Conflux

Only available when the official expansion, Armageddon's Blade, is installed.

	Castle
Fully built Conflux, as seen on the adventure map Fully built Conflux, as seen on the adventure map. (Horn of the Abyss)	Towns
	Rampart
	Tower
	Inferno
	Necropolis
	Dungeon
	Stronghold
	Fortress
	Conflux
	Cove

Conflux is a neutral alignment town with the planeswalker and elementalist hero classes. Conflux is focused around magic and magic-related units. Conflux represents the elemental planes.

"A Conflux is home to the Elementalist and Planeswalker. Composed primarily of elemental creatures, the Conflux also offers home to the Sprites and the elusive Phoenix. What makes Conflux towns unique is their emphasis on creatures of mid-range power. Generals continue to debate if this is the strategic strength or weakness of the town. Regardless, all agree it takes an astute commander to effectively lead a Conflux army..." ^{AB manual}

Conflux's native terrain is grass (replaced with highlands in Horn of the Abyss) .

Conflux creature dwellings:[edit]

Conflux specific buildings:[edit]

Magic University - (unique building, enables to learn any of the four magic secondary skills)
Artifact Merchants - (allows heroes to buy or sell artifacts)
Garden of Life - (Pixie/Sprite horde building, +10/week)
Shipyard - (enables town to build a boat, can only be built if town is adjacent to water)
Aurora Borealis - (Grail building, all spells of the map available in Mage Guild, +5k gold, +50% creature growth)
Vault of Ashes - (Firebird/Phoenix horde building, +1/week).

Conflux building tree (Shadow of Death)

Conflux building tree (Horn of the Abyss)

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Fully upgraded Conflux in Shadow of Death

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Fully upgraded Conflux in Horn of the Abyss

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Resource	Basic	Upgrades	All
	22300	26500	96800
	30	17	145
	50	25	140
	2	7	33
	2	9	35
	12	39	75
	2	12	38
Troop cost/week:		28500 + 4 (31100 + 3 in HotA)

In Horn of the Abyss the building tree was changed:

Upg. Magic Lantern now requires Mage Guild Level 1 and Magic University
New building Vault of Ashes was added. It increases the growth of the Firebirds/Phoenixes and requires Pyre.

Common buildings[edit]

Halls

Fortifications

Tavern, Marketplace & Resource Silo

Mage Guilds

Banned spells

Resource Silo
Produces +1

Heroes[edit]

Conflux heroes
Name	Class	Specialty	Skill 1	Skill 2	Spell
Erdamon	Planeswalker	Earth Elementals	Basic Tactics	Basic Estates
Fiur	Planeswalker	Fire Elementals	Advanced Offense
Ignissa	Planeswalker	Fire Elementals	Basic Offense	Basic Artillery
Kalt	Planeswalker	Water Elementals	Basic Tactics	Basic Learning
Lacus	Planeswalker	Water Elementals	Advanced Tactics
Monere	Planeswalker	Psychic Elementals	Basic Offense	Basic Logistics
Pasis	Planeswalker	Psychic Elementals	Basic Offense	Basic Artillery
Thunar	Planeswalker	Earth Elementals	Basic Tactics	Basic Estates
Aenain	Elementalist	Disrupting Ray	Basic Wisdom	Basic Air Magic	Disrupting Ray
Brissa	Elementalist	Haste	Basic Wisdom	Basic Air Magic	Haste
Ciele	Elementalist	Magic Arrow	Basic Wisdom	Basic Water Magic	Magic Arrow
Gelare	Elementalist	Gold	Basic Wisdom	Basic Water Magic	Dispel
Grindan	Elementalist	Gold	Basic Wisdom	Basic Earth Magic	Slow
Inteus	Elementalist	Bloodlust	Basic Wisdom	Basic Fire Magic	Bloodlust
Labetha	Elementalist	Stone Skin	Basic Wisdom	Basic Earth Magic	Stone Skin
Luna	Elementalist	Fire Wall	Basic Wisdom	Basic Fire Magic	Fire Wall

Banned secondary skills[edit]

Some skills are not available for certain hero classes, which means they can only acquire them from Scholars, Witch Huts (except for Necromancy and Leadership, if not allowed by a map-maker), Seer's Huts, Events or Pandora's Boxes.

Necromancy is not available for planeswalkers.

Necromancy, Resistance and Interference are not available for elementalists.

