Tier 3 Tomes Tier List - Age of Wonders 4 (MP) Basics

UPDATED AS OF WOLF PATCH: https://youtu.be/pVqsOL94Q5M?si=gj2sFDEKAdVJprn4 I should have specified that you can haste the Warbreeds with Necromancers if you make them undead as they are not naturally, but undead Warbreeds are very cool. Extra cool points for you.

These videos have been great, even for single player I've been finding it really useful hearing how you explain the value of every tome.

Now I want the turn Chaos Eaters to Balors xD. Sadly the sleep spell instakills Balor because they explode on death 💀

Tome of summoning's summoning well is the main feature I like, since it makes defending really easy.

I think one thing you should mention with the time of cycles is a bug with the tier 4 unit it provides. There is a devastating bug with the Druid of the cycle that really kills their value. As you said in the video, the restart the cycle revive ability is only available if the Druid kills a unit. However, successfully using the % chance insta kill ability for some reason does not count as a kill by the Druid itself, and will not unlock the revive ability. It only allows the revive ability if the Druid uses it’s single target blight damage attack to get a kill. So it’s more limited in reality than it is on paper.

The warbreed is awesome, especially with a hero who has spur to action! But their regeneration doesn't work and that makes me sad. The wizard's tower gold wonder's siege project does 15 siege damage, which is nuts, so it could make room for both Harass Defenders and Dragon Attack together and that is super interesting Would "incite revolution" be viable on your own outpost work camp to farm high level equipment? On the note of the Keepers Mark not stopping death effects, assuming it works like steadfast, it wont stop it if it has already triggered. But say you go for an assassinate before it was triggered, the effect will stop death. Also, steadfast AND keeper's mark stack very nicely, last I tried it. On the Supergrowth, THANK YOU, I have been talking about the reduced stack size being so good and the increased on spawnkin is a trap. I am SO happy to hear you say that!

Just a recommendation for future videos like this, you could end the video with a conclusion going through them like "This and this is S, This and that and this is A, Those are B" etc just a quick recap

Just picked up this game yesterday. Damn the synergies seem wayy more op than in aow3. There seem to be some super broken combos between the books if you know what youre doing. Kind of like heroes 3, just multiply the complexity by 10

Also just curious, but after the changes do you think Wightborn is better or worse than it was before?

I liked it when Teleportation didn't need affinity and I would take it almost every game

Did you miss Tome of Amplification or did I miss it?

Not sure why I'm writing this on a four week old video that's barely touching on the subject, but man I do not like the Druids of the cycle, their single action attack is just kinda laughable for a T4 unit, like the damage is okayish, but there's no status effect on hit, something most T2 or T3 supports have. The other abilities are both kinda short range and 3 action points, meaning it takes either multiple turns to cast them or it takes the enemy just running into your range. On top of that, that's like the only thing it does. There's no passive effect buffing the group, no real support abilities besides that 3 AP heal/ress that requires you to get a kill with your 24 damage blast. no meaningful effect from its defense mode or so. It's also not particularly tanky or so either, it's kinda slow. I find it almost impossible to motive the imperium upkeep of it.

What is an SPI?

Phase beast is cool and all, but it always kinda angered me. Its really, on first glance, best summoned unit at this stage of game. Which is counterintuitive in a world where SUMMONING tome exist, and on same technological level. You expect best summon from that, thematically speaking, but it just isn't.

I swear the a.i hates keeping the young dragons alive more than keeping copper golems alive its so infuriating losing a close to evolving one last second, even with the homework the a.i will just suicide one last minute for fun

I hope Necromancers get a small buff next patch. Skalds have a chance for insanity on attacks. And Necromancers have...nothing? No effect on attacks.

sound is too low

When are the updated videos coming? No new updates from you for 2 DLCs now. Its all outdated.

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