Lich

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**Lich** is a minion that players can create, adding to Iratus' army of undead.

## Abilities

Shrapnel | +4
Bone Shards | +1

Dominate Undead | +1+1
Command Undead | +1

\* The blue sign indicates the movement of the targeted minion.

Cruel Sacrifice | +1
Sacrifice | +5

Plague Cloud | +2
Toxic Cloud | +2

Armageddon | +3
Rain of Fire | +2

Dark Resurrection | +3
Reanimate | +2+2

## Strategy

***Role******: Magical damage dealer  - Stress dealer  - Summoner***  ***- Healer  - Buff*** ***support - Wrath  support***

***Upgradable Stats:*** Attack , Dread , Vigor , Initiative , Accuracy , Luck , Evasion , Block , Ward

***Best Positions:***

Lich is ruthless minion with abilities that harm both enemies and allies. Capable of both dealing high damage and supporting, he is the only minion that has a summoning ability. Lich focuses on Ward  protection and has high Attack , Dread  and Luck  for offensive play style.

His ***Bone Shard*** ability has no position or target restrictions but is very unpredictable due to random targeting. Still, it deals high damage and ignores Ward  protection with ***Shard Swarm*** upgrade. ***Shrapnel*** is very effective, targets 2 enemies with the same high scaling but hurts any minion standing on first position. Some minions can benefit from this friendly fire. Bone Golem  has high Vigor  to take the hits, can easily heal up and its abilities scale with Vigor  loss. Fallen Dhampir , buffed with Skeleton 's ***Embrace Mediocrity***, will resist the damage and gain more Attack , Dread .

***Rain of Fire*** is a powerful but very dangerous nuke and should be mostly used when allies have Ward , otherwise they will take heavy Ignition damage. Although the Ignition effect can be removed in some ways, it is still risky pull off without Ward  protection and Burning Skull to mitigate damage on allies. Due to its movement effect, ***Bedlam*** can combine with Bride 's ***Overwatch*** Stance to deal substantial damage to all enemies.

***Toxic Cloud*** deals stress in the form of Trap. Therefore, it's recommended to pair it with stress abilities that induce movement such as Banshee 's ***Scream*** or Bride 's ***Warning Shot*** to move other enemies into the Trap as much as possible for more stress hits. ***Corrosive Cloud*** easily removes all Armor  and Resistance  from a target. This effect applies in any condition and is non-removable as it is not counted as a Debuff. The ability renders Inventor boss completely vulnerable to damage.

***Dominate Undead*** gives the highest Attack and Dread Buff out of all abilities. Any minions that focus on dealing Vigor  damage or stress are good targets for the Buff such as Vampire , Ghoul , Zombie , etc. In case one does not want a back-line minion to be moved forward, ***Ineffable Command*** should be used instead.

***Dark Resurrection*** summons a heavily-buffed Skeleton  with no ability upgrades for combat purpose. For less Wrath  cost and cannon fodder purpose, ***Cheap Bodies*** can be used before ***Sacrifice*** to heal a large amount of Vigor  for the entire squad. If necessary, use ***Cannon Fodder*** on a nearly-dead Blood Phantasm  for a massive 93 Vigor  heal. These large amounts of heal is very helpful for boss fights and can be a substitute for Battle Eternal spell. ***Cruel Sacrifice*** combining with ***Cheap Bodies*** results in the largest 50 Wrath  gain. However, this method requires at least 50 Wrath  and Lich has do this in 2 turnsto grant the Wrath , while some minions such as Vampire  or Ghoul  can do this in just 1 turnto yield a similar Wrath  amount. If one has enough Mana , a Shade  can be summoned for immediate use of ***Cruel Sacrifice***. ***Cheap Bodies*** and ***Cannon Fodder*** can be combined for a solo Lich build. For this kind of build to work, however, players would need various items that give bonuses for using few minions (Madman's Eyes, Bloated Flesh, Boiling Blood) or when minions die (Broken Orb, Vulture's Feather, Cannibal's Jaw).

## Dialogue

* **Starting turn:** *"WHY AREN'T THE MORTALS DEAD YET?"*
* **Killing an enemy:** *"WEREN'T THERE MORE OF YOU? SOMETHING DIED."*
* **Receiving a critical hit:** *"I CANNOT BE KILLED. CEASE THIS FUTILE STRUGGLE."*
* **Delivering a critical attack:** *"THAT ONE SCREAMED. MORTAL LIVES ARE AMUSING."*
* **Ally is killed:** *"REPLACEABLE. THERE WILL BE MORE."*
* **Ally kills an enemy:** *"GOOD WORK, PUPPET."*
* **Buffed by Iratus**: *"A DISPLAY OF MY MIGHT."*
* **Enemy** **flees:** *"THEY MOVE USING LEGS? HAHA."*
* **Vigor** **is low:** *"I SEE THE END."*
* **Using *Bone Shard*:** *"I CARE NOT."*
* **Using *Command Undead*:** *"OBEY."*
* **Using *Toxic Cloud*:** *"BREATHE, MORTAL."*
* **Using *Sacrifice*:** *"SUBMIT YOUR EXISTENCE, PUPPET."*
* **Using *Armageddon*:** *"MY POWER IS ABSOLUTE."*
* **Using *Reanimate*:** *"KILL FOR ME."*