Creatures[edit]

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Conflux creatures (Shadow of Death)
Name	Town	Lvl	Att	Def	D_-	D⁺	HP	Spd	Grw	Val	Cost		Special
Pixie		1	2	2	1	2	3	7	20	55	25		Flying
Sprite		1⁺	2	2	1	3	3	9	20	95	30		Flying, No enemy retaliation
Air Elemental		2	9	9	2	8	25	7	6	356	250		Elemental, Lightning and Armageddon vulnerability, Immune to Meteor Shower, +100% to basic damage to Earth and Magma Elementals
Storm Elemental		2⁺	9	9	2	8	25	8	6	486	275		Ranged (24 shots), Elemental, Lightning and Armageddon vulnerability, Immune to Meteor Shower, +100% to basic damage to Earth and Magma Elementals, Casts Protection from Air**
Water Elemental		3	8	10	3	7	30	5	6	315	300		Elemental, Ice immunity, Vulnerable to Fireball, Inferno and Armageddon, +100% to basic damage to Fire and Energy Elementals**
Ice Elemental		3⁺*	8	10	3	7	30	6	6	380	375		Ranged (24 shots), Elemental, Ice immunity, Vulnerable to Fireball, Inferno and Armageddon, +100% to basic damage to Fire and Energy Elementals, Casts Protection from Water
Fire Elemental		4	10	8	4	6	35	6	5	345	350		Elemental, Ice vulnerability, Fire immunity, +100% to basic damage to Water and Ice Elementals**
Energy Elemental		4⁺*	12	8	4	6	35	8	5	470	400		Elemental, Flying, Ice vulnerability, Fire immunity, +100% to basic damage to Water and Ice Elementals**, Casts Protection from Fire
Earth Elemental		5	10	10	4	8	40	4	4	330	400		Elemental, Meteor Shower vulnerability, Lightning and Armageddon immunity, +100% to basic damage to Air and Storm Elementals
Magma Elemental		5⁺*	11	11	6	10	40	6	4	490	500		Elemental, Meteor Shower vulnerability, Lightning and Armageddon immunity, +100% to basic damage to Air and Storm Elementals**, Casts Protection from Earth
Psychic Elemental		6	15	13	10	20	75	7	2	1669	750		Elemental, Attacks all adjacent enemies without retaliation, -50% damage to creatures with Mind Immunity
Magic Elemental		6⁺	15	13	15	25	80	9	2	2012	800		Elemental, Attacks all adjacent enemies without retaliation, Magic immunity, -50% damage to creatures with Magic Immunity
Firebird		7	18	18	30	40	150	15	2	4547	1500		Flying, Breath attack, Fire immunity
Phoenix		7⁺	21	18	30	40	200	21	2	6721	2000	, 1	Flying, Breath attack, Fire immunity, Rebirth

* Ice Elementals are considered by the game to be level 4, Energy Elementals level 5 and Magma Elementals level 3.
** Abilities not mentioned in the creature's in-game description.

Conflux creatures (Horn of the Abyss)
Name	Town	Lvl	Att	Def	D_-	D⁺	HP	Spd	Grw	Val	Cost		Special
Pixie		1	2	2	1	2	3	7	20	55	25		Flying
Sprite		1⁺	2	2	1	3	3	9	20	95	30		Flying, No enemy retaliation
Air Elemental		2	9	9	2	8	25	7	6	356	250		Elemental, Lightning and Armageddon vulnerability, Immune to Meteor Shower, +100% to basic damage to Earth and Magma Elementals
Storm Elemental		2⁺	9	9	2	8	25	8	6	486	275		Ranged (24 shots), Elemental, Lightning and Armageddon vulnerability, Immune to Meteor Shower, +100% to basic damage to Earth and Magma Elementals, Casts Protection from Air
Water Elemental		3	8	10	3	7	30	5	6	315	300		Elemental, Ice immunity, Vulnerable to Fireball, Inferno and Armageddon, +100% to basic damage to Fire and Energy Elementals
Ice Elemental		3⁺	8	10	3	7	30	6	6	380	375		Ranged (24 shots), Elemental, Ice immunity, Vulnerable to Fireball, Inferno and Armageddon, +100% to basic damage to Fire and Energy Elementals, Casts Protection from Water
Fire Elemental		4	10	8	4	6	35	6	5	345	350		Elemental, Ice vulnerability, Fire immunity, +100% to basic damage to Water and Ice Elementals
Energy Elemental		4⁺	12	8	4	6	35	8	5	470	400		Elemental, Flying, Ice vulnerability, Fire immunity, +100% to basic damage to Water and Ice Elementals, Casts Protection from Fire
Earth Elemental		5	10	10	4	8	40	4	4	330	400		Elemental, Meteor Shower vulnerability, Lightning and Armageddon immunity, +100% to basic damage to Air and Storm Elementals
Magma Elemental		5⁺	11	11	6	10	40	6	4	490	500		Elemental, Meteor Shower vulnerability, Lightning and Armageddon immunity, +100% to basic damage to Air and Storm Elementals, Casts Protection from Earth
Psychic Elemental		6	15	13	10	20	75	7	2	1669	950		Elemental, Attacks all adjacent enemies without retaliation, -50% damage to creatures with Mind immunity
Magic Elemental		6⁺	15	13	15	25	80	9	2	2012	1200		Elemental, Attacks all adjacent enemies without retaliation, Magic immunity, -50% damage to creatures with Magic immunity
Firebird		7	18	18	30	40	150	15	1	4336	2000		Flying, Breath attack, 50% fire resistance
Phoenix		7⁺	21	18	30	40	200	21	1	6721	3000	, 1	Flying, Breath attack, Fire immunity, Rebirth

