/disease and heal 20 hp by eating (killing) sheep produced in Pens, as well as animals roaming the countryside. 'Star of Sartek' - allows ranged attack by Minotaurs. This does not make them able to attack fliers, and it limits their damage to 15. You receive 100 metal for each building razed (both enemy and friendly buildings, but not walls). Weather bonus - none TRICKS Minos might be the simplest race to play. They have the fewest units, and good upgrades for most of their units. Your 'Big Gun' is the Mino Shaman. Mino Kings are very powerful, but also very expensive and slow to build. If you don't need them, don't bother with them. A group of upgrade Minotaurs with 'Berserker' and 'Dwarven Brew' are strong enough and fast enough to kill an enemy hero, or take out a small base. Basilisks are your main base defender, and you only air defense until Lv 4. They are also good to send out to destroy mines. Resources - Early game: Gold and Stone ~ Mid game: Gold and Metal ~ Late game: Crystal ---------------------------- Orc TIPS You receive 100 stone for each building razed (both enemy and friendly buildings, but not walls). You can not repair Orc building when they are damaged. Basilisks will generate 100 stone for every enemy unit killed, as well as animals roaming the countryside. There is a chance the Gob Shooter's Goblin will survive the attack. He will then start attacking. Weather bonus: +2 at night Tricks There is only one way to play the Orcs, and that is attack, constantly attack. They have quality units at all Keep Levels. They don't have many upgrades, compared to other races, so there is no reason to wait. Do not even think of playing defense with Orcs. They can't repair buildings, and the only other defensive building (Totems) comes at Lv 4, and it only hits air units. You 'Big Guns' are the Goblin Shaman, Ogre, and Giant. The other units are also useful. Overall, the units for the Orcs are rather slow. This makes Wolfriders very useful. With upgrades, they are the fastest unit in the game. They also spread Disease, which make them trouble for enemy heroes. Their downside is a long production time, like most cavalry. It also takes time to get all their upgrades. Resources: Orcs have a fairly balanced economy. They use all the resource evenly, just at different times. Early game is Stone and Gold (like most races). Crystal is used later in the game. Metal is used for some of the units. If you have a shortage, or an excess of a certain resource, make adjustment in your production. ---------------------------- UNDEAD Tips & Tricks TIPS Undead armies and heroes do not heal during daytime. However they do at night, and at double the normal rate. Morale has 1/2 the effect on Undead armies. They are immune to Poison and Disease, as well as all psychological attack ( Awe, Chaos, ect) A higher Magery score acts like Merchant for Undead morphing. It will decrease the cost of morphing units ( ie: Skeleton into Wraith - Wraiths into Shadows) Weather Bonuses: +2 Combat at Night, +1 during Rain, +3 for both Shadows get +5 Combat at Night Feast of Gornak - allows Zombies to scavenge for resources. Can be set to auto-scavenge. Just set the attitude for the Graveyard to 'Magic Attack'. It also increase their build skill from 8 to 11. Placing a Slayer Knight in a tower adds +2 Speed, +6 Combat, and causes Chaos to near by enemy units. TRICKS There is one main strategy for the Undead. Build a big bunch of Skeletons. Send them to attack as a group. During the attack, closely monitor the hit points of the units in the group. When one drops to low levels (yellow or red), morph it. This will give you a stronger unit with full health. They will also keep all previous metals. It requires a lot of micromanaging and clicking, but it is worth the trouble. Get your Keep to Level 3 as quickly as possible. You will then have access to Shadows, Slayer Knights, Giants Bats, 'Slavehorde', and increased Mana regeneration. Then make sure you have all your upgrades, before going on to Level 4. Your 'Big Guns' will be Shadows and Doom Knights. Liches are good if you need a ranged attack, otherwise don't worry about them. If you are having trouble cracking an enemy base, send a mix of Bone Catapults, Shadows, Doom Knights, and smaller units that you can morph when they get hurt. This way you have some muscle to start the battle, and units to morph and keep the battle going. Resources - You will need a lot of Gold (upgrades and Skeletons), Crystal and Metal (morphing). Grab as many mines as you can, and guard them with enough units to kill / chase away enemy Generals and Heroes. ---------------------------- Wood Elves TIPS Like all Elven races, they have Ancient Wisp which generate Crystal at the same rate as a Lv 2 mine. Ancient Wisps are formed when 4 Wisps are merged. Magic Wells (Lv 4 building) generate Gold at a rate of a Lv 1 mine. They also add 2 to your army limit. Wood Elves have the best archery upgrades of any race: +4 range ~ +10 damage ~ fire damage. Sprites are archers and are affected by archery upgrades. Weather bonus: +1 for fine weather (no rain) Tricks Wood Elves are a late game race. They have many powerful