Quote (Goomshill @ Apr 25 2026 02:31pm)

So I have to bring up the point again of, what does a nova sorc do when you're facing P8 tz96 immune heralds with a gorillion HP and damage who will clobber you whether you're ES or vita or whatever, where your merc will die instantly and you'll die in a few seconds if they catch up to you
Especially if they can be ranged or extra fast.

Lightning has a pretty hard time with its slow animation but it can at least kite by teleporting to opposite sides and spamming back and forth like FB can, but a FB sorc has hydras and meteors which are easy enough, and lightning/fb both trivialize it if you can trap monsters on moats
I captured some footage on my first attempt to show how even a much higher DPS higher utility fire sorc has serious problems with heralds, something that the better builds like warlock don't. Granted the 2x phoenix build loses +50/-2 fire but its nearly max dps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4JGr8cLvMk

When we're talking about needing to land ~200 nova casts to kill heralds, more than a full minute of casting, it seems prohibitive to the point of being unplayable.

Quote (Goomshill @ Apr 25 2026 05:31pm)

So I have to bring up the point again of, what does a nova sorc do when you're facing P8 tz96 immune heralds with a gorillion HP and damage who will clobber you whether you're ES or vita or whatever, where your merc will die instantly and you'll die in a few seconds if they catch up to you
Especially if they can be ranged or extra fast.

Lightning has a pretty hard time with its slow animation but it can at least kite by teleporting to opposite sides and spamming back and forth like FB can, but a FB sorc has hydras and meteors which are easy enough, and lightning/fb both trivialize it if you can trap monsters on moats
I captured some footage on my first attempt to show how even a much higher DPS higher utility fire sorc has serious problems with heralds, something that the better builds like warlock don't. Granted the 2x phoenix build loses +50/-2 fire but its nearly max dps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4JGr8cLvMk

When we're talking about needing to land ~200 nova casts to kill heralds, more than a full minute of casting, it seems prohibitive to the point of being unplayable.

Quote (bQQ @ Apr 25 2026 05:23pm)

where the f is your cursor

Quote (Goomshill @ Apr 25 2026 06:32pm)

'meh'

https://i.imgur.com/BtbryL4.jpeg

but ye point with this post is, wtf does a nova sorc do. Immune heralds with amp + auras and 3.5x base damage and other bullshit can instagib you if you let them connect and you simply cannot get that close to either ranged OR extra fast melee units
I had a hard enough time trying to land any static fields in that clip

Act 3 and 4 you have an easy time just trapping units over rivers, act 1 and 5 its mostly open ground, but act 2 you're in all kinds of small rooms corridors getting slammed by hordes of units

Quote (ABl @ Apr 25 2026 06:56pm)

Tz immunes changed in rotw, where the warlock stands as most predominant

Quote (LordDeSeis @ Apr 25 2026 04:12pm)

why your spirit have block % on it lol

Quote (Goomshill @ Apr 25 2026 02:31pm)

So I have to bring up the point again of, what does a nova sorc do when you're facing P8 tz96 immune heralds with a gorillion HP and damage who will clobber you whether you're ES or vita or whatever, where your merc will die instantly and you'll die in a few seconds if they catch up to you
Especially if they can be ranged or extra fast.

Lightning has a pretty hard time with its slow animation but it can at least kite by teleporting to opposite sides and spamming back and forth like FB can, but a FB sorc has hydras and meteors which are easy enough, and lightning/fb both trivialize it if you can trap monsters on moats
I captured some footage on my first attempt to show how even a much higher DPS higher utility fire sorc has serious problems with heralds, something that the better builds like warlock don't. Granted the 2x phoenix build loses +50/-2 fire but its nearly max dps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4JGr8cLvMk

When we're talking about needing to land ~200 nova casts to kill heralds, more than a full minute of casting, it seems prohibitive to the point of being unplayable.

Quote (bQQ @ Apr 25 2026 04:12pm)

what tz immunes changed lol