Artifact Dilema

[jake21]

The 1000 leadership item has no defense. That is the one I swapped.

Originally Posted by Vilk

For the attack point of view yes it is. But you forget the +4 defense lost you had mention. If you feel defense from hits is important for your playing style that's 4*(1+1) + 5 = 13 vs 3*4 = 12.

If you feel hit defense not important for you then that's 9 vs 12.

But that's also mean you don't use significant talent that are dependent of troop size. For example you don't use a lot charm talent of demoness, nor summon of demon or training of druid for example.

At you leadership level the exchange to wife demoness seems positive for you.

EDIT: For the items you describe there's also another point in favor of using the wife demoness it's the weapon choice it offers through the dragon sword in case you face many dragons in a battle, and the equilibrium sword you succeed transform to sword of light. That choices are additional bonus that doesn't offer the other set of items.