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Fire Elemental and Energy Elemental

2024-04-03T21:50:49Z

Tenderhol: /* {{hota}} */

{{Conflux creatures}}{{Creature
| AI_Value = 345
| Growth = 5
| Name = Fire Elemental
| Attack = 10
| Defense = 8
| Damage = 4–6
| Health = 35
| Speed = 6
| No_shots =
| Cost = 350
| Special = • [[Non-living]]<br>• [[Spell immunity|Immune]] to [[fire magic|fire]] ([[Magic Arrow]] included)<br>• [[Vulnerability|Vulnerable]] to [[Ice Bolt]] and [[Frost Ring]]
| U_AI_Value = 470
| U_name = Energy Elemental
| U_attack = '''12'''
| U_speed = '''8'''
| U_movement = '''{{-}}[[Flying|Energizing]]{{-}}'''
| No_ushots =
| U_cost = 400
| U_special = • [[Non-living]]<br>• [[Spell immunity|Immune]] to [[fire magic|fire]] ([[Magic Arrow]] included)<br>• [[Vulnerability|Vulnerable]] to [[Ice Bolt]] and [[Frost Ring]]<br>• '''[[Spellcaster]] ([[Protection from Fire]])'''
}}

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'''Fire Elementals and Energy Elementals''' are the level 4 creatures of [[Conflux]]. They are recruited from the [[Conflux creature dwellings|Altar of Fire]], or the [[Fire Elemental Conflux]] and [[Elemental Conflux]] on the [[adventure map]]. Fire Elementals can also be summoned with the [[Summon Fire Elemental]] spell. They are creatures summoned from the [[Plane of Fire|Elemental Plane of Fire]].

''"Fire Elementals are burning spirits of [[Fire Magic]]. They are immune to all [[Mind spell|Mind]] and [[Fire magic|Fire School]] [[spell]]s, but take double damage from [[ice bolt|Ice Ray]] and [[Frost Ring]] attacks. Energy Elementals gain the ability to [[Flying|fly]] and can also [[Spellcaster|cast]] the spell [[Protection from Fire]]."{{-}}<sup>[[Armageddon's Blade Manual Page 16|AB manual]]''</sup>

== Special Abilities ==
Although Fire and Energy Elementals are immune to fire magic, they are not unaffected by fire-based creature attacks. For example [[Magog]]s' fireball attack or [[Dragon]]s' [[breath attack]]s are not considered to be magical and therefore they do harm elementals. ''(In {{hota}}, Fire and Energy Elementals are vulnerable only to the central hex of [[Magog]]'s attack){{-wh}}.''

* +100% to basic damage to [[Water Elemental|Water and Ice Elementals]].
* Energy Elementals: Can cast [[Protection from Fire]] three times per battle. The spell is cast on a single target at an Advanced [[Fire Magic]] level.

== Bugs ==
Though '''Energy Elementals''' are level 4 units, the game considers them as level 5 in creature level-based calculations. ''(Fixed in HotA).{{-wh}}''

== Heroes with a specialty ==
*{{H|Ignissa|Planeswalker}} and
*{{H|Fiur|Planeswalker}} have fire elementals as a [[Specialty#Creature_specialties|specialty]]. All Fire/Energy Elementals under their command gain +1 Attack, +2 Defense and +2 Damage.

== {{roe}} ==
In {{roe}}{{-}}{{withroe}}, Fire Elementals are level 4 [[Neutral creature]]s. They are recruited from [[Elemental Conflux]] or [[Fire Elemental Conflux]].

=={{hota}}==
* Energy Elemental's level bug is fixed.
* The gamma of Fire Elemental was [[Creature_portraits#HotA_creature_portrait_fixes|fixed]]:

[[File:Fire Elemental_portrait.gif]]{{-}}[[File:ArrowL-R.gif]]{{-}}[[File:Fire Elemental_portrait_(HotA).gif]]{{---}}[[File:Fire Elemental (adventure map).gif]]{{-}}[[File:ArrowL-R.gif]]{{-}}[[File:Fire Elemental (HotA) (adventure map).gif]]

* The in-game description for both of them was updated.
* The [[Elemental Conflux]] now increases the growth of all four basic elementals by 1.
* The in-game sprite has been changed.

[[File:Creature Fire Elemental (HotA).gif]]

* The battle animations were updated

[[File:Creature_Fire_Elemental_anims_(HotA).gif]]

{{user commentary|
In their animations, Fire Elementals definitely look like they fly like Superman, but actually they don't. Additionally, both Fire and Energy Elementals have the lowest damage average among level 4 creatures (which can be fixed by having {{H|Ignissa|Planeswalker}} or {{H|Fiur|Planeswalker}} command them as they add +2 to their base damage) while still being as expensive as other same level creatures. Good growth and flight make Energy Elementals usable although far from exceptional.
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HotA [[Horn_of_the_Abyss_(Changelog)#Version_1.5.2|increased the power]] of [[Protection from Fire]] (this only affects the spellcasting of the upgraded Energy Elementals, however).
}}{{end of user commentary}}

