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Inferno creatures

Level 1

Imp

Familiar

Level 2

Gog

Magog

Level 3

Hell Hound

Cerberus

Level 4

Demon

Horned Demon

Level 5

Pit Fiend

Pit Lord

Level 6

Efreeti

Efreet Sultan

Level 7

Devil

Arch Devil

Towns

Statistics

Efreeti

Cost per troop
900

Attack	16
Defense	12
Damage	16–24
Health	90
Speed	9
Movement	Flying
Size	1
Growth	2
AI Value	1670

Special abilities:

• Immune to fire (Magic Arrow included)
• Hates genies

Efreet Sultan

Cost per troop
1100

Attack	16
Defense	14
Damage	16–24
Health	90
Speed	13
Movement	Flying
Size	1
Growth	2
AI Value	1848

Special abilities:

• Immune to fire (Magic Arrow included)
• Hates genies
• Fire Shield

Portraits

Efreet and efreet sultans are level 6 creatures of Inferno. They are recruited from the Fire Lake. Note, that efreeti is singular while plural phrasing is efreet in game.

"Efreet and efreet sultans are recruited into Inferno forces from the realm of fire magic, and are, consequently, immune to Fire School spells. They are natural enemies of genies and do 150% damage against them." ^{RoE manual}

In the HD+ mod, the adventure map view of the efreet was fixed, no longer featuring the black outline.

Special ability

As beings from the realm of fire magic, both efreet and efreet sultans are immune to all fire school spells. They also both hate genies as well as master genies. In addition, efreet sultans have a natural Fire Shield, which reflects 20% (cp. basic level Fire Shield) of the damage taken back to the attacker in melee combat. The Orb of Tempestuous Fire increases the effect of the ability by 50% (30% of damage reflected in total).

The Fire Shield does not reduce the damage taken by efreet sultans. The amount of damage reflected back to the attacker is defined the moment an attacker inflicts it. Even if the attack kills the efreet stack, the shield still causes damage to the attacker, but damage in excess of what was required to kill the stack is not counted when calculating the damage the Fire Shield does.

Also, creatures with the ability to evade enemy retaliations (e.g. vampire lords) suffer from the Fire Shield. The only way for creatures to attack efreet sultans without being affected by the shield is to use a ranged attack.

Protection from Fire effectively reduces damage from Fire Shield in fight against efreet sultans.

Clones of efreet sultans do not have the ability.

You can cast Fire Shield on efreet sultans, but the stack won't have two Fire Shields as a result. Only the better Fire Shield will be used. That means only advanced or expert Fire Shield will improve the shield.

Creatures immune to the Fire Shield ability:

Efreeti and efreet sultan
Fire and energy elementals
Firebird ^{*(not in Horn of the Abyss)} and phoenix

Heroes with a specialty

Rashka the Demoniac has efreet as a specialty, which increases the attack and defense skills of any efreet or efreet sultans for each level attained after 6th level, and gives them a speed bonus of 1.

Horn of the Abyss

Efreet sultan's AI Value was increased to 2343.

Tactics and info

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Although efreet are immune to fire magic, they are not unaffected by fire-based creature attacks. For example magogs' fireball attack or dragons' breath attacks are not considered to be magical and therefore they do harm efreet. (In Horn of the Abyss efreet are vulnerable only to the central hex of magog's attack) .

Efreet are among the game's most dangerous creatures. Whereas they can be slowed to be targeted by ranged attackers, they are formidable offensive units. Being able to fly at a relatively high speed, in addition to the devastating Fire Shield and immunity to Blind makes these some of the most formidable 6th level creatures in Heroes III. Efreet are extremely useful for sieging towns. Their rivalry against genies is in fact an advantage as efreet are on a higher level than genies, and therefore stronger and faster.

Tip: If your hero has slow, it should be utilized on efreet. Past that, you should try and soften or kill them with direct damage spells or ranged attackers, because the Fire Shield can inflict heavy losses, especially to creature stacks far stronger.