units later in the game (Level 4 and 5 keep). But they may be the weakest race in the early game. Your 'Big Guns' are Ancient Treants, Dryads, and Druids. Gladewarden and Sprites are also powerful with the upgrades. Early in the game, there are 2 different strategies for production. Forestguards & Gladewarden - Early in the game, both of these units are almost worthless. Forestguards get no upgrades at all. Just build lots of these units and hope they can defend you base until you get to Lv 3. Woodrider - They are among the worst Cavalry units, but they do get 3x damage against Orcs. Build a few trees for production, because they have a long build time. Also produce a few Forestguard & Gladewarden for support. If you do not use this strategy, don't even bother with the Ruin of Animos. Its only use is the Woodriders. Wood Elves have no siege wepons for base busting. Use Ancient Treants, escorted by a mix of Dryads, Druids, Sprites, Griffons, and Dragons. Ancient Treants have great combat (20), cast Entangle, and will split into 2 Treants upon death, for a total of 650 hp (250 + 200 + 200). That is roughly the same as a Titan. Resources - Early in the game, you will have resource trouble, especially with Crystal and Gold. Later in the game, you will have almost unlimited resources, thanks to Ancient Wisps (crystal), Magic Wells (gold), and Hostels (trade). Rules: 1) Won battle = 1 points + 10% of the difference between you and the opponent if opponent is higher ranked. 2) Special items won in tournaments can affect the point system. 3) Battles in tournaments also affects the ladder. 4) You have to join the ladder before you can participate in tournaments. 5) If you enter a tournament you must be able to play minimun 2 times a week. 6) You can only sign into Fight Club with one name. 7) The loser send battle report. 8) You must play by your ladder name. This is to avoid any mistakes. 9) Hero duels is not allowed in Fight Club. Fight Club is about how you master a battle, not some quick hero duel. 10) For every month a Lord has not competed, he/she will lose 1 point +10% of total points, this is to prevent a retired player being on top of ladder. 11) You must be polite and not offend your opponent. 12) If a Lord dont behave and neglect to post defeats or whatever he will get banned, remember true Warlords might wanna kill eachother but theyre noble warriors. 13) No-rush rules is considered a gentleman agreement between the players, but its not an official rule as it is too difficult to enforce, therefore the defeated Lord must post result no matter what! 14) Fight Club offers a default set of rules, please note the 5 min. no hero rush rule. Default rules: (if players cant agree on rules) Temp hero lvl 25 Victory condition: Kill all enemies (starts a 5 min timer) 5 min no hero rush (includes all aspects of hero use in attacks the 5 first minutes). Fog of war Hidden map Medium speed 4 army pts Medium resources No AI involved All other settings are default. 15) If a Lord have a complaint about another Lord, try to solve the issue with him before consulting the webmaster. 6. january 2003 Players can use the default set of rules if no hero rush is wished for! Look under rule no. 14 17. November 2002 I have had several complaints about hero duels and use of different kind of usernames on UBI. To avoid further mistakes about usernames, you must from now on accept your opponents rights to know exactly who they are facing. I did never imagine that anyone would consider hero duels a real battle, therefore hero duels is banned and cannot be used to report as a battle. It was suggested that i should put this up for vote, but i have made up my mind about this and I belive i have made the right choise. Now please remember to follow the rules, accept that Fight Club is for players who wants a ladder with active players and fun battles. Awards Medal of Valor Winner of "Orc's of Kor" 50% chance to gain +1 extra point for every win. Elven Gem Winner of "Elven Classic" grants lifetime entrance to "Champion of Etheria". Horn of Stone Winner of "Dwarf Beer Festival" 50% chance opponent lose -1 point in defeat. Snake Blade Winner of "Battle for Bane" 10% assassinate chance to drain 2 pts from opponent and add to its own no matter fight result. Crown of Etheria Winner of "Champion of Etheria" shows that the wearer of this crown is a true Warlord. All future wins gives +1 points extra. Grants lifetime entrance to "Champion of Etheria". Slayer Skull Special award for 25 straight wins. Champions Maze Special award for 50 straight wins (replace Slayer Skull). Doom Staff Special award for 75 straight wins (replace Champions Maze). Dragon Orb Special award for 100 straight wins (replace Doom Staff). Note: All these straight win awards neutralizes the opponents awards in the current battle. Glove of Honor Is awarded if a vast majority of Fight Club finds that a player is Noble, Fair and Honorable (no bonus). Banner of Rage Awarded to "Hero of a thousand faces", for the Lord who has won with all 20 professions and all 12 races of hero (no bonus). Scroll of Fame Every member of Hall of Fame is given this award (no bonus). WBC2 Elite site