Best & Worst Units?

[Sherwood]

Originally Posted by Zhuangzi

You need Sacrifice for getting more Royal Thorns. A stack of 20 of these is very nice. Only problem is they are vulnerable to fire, and enemy heroes love to throw fireballs at them. Use Peasants or Miners to Sacrifice for Royal Thorns.

I haven't found even 1 Royal thorn on my hard paladin =(.

I found 2 on my hard mage and brought them up to cap though.

Currently I've found my sweet spot of units on my paladin (about 1/2 way through dwarf lands)

Full stack of griffins (have item that reduces leadership by 30%)
Shamans
Archmages
Inquisitors
Giants or Cannons (depending on the encounter)

I was struggling to find the right match of units, but this works waaay better than any combination yet. I can't say I have no casualties... but its no less than a couple units per on hard fights. Griffins/totems take the brunt of the attacker. The main spells I'm using are res/mana spring/trap/phantom ... and sacrifice only if I'm running out of a specific unit. Giants are great as a guard for my ranged units, and otherwise they make passable archers.