Dragonrend

[LordOfAles]

Cost: 6
Builders: TC
Description: Kobold shamans gain the ability to instantly kill any dragon, at the cost of their own lives.
Effect: 1 Kobold Shaman sacrifices himself to kill 1 dragon in their spell range.
Spell range: 2
Spell Chance: 50%
Bypasses Spell Resistance

[General Brave]

Seems nice, but also expensive.

[LordOfAles]

Compare that with 8 turn expensive drakes and pretty strong green dragons and it will be worth it.

[Menselot]

I like it.
A good dragon is a dead dragon (if he is not at your side of course)

[General Brave]

It should be 50% chance of converting a dragon.

[makazuwr32]

The problem is that elven dragon and drake knight for example both have 100% spell resist.

[LordOfAles]

That can be easily bypassed i think, like how flail/maceman in aos bypass armor.

[makazuwr32]

I mean that both humans and elves rely on these two dragons pretty much and giving easy way of killing (or even more CONVERTING) them will surely unbalance them.

[LordOfAles]

In that case let the spell range be 2. Dragons can defend before shamans come to them.

[makazuwr32]

Maybe if that is possible than add some chance for killing dragons? 50% will be fine.

[LordOfAles]

1st: Research this 6 turn tech.
2nd: Build a fort [or wherever shamans are trained]
3rd: Train a shaman
4: Try to bring a shaman close enough to a dragon before he fires a fireball at him, or some other unit kills him.

I think 100% is fair

[makazuwr32]

Hm.
Still not so fair because for those 2 mentioned dragons with 100% spell resist you need:
1. Build mega building
2. Train this dragon (6 turns for elves and 8 turns for humans).
3. Both can't be spammed so easily as 3 other variants.
Also orc's green dragon soon will not be easily spammable as well. Rebalancing for Green dragons
Scaledfolk will get soon also i think some wagons and this will make delivering those shamans to their targets much easier.

[LordOfAles]

It's not like you are going to send dragons alone. The actual challenge is to pass through other troops that are blocking a passage to dragon.

[makazuwr32]

Another problem – all dragons are mostly frontline units and killing them is actually will be easy. Try to play for humans against orcs: their assasins (especially in wagons) are best units to deal with orcish giants. Dragons are similar.

So 100% to kill at least those 2 dragons with 100% spell resist is not so fair.
If we can make it so that shaman ignores half of spell resist via that spell than it will be fine: 100% chance for normal dragons and 50% for those 2 with spell resist.

Also those dragons without spell resist are easily killable already with the help of those shamans: you need to curse them and then shoot them till the death with your archers.
I think that curse is stackable (but here i am not sure).

[LordOfAles]

Exactly. Their strategy is to be used mainly frontline. It would actually be neat to play with different strategy against the scaledfolk race. It's a brand new strategy.

[makazuwr32]

You already need to play against them new way because of more potent poisons they will have.
I am working for more ideas of abilities and passives for scaledfolk.

[LordOfAles]

Okay then. I will change the first post i guess.

[makazuwr32]

That is more like it.
Remember that shaman has curse spell that targets 3 of 5 trainable dragons, lovering their damage, armor and speed.

[LordOfAles]

Fun fact: I never got to use him

[General Brave]

If you never use him, why are you talking about him?

[LordOfAles]

Because i have a knack for these things.

[General Brave]

Anyways he won't be the only healer/mage.

[godOfKings]

the name sounds more like a dragon is using claws/tail to slash through many fleshy units,

how about the spell gives an allied melee unit a buff with which the unit has HUGE bonus against dragons, like the melee unit grows claws sharp enough to cut through dragon flesh or something, that makes more sense than instant kill depending on luck, i checked jsons it is possible to give bonus using spells

[LordOfAles]

Make another suggestion for that. Also, Dragonrend has different yet similar meanings: take dragon's soul, destroy dragon's soul and such.

[General Brave]

the name sounds more like a dragon is using claws/tail to slash through many fleshy units,

how about the spell gives an allied melee unit a buff with which the unit has HUGE bonus against dragons, like the melee unit grows claws sharp enough to cut through dragon flesh or something, that makes more sense than instant kill depending on luck, i checked jsons it is possible to give bonus using spells

I'm sure it's possible.

[Skelegonsans]

Cost: 6
Builders: TC
Description: Kobold shamans gain the ability to instantly kill any dragon, at the cost of their own lives.
Effect: 1 Kobold Shaman sacrifices himself to kill 1 dragon in their spell range.
Spell range: 2
Spell Chance: 50%
Bypasses Spell Resistance

This sounds pretty balanced and useful to me. After all Kobold shaman has 3 speed and ALL dragons have more speed than that so an easy counter is to just keep your dragons away from the kobold or kill it with other unit since it's really frail. And of course very useful as well because of it does reach a dragon, it will kill it. But does the Kobold die even if the 50% chance fails? If it does then I think it wouldn't be worth sacrificing a Kobold. Make it spend HP instead of dying instantly (like spending 6 - 9 hp to cas it is good since it has 12). Also this spell should be available to kobold priestess as well but maybe with a higher chance? (100% since the priestess magic is stronger)

[makazuwr32]

No.
It will die only on success, just like mummy - it dies only on success.

[Skelegonsans]

Ohh cool, it's worth it then.

Still think priestess chance should be 100% tho if she also will have the spell, since it's a stronger magic and she costs more.

[General Brave]

I will not be willing to sacrifice her to take down one dragon.

[makazuwr32]

I don't like idea giving this spell to priestess.
She is already pretty good caster.