Lich and Power Lich: Difference between revisions

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Necropolis creatures

Level 1

Skeleton

Skeleton Warrior

Level 2

Walking Dead

Zombie

Level 3

Wight

Wraith

Level 4

Vampire

Vampire Lord

Level 5

Lich

Power Lich

Level 6

Black Knight

Dread Knight

Level 7

Bone Dragon

Ghost Dragon

Towns

Statistics

Lich

Cost per troop
550

Attack	13
Defense	10
Damage	11–13
Health	30
Speed	6
Movement	Ground
Size	1
Shots	12
Growth	3
AI Value	848

Special abilities:

• Undead
• Ranged attack
• Death cloud

Power Lich

Cost per troop
600

Attack	13
Defense	10
Damage	11–15
Health	40
Speed	7
Movement	Ground
Size	1
Shots	24
Growth	3
AI Value	1079

Special abilities:

• Undead
• Ranged attack
• Death cloud

Portraits

Liches and Power Liches are the level 5 creatures of Necropolis. They are recruited from the Mausoleum, and can also be raised with Expert Necromancy if the hero has equipped the Cloak of the Undead King.

"Liches attack at range with a death cloud, which always causes damage in the target hex but also attacks all non-undead creatures in adjacent hexes. At close range, they defend themselves less efficiently with blows from their scepters." ^{RoE manual}

Special Ability: Death Cloud[edit | hide | hide all]

Liches' death cloud special ability only works when they attack at range. In addition to normal ranged attack damage in target hex, the death cloud also causes a "puff of death" that affects all 6 adjacent hexes around the target hex dealing damage to all living creatures in the radius. The damage is caused equally to allied and enemy creatures, and the amount is calculated individually for all affected creatures. Two hexes wide creatures do not suffer additional damage if both of their hexes are affected. Although Liches also defend Necropolis towns in arrow towers, their attacks follow the arrow tower calculations, and do not apply the death cloud effect.

Death Cloud is similar to Magogs' Fireball Attack. As Fireball Attack and Death Cloud are considered as AoE ranged attacks, they can't be affected by Preemptive Shots , even if target Gunslingers or Bounty Hunters as a central hex.

Creatures immune to death cloud: Elementals:

Air and Storm Elementals
Water and Ice Elementals
Fire and Energy Elementals
Earth and Magma Elementals
Psychic and Magic Elementals

Undead:

Skeletons and Skeleton Warriors
Walking Dead and Zombies
Wights and Wraiths
Vampires and Vampire Lords
Liches and Power Liches
Black and Dread Knights
Bone and Ghost Dragons
Mummies

Gargoyles:

Stone and Obsidian Gargoyles

Golems:

Stone and Iron Golems
Gold Golems
Diamond Golems

Steel Golems

Mechanicals:
Automatons and Sentinel Automatons
Dreadnoughts and Juggernauts

It should be noted, that the immunity only concerns the cloud causing damage to adjacent hexes. It does not protect creatures from liches' normal ranged attack damage.

Heroes with a specialty[edit | hide]

Moandor the Death Knight has liches as a specialty, which increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Liches or Power Liches for each level attained after 5th level and gives them a speed bonus of 1.

Horn of the Abyss[edit | hide]

Liches and Power Liches can shoot death cloud at any hex of the battlefield except for its own hex and adjacent ones (unless Bow of the Sharpshooter is present). Targeting dialogue is called by pressing G.

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They have relatively low health and defense stats, so they should be protected.

