But what if your army is thinned out during battles?
What was the point of writing that? Provide an argument.
This topic, strangely enough, has practical applications. Because there are cases when you have to choose which units to build and/or recruit.
I don't see any point in arguing with that - it's clear that the evaluation of a particular monster depends on a particular situation :). In practice, there are different cases - both of them :)