High Powered Enemy in Easy Game

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Curious if anyone else has maps where even on an easy game, there are just monstrous units moving around with impunity.  Some of these groups of monsters seem to have unbelievable super powers that allow them to go three or four times in a row.  Others I notice can 1 shot kill advanced level troops?  I am playing these first couple of games on easy and am a bit shocked that the game seems a bit unbalanced with these sorts of conflicts.

 

I even attempted to gang rush 1 250 point undead group with three of my heroes, each with five supporting units.  All level 6+ yet they were decimated with this power of the the monsters to go three times in a row?

 

Is this just intentional to have whacked out super mobs moving around in the game?

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Can you upload a video of this? I'm not entirely sure I know what you mean.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top


Some of these groups of monsters seem to have unbelievable super powers that allow them to go three or four times in a row.

All level 6+ yet they were decimated with this power of the the monsters to go three times in a row?

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Their initiative was probably quite a bit higher than that of your troops. It is usually a good idea to check a monster's stats before you battle them.

 

 

 

 

 

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Also, if you use Rush, it moves up your next turn without giving you a replacement turn in the place it was before.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

If they use the fear, then they will have a lot of moves while your guys will cower and not do anything.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

the thing with monster is, if you ignore their lairs for too long, they eventually upgrade (even on easy settings) and start sending out larger and/or more powerful units. the undead lair probably would have been easy to destroy early, but once it upgrades to a cindercorpse lair and the single undead guys turn into 3 or 4 man units, they become dangerous.

also, did that undead army contain a dark wizard? those guys can kill off a whole army with their despair spell. bring some powerful ranged units and kill them before they finish their cast - or bring a mage with high spell mastery to counterspell it.

EDIT: or did the army contain a banshee? those things are immune to normal damage, so they can slaughter your whole army easily if you have no means of dealing enough magic/elemental damage to kill them

also, don't underestimate dragons and wildland bosses. in case you're not aware- you can inspect enemy unit before you attack them. look for abilities such as coal stones, physical immunity, overpower, fear and flame breath. these are real killers. doesn't matter what units you field, those powers can ruin your day if you don't know how to counter them properly.

 

 

 

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Save frequently.   Some combats are stupid hard if you try it one way, but easy if to adjust.   Something simple like focusing on 1 unit at a time, taking your licks and just focusing on knocking guys off the map can help.  

Sometimes its worth it to try to slow them/curse the enemy and sometimes its just better to try to clear as many as possible - lose the army and then come in with another army.   Although at that point I usually just let the mob sit there if I can, that would be a lot of wasted production.