How to use this creature in practice
Melee strikes limiting the reply
Use all-around attacks without retaliation against actual adjacent enemies. Magic and Psychic Elementals have different spell-immunity coverage.
Watch for: Area melee is not shooting. The upgrade’s complete protection also limits friendly spells and does not apply automatically to the base form.
Timing, specific abilities and the follow-up plan
Speed 9 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.
- Attacks all adjacent: The melee attack hits every adjacent enemy stack. Positioning determines how many targets can be struck simultaneously.
- Blocks retaliation: The victim cannot make an ordinary retaliation against this creature’s strike. Other special reactions follow their own rules.
Example for 10 creatures: 150–250 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychic Elemental | 15 / 13 | 10–20 | 75 | 7 | 750 gold |
| Magic Elemental | 15 / 13 | 15–25 | 80 | 9 | 800 gold |
Different effects on the other profile:
- Mind immunity: Resists spells and effects classified as mind-affecting. This does not establish immunity to every spell.
This compares recruitment prices and base parameters, rather than final damage or an automatic price for a particular map upgrade.
- Attack
- 15
- Defense
- 13
- Damage
- 15–25
- Health
- 80
- Speed
- 9
- Shots
- 0
- Base weekly growth
- 2
- AI value
- 2012
- Occupied hexes
- 1
Cost per creature: 800 gold
Abilities and limitations
Non living
This nonliving classification changes eligibility for healing, life drain and other effects targeting living victims.
Attacks all adjacent
The melee attack hits every adjacent enemy stack. Positioning determines how many targets can be struck simultaneously.
Blocks retaliation
The victim cannot make an ordinary retaliation against this creature’s strike. Other special reactions follow their own rules.
Spell immunity through tier 5
Normally unaffected by spells of tiers 1–5. Evaluate special artifacts that alter immunities separately.
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.
Example in a tactical plan (1)
The creature is an example in our specific plan; this does not establish ownership or a starting army.
