What are your favorite troops?

[GreenGurgler]

I have been playing this game for a few weeks and love it. I was wondering what you all feel are the Best and the worst units to take. Which units are MUST HAVE and which are a flop (not worth the level)?

Also, which Dragons do you prefer and why?

Please provide any feedback.

Thanks!

[dukenukem]

hi everbody.

As for me,in the beginning of the game i prefer swordmens because they have physical resistance.

in the middle of the game i prefer sea dogs because they have multiattack property.

And during most of game i prefer king snakes because they have retaliation property and good speed.

And i prefer red dragons because they have line attack.

and i think best creature is human knights.Because they have good physical and fire resistance,good helath,line attack ability, and with warrior you can descrease their leadership...thanks

[Stardust]

Royal Snake is definitely the best unit in the game and they are even more deadly when you have the frog wife. If you are lucky enough to get some fire spiders early on, they and the royal snakes will stomp anything standing in front of them (especially with the Jade belt which gives bonus for spider). RS is a must have for me till I find other good combo in late game. One more unit that is vital in my army is Evil Beholder, its mind control and sleep ability is fantastic for crowd control.

Strangely enough in the snake and spider family, only those 2 I list are excellent , the rest of them are either just too slow (snakes) or too weak (spiders) and not worth using. I also dislike the Ent (high lv elf unit) because of their -100% to fire, slow and limited range ability. The rest of the units have their uses, you just gotta find the right way (and equipments) to maximize their potential.

Black dragon is the best of all, I dont use the others often because when they fight other units that has much more LDR they suffer heavy casualties and become weaken fast.

[skel1977]

Im not too far in but

Royal snakes, guardsman, swordsman, i use tons of thorn hunters because they are cheap and do good damage. Been using lots of Ancient bears, polar bears.

[Zonc]

Originally Posted by Stardust

Black dragon is the best of all, I dont use the others often because when they fight other units that has much more LDR they suffer heavy casualties and become weaken fast.

They also are immune to magic meaning you can't cast sacrifice/resurrect/any buff on them

Best unit in the game is simply the VAMPIRE. Life sucking is best ability in the game, and if there was "counterstrike" spell like in HoM&M series they would be simply indestructible.

[Sir Whiskers]

Early game:

Griffins (great initiative, speed, flight, unlimited retaliation, good hit points)
Royal Snakes (tough, hit hard, no retailiation, two-hex range strike)
Inquisitors (two great abilities - rage, resurrection)
Evil Beholders (good ranged attack, hypnotize)
Dwarven Cannoneers (ranged attack does extra damage to structures)

Once I can get them, I'll swap out the snakes for Orc Shamans (totem, tough melee unit), keeping the snakes in reserve, so I can swap them back in at need.

Later on I try to swap the Dwarven Cannoneers for Elves or Hunters. And I'll often swap the Griffins for Horsemen. I haven't made it any further, so I can't comment on late game units.

If you want to go with undead, I recommend Skeleton Archers (if you don't mind taking lots of losses before you have Time Back), and Vampires (especially Ancient Vampires). Inquisitors don't mind undead, but unfortunately, most of the other good ranged units do, so you'll need Tolerance to add in a good mix of ranged units.

I tend to find most Level 5 units are overpriced for what they give - giants are fun, but at 1,600 leadership each, each one costs the same as 26 royal snakes. Ent are nice, but way too slow. Same with Royal Thorns - a 1 Speed is hard to live with.

[talan86]

hello all.
My Fav. army is Polar bear (good health and good attacking) coz we can hire a lot of them.
Inquisitor.(resurection)
Griffin (good health and can split)
but army that i want is Horse man. i can't find them. I've already in level 11 and in the middle of the quest with Dwarve.

[skel1977]

they sell the horseman as you described it right next to greenwort castle. Unfortunately its defended heavily and not worth losing troops to get it.

[Metathron]

The troops guarding the tent, however, can be bypassed. Just lure them out and get the troops.

[Zandalar]

Greetings all, and like ye, this game's music and play are awesome!

Faverite troops, eh?
-->early game (for Warrior,Pally, and Mage)
If ye can get, Royal Snakes, Polar Bears (most likely, Anceint Bears)
-->mid part (depends on the class I suppose)
for me it was the Orc Shammans (dancing Axe and the totems to
distract - rule) the elven archers(both kinds) were very nice.
-->mid to late, since I played warrior, I got the demon wife, bought all the
demon troops i can (later they be vendors thet sell them outside of
Demonis) then transfered them to garrisons i had quik access to.

Now to answer the question: Demons, Demoness, and Archdemons are my favorite Troops, the dragons are very good but well, they are hard to replace and get very expensive (demons wernt a problem). This is what I have for the warrior. Xeona (Wife, +1 demon moral and she's really hot!), x2 Marshal's Baton, Isshara's Whip, Dragon Cloak, Demetrius[cl3], Miner's Helmet, and Anga's Ruby Ring.

The gear made them very mean, Archdemon teleport and smash rules, Demons ability to summon more, and demoness's talent to 'switch units places' fun. This set up was fun, I beleive the Kids i had were Adamus(+20% Atk), John(+10 rage), Homer(+3 Atk), and Emmanuel(+20% rage)

My army consisted of Demoness, Demons, Archdemons, Black Dragons, Red Dragons, reserve (demoness's - AI hates them with a passion, Black Dragons, these two to replenish what i loose since rez doesnt work with blakies)

Anyway, this set up very fun!