Auras

[xsage]

ok give me your 2 cents on this guys. Do you think Auras make a diffrents in a battle or not?

[Infested_Al]

depends on the aura/units

vamp + ghoul/abom? of course.

tru shot + hunt/archer you bet.

thorns? nope sorry

[Exedore]

All the auras make a difference in the game, but some make a larger difference than others. For example, Thorns can make a difference, but seeing as how most NE armies are countered by pierce damage (on ranged units), it makes the aura practically useless. Unholy Aura really doesn't make much of a difference during battles, but the speed boost and healing boost are beneficial between battles and over time. The benefit of an aura is mostly determined by what units you're using and what your opponent is using, so it's hard to generalize them as good or bad.

[Schwitzer]

Something else you need to consider is what other spells you could be allocating your points to instead of that aura, and weigh up whether you would gain more by having the aura or another spell entirely. :)

[Mtank]

Auras help extra in team games, cause in large battles there are more units effected, plus your ally's auras (if any) also add up...Thinks like lv 3 devotion aura or lv 3 vamp. aura cannot be called "useless"...but people usually dont go auras on the first level..so beware!

[Balor]

Most of the time I alternate the active spells and auras(if any) with my heroes because it saves Manna.
>_>;; Thats just me


BTW *waves* hello this is my first post ~_^

[Raging-Fury]

auras always give a boost in battles, no question

[Infested_Al]

the new cheese is potm + tc with hunt/hh in 2v2

and potm/dk/tc with fiend,hh and hunt in 3v3

[Raging-Fury]

havent seen that one yet but it sounds lethal, ill have to watch out for that

[MightyMick]

I always use passive skills as firsy because they dont cost mana and are very handy in battles

[Seal]

id go for active skills for first skill, since what are you saving mana for when having just passives? :o

[ice]

auras are pretty good in battles, but not all of them.....
i think the most helpfull aura si the one from the elfs from the POtM, damn...errrr. i forgoth how it was called!

[Mindslaver]

auras are pretty good in battles, but not all of them.....
i think the most helpfull aura si the one from the elfs from the POtM, damn...errrr. i forgoth how it was called!
Trueshot aura.

I also think Trueshot aura is the most effective, as you need no more than one point in the owl, so the rest can go into boosting your army power. When you have a ton of ranged units (not uncommon as NE), Trueshot's power will add up quickly.

[ice]

thx mindslaver, i forgoth what the name was, but this aura can be usefull not only at ranget units!let's say that i can help pretty much grunts and some hunters!

[Yoda]

Auras can be useful, but because I play as NE and go DH, I do not usually use them. But I sometimes also make a POTM, where the Trueshot aura is useful with Dyrads in addition to Owl Scout.

[Dayoh]

Thorns Aura > Orc, cause the orc basic unit is a grunt where NE is an archer, grunts are melee (as is most of the ORC units) even if u only have ranged units it will help and it rlly helps Hippo V Gargs.
See it has its advantages. :)

[gamer102]

yea it depends which units + which aura, like a brill. aura and lots of sorceress and priests would be great cuase they mainly use lots of spells. but a brill aura and rifles and foots have nothing to do with mana regen. You can have lots of ideas to make an aura alot more useful

[AHREN34]

Ok auras are good i dont play with others much im almost allways make a new map or fixing an old one but auras are a very good to use. i have found that if you get a unit with trueshot and a unit with........whats that aura that gives other units magic regain bonus???? errrrr any ways. and then get spellcasters you will have a very good combow.

[singo]

BTW *waves* hello this is my first post ~_^

Welcome, Have a Fishystick (http://imperator3.homestead.com/files/fishystick.jpg)!


I do like auras, I tend to find that (especially lategame with big armies) they often give you a vital slight edge. (or not so slight in the case of Vampiric aura lvl 3 with a big melee army :P)

[Yoda]

Ok auras are good i dont play with others much im almost allways make a new map or fixing an old one but auras are a very good to use. i have found that if you get a unit with trueshot and a unit with........whats that aura that gives other units magic regain bonus???? errrrr any ways. and then get spellcasters you will have a very good combow.

Brilliance Aura - possibly the humans best one, since it helps the Archmage incredibly and their spellcasters.

[GenocideAlive]

Unfortunately, there's a large discrepancy between aura-effectiveness. Certain auras are "Category 3", or good all the time. Some others are "Category 2", or good with a certain combination of units. Finally, the stragglers are classified "Category 1", or pretty much garbage.

These auras are classified based on their item-equivalents. It wouldn't make much sense to take them only in the context of their racial counterparts, because that would neglect not only team-games but the items.

Cat. 3 Auras: Unholy Aura, Endurance Aura, Wardrums (Kodo)
Cat. 2 Auras: Brilliance Aura, Vamp Aura, Trueshot Aura
Cat. 1 Auras: Holy Aura, Thorns Aura

Unholy aura and Endurance are in the same classification for obvious reasons--they loan SPEED. Speed is by itself one of the most important factors in the game, so if you've got beefy Unholy or beefy Endurance, you're pretty much kicking ass. Endurance is superior to Unholy, but since it's usually on the TC who's harder to level, it's generally on equal footing. War drums is on a kodo, which beats ass under pretty much all circumstances. Nothing like +10% damage to force your opinion on someone else.

Brill, Vamp, and Trueshot are all in the same classification because they all suffer from the same problems: unit type. If you go rifle/caster with HU, brilliance totally fucking rules. If you run into a unit that's magic immune, like breakers or destroyers, suddenly those casters are more of a liability. Same if you try a rush or something that doesn't directly involve casters; you still get a hero-benefit, but it's just not much good compared to Category 3. Vamp only works with ghoul/abom, and a simple switch on your opponent's part to mass magic-damage air totally fucks your strategy. Gargs are plain shitty AA, and are easily countered by something as simple as picking a Panda and using a little splash-damage AA. Trueshot is pretty much the same as Kodo, but only works on ranged units. Not too useful if you end up having to go bears/mgs/DH to counter rifle/sorc.

Holy Aura and Thorns Aura are in Category 1, because they're that fucking horrible. Holy aura does you no good against nukes, and it only lends a rather weak benefit until higher levels. 4% dmg reduction on 400HP is pretty useless, amounting to a whopping 20 extra HP. Gryphs and Siege Engines are pretty much the only units that would benefit from the aura, because they're one of the few high-HP units that doesn't have high armor (knights). You might as well get Divine Shield with your HL just to irritate the hell out of your opponent with your constant healing.

Thorns is just plain sweaty ball sacks. 5% dmg return to melee units only? You might as well start a bank in Texas that offers $.05/day free to any Native Innuit (Eskimo) Transsexuals in exchange for a punch in the face. Nobody qualifies for it, and those who do sure as hell aren't going to be taking you up on it. It's the only aura that requires YOU to take damage before it's useful. Countering getting shot in the face by giving your opponent a papercut really isn't going to do shit. Not to mention that it doesn't work on AoE or ranged units. Might as well put bags of acid on your troops.

Anyway, if you think your aura got the shaft, it probably deserved it. ;)

[Kreepre]

i think auras are pretty useful in certain cases. but i actually posted this say that AHREN34 STOLE MY AVATAR! :P u can keep it, i dont care that much. its rly cool, isnt it?

[Yoda]

i think auras are pretty useful in certain cases. but i actually posted this say that AHREN34 STOLE MY AVATAR! :P u can keep it, i dont care that much. its rly cool, isnt it?

Can I ask ..... how do you take screenshots of the cinematics? The Printscreen one doesn't seem to work.