Gog and Magog

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

Gog

Cost per troop
125

Attack	6
Defense	4
Damage	2–4
Health	13
Speed	4
Movement	Ground
Size	1
Shots	12
Growth	8
AI Value	159

Special abilities:

• Ranged attack

Magog

Cost per troop
175

Attack	7
Defense	4
Damage	2–4
Health	13
Speed	6
Movement	Ground
Size	1
Shots	24
Growth	8
AI Value	240

Special abilities:

• Ranged attack
• Fireball Attack

Portraits

Gogs and Magogs are level 2 creatures of Inferno. They are recruited from the Hall of Sins.

"Gogs and magogs hurl fireballs and attack with their claws at close range. Magog fireblasts affect the target hex and its surrounding hexes like a Fireball spell." ^{RoE manual}

Special Ability: Fireball Attack

In addition to the target, Magogs' fireball attack damages all units standing in hexes surrounding the target. In the original game, this can sometimes be seen as more of a hindrance than help, due to the fact that it can hit allied troops next to the target. However, in Horn of the Abyss the area of effect around the target does not damage units normally immune to Fire Magic, and players can target any non-adjacent hex to be the target of the attack including empty cells, greatly increasing the versatility to the level of the Fireball spell. Most notably, the area of effect does not damage the Efreeti. However, they can still be damaged if they are the primary target in the central hex of the shot.

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

Heroes with a specialty

Calh the Demoniac has gogs as a specialty, which increases the attack and defense skills of any gogs or magogs for each level attained after 2nd level, and gives them a speed bonus of 1.

Horn of the Abyss

In Horn of the Abyss, Magogs can shoot fireball 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. Note that this Fireball does friendly fire. However, creatures immune to fire can be damaged only by a central hex:

Efreet and Efreet Sultans

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

In the original game, Magogs are more of a liability, as once the melee starts, it's often impossible to shoot enemy stacks without some friendly fire. For this reason, many players instead summon demons from Gogs. In Horn of the Abyss, however, careful positioning of the fireball allows damaging enemies only, and sometimes two or even three stacks can be hit at once, which makes Magogs much more viable.

Thanks to their Fireball special ability, Magogs can greatly "help" your Imps (or any other low-level creatures) to die in the very right moment and in exact numbers for Demons to be summoned.