I don't think cheesy play is necessary in AP. I've done 3 impossible no-loss runs in it. One was black knights + eviln, one was nuking (a single cast of black hole could kill 70% of an enemy army in reha o.O). The other was a more standard 5-stack army (except for bosses). On the other hand I had to resort to double armageddon + time back a few times in KBTL.
Dragons are amazing early on, especially since you're guaranteed the free emerald one you get on scarlet wind. Throw stone skin on a green dragon and keep it healed and it can tank the entire enemy army until you get to verona. Once you can get them in reasonable numbers paladins take over as the best tank in the game... and on top of that they get an amazing resurrection and a free fit of energy. You don't even really need to worry about losing them. Cast magic spring on them, then run them into the enemy. Paladins take hits, you get mana, phantom paladins, paladins get resurrected.
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