What kind of magic do you like?

You're right, ZYbr, in this situation, the druid wins. But if the mage goes first, the mage might win. The mage's first move is to cast Hypnotize on the druid. The druid's turn (while hypnotized). Summon a Magic Dragon. (it appears under the mage's color). Lightning Bolt on the druid. The mage simply skips his turn. The druid summons (while hypnotized - as far as I remember, Hypnotize lasts for three turns) a Mantis Warrior. The Mantis Warrior's turn - attacks the druid. The mage's turn - Phantom of the Mantis Warrior. The Phantom of the Mantis Warrior attacks the druid (if it reaches him, which isn't important). The druid's turn - the cycle repeats. When the druid has made his third turn while hypnotized, the Magic Dragon can cast Confusion on him. The phantom and the original Mantis Warrior finish off the druid, the wizard casts Confusion on the druid, and the mage casts Ice Bolt. And then, order prevails.

I think that in this case, the druid is unlikely to last 3 turns. He'll be taken down sooner. The phantom isn't needed here, IMO; you can do without it.
In short, we can conclude that in this duel, whoever goes first wins, as our conversation shows.
But can a Chaos Knight defeat a druid? If the druid casts Antimagic on his first turn, the sorcerer is left with nothing but to equip himself with all available blessings like a Christmas tree and go into melee combat. At the same time, if the druid summons Mantis Warriors, attack them with magic until the druid casts Antimagic again - otherwise, the spells won't reach. If the Chaos Knight has high morale and Immortals, he can actually finish off the druid, but this requires a lot of luck; otherwise, the druid will overwhelm him with summons :smile14:. I don't think combat magic will help... unless it reduces the number of summons. *Chaos fans, suggest tactics on how to defeat the druid otherwise.* Personally, I used a similar approach to defeat a Chaos Dragon in the arena (of course, not taking into account the rapidly growing summoned troops, and usually the Chaos Dragon came to me, not the other way around; I first cast First Strike)