Are Lvl 5 Units viable anymore?

[Karlos]

Originally Posted by Dragnipurake

But as you progress through the game and enemy stacks become larger, it becomes impossible for your Black Dragons to survive any retaliations without losses in battle. So unless you have lots of Black Dragons available for purchase you're forced to rely only on their ability (Reload 3?) for dps ... I'm not sure dealing damage every 3-4 turns is worth an entire slot in an army.

That's why I wrote you have to whittle down the stack you're attacking in the first round, so it deals only some measly damage on the counter-attack. In the second round you use you AoE skill, and in the third round most stacks should be safe to attack.

My blackies get to attack almost every round. Only rarely I don't engage any stack in the first round if it's not whittled down to a safe level (btw you can attack even a very powerful stack by casting ice wall in front of it and hit it as an effectively second stack in a row).

And as the guy above me wrote, the fly'n'fire ability now crits as well and I always manage to crit at least 2 stacks. So a fight against huge all-plant army with high morale black dragons and greasy mist is hilarious beyond words

As I said, black dragons are not the typical bum-rush and bash unit like berserkers or demons. They need some finesse but with the right tactics and planning they can dps monster anything.