buy items for them, they are pretty much as good as assassins in a battle

idk wut else to say, though im one to speak since i mostly play ub

Ugh, played Erebus again tonight and got whooped badly... oh so badly... probably my worst game yet with 0 kills and 6 deaths.  Umm, 4k HP and he died in like 2 hits...

There has to be some secret or some setup, cause I have seen him rock in games.  Everytime I play him I just end up dying and dying and dying again.  I hit for like 150 damage and get hit for like 1,000... he just seems to suck up to much mana to be strong with DPS... but I can't seem to improve his attack speed much or damage any. ;-/

ddd

your wrong   it is between 10 and 15   that 90% finish

Just played Oak... got whooped with him as well.  So I tried taking out the Queen with Oak, and couldn't scratch her... yet in my game, Oak seemed to have constantly taken out my shield in 1 blast with his nuke... so hmm... I can't blast the shield in one shot when I play Oak but when I play the Queen my shield drops instantly...

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Oaks nuke does 200,400,600, and 800 respectivly.  So judge that on how fast its taking down a shield.  No way to buff it except through another oaks debuff or something like it causeing you to take extra dmg.  I agree early on gets priests/monks, and a few mana pots.  Oak has WAY to little MP at the start to do anything usefull.  Less then 2 consecutive shots with pentance low MP.  SO cheap mana pots are your friends.

I forgot to mention... memorize the numbers...  If you're got a bite that does 500 damage, and the enemy has 700 hit points, don't use it.  Wait till they are under 500 then insta kill.  That's his big draw card

get the idol for healing minions, use it, then sell it, buy more healing/mana potions. you cant go wrong, no matter what general u play u should be able to survive.

at lvl 1 i would also get an ability which can help you live longer aswell:

sedna: heal

oak,QoT: shield(doesnt matter if you dont lvl it further than 1)

Vamp: Bite

after that, it just comes down to how good you are at the game.

Tip for al lgenerals: buy bishops early, then use the O button to place them on follow.

They will constantly pop heals on your general when ever he needs it and their cooldown is up.

A bishop heals like 700 hp a pop so use it.

do not issue orders to your minions (unless you want to focus something down), let them follow you.

Strategy related: siege gunners.

Do not have the mwith your general. have them attack towers on the side of the map noone is on. if you have 2 generals, have both send their gunners over.

The gunners are not catapultsauri, sure, but they will take down towers if left unchecked and if some is going to defeat them, well, thats one less demigod to counter your demigod.

For me, playing a General well is all about the *minions*...

1) Get those minion idols, starting with the monk (healer), which also does very nice ranged damage.

(Not counting items or triggered skills for any of the DPS comparisons which follow)

- Six minions from the level 1 idols do 90% of the DPS of the average level 1 Demigod.

- The six minions from the level 4 idols do DPS on par with an average level 14 Demigod.

2) Get those minion-boosting skills, including the one that gives them more DPS.  Minions put out FAR more damage than most people realize, I suspect because it is "a lot of little numbers", and (if unmanaged) spread over multiple targets.  But if you focus all your minions on one target, their damage output becomes quickly evident as that target vaporizes.

- Six levels of Morale will increase minion DPS by 60%, and Oak minion DPS by 90%.

- Your Demigod minion DPS will rival your own (65% for Queen and Sedna) or exceed yours (150% for Oak and 200% for Erebus).

3) When an enemy Demigod appears, kill him by:

a. Hit M and swarm your minions onto him, then hit H and pull your demigod back *slightly*.  If he runs right away, then hit M and pull your minions back, nothing lost.  

b. But if he keeps coming then hit N and target everything onto him and also hit him with whatever skills you have.  By the time he gets to you he will be at least half dead.  You may take a few lumps when he arrives, but he will be getting mauled.

c. Once he is nearly dead and starts to run, then hit H and pull your Demigod back a bit, and hit M and have the minions chase him.  Click your idols to refresh any fallen minions, and (if you have it yet) click your "Heart of Life" to replenish any health/mana lost.

Get practiced with this sequence, and your Demigod will rarely take significant damage, while routinely killing off enemy Demigods *quickly*. 

4) For items:

- As you want to be able to chose when you engage and when you do not, you absolutely will need to move fast.  So boots of speed, wand of speed, etc. are very important.

- Damage items for me are nice, but for minions are absolutely amazing.  In the early game, I look for "Gladiator Gloves" and "Gloves of Fell-Darkur".

- Health items are nice, but largely unneeded.  Sometimes I will buy one of the lesser armors if I find myself taking hits, but usually not.  Once you get the "Heart of Life" you will be able to top off between fights easily.

- Mana items are nice, but are not enough in the early game, and unneeded once you get the "Heart of Life".

- Do not neglect the Citadel upgrades, particularly the Exp boosts, the first level of Gold boost, and the first level of both building enhancements (regen and splash damage).

Here's my take on the 4 generals:

• Oak is all round solid, maybe a tiny bit weak to start with. Seems to have decent DPS and staying power. Decent support.
  
• QoT is a superb support DG. Hang back, shield your allies and do LR damage. Wont get many kills but can turn a game.
• Sedna is a fast tank with a trade off in DPS. Also superb support.
• Erebus is a strange one as mid game he feels like the assassin of assassins. Paper thin, yet the most fun abilities IMHO.

When it comes down to it, each DG is different and can be played lots of ways. It's not just the skill build that counts its the item build that can really make a good DG. The only reason I think why assassins feel easier to play to start with, is because they have some fairly obvious high damage abilities that can give you some easy kills without too much effort. This isn't the case against decent players; which I have found out through some serious beatings!

Oh and this is of course ignoring the fact that it is a TEAM game and your chance of success almost entirely depends on working together.

i surrgest fighting with someone who is good with the gen u want to be good at  watch there style of fighting and then see if u can adapted it to ur own

hmm depend how much gold u start with and what dude  i prefer getting monks lvl 1 on oak they heal pretty well and in earily battel can be very helpful