Town names[edit]

Unless specified by the mapmaker, towns will generate with a random name. Conflux towns will use one of these following names:

Ceald	Electrasing	Elementon	Fenderen
Fleogan Mills	Frosian	Igne	Lagumoor
Lanting	Magmetin	Massein	Solium
Styriam	Ventu	Vluchton	Wazzar

If there are more Conflux towns on the map than possible names, they will use names taken from other towns.

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Some may find the information in this section subjective or irrelevant.

Upgrade your three first level creature dwellings as soon as possible: the upgraded versions are much better than the base versions (no retaliation against sprites; storm and ice elementals are range shooters).
Both storm and ice elemental have a wide range of damage: 2-8 for storm elementals, 3-7 for ice elementals. It is both a curse and a blessing, literally speaking: you want to cast Bless on them but avoid having them Cursed as well.
Beware of Firebirds' and Phoenixes' breath attack which can damage your own troops.
A simple Ring of Vitality makes your pixies/sprites 33% more durable; this plus a Vial of Lifeblood doubles their durability.
Statistically, the conflux's higher tier units are weaker than average. However, this is compensated by their strong low tier units, which gives the conflux an advantage over the other factions in the early game.

Pros

Conflux has the highest growth of units of all towns. (excluding Necropolis with Necromancy).
All Elementalists start with one of four schools of magic as secondary skills.
Phoenixes are the fastest creature in the game, out-speeding all competition by a large margin, and also have a base growth of 2 (1 in Horn of the Abyss, but with Castle and Vault of Ashes will be 3 finally which is still higher than 2 for the level 7 unit of all other towns).
Average speed of Conflux units are the fastest of all towns.
Many units unaffected by Mind spells.
All 4 top-level units immune to Armageddon, opening up for the Dragogeddon tactic.
Low level units are great for efficient map-clearing.
Magic University allows heroes to learn all 4 Magic secondary skills for 2000 Gold each.
The Aurora Borealis is the best Grail building, handing out all spells.
The Elementals are unaffected by bad Morale.

Cons

No ranged units without upgrading.
Pixies and Sprites have extremely low hit points.
Magma Elementals are the worst level 5 unit.
Energy Elementals are below average.
Many units have vulnerabilities to certain spells.
Cannot have Armageddon in the Mage Guild unless you have the Grail building, decreasing the possibility of Dragogeddon.
The Elementals are unaffected by positive Morale, and cannot be resurrected in any way.
Even though some town creatures can be used in Dragogeddon tactic, town creatures are still going to be easily overpowered after you use Armageddon spell if you can't retreat. So using this tactic is advised only if you have large amount of Phoenix troops.
The Planeswalkers only have creature specialties that don't scale with level and don't increase the speed of elementals, making for poor main heroes.
This town is often considered too strong and thus is banned in many multiplayer games/tournaments. In an attempt to balance Conflux in Horn of the Abyss the growth of Firebirds/Phoenixes was reduced from 2 to 1, but the Vault of Ashes together with a Castle allows a total growth of 3 which is still more than all other towns. Also, the gold cost of Psychic and Magic Elementals and also Firebirds and Phoenixes got increased significantly. Firebirds' fire spell immunity also got downgraded to 50% fire resistance. Finally, in HotA you are unable to get Sprites without the Mage Guild and Magic University, while Pixies are completely useless.
Total cost to buy all weekly troops is 28,500 gold while a Conflux town with a capital only gains 28,000 gold per week.