Also good for dealing with magic-based enemies thanks to that resistance.

+2 Resistance +1 Gold per population in your citiesĮxpand your economy with this easy way of granting extra gold across the board. Enemy player with a lot of poison-based units? Steel Skin is super effective. This is a situation transformation that can literally be the game-changer, depending on who you're fighting.

Provides +2 Defense and +2 Blight resistance, but -2 Lightning resistance.

Pretty standard transformation here without a massive buff involved, but +1 defense is strong at the beginning of the game.

Grants Rock Walk, which speeds your units up while traversing rocky terrain.

Grants Rock Camoflague, which lets your units hide in rocky terrain.

Frenzy which will increase your units attack damage each time they attackĭoesn't pair well with the Scion Of Flame transformation, but your units get cool demon wings and turn into multi-scaling units that can deal massive damage.

Grants immunity to burning and faster movement on any Desolate terrain.

Excellent for dealing with melee-centric opponents. This is a wickedly powerful transformation that turns your horde of tier 1 units into literal fireballs.

Fiery Wake - sets ground on fire after unit walks on it.Vengeful Flames ability - deals retaliation damage to melee attackers.The aim of horde builds is to increase the damage of tier 1 units, and this transformation can add up to 30% more damage if you're using status-debuffs - we're looking at the Sunderer's Javelin, or battle spells. 10% damage for each of the target enemy's status effects, which can stack up to 3 times for 30% extra damage.

Spawnkin is one of the best early-game transformations in Age Of Wonders 4 - granting your basic tier 1 units +20% damage is huge.Ī horde of soldiers that never lose morale, despite losing (probably) more troops? Reveler's Heart is essential for a swarm build so your armies don't start to crumble. Makes your units smaller, but improves base damage by 20%.

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