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Fluff_Banquet
Tavern Dweller
Assassin of spare time
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posted July 16, 2006 09:28 PM |
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ZOMBIES! 
Just joshing, you'd have to be drinking Drano to even use zombies.
Overall, skeleton archers are good value for all the reasons everyone has stated previously in all the innumerable posts and threads prior to this one. Blood furies are a cheekily effective unit if used well and protected (pity they are so flimsy, but what do you expect, it's called 'game balance'). Assassins are good, though their poison has limited efficacy (useless vs constructs, etc). Liches and their upgraded counterparts rock out with their area-effect zappy-hurty-ouchy-ray. But though I usually wouldn't pee on the sylvan folks' forces if they were set on fire by a hellhound's fart, nothing is as devastating as a fat stack of master hunters with that 'avenger' special ability (or is it imbued arrows? or is it both?) against yr hated enemy. With expert luck. And soldier's luck. The old one-two double-dose of death.
Joy! 
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mad_elemantle
Hired Hero
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posted September 01, 2006 04:14 AM |
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i think the best castle is necro because its easy to raise them with raise dead and you usually get your lost creatures back with eternal servitude.but wht are poll answers?!
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Tunaria
Tavern Dweller
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posted September 02, 2006 10:19 PM |
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Edited by Tunaria at 01:54, 06 Sep 2006.
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My favourite units so far:
Tier 1
Regular: Gremlin - This unit gives Academy an easy time early in the game, mostly thanks to the ranged attack.
Upgraded: Skeleton Archer - You got an almost endless supply of them once you've leveled up Necromancy a bit(and aquired the Skeleton Archers skill).
Tier 2
Regular: Archer - Scatter shot is quite useful and they do decent damage.
Upgraded: Blood Fury - Almost guaranteed one or two free attacks before she's attacked herself, thanks to her high initiative.
Tier 3
Regular: Hunter - Fragile, but their double shot almost guarantees great damage.
Upgraded: Squire - Great unit when placed near weak units like spellcasters and ranged units, plus it's a very durable unit.
Tier 4
Regular: Succubus - The only ranged unit that retaliates against ranged attacks. The projectile itself also looks cool.
Upgraded: Vampire Lord - Great survivability thanks to life drain, so you usually don't need to cast raise dead on them.
Tier 5
Regular: Lich - Death cloud is great to have, plus I love the unit's animations. The melee-attack animation is just so badass!
Upgraded: Inquisitor - Average damage, but the spells make up for it. 
Tier 6
Regular: Rakshasa Rani - Is fast and can both deal and endure much damage before killed.
Upgraded: Pit Lord - Exellent against tier 7 units and the meteor shower spell just looks so damn sweet! 
Tier 7
Regular: Bone Dragon - Cheap and it looks nice to boot.
Upgraded: Titan - My favourite unit since HoMM2! It looks powerful and is the ONLY ranged unit in it's tier. It also was the only high-level unit that were on par with the infamous Black Dragons(at least in HoMM2).
Honorable mentions
Familiar - Almost life-savers if you're attacked with low mana, provided that the enemy hero has any mana to steal.
Succubus Mistress - Just love the chain-shot, plus the ranged retaliation is a nice way to discourage enemy ranged attacks.
Archmage - Nice damage in both ranged and his fireball spell, provided that the enemy units are lined up properly or are in a bunch. Also has a cool casting animation(although a little long compared to other spellcasters).
Archangel - Looks cool AND can resurrect friendly units! Even better if your hero also has the resurrection spell.
Death Knight - I love this unit. But I prefer the Pit Lords, since he's not recruitable and is pretty hard to get overall.
Colossus - This unit has the word imposing written all over it, with both a mighty look and animation. Plus it looks quite funny when he kills a fragile-looking unit(ie. skeleton) or a small unit(ie. imp) with his melee attack. STOMP!
Hated(enemy) units
Druid Elder - Most hated enemy unit in the game. He always manages to fire off a spell or two before I can kill him.
Treant - Durable bastards. I always seem to encounter them in greater numbers, which makes them even harder to kill.
Water Elemental - Like the Druid Elder, it manages to at least cast one spell before I manage to kill it. Fortunately it doesn't get as many turns as the druid.
Phoenix - They're just so damn fast! They usually manage to weaken my army severly before I even get to act, plus their rebirth is a pain in the ass.
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vigant
Adventuring Hero
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posted September 03, 2006 10:37 PM |
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Hated(enemy) units
Druid Elder - Most hated enemy unit in the game. He always manages to fire off a spell or two before I can kill him.
Treant - Durable bastards. I always seem to encounter them in greater numbers, which makes them even harder to kill.
Water Elemental - Like the Druid Elder, it manages to at least cast one spell before I manage to kill it. Fortunately it doesn't get as many turns as the druid.
Phoenix - They're just so damn fast! They usually manage to weaken my army severly before I even get to act, plus their rebirth is a pain in the ass.
