Conflux

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Armageddon's Blade Only available when the official expansion, Armageddon's Blade, is installed.
Towns
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Rampart Rampart
Tower Tower
Inferno Inferno
Necropolis Necropolis
Dungeon Dungeon
Stronghold Stronghold
Fortress Fortress
Conflux Conflux Armageddon's Blade
Cove Cove Horn of the Abyss
Factory Factory Horn of the Abyss

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 AbyssHorn of the Abyss.

Conflux creature dwellings:

Conflux specific buildings:

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

In Horn of the Abyss the building tree was changed:

Common buildings

Halls Fortifications Miscellaneous Mage Guilds Banned spells
Village Hall Village Hall
(existing)
Fort Fort
Wood
20
Mercury
Ore
20
Sulfur
Crystal
Gem
Gold
5000
Tavern Tavern
 Wood
5
           Gold
500
Mage Guild level 1 Mage Guild level 1
 Wood
5
   Ore
5
       Gold
2000
 Curse
File:Town Hall large.gif Town Hall
Wood
Mercury
Ore
Sulfur
Crystal
Gem
Gold
2500
Citadel Citadel
Wood
Mercury
Ore
5
Sulfur
Crystal
Gem
Gold
2500
Marketplace Marketplace
 Wood
5
           Gold
500
Mage Guild level 2 Mage Guild level 2
 Wood
5
 Mercury
4
 Ore
5
 Sulfur
4
 Crystal
4
 Gem
4
 Gold
1000
Death Ripple
City Hall City Hall
Wood
Mercury
Ore
Sulfur
Crystal
Gem
Gold
5000
Castle Castle
Wood
10
Mercury
Ore
10
Sulfur
Crystal
Gem
Gold
5000
Resource Silo Resource Silo ()
     Ore
5
       Gold
5000
Mage Guild level 3 Mage Guild level 3
 Wood
5
 Mercury
6
 Ore
5
 Sulfur
6
 Crystal
6
 Gem
6
 Gold
1000
Animate Dead
Capitol Capitol
Wood
Mercury
Ore
Sulfur
Crystal
Gem
Gold
10000
Blacksmith
Blacksmith
Wood
5
Mercury
Ore
Sulfur
Crystal
Gem
Gold
1000
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Mage Guild level 4 Mage Guild level 4
 Wood
5
 Mercury
8
 Ore
5
 Sulfur
8
 Crystal
8
 Gem
8
 Gold
1000
 Armageddon
Mage Guild level 5 Mage Guild level 5
 Wood
5
 Mercury
10
 Ore
5
 Sulfur
10
 Crystal
10
 Gem
10
 Gold
1000
Sacrifice      
Total Common Buildings:
 Wood
45
   Ore
40
       Gold
37000 
Total Mage Guild:
 Wood
15
 Mercury
10
 Ore
15
 Sulfur
10
 Crystal
10
 Gem
10
 Gold
4000
 Wood
20
 Mercury
18
 Ore
20
 Sulfur
18
 Crystal
18
 Gem
18
 Gold
5000
 Wood
25
 Mercury
28
 Ore
25
 Sulfur
28
 Crystal
28
 Gem
28
 Gold
6000

Heroes

Conflux heroes
Name Class Expansion Source Specialty Skill 1 Skill 2 Spell
Pasis Pasis Pasis Pasis  Planeswalker   2 - Armageddon's Blade  Psychic Elementals Basic Offense  Basic Offense   Basic Artillery  Basic Artillery  
Thunar Thunar Thunar Thunar  Planeswalker   2 - Armageddon's Blade  Earth Elementals Basic Tactics  Basic Tactics   Basic Estates  Basic Estates  
Ignissa Ignissa Ignissa Ignissa  Planeswalker   2 - Armageddon's Blade  Fire Elementals Basic Offense  Basic Offense   Basic Artillery  Basic Artillery  
Lacus Lacus Lacus Lacus  Planeswalker   2 - Armageddon's Blade  Water Elementals Advanced Tactics  Advanced Tactics    
Monere Monere Monere Monere  Planeswalker   2 - Armageddon's Blade  Psychic Elementals Basic Offense  Basic Offense   Basic Logistics  Basic Logistics  
Erdamon Erdamon Erdamon Erdamon  Planeswalker   2 - Armageddon's Blade  Earth Elementals Basic Tactics  Basic Tactics   Basic Estates  Basic Estates  
Fiur Fiur Fiur Fiur  Planeswalker   2 - Armageddon's Blade  Fire Elementals Advanced Offense  Advanced Offense    
Kalt Kalt Kalt Kalt  Planeswalker   2 - Armageddon's Blade  Water Elementals Basic Tactics  Basic Tactics   Basic Learning  Basic Learning  


Luna Luna Luna Luna  Elementalist   2 - Armageddon's Blade  Fire Wall Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Fire Magic  Basic Fire Magic    Fire Wall 
Brissa Brissa Brissa Brissa  Elementalist   2 - Armageddon's Blade  Haste Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Air Magic  Basic Air Magic    Haste 
Ciele Ciele Ciele Ciele  Elementalist   2 - Armageddon's Blade  Magic Arrow Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Water Magic  Basic Water Magic    Magic Arrow 
Labetha Labetha Labetha Labetha  Elementalist   2 - Armageddon's Blade  Stone Skin Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Earth Magic  Basic Earth Magic    Stone Skin 
Inteus Inteus Inteus Inteus  Elementalist   2 - Armageddon's Blade  Bloodlust Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Fire Magic  Basic Fire Magic    Bloodlust 
Aenain Aenain Aenain Aenain  Elementalist   2 - Armageddon's Blade  Disrupting Ray Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Air Magic  Basic Air Magic    Disrupting Ray 
Gelare Gelare Gelare Gelare  Elementalist   2 - Armageddon's Blade  Gold Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Water Magic  Basic Water Magic    Dispel 
Grindan Grindan Grindan Grindan  Elementalist   2 - Armageddon's Blade  Gold Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Earth Magic  Basic Earth Magic    Slow 

Banned secondary skills

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 Necromancy is not available for planeswalkers.

Necromancy Necromancy, Resistance Resistance and Interference Interference Horn of the Abyss are not available for elementalists.

Creatures

Town names

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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  • 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.

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