storm giant

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experience promotions
chief A chief storm giant has double the visiblity range, and can therefore see and attack targets at greater distance.		lord - "lightning attack" The lord storm giant gets an electrical charge on his left hand. This allows him to attack creatures using the lightning spell. The Giant raises his left hand into the air and the lightning spell is cast.

tips and tactics
using storm giants A creature turned to stone only takes a singularly heavy blow to be blown appart. A storm giant's projected rock delivers such an intense blow, so in combination with gorgon stare, the storm giant can be devastating.		defeating storm giants Storm giants cannot throw rocks at creatures within a given range, so it is possible to surround an Storm giant with troops and cut him down to size These weapons also have a minimum distance that can be thrown.

alternative spell choices
The storm giant is similar to a dwarf boar rider but significantly more powerful.
The spell ingredient diamond can produce the spells: summon dragon, summon mountain giant and summon storm giant.		ingredient diamond
Dragon, mountain giant and storm giant are supposedly the top creatures in each alignment, so all are powerful in their own ways. The mountain giant's indiscriminate punch can cause as much injury to your own local troops as to the targetted enemy, and without a long range attack, it puts this creature last on the list. Whilst the storm giant may also be slow, the range of it's long range combat throws, and the amount of damage the projectile produces makes it formidable. However, the dragon comes out on top because it flies, it travels fast, and has a long range attack, all three qualities of which easily compensate for it being the most vunerable