Varesh VS Shiro VS The Lich

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Direct boss-style..... well firstly it depends which version of Varesh you're talking about.
Paragon Varesh is all but useless without peons... Dervish Varesh is rather more dangerous on her own...

Overall though...
Shiro would win without a doubt.

The Lich is a complete pushover on his own, and without lava to dunk you in there isn't much he can do. Sure, he has to be killed a few times in certain ways.... but it was never difficult to do that. Heck... the Lich would lose against Mungri Magicbox and his crew!

Varesh is somewhat tougher and actually has quite a few peons in her fighting set-up WITH her.... but she personally gets weaker in Paragon form... and while she is a bit tougher than the Lich she hasn't really got much.

Shiro is a blatant death-machine and couldn't hide it if he tried. His ability to heal himself at the expense of others is far beyond the Lich and Varesh combined... plus he can banish to the mists...


Now if you're counting armies.... that might be a different matter.

The Lich has the Undead and the Titans... and while the Undead are piss-poor, the Titans can be rather tougher. Pity they aren't quite as many in number as.....

Varesh's Margonites.... I mean she has plenty of Kournans to spare too. Neither are particularly strong... but there are absolutely tons of them. Let us not forget the torment-creatures and stuff. Nasty.

Shiro has his Shiro'ken and the Afflicted. His ken are quite nasty... especially the monks and elementalists... but on the whole they aren't too tough to deal with (just a bit tougher than margonites). The afflicted on the other hand may be weaker... but they have the plague-spreading effect on their side, not to mention the soul explosions.


My thoughts on an army-battle?

First things first.... the Kournans would end up infected by the Afflicted plague... and quickly switch over to Shiro's side. The Margonites alone would quickly be wiped out and Varesh would go down swiftly...
The undead would probably not last long... though they couldn't be infected. Chances are just being too near the fire-based titans would burn them up initially. The Shiro'ken would definitely cut them down.
The Shiro'ken would lose against the Titans in a direct battle... and though they would have larger numbers and take a chunk out of the titan force, they would probably fall first. The Afflicted would do well enough against the fire-based titans since the soul explosion does cold damage and there would be LOADS of them after taking the Kournan soldiers as well. They wouldn't do squat against the Ice Titans though.... which I suspect would be the last things left on the battlefield. I've seen what Ice Titans get like when you break them down enough, and if you have enough of those little bastards around, there is nothing they can't overpower through sheer tenacity...

So in the end.... the Lich would win the war on the basis of Ice Titans alone. I hate those bastards.

Then again.... if Shiro got his hands on the Scepter of Orr....... he would probably break it by accident. If Varesh got HER hands on it though.... then she would win most likely.