Are Lvl 5 Units viable anymore?

[Dragnipurake]

Originally Posted by Zechnophobe

Hmm, well, even with 27% physical resist, a black dragon should survive one hit from those. But you don't have to do it that way. You can stoneskin the reds, throw them in, follow up with the blacks at the end of turn 1, and then use their fire-for-all skill to put the hurt on many other stacks. A little fear or blind on any stacks you can't completely demolish, and you are good to go.

I've pretty easily no-lossed all the way through AP on impossible with a similar setup, and it's all about knowing how to use your spells and where to make attacks.

I'm not saying it's impossible on Impossible, but well ... Personally I'm a big fan of Dragons (and Lvl 5 Units in general) because they feel so 'cool' to use. But using Black Dragons just doesn't seem 'imperious' enough because I'm constantly worried about taking damage. With Red Dragons I can send them to the front lines without fear - which feels more 'Dragon-ish' - since I can buff/heal/use sacrifice to restore them.

[Zechnophobe]

Originally Posted by Dragnipurake

I'm not saying it's impossible on Impossible, but well ... Personally I'm a big fan of Dragons (and Lvl 5 Units in general) because they feel so 'cool' to use. But using Black Dragons just doesn't seem 'imperious' enough because I'm constantly worried about taking damage. With Red Dragons I can send them to the front lines without fear - which feels more 'Dragon-ish' - since I can buff/heal/use sacrifice to restore them.

Well, I've done no loss impossible with them, and recall it being one of the fastest (real time wise) ways of doing it. This was in KBAP where my army was RGBB dragons, and Archdemons. Except for the final two fights (Ktahu and Bhaal) where I used just Bone dragons + eviln.

[Colbert30]

Originally Posted by Zechnophobe

Well, I've done no loss impossible with them, and recall it being one of the fastest (real time wise) ways of doing it. This was in KBAP where my army was RGBB dragons, and Archdemons. Except for the final two fights (Ktahu and Bhaal) where I used just Bone dragons + eviln.

What I also like about Black Dragons is their initiative. As a mage, they were always going first, so that let me control the battlefield with CCs or buffs as I pleased, even before the battle begun.