Fire Elementalist

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Flinging fire and destruction in their path, the wizard wields incredible magical power, able to decimate an army with nothing more than a few words. The wizard draws their power from the fire element, which is one of the element of the nature itself.
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Magic Speciality:
Attribute:	MERCENARY
Race:	ELEMENTAL
Gender:	MALE
Attack Power:	6000 + 3000*level
Attack Type:	FIRE MAGIC
Counter Attack:	-
Hitpoints:	1600 + 800*level
Upkeep Costs:	50 + 5*level m.p. 1000 + 100*level gold
Abilities:	Arcfire (9), Firestorm (16)

Usage

The Fire Elementalist has mediocre HP and attack; however, its spells is where it really shines. Arcfire will heavily damage one random enemy stack, while Firestorm does moderate damage to all enemy stacks. At a high level, a Fire Elementalist can easily take away four or five ultimates with a Firestorm, and if Arcfire happens to hit the ultimate stack, even more can be expected to fall. This makes the task of whittling away 10% of your enemy's power considerably easier. However, because a Fire Elementalist uses Eradication magic in his spells, he can be countered with Scroll of Protection from Fire.

Note that your chances of hurting ultimates with either Arcfire or Firestorm are relatively low, as most ultimates have very high spell resists. What Fire Elementalist does is clean away low health fodder stacks and put a dent in complex/average units. He is especially potent against units with a weakness to fire such as Ice Elemental and green units.

As another point, units in general that have pre-attack spells, such as Fire Elementalist, are very valuable as their damage is pure spell. 80K damage might seem small compared to a stack of even complex units, but remember that stack has to face Accuracy (30% for regular 20% for siege), Efficiency, Random modifier (20%-80%) and then the enemy's resist to that damage type.

Protecting your hero

The Fire Elementalist is a hero of race Elementals. This means he will preferentially lead Fire Elementals, Efreeti and Salamanders, enhancing their efficiency. Since Efreeti are difficult to stack wipe, your high level fire elementalist is best hid leading this unit, stacked behind your topstacks.