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During the early hours ofUnicorn Overlord, exploration is key. If you go directly to your main story objective, you are more than likely going to get smacked down by tough opponents who outlevel you significantly armed with far more complex tools and units than you have. Instead, searching for side quests to take on is the key to success.
The Self-Effacing Sorcerer is one such side quest. It’s a comprehensive introduction to the Wizard class, which can be very tricky when you’re used to brutes with few tactics other than ‘hit things until they die. Here’s the rundown.
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The Liberation’s command post is captured
The time limit expires
As expected, you’re up against a new class here:Wizards. These provide a tough foe as they dealmagickal damage, which targets magickal defense, something that many units are lacking in.
Apart from Wizards, you’re also up against lots of toughHousecarls and annoyingly defensive Fighters.
We recommend the following formations to have an easy and efficient time with this side quest:
Chloe / Soldier
Rolf / Archer
Soldierscan reliably attack the back row without needing the front row being defeated first, and we’ll use theArcher to support the Strike Team with arrows. Make theArcher the leader.
Clive / Knight
Sharon / Cleric
TheKnight’s Assaulting Lancewill handily dispatch entire groups of Wizards, while theGryphon Knight’s superior magickal defencewill let the team survive longer against them. The Cleric is there for added tankiness. Make the Knight the leader.
Front Row
Gryphon Knight
These two formations can deal with this stage very well, with each of them being tailored to different enemies. The Lead Unit will take point, clearing the way for the Strike Force to mop up the enemies it needs to with relative ease.
You canrecruit a Gryphon Knight from Fort Mainteneaut- it’s best to get a generic one at this point in the game, as it’ll be quite a while before you can recruit the first unique Gryphon Knight unit.
How To Beat The Self-Effacing Sorcerer
If you’re following our strategy, you’ll want to start the stage bydeploying both the Lead Unit and the Strike Force. A trio of Wizards will be very close to your command post. Use either team to deal with these - they’re very weak.
Next,use your Strike Force to eradicate the tower full of Wizards and then the wandering squads of Axebearers. The Lead Unit, on the other hand, should head directly to the occupied fort to deal with the Wizards there.
Once you have the fort occupied, feel free todeploy any other units you have- the enemies that Auch sends out at you whenever you claim a tower are weak and can provide a nice chunk of experience.
Before you head north to the bridge, be sure topick up the Farsight Crystallaying in wait in the field to the south of the second tower.
After dealing with the fort and both Wizard towers,move your army north over the bridgeand deal with the weaklings and the Wizard tower. Eventually, you’ll be left with no enemies, bar Auch and his crew.
Auch is a tough opponent thanks to the bulky Soldier in the first rank and the fact that Auch himself has a nasty passive in Fire Burst, which deals a significant amount of damage if you aren’t able to kill him in one round.
To deal with Auch,set up your Archer unit in the nearby towerand thensend your Strike Team at Auch, remembering to pick up thenearby Beckoning Chimeon the way. With theRanged Assistfrom the tower and the Strike Team’s strength, thisshouldbe a one-round kill. If not, you shouldn’t take enough damage to make things a worry.
For an even more efficient kill method, use theArcher’s Arrow Rainability on Auch before the Strike Team gets there to soften them up a bit.
For beating Auch, you’ll get his powerful staff,Chlorotic. For completing the quest, you’ll get aBaroque Rod, a Revival Orb (S), the House Aubry Heraldry, and 15 Renown. You also have the option torecruit Auchor not.
Should You Recruit Auch?
After the battle, you’re faced with two options: to recruit Auch or to execute him:
An early extra Lapis Pendant can be a big help to certain strategies, and Auch doesn’t really have anything going for him other than being unique with some Rapport conversations to unlock. On the other hand, recruiting Auch means you don’t have to spend Honors recruiting a generic Wizard (and you’ll need a Wizard to overcome the Battle of Barbatimo), and Lapis Pendants are relatively common further down the line.
