Developer postOriginal post (opens in a new tab)

Necromancering Tools

Hi! This post is about some items and ablities you can use in Undead Horde in addition to raising the dead and commanding your undead army. While your undead army does most of the killing, the necromancer is given some nice personal tools as well.

Our first item is the Staff of Hellfire. It shoots a fireball that sets enemies on fire. It's good against crowds. It doesn't help much with the tower but your minions can handle tower if you keep the angry peasants at bay. It isn't that "necromancery" though, so we may theme it differently in the future.

Here the necromancer uses the Circle of Bone. It creates a wall of bone around the necromancer and deals huge damage to everyone inside the wall. The circle of bone protects the necromancer so he can do his re-animating in peace. Once the wall dissipates the necromancer should be prepared to face his foes.

This the Wall of Bone. On casting it creates a wall of bone directed at the aiming direction. One tactic is to let your horde handle the front and then flank the enemy with the bony wall from the side. Necromancer raises some chickens here - they'll be useful in the next demonstration...

Here the necromancer uses the Sceptre of Explosion. It will detonate a unit in your army nearest the enemy. Chickens are plentiful but they can only do little damage against a tower before dying. Using an Sceptre of Explosion on them turns them into clucking bombs which can be very effective!

Thanks for reading!