Icekin

Icekin
Aliases:	Icer, Iceking
Introduced:	Round 13
Round Wins:	3
Attacker:	Advanced
Explorer:	Beginner
Converter:	Beginner
Alignment:	Evil
Land type:	Mountain
Scribes:	[1]

Icekin is the best example of a converting and/or teching race. Icekin really like having wizard cost reduction techs in order to compete when converting due to their elite OP requiring a high WPA. Exploring with Icekin is also a very viable option as their defensive elite is very cheap for a potentially very efficient unit. Attacking full round with Icekin is not advised due to the difficulty in keeping a high WPA all round. Icekin are much stronger as a slow attacker rather than a fast attacker.

Racial Bonuses

• Defensive Power: +5%
• Food Consumption: -50%
• Lumber Production: -10%
• Archmage Cost: -150p

Military Units

Unit	OP	DP	Platinum	Ore	Special
Icebeast	3	0	300	0
Snow Witch	0	3	350	25	50% fewer casualties on defense.
FrostMage	3	3*	965	100	Increases defense by 1 for every 20% Mountains, maximum +3.
Ice Elemental	4*	2	1140	0	Offense increased by 1 x raw WPA, maximum +3.

General information

Racial Spell

Alchemist Frost: Stronger version of Midas Touch (not cumulative) giving +15% platinum production

Pros

• Cheap DP elites, good flex.
• If attacking, the high wizard ratio required makes Icekin very solid for getting ops on targets, even against Sylvans and DEs
• Can be very efficient late round

Cons

• Difficult as attacker
• High wizard ratio required for attacking or converting
• Land dependent DP removes strategy variation
• Low turtle