Maxing Level and Skills

[TemjinGold]

Unfortunately, you will find that the direct damage spirit abilities will quickly become obsolete. The poison cloud I like though as it does MUCH more damage than you might think (prepatch, it can easily trigger 20+ times per round.) If you haven't tried it, do so.

[Smash]

Nah, it is too dangerous too use, it can start damaging your own troops, first two spirits are not too usefull sadly, only blob shield is good, damage spells has poor damage scale, wall is too much map (obstacles) depended but if you use lots of archers it may be worth a look. Last two spirits are more useful but are too late imo. Warrior really need talent like higher magic but for spirits with 120 rage i really would love to use them at least twice per turn .

[Roman]

Hmm, you may be right about diminishing utility. I am up to level 9 now and Evil Shoal, although still pretty useful, is no longer as outstanding as it used to be. Still, it is nice to have.

I like the upgrades that reduce rage costs or rest periods. After unlocking all 4 spirits, however, I suspect these upgrades will not be as useful as now, but they still might come in handy.