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 == Special ability ==
-As beings from the realm of fire magic, both efreet and efreet sultans are immune to all [[School of Fire Magic|fire school]] spells. They also both [[hate]] [[Genie and Master Genie|genies]] as well as [[Genie and Master Genie|master genies]]. In addition, efreet sultans have natural fire shield, which reflects 20% (cp. basic level [[Fire Shield]]) of the damage taken back to the attacker in [[melee]] combat. [[Orb of Tempestuous Fire]] is increasing the effect of the ability by 50% (30% of damage reflected in total).
+As beings from the realm of fire magic, both efreet and efreet sultans are immune to all [[School of Fire Magic|fire school]] spells. They also both [[hate]] [[Genie and Master Genie|genies]] as well as [[Genie and Master Genie|master genies]]. In addition, efreet sultans have a natural Fire Shield, which reflects 20% (cp. basic level [[Fire Shield]]) of the damage taken back to the attacker in [[melee]] combat. The [[Orb of Tempestuous Fire]] increases the effect of the ability by 50% (30% of damage reflected in total).
-The Fire Shield does not reduce the damage taken by efreet sultans. The amount of damage reflected back to the attacker is defined the moment an attacker inflicts it. Even if the attack kills the efreet stack, the shield still causes damage to the attacker, but damage in excess of what was required to kill the stack is not counted when calculating the damage the fire shield does.
+The Fire Shield does not reduce the damage taken by efreet sultans. The amount of damage reflected back to the attacker is defined the moment an attacker inflicts it. Even if the attack kills the efreet stack, the shield still causes damage to the attacker, but damage in excess of what was required to kill the stack is not counted when calculating the damage the Fire Shield does.
-Also, creatures with the ability to evade enemy [[retaliation]]s (e.g. [[vampire lord]]s) suffer from the fire shield. The only way for creatures to attack efreet sultans without being affected by the shield is to use a [[ranged attack]].
+Also, creatures with the ability to evade enemy [[retaliation]]s (e.g. [[vampire lord]]s) suffer from the Fire Shield. The only way for creatures to attack efreet sultans without being affected by the shield is to use a [[ranged attack]].
-[[Protection from Fire]] effectively reduces damage from fire shield in fight against efreet sultans.
+[[Protection from Fire]] effectively reduces damage from Fire Shield in fight against efreet sultans.
 [[Clone]]s of efreet sultans do not have the ability.
-You can cast [[Fire Shield]] on efreet sultans, but the stack won't have two fire shields as a result. Only the better fire shield will be used. That means only advanced or expert fire shield will improve the shield.
+You can cast [[Fire Shield]] on efreet sultans, but the stack won't have two Fire Shields as a result. Only the better Fire Shield will be used. That means only advanced or expert Fire Shield will improve the shield.
 Creatures immune to the Fire Shield ability:
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 Although efreet are immune to fire magic, they are not unaffected by fire-based creature attacks. For example [[magog]]s' fireball attack or [[dragon]]s' breath attacks are not considered to be magical and therefore they do harm efreet. ''(In {{hota}} efreet are vulnerable only to the central hex of [[magog]]'s attack){{-wh}}.''
-Efreet are among the game's most dangerous creatures. Whereas they can be [[slowed]] to be targeted by [[ranged attackers]], they are formidable offensive units. Being able to fly at a relatively high speed, in addition to the devastating fire shield and immunity to [[Blind]] makes these some of the most formidable 6th level creatures in Heroes III. Efreet are extremely useful for sieging towns. Their rivalry against [[genie]]s is in fact an advantage as efreet are on a higher level than genies, and therefore stronger and faster.
+Efreet are among the game's most dangerous creatures. Whereas they can be [[slowed]] to be targeted by [[ranged attackers]], they are formidable offensive units. Being able to fly at a relatively high speed, in addition to the devastating Fire Shield and immunity to [[Blind]] makes these some of the most formidable 6th level creatures in Heroes III. Efreet are extremely useful for sieging towns. Their rivalry against [[genie]]s is in fact an advantage as efreet are on a higher level than genies, and therefore stronger and faster.
 '''Tip:''' If your hero has slow, it should be utilized on efreet. Past that, you should try and soften or kill them with [[direct damage spells]] or ranged attackers, because the Fire Shield can inflict heavy losses, especially to [[creature stacks]] far stronger.