The level 5 and 6 units are decent, but not the reason the Town are so good. vampire lords are strong, can fly, are fast, got no retaliation, and gain the back the troops that are killed. They got the far best level 4 unit in the game that is Vampire lords. Necromancy let you hord ekellets and go into battle without miss troops and insted gain troops.

Necro are strong mostly beacouse they got the best secondary skill in the game (Necromancy). They can both buy and sell artifact and get the elemental secondary skills without leveling up. Manny of there units are imune to armageddon that makes it easy to win battles since you start beacouse of the high speed of the phoenix. why? it has a growth of 4 with castle, it's the most fast unit in the entire game that lend you to use magic first and get the first strike (it also got fire breth and resurection ability but thats just a +) and it's the cheapest level 7 unit in the game and you can make it early.

In my opinion the Phoenix are the best level 7 unit. The level 6 unit are imune against all magic, attack all hexes (makes the ability better than the hydra ability) and have no retaliation. there level 3 unit are on the better side as wel beacouse it can shoot and are elemental. They got the best level 2 unit in the game beacouse it's pretty much a lvl 3/4 shooter unit in a level 2 unit shell. Sprites can also fly + have no retaliation making them a mini devil with a growth of 50 with castle and growth buildning. Conflux got Sprites that are fast level 1 units that makes early game scouts.

The two best towns are of course Conflux and Necropolis Still, one stack of peasants can eat up at least one whole retaliation. I personally tend to use lots of peasants on HOMM2 when the situation is right. Nonsense! The individual quality and versatility of the creature available to you compared to one that is currently not available is a pointless argument. 'best creature in it's tier, therefore a good unit' or 'worst creature in it's tier, therefore avoid it like the plague'. It is so arbitrary, yet people assume that the creatures exist in tiers based on the positioning of their dwellings on the purchase screen. I especially detest the notion that there are 'tiers' for the town creatures as well. Every debate or 'guide' on the HOMM games fall for these trappings. It's simply not worth your time to sit down and categorize who's better than who in general terms, becuase the game plays out in specifics. The long and the short of it is this: Develop your tactical skills and your management, and you'll be able to use any town-type in any situation and spin it to your advantage. As with anything else, it's all a matter of adjusting to suit the situation. Rating the 'Player-friendliness' of the troops, as done above, is far more useful. Every town has a place where it's at the advantage and at the disadvantage. On the matter of assigning 'tiers' to town types: Organmike: Having played Heroes 3 for a long, long time, I'd like to add my two cents, whatever they're worth.

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