What are your favorite troops?

[Zandalar]

Greetings all, and like ye, this game's music and play are awesome!

Faverite troops, eh?
-->early game (for Warrior,Pally, and Mage)
If ye can get, Royal Snakes, Polar Bears (most likely, Anceint Bears)
-->mid part (depends on the class I suppose)
for me it was the Orc Shammans (dancing Axe and the totems to
distract - rule) the elven archers(both kinds) were very nice.
-->mid to late, since I played warrior, I got the demon wife, bought all the
demon troops i can (later they be vendors thet sell them outside of
Demonis) then transfered them to garrisons i had quik access to.

Now to answer the question: Demons, Demoness, and Archdemons are my favorite Troops, the dragons are very good but well, they are hard to replace and get very expensive (demons wernt a problem). This is what I have for the warrior. Xeona (Wife, +1 demon moral and she's really hot!), x2 Marshal's Baton, Isshara's Whip, Dragon Cloak, Demetrius[cl3], Miner's Helmet, and Anga's Ruby Ring.

The gear made them very mean, Archdemon teleport and smash rules, Demons ability to summon more, and demoness's talent to 'switch units places' fun. This set up was fun, I beleive the Kids i had were Adamus(+20% Atk), John(+10 rage), Homer(+3 Atk), and Emmanuel(+20% rage)

My army consisted of Demoness, Demons, Archdemons, Black Dragons, Red Dragons, reserve (demoness's - AI hates them with a passion, Black Dragons, these two to replenish what i loose since rez doesnt work with blakies)

Anyway, this set up very fun!

[MisterBarca]

Where can I find hireable Black Dragons? I've only found 2 eggs....

Also, where can I hire Arch Devils?

[jwallstone]

In the Land of the Dead, you will often find a bunch up in the mountains. Also, in the Magic Valley in Ellinia, the mage hiding behind the magic range will sometimes have some.

I'm just starting to experiment with Demons. I added some demonesses, but for some reason my inquisitors weren't able to resurrect them! Is this supposed to be the case? Is resurrect not supposed to work on them? If this is the case, are they worth getting, with all the morale hits and all?

[DGDobrev]

In the beginning of the game I went for the usual strategy with 2 melee and 3 ranged units (playing as a Paladin) - Royal snakes + bears and inquisitors, archmages and archers behind them.

In the mid-game, I started to get a bit more range-oriented. Both types of elf archers, human Archers, Skeleton Archers and some horsemen to tank (rather poor tank, should have taken ents).

Now in the late game, I keep Knights, Demons and Arch demons as melee units and 4 types of archers. This allows for a lot of flexibility - from 4 ranged + a tank to 3 melee + 2 archers. Lets see how the final battle will go.

EDIT: As for the last battle, close-combat troops are essential. Knights with sweep are a battle-winner, especially if you manage to get them surrounded by dragons. Ogres hit like hell (gift is very useful here), and Demons give extra diversion. In my game I found ONLY 13 Archdemons... Pitiful. I still used skellies though. A full troop of skels with dragon arrows drops a troop of black dragons in 1 hit. They will also draw the attention of other dragons to them for 1-2 rounds, which is rather cool.

I hate that hypnosis spell Haas casts, though.

[MisterBarca]

Originally Posted by DGDobrev

In the beginning of the game I went for the usual strategy with 2 melee and 3 ranged units (playing as a Paladin) - Royal snakes + bears and inquisitors, archmages and archers behind them.

In the mid-game, I started to get a bit more range-oriented. Both types of elf archers, human Archers, Skeleton Archers and some horsemen to tank (rather poor tank, should have taken ents).

Now in the late game, I keep Knights, Demons and Arch demons as melee units and 4 types of archers. This allows for a lot of flexibility - from 4 ranged + a tank to 3 melee + 2 archers. Lets see how the final battle will go.

EDIT: As for the last battle, close-combat troops are essential. Knights with sweep are a battle-winner, especially if you manage to get them surrounded by dragons. Ogres hit like hell (gift is very useful here), and Demons give extra diversion. In my game I found ONLY 13 Archdemons... Pitiful. I still used skellies though. A full troop of skels with dragon arrows drops a troop of black dragons in 1 hit. They will also draw the attention of other dragons to them for 1-2 rounds, which is rather cool.

I hate that hypnosis spell Haas casts, though.

I killed Baal and still cannot recruit Archdemons. Where do I find them?

Also, isn't the game pretty much over once you get Archdemons?

[DGDobrev]

Originally Posted by MisterBarca

I killed Baal and still cannot recruit Archdemons. Where do I find them?

Also, isn't the game pretty much over once you get Archdemons?

I found them only in Baal's castle, after beating him. There were only 13 and that was all. I did a pretty thorough search of Demonis, the castles (I married Xeona, still nothing) and the buildings, as well as the labyrinth and the orcs' lands. That was it.

Maybe we're just unlucky. However, Archdemons aren't that wickedly powerful. You should keep them in reserve and use them only vs. dragons. Haas has high level hypnosis and he can possess pretty much any units that isn't mind immune.

[MisterBarca]

Originally Posted by DGDobrev

I found them only in Baal's castle, after beating him. There were only 13 and that was all. I did a pretty thorough search of Demonis, the castles (I married Xeona, still nothing) and the buildings, as well as the labyrinth and the orcs' lands. That was it.

Maybe we're just unlucky. However, Archdemons aren't that wickedly powerful. You should keep them in reserve and use them only vs. dragons. Haas has high level hypnosis and he can possess pretty much any units that isn't mind immune.

Hmmm, people keep saying that you can recruit them at Baal's castle, but I have not been able to find them. It's funny how you can only recruit 13 of them, however. It must be related to the fact that they have 666 hit points!

Thanks for the information on the Haas. I will definitely keep in mind.

[Zonc]

Originally Posted by jwallstone

I'm just starting to experiment with Demons. I added some demonesses, but for some reason my inquisitors weren't able to resurrect them! Is this supposed to be the case? Is resurrect not supposed to work on them? If this is the case, are they worth getting, with all the morale hits and all?

Resurrection doesn't work with Demons

Are they worth getting? Demons are great - lots of attack&defence, 3 speed, always retaliate (perfect combo with Reaper's Timeback). Imps - no retaliation and 2 charges of fire ball. Cerberuses - 3 head attack (in HoM&M they also had no retaliation, it's a pity). I didn't like Demonesses though, but fighting against them is annoying (Magic Shackles are essential)

[MisterBarca]

Originally Posted by Zonc

Resurrection doesn't work with Demons

Are they worth getting? Demons are great - lots of attack&defence, 3 speed, always retaliate (perfect combo with Reaper's Timeback). Imps - no retaliation and 2 charges of fire ball. Cerberuses - 3 head attack (in HoM&M they also had no retaliation, it's a pity). I didn't like Demonesses though, but fighting against them is annoying (Magic Shackles are essential)

Does Sacrifice work on them?

[Zonc]

Originally Posted by MisterBarca

Does Sacrifice work on them?

Resurrection doesn't work on ALL Demons. However, Sacrifice still does. This way I managed to rise 90 Demons from 2 bought in tavern in Arlania