Dominions 6 - MA Na'Ba - TheSlowestBlitz - Turn 36

[@jamesbeus598]

Well sorry this is late but I do have a question. What is your plan for the blood economy? My best guess is summoning the special summons but I'm wondering if it might be nice to get a mix of different summons especially since you have garnets which could get devils rather easily. Also, what was the gem plan if you couldn't get fire gems? Try to keep trading?

[@DarkSideCookies]

Storm Demons are the initial blood summon I'm planning for as my first blood 9 because Pyrene has Demon Knights so I was looking for something to kind of counter them. They also have high map move similar to devils, and make for great blood hunting patrollers. Shaytan though are the premier blood summon for Na'Ba, and can be geared to do Devils or Storm Demons within reason. Vampire Lords can do Fiends of Darkness as well with enough boosters, and I think those fit the stealthy part of the Na'Ba roster really well. The other Na'Ba summons like Ifrit (great army thugs) and Ghullah (interesting assassins and sabbath turbo comm batteries) are also planned for but after Shaytan. The final piece of a big blood eco is the ability to control territory through 3 Red Seconds. Late game army movements often require magic phase forts to prevent excessive gem burning. Generally fire gems are one of the less popular gem types so I was hopeful to keep trading for them if needed. This lobby had tremendous demand for Nature and Glamor (3 nations vying over Mother Oak and Man/Vanarus for Glamor). If I couldn't get fire gems by trading, I would have had to spend less fire on gear to compensate. Gems for army spending comes first -> gear -> summons is my general sort of priority list for gems except I would really want one Marid to break into A4.