Dwarven Alchemists

[Namel]

I know royal snakes are great for melee. Problem is my tactic is to try avoid melee as much as possible. If I am in melee they can hit back.

My basic strategy is to send griffin phantom to enemy lines to slow them while my beholders and cannoneers shoot and shamans do their best to slow enemy more. I often end up keeping all enemy force at back row whole fight and thus my royal snakes do nothing at all. That is why I think alchemists with bomb could work. They could work as emergency melee when things don't go as I plan but usually work as another ranged unit.