{{creature 'see also'}}
* [[Comparison of Level 4 Creatures]]

[[Category: Creatures]]
[[Category: Elementals]]
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Demon and Horned Demon

2022-11-15T19:37:59Z

Tenderhol: Added user commentary

{{Inferno creatures}}{{Creature
| AI_Value = 445
| Name = Demon
| Attack = 10
| Defense = 10
| Speed = 5
| Growth = 4
| Damage = 7–9
| Health = 35
| Cost = 250
| U_AI_Value= 480
| U_name = Horned Demon
| U_speed = '''6'''
| U_health = '''40'''
| U_cost = 270
| No_shots =
| No_ushots =
| No_spec =
| No_uspec =
}}

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'''Demons and Horned Demons''' are level 4 creatures of [[Inferno]]. They are recruited from the [[Demon Gate]].

''"Both types of demons are capable [[Melee|hand-to-hand]] attack units."{{-}}<sup>[[Restoration of Erathia Manual Page 98|RoE manual]]''</sup>

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== Others ==

The un-upgraded version can also be summoned by [[Pit Fiend and Pit Lord|Pit Lords]] from dead allied stacks, their numbers being limited by the total health and numbers of the dead stack.

== Heroes with a specialty ==

*{{H|Marius|Demoniac}} has demons as a [[Specialty#Creature_specialties|specialty]], which increases the attack and defense skills of any demons or horned demons for each level attained after 4th level, and gives them a [[speed]] bonus of 1.

{{Fanopinion|
They are very cost-effective units, although quite slow and rather weak. You can gather large numbers of them using the Demon herding tactic (see [[Pit Fiend]]). Not upgrading them makes more room for your hero's army, since you can't stack demons generated by pit lords with horned demons, unlike skeletons and skeleton warriors with Necromancy. This can work well with Marius, since she not only improves demons' strength and speed to make them more effective in combat, but also makes them less penalizing to transport on the adventure map.
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{{creature 'see also'}}

[[Category: Creatures]]
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Orc and Orc Chieftain

2022-11-15T19:21:38Z

Tenderhol: added cheap price to fan opinion

{{Stronghold creatures}}{{Creature
| Town = Stronghold
| AI_Value = 192
| Name = Orc
| Attack = 8
| Defense = 4
| Speed = 4
| Growth = 7
| Damage = 2–5
| Health = 15
| Shots = 12
| Cost = 150
| Special = • [[Ranged attack]]
| U_AI_Value= 240
| U_name = Orc Chieftain
| U_speed = '''5'''
| U_health = '''20'''
| U_shots = '''24'''
| U_cost = 165
}}

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'''Orcs and Orc Chieftains''' are level 3 creatures of [[Stronghold town]]. They are recruited from the [[Stronghold creature dwellings|Orc Tower]].

''"Armed with throwing axes, orcs and orc chieftains have an effective ranged attack. At close range, their low speed and defensive values, and the ranged attacker [[melee|hand-to-hand]] damage penalty, make them vulnerable."{{-}}<sup>[[Restoration of Erathia Manual Page 109|RoE manual]]''</sup>

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== Heroes with a specialty ==
{{H|Jabarkas|Barbarian}} has orcs as a [[Specialty#Creature_specialties|specialty]], which increases the attack and defense skills of any orcs or orc chieftains for each level attained after 3rd level and gives them a [[speed]] bonus of 1.

=={{hota}}==
* In {{hota}}, Orcs and Orc Chieftains got a new appearance:
* [[File:Orc_portrait.gif]]{{-}}[[File:ArrowL-R.gif]]{{-}}[[File:Orc_portrait_(HotA).gif]]{{-}}{{-}}[[File:Orc (HotA) (adventure map).gif]]
* [[File:Orc Chieftain_portrait.gif]]{{-}}[[File:ArrowL-R.gif]]{{-}}[[File:Orc Chieftain_portrait_(HotA).gif]]{{-}}{{-}}[[File:Orc Chieftain (HotA) (adventure map).gif]]

{{Fanopinion|
Slow and easy to kill when engaged, they should be upgraded immediately, since 4 speed is too little for the adventure map. They are also the only [[Stronghold]] shooter for a long time, since you will obtain [[Cyclopes]] only later on, usually even after obtaining [[Behemoths]]. However, when having got Cyclopes, focus on them as main shooters, as they are not only stronger but significantly faster than Orcs (especially when upgraded - Cyclops Kings have brilliant speed for a ranged unit), and have an ability to destroy fortifications. When you play with [[Jabarkas]], you may still keep Orcs as your main force though, as they will not only get stronger as the game goes by, but also get a speed bonus which means that Orcs won't slow you down on the map too much. They are also very cheap for a Level 3 unit.

[[Bless]] and [[Precision]] are great buffs for Orcs, who have big damage range from almost useless to decent. Similarly, when playing against Stronghold, cast [[Curse]] on Orcs if the enemy doesn't have notable amounts of stronger units.
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{{creature 'see also'}}

[[Category: Creatures]]
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