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   | Name      = Lich
   | Attack    = 13
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   | Shots     = 12
   | Cost      = 550
-  | Special   = • [[Undead]]<br>• [[Death cloud]]
+  | Special   = • [[Undead]]<br>• [[Ranged attack]]<br>• [[Death cloud]]
+ | U_AI_Value= 1079
   | U_name    = Power Lich
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+  | U_speed   = '''7'''
-  | U_damage  = 11–15
+  | U_damage  = 11–'''15'''
-  | U_health  = 40
+  | U_health  = '''40'''
-  | U_shots   = 24
+  | U_shots   = '''24'''
   | U_cost    = 600
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-'''Liches and power liches''' are level 5 creatures of [[Necropolis town]]. They are recruited from the [[Mausoleum]]. Both liches attack at range with a [[death cloud]] attack, which always causes damage in the target hex but also causes damage to all non-undead creatures in adjacent hexes. At [[melee|hand-to-hand]] combat they defend themselves with blows from their scepters suffering from [[melee penalty]] and making their attack less efficient.
+{{Cram|Mausoleum|Lich|Power Lich|no_dwelling=}}
+'''Liches and Power Liches''' are the level 5 creatures of [[Necropolis]]. They are recruited from the [[Mausoleum]], and can also be raised with Expert [[Necromancy]] if the hero has equipped the [[Cloak of the Undead King]].
-== Death cloud special ability ==
+''"Liches attack at range with a death cloud, which always causes damage in the target hex but also attacks all non-undead creatures in adjacent hexes. At [[melee|close range]], they defend themselves less efficiently with blows from their scepters."{{-}}<sup>[[Restoration of Erathia Manual Page 102|RoE manual]]''</sup>
-The death cloud ability works while liches attack at range. Theri attack cause a "puff of death", that affects all the adjacent hexes around the target dealing damage to creatures within the radius. However, all [[non-living]] creatures ([[elemental]]s, [[golem]]s and [[undead]]) and [[war machine]]s are immune to the effects of death cloud. The creature in the target hex still suffers normally from the ranged attack of the liches. Attacking in [[melee]] combat, does not cause death cloud to emerge. Like magogs, liches are used on towers during the castle siege, but they do not use death cloud.
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+== Special Ability: Death Cloud ==
+Liches' death cloud special ability only works when they attack at range. In addition to normal ranged attack damage in target hex, the death cloud also causes a "puff of death" that affects all 6 adjacent hexes around the target hex dealing damage to all [[living]] creatures in the radius. The damage is caused equally to allied and enemy creatures, and the amount is calculated individually for all affected creatures. Two hexes wide creatures do not suffer additional damage if both of their hexes are affected. Although Liches also defend Necropolis towns in [[arrow tower]]s, their attacks follow the arrow tower calculations, and do not apply the death cloud effect.
-Death cloud could potentially harm allied creatures, if liches are combined with living creatures and they are standing within radius of liches death cloud.
+Death Cloud is similar to [[Magog|Magogs']] [[Fireball Attack]]. As Fireball Attack and Death Cloud are considered as AoE ranged attacks, they can't be affected by [[Preemptive Shot]]s {{withhota}}, even if target Gunslingers or Bounty Hunters as a central hex.
-Death Cloud is very similar to [[Gog and Magog|Magogs']] [[Fireball Attack]].
+'''Creatures immune to death cloud:'''
+{{Non-living}}
+It should be noted, that the immunity only concerns the cloud causing damage to adjacent hexes. It does not protect creatures from liches' normal ranged attack damage.
+== Heroes with a specialty ==
+*{{H|Moandor|Death Knight}} has liches as a [[Specialty#Creature_specialties|specialty]], which increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Liches or Power Liches for each level attained after 5th level and gives them a [[speed]] bonus of 1.
+== {{hota}} ==
+Liches and Power Liches can shoot death cloud at any hex of the battlefield except for its own hex and adjacent ones (unless [[Bow of the Sharpshooter]] is present). Targeting dialogue is called by pressing G.
+{{Fanopinion|
+They have relatively low health and defense stats, so they should be protected.
+}}<!-- end of fan opinion -->
+{{creature 'see also'|up=* [[Cloak of the Undead King]]}}
+* [[Comparison of Level 5 Creatures]]
+* [[Comparison of Ranged Creatures]]
 [[Category: Creatures]]
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