I have heard some people say that Eihort is one of the easier GOOs. That seems to be quite the opposite within my group. With the number of cultists out and the objective to seal 6 gates it seems like one investigator inevitably explodes into little Broodlings which typically summons Eihort. He is even more difficult in final combat, since when you die all of the brood tokens heal him. I think my group has a 1-3 record against Eihort.
What is everyone else's experience with Eihort?
I'm with you. I don't find Eihort especially easy by any means. Of course I imagine if you seal no gates, kill no cultists and just concentrate on getting weapons and clues for the final battle he's a pushover, as most AO's are in those circumstances. To me such a strategy is a great way to win the game while at the same time taking ALL of the fun out of it. What's the point of even playing then?
For those who try to win by sealing six gates I would say Eihort is in the difficult to defeat category. I find him to be a fairly challenging opponent, and enjoy playing against him.
This is what the numbers say, at least.
• Most dangerous
Here are the Ancient Ones, from highest to lowest investigator defeat percentage:
1. Atlach-Nacha 58.5%
2. Y'Golonac 54.2%
3. Glaaki 50.0%
4. Abhoth 45.6%
5. Cthulhu 41.2%
6. Shudde M'ell 40.6%
7. Yibb-Tstll 39.4%
8. Shub-Niggurath 37.3%
9. Tsathoggua 37.3%
10. Yog-Sothoth 34.4%
11. Azathoth 33.3%
12. Eihort 28.6%
13. Hastur 26.4%
14. Ithaqua 23.1%
15. Yig 23.0%
16. Nyarlathotep 21.7%
• Most restless
Here are the Ancient Ones, from highest to lowest percent of games where it has awoken (this is essentially the difficulty to close or seal):
1. Yig 79.0%
2. Glaaki 71.2%
3. Abhoth 68.4%
4. Atlach-Nacha 68.3%
5. Y'Golonac 66.7%
6. Shudde M'ell* 60.9%
7. Nyarlathotep 56.6%
8. Hastur 56.3%
9. Shub-Niggurath 56.0%
10. Yibb-Tstll 48.5%
11. Ithaqua 47.7%
12. Cthulhu 44.7%
13. Yog-Sothoth 42.2%
14. Eihort 39.3%
15. Tsathoggua 33.9%
16. Azathoth 28.2%
*This includes the investigators' losses by Shudde M'ell wrecking the town.
• Hardest to fight
Here are the AOs, from highest to lowest investigator defeat percentage during Final Combat:
1. Azathoth 100%
2. Tsathoggua 95.0%
3. Atlach-Nacha 85.7%
4. Cthulhu 84.2%
5. Yog-Sothoth 81.5%
6. Y'Golonac 81.3%
7. Yibb-Tstll 81.3%
8. Eihort 72.7%
9. Glaaki 67.6%
10. Shub-Niggurath 66.7%
11. Abhoth 61.5%
12. Shudde M'ell 59.4%
13. Ithaqua 48.4%
14. Hastur 40.8%
15. Nyarlathotep 35.0%
16. Yig 27.8%
According to these gathered stats, Eihort is medium-tier for final battle, but is particularly easy to close/seal.
Eihort's largest threat is apparent when you try to seal him. However, if you spread out the sealing duties across all the investigators, Eihort's brood effect is diminished. Since clues can become precious commodities in games, this is not such a rare strategy, even in games without Eihort.
Eihort becomes less threatening with more investigators, because the sealing task can get spread more and more thin. Remember that an investigator who receives his first brood token has 0 chance of being devoured by it.
Also notice that Kingsport AOs have an unfair boost in Final Battle/Overall difficulty because of the Epic Battle Cards. These stats were gathered from over 1000 reports, and most likely used base game/Dunwich AOs with NO Epic Battle.