Discrepancies to point out

[DGDobrev]

Yes, you can, but it's not desirable, as you'll have to kill the extra units afterwards so that the troops can go back in your ranks

[Infiltrator]

I know, I did that all the time in KBTL, sacrifice it before the end of the battle, then put the surplus in reserve. With that I never had to buy troops any longer, just sacrifice stacks that lacked numbers to fill up leadership.

[DGDobrev]

Well, back to the trap problem.

You guys think the medal's great, isn't it? Well, let me tell you a story.

Right now I'm facing Demenion and if I am to keep up that no-loss spree on impossible I have to beat him up without losing a unit. However, as a Mage, I have only 21k leadership. Demenion has a big Archdemon stack that halves everything it hits. In addition to that, he has 2 stacks of emerald green dragons. To make matters worse, the game spawns 2 traps just in front of my troops. So what happens?

Archdemon teleports to the free spot (not on a trap, of course) and halves the Gorguanas. The first emeral green dragon flies to a spot behind the trap, takes one of my units and drags it. The unit takes damage from the bite and from the trap. The second emerald green dragon does the same over the other trap. Now this is what I call starting with a severe handicap.

Well... Time to get back to figuring how to beat up demenion even through those difficulties.

[Urbz]

Well, back to the trap problem.

You guys think the medal's great, isn't it? Well, let me tell you a story.

Right now I'm facing Demenion and if I am to keep up that no-loss spree on impossible I have to beat him up without losing a unit. However, as a Mage, I have only 21k leadership. Demenion has a big Archdemon stack that halves everything it hits. In addition to that, he has 2 stacks of emerald green dragons. To make matters worse, the game spawns 2 traps just in front of my troops. So what happens?

Archdemon teleports to the free spot (not on a trap, of course) and halves the Gorguanas. The first emeral green dragon flies to a spot behind the trap, takes one of my units and drags it. The unit takes damage from the bite and from the trap. The second emerald green dragon does the same over the other trap. Now this is what I call starting with a severe handicap.

Well... Time to get back to figuring how to beat up demenion even through those difficulties.

Ouch DG !

[DGDobrev]

Well, I managed to do it. From the 4th attempt that is... I was simply trying to make a point. People talk about medals being illogical, hard to get and so on. The trap medal can be both a boon and a curse. In this case, it was a curse. Since I'm a mage, I can't get the tactics skill to rearrange my troops and have to physically move them in order for the stronger troops to defend the weaker ones. If I move them, they go on a square next to a trap, begging for the emerald dragons to have some fun. If I don't I leave the weaker units unprotected, and the dragons simply go and have some fun with them.

It is a very irritating situation, but as usual, there is a way out of it. You just have to look for it

[Tibster]

Since u fought eficienlty to this point , cant u aford to buy runes in Montera ?
( I play hard so i have more money )

[DGDobrev]

I buy runes only from lvl 50 upwards. From lvl 50 you start gaining only half the runes on a usual levelup and you may need the extra.

I cannot buy that many might runes to get all the way down to the bottom of the might tree where tactics is. The mage is doomed to play without tactics because runes cost a lot. Although I have close to 2 mil, that will be sufficient to get 1-2 skills in the might tree at most. Let's not forget that in the magic tree, there are skills that require might runes as well.

So if you play warrior or paladin, tactics is viable option. The mage simply can't get there, unless you trade all the mind and magic runes you get with her, which is extremely inefficient. This is why from the might tree, I fully developed only Rage Control and Anger.