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Originally Posted by maltz
Dragon Arrow and Dispel are handy but you don't need to upgrade them at all.
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I disagree about the second half of that statement. I agree about dragon arrows - i rarely need more than the 2 (iirc) that the basic level provides, and the upgrade only increases the number of them you get, not their effectiveness etc. Dispel, however, is practically useless at 1st level. All it does is remove all spells on any friendly troop. It therefore cannot be used to remove a buff from an enemy unit, or remove hypnotize from your own unit etc. At second level, it gains the ability to be used on an enemy unit, which is nice, but at third level it becomes truly amazing. At third level, it dispels negative effects from a friendly unit or positive effects from an enemy unit. This is truly amazing, especially since the cost does not increase from level to level, but stays a low 5 mana. It will remove the debuffs put on you without removing the buffs, and removes the buffs on your opponents without removing the debuffs.
Extra hint with dispel: cast it on any phantom troop for instant death of that troop. But you can only do this to your opponent with level 2+ dispel.
I know it means getting levels in order, but I've had a lot of success with a 3/3/1 o/d/c warrior. As a warrior, you will never need powerful damage spells from chaos, the only reason for more chaos is so you can use sacrifice to gain dragons. Personally, I've never had problems with not enough dragons - there are plenty available for sale, and the inquisitors/timeback/gift cycle will easily res them back, with time, except for blackies, of course, but sacrifice can't gain you any blackies anyways. And the extra order means full power from spells like: res, helplessness, bless, battle cry, dispel, divine armor, etc - mostly spells that are more effective on bigger armies.