My thoughts too. I should add: I hate most of the Academy units, because of their looks.(I wrote "ate" instead of "hate" at first )
And also I dislike some of the Inferno units: Hounds should be more like hounds, not those muscular demons, the same with nightmares. Succubus are okay.
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DragonLord3000
Known Hero
Romanian flamethrower
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posted September 05, 2006 03:31 PM |
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Behemoth will still live on!
I have been attached to Paladins,Archdevils and Black Dragons,as for effective creatures my favourites are master hunters,archliches,pit lords,and Imperial griffins,but my favourite creature will still be the behemoth!As long as it is big and destructive it will also have a place in my heart!
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hot peppers are an ilusion.they do not exist.
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sylvian_prince
Hired Hero
the ranged hanter
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posted September 05, 2006 09:00 PM |
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sylvian is the joieble!!!
ther is nothing better than play with the sylvian!!!!
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DragonLord3000
Known Hero
Romanian flamethrower
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posted September 06, 2006 04:10 PM |
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-Deep Hydras
They help you a lot in the 3rd mission of the dungeon campaign
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hot peppers are an ilusion.they do not exist.
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mad_elemantle
Hired Hero
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posted October 16, 2006 08:50 AM |
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I have been attached to Paladins,Archdevils and Black Dragons,as for effective creatures my favourites are master hunters,archliches,pit lords,and Imperial griffins,but my favourite creature will still be the behemoth!As long as it is big and destructive it will also have a place in my heart!
i dont think behemoths are that great especially since thier slow and expensive
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Juzorius
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 16, 2006 01:06 PM |
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TOP 3
1. Rakshasa Raja (they look freaking cool, and do lots of damage, no enemy retaliation is also great)
2. Pit Lords (Coool creatures with meteor shower)
3. Archangels (Beautiful creatures from heavens! Resurrecting paladins owns)
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diablo-jr
Adventuring Hero
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posted October 16, 2006 04:02 PM |
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my top 3 would have to be as follows
1.the black dragon:been around since the beging of the game with little change to what it can do.
2.hydra:another classic monster that has done nothing but gotten better with time.
3.titan:It has been just like the black dragon good right from the start and just keeps changeing its looks not its ability.
Those would be my top three picks.
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good hunting
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Dungeonian
Adventuring Hero
Supreme matriarch
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posted October 17, 2006 12:09 AM |
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My favourite unit ( not strongest , just very cool ) is in my avatar
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Jebusrocks
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 20, 2006 07:06 AM |
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Sylvan army of treants, druids, and hunters. UNSTOPPABLE.
very true, especially those treants high defence and hunters strong attack!! but i think druids are weak at later levels, and that bloodfuries(sub hunter) Matriarch(sub Druid)black dragons and deep hydras the best combo. added with the Raiders, INVINCIBLE
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hellwitch
Known Hero
Skeleton Ruler
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posted October 20, 2006 04:24 PM |
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skelletons and liches are my favourite
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mad_elemantle
Hired Hero
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posted October 22, 2006 10:47 AM |
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my top 3 would have to be as follows
1.the black dragon:been around since the beging of the game with little change to what it can do.
2.hydra:another classic monster that has done nothing but gotten better with time.
3.titan:It has been just like the black dragon good right from the start and just keeps changeing its looks not its ability.
Those would be my top three picks.
the titan and black drgon have NOT been in homm. in h1 there was no titan and only a dragon not black dragon
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Viktor
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 25, 2006 03:51 AM |
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I like Archangels alot!
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Shauku83
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted November 01, 2006 11:43 PM |
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They can deal a whole lot of damage for sure, i just think that they are very expensive to get. I mean the upgrade is 8000 Gold, and the upgrade for Titans is 12000...Therefore I usually end up fighting a long time with normal Genies, which don't do as much damage and have less HP.
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vhilhu
Famous Hero
We are NOT schysophren
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posted November 01, 2006 11:56 PM |
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Edited by vhilhu at 00:00, 02 Nov 2006.
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fire elementals, people. it all actually comes down to fire elementals.
they saved me twice when i was playing inferno and was under siege. then on the third time enemy hero was Zoltan and i couldnt cast summon elementals more than once. end of that game, it was.
+ i really like the new h5 fire & water elementals, their models are the best fire & water elemental models in the whole homm series.
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Two little Gnoll boys sitting in the sun;
One got frizzled up and then there was one.
One little Gnoll boy left all alone;
He went and hung himself and then there were none.
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Sir_Kiril_bg
Hired Hero
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posted November 02, 2006 12:09 AM |
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My fav unit is the Paladin, because hes sexy, hes powerfull, and can heal like my gf.This guy is a powerhouse and if he had wings i'd say go to hell archangel!
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yasmiel
Supreme Hero
Former Chessmaster
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posted November 04, 2006 02:23 AM |
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My old favourite vampire is overshadowed by titan in H5...
The stare that titan gives when camera closes up on him when he recieves ranged damage (which mostly doesnt kill even a single one) is simply owning.
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mad_elemantle
Hired Hero
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posted November 25, 2006 03:49 PM |
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the titans good but hes lighting ability sucks.
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