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Originally Posted by DGDobrev
Actually the no retaliation trait gained by the Axe of Ice only works on lvl 1-3 dwarven units, and they are only 2 of them - diggers and dwarves. So it's really not that great, although I must admit that Diggers (the basic lvl 2 dwarven unit) can come in the thousands, pretty much like the fairies, but have much better attack, defense and damage, and they also get a +10% Physical resistance thanks to that axe. Besides, it's stats are great:
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I did play around with dwarves for a while - MIners are awesome now even without the Axe, if you use them in tandem with Foremen (and frankly, Foremen are much better then the level 3 Dwarf). Foremen increase the base attack and intiative of miners by 100% just by being in the army, and using the ability "Forward March" they give 3 speed and initiative to Miners! Making those slow little buggers very, very fast.
PLus, during the Miner's strike the Foremen get +1 speed, initiative and 100% critical chance (because he's angry, as all bosses are during a strike...
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Also, don't forget that Droid Engineers are level 3 too. They are ranged units, but they fly, have a speed of 4 and no melee penalty, so they could benefit from the no retaliation bonus too.
Zhuangzi - already on the first Island I found the "Fairy Dress" that gives +3 morale to Sprites and Dryads and +7 to Mana. Also I believe there is another item that boosts them, I saw it on the Elf islands. Generally there are a lot more creature-specific items, for example a Dark helm that reduces leadership of Death Knights.
I found out that there is a good Lizardmen-boosting item that you can get in every game - In Alona, you can do an exam in the Lecture Hall (the headmaster elf is a strange fellow, all courses exam's end in a big battle...
) - if you choose Biology (I think that is it) he wants you to show him the weak points of lizards - in battle! You get a diploma (Regalia) in biology (?) after this that gives +10 Rage, +5 Attack to Lizardmen and +10% critical chance to Tirexes!
The other two options (from what I can tell, translation is quite bad here) are Abjuration and Botany.
Abjuration pits you against a mage army (so you can show how you defend yourself against battle magic) and the Diploma gives you +2 defense, +2 Intelligence and +25% Magic resistance.
If you choose Botany (that's the funniest) Amelie says "Oh I love this, to arrange lovely flowers in a bouqet!" To which the professor says "But how to protect it? Now show me how you protect a lovely bouqet from firey creatures from hell!" and you will be pitted against an army of Demons while your army will consist of Ents and Thorns...
The Botany diploma Gives +10 Attack to Ents, Thorns and Dryads (so that's the other item I remember that boosts Dryads)....