Sorceress and Pendant

How to beat those cowardly High Elves?

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Post by Dyvim tvar »

Crawd wrote:Like I said earlier: "I don't get why people are talking about the Supreme Sorceress when in the 6th edition, lots of people were using the Heart-Stone of Darkness on her High Sorceress which was 45 points."


Under 6th Edition, I didn't give my High Sorceress the Heartstone. I know lots of people did, but not me.

For tournaments, if I took a Level 4 I would give her theCrown of Black Iron, but not for the ward save. The primary reason was so that I didn't have to worry about Drain Magic from any High Elves I ran up against.
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Post by Milney »

Pendant High Sorceresses are great!

People who can't see the uses are doing a massive disservice to themselves.


Not only does it offer equal-to-or-better protection against all the miscasts you can protects against that a 5+ ward would, but against mage hunters it gives a far better use.

Then you have the surprise factor. In the GT I had a HE Dragonlord threatening my Cold One Knights. By simply moving my Supreme Sorceress (with Pendant) into the Cold One Knights and accepting a challenge from the Lord with her, I turned what would have been a massive defeat for my COKs (they were also hit by a Tiranoc Chariot) into a crushing defeat for the Druchii as the Lord's 4 Str 6 attacks and the Star Dragon's 6 Str 7 attacks did no wounds to the Sorceress because of the 2+ Ward.

Whilst any character wearing the Pendant could have pulled that off, the Supreme Sorceress can often fool people into accepting challenges they would otherwise avoid.
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In my opinion it's a must-have for a dragon mage, since you will eventually want to get into combat.

In other situations, it can be extremely useful but it isn't necessarry.
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Yep, it mainly depends on your character setup... it's pretty much always better suited for a Dreadlord/Master than it is for a Sorceress.

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Post by Dyvim tvar »

Milney wrote:Pendant High Sorceresses are great!

People who can't see the uses are doing a massive disservice to themselves.


I'm not saying at all that the combo is useless. What I am saying is that it is not clearly better than other options, such as giving the Pendant to a combat character or using the 100 point magic item allowance for other things.
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