Lacrymas
Arcane
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- Sep 23, 2015
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The problem with winged valkyries is that they cost liquid mana ....which you get from the swamps you are trying to use them in. I suppose the swamps are just a slog in general and if there's a way around that it's not obvious or easy. Bomber birds do two things very well - survive and help other units survive. They do siege damage like the trolls, but are infinitely harder to kill because melee units can't target them and they are fast. Outside of that, they have a special ability that conceals your units in an AoE around them. Which means lizard drakes and other fliers ignore injured units so they can heal or not die. It can also work in the middle of a battle to conceal units from archers. I got a very clutch save on a thane who got surrounded by lizards and could only move 1 hex, I had to conceal him with the birds in order to defend him from archers and use other units to block melee enemies from going through that area (because units are obviously revealed if an enemy is standing right next to them). I like the siege birds in other words. I wouldn't use more than 2, though.