How to use this creature in practice
Melee core and holding approaches
Hold this earth line where enemies must approach. Magma Elementals add their own support, to compare with a melee hit.
Watch for: Defense alone does not solve limited reach. Several immunities still do not block every area spell.
Timing, specific abilities and the follow-up plan
Speed 4 affects reach and order. Before Wait compare who still acts this round and who opens the next; delaying does not create a free extra attack.
- Mind immunity: Resists spells and effects classified as mind-affecting. This does not establish immunity to every spell.
- Spell interaction: Lightning Bolt: Resists Lightning Bolt specifically. This does not automatically extend the immunity to an entire magic school.
Example for 10 creatures: 40–80 base damage for one ordinary hit before hero, defense, spell and ability modifiers. Recalculate surviving creatures before a subsequent hit.
What changes between base and upgraded forms
| Form | Attack / Defense | Damage | HP | Speed | Cost each |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earth Elemental | 10 / 10 | 4–8 | 40 | 4 | 400 gold |
| Magma Elemental | 11 / 11 | 6–10 | 40 | 6 | 500 gold |
Different effects on the other profile:
- Cast: Protection from Earth: Can use Protection from Earth at reference mastery 2. Cast count and creature-count scaling are listed separately.
- Enchantment duration: This creature’s support magic has a baseline duration of 6 rounds, rather than automatically inheriting its accompanying hero’s Spell Power.
- Creature uses: The stack has 3 spell use(s) during the battle. More creatures do not automatically multiply the activation count.
This compares recruitment prices and base parameters, rather than final damage or an automatic price for a particular map upgrade.
- Attack
- 10
- Defense
- 10
- Damage
- 4–8
- Health
- 40
- Speed
- 4
- Shots
- 0
- Base weekly growth
- 4
- AI value
- 330
- Occupied hexes
- 1
Cost per creature: 400 gold
Abilities and limitations
Non living
This nonliving classification changes eligibility for healing, life drain and other effects targeting living victims.
Mind immunity
Resists spells and effects classified as mind-affecting. This does not establish immunity to every spell.
Spell interaction: Lightning Bolt
Resists Lightning Bolt specifically. This does not automatically extend the immunity to an entire magic school.
Spell interaction: Chain Lightning
Resists Chain Lightning specifically. This does not automatically extend the immunity to an entire magic school.
Spell interaction: Armageddon
Resists Armageddon specifically. This does not automatically extend the immunity to an entire magic school.
Spell interaction: Meteor Shower
Takes 100% extra damage from Meteor Shower. Other spells in the same school do not automatically exploit this weakness.
Hatred: Air Elemental
Gains 100% extra base damage against Air Elemental. The bonus targets that specific creature type.
Hatred: Storm Elemental
Gains 100% extra base damage against Storm Elemental. The bonus targets that specific creature type.
Heroes connected to this creature
Fixed bonus for a specific recruitment line (2)
This is a fixed contribution to the listed attributes under the relevant hero, rather than percentage scaling by level. Base damage is per creature before further modifiers. Do not add the ordinary scaling specialties’ automatic +1 Speed; only the explicitly listed values apply.
