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Make the battlefield larger (11-12-13x11) and the creatures bigger (4 hexes), and I'd forgive everything else, lol.
Four small and three large creatures. Or five small and two large creatures. 134 hexes
1) A small creature is protected from a large creature with a 1-hex attack range by another small creature.
2) A small creature is protected from a large creature with a 2-hex attack range by two small creatures.
3) A small creature is protected from a large creature with a 1-hex attack range by a large creature.
4) A small creature is protected from a large creature with a 2-hex attack range by a large creature.
5) A large creature is protected from a large creature with a 1-hex attack range by three small creatures.
6) A large creature is protected from a large creature with a 2-hex attack range by three small creatures.
7) A small creature in the corner can only fight one large melee creature (it can "tank" by retaliating with attacks). On hexes, it depends on luck.
8) With a combined army of neutral creatures, there's a chance that a small enemy creature will attack diagonally, thus preventing a large melee creature from attacking you.
9) A small creature with high initiative and speed can run behind obstacles to avoid a large creature while the hero attacks (if the small creature has a retaliatory attack and the ability to attack and run away, it will also attack).
P.S. With these edges, 1 and 8 won't work on hexes.
Probably, this isn't everything that can be done with large and small creatures. Landscape obstacles will be much more important than when all creatures occupy one hex.
Tactics that could be used, like in Heroes 5
Four small and three large creatures. Or five small and two large creatures. 134 hexes
1) A small creature is protected from a large creature with a 1-hex attack range by another small creature.
2) A small creature is protected from a large creature with a 2-hex attack range by two small creatures.
3) A small creature is protected from a large creature with a 1-hex attack range by a large creature.
4) A small creature is protected from a large creature with a 2-hex attack range by a large creature.
5) A large creature is protected from a large creature with a 1-hex attack range by three small creatures.
6) A large creature is protected from a large creature with a 2-hex attack range by three small creatures.
7) A small creature in the corner can only fight one large melee creature (it can "tank" by retaliating with attacks). On hexes, it depends on luck.
8) With a combined army of neutral creatures, there's a chance that a small enemy creature will attack diagonally, thus preventing a large melee creature from attacking you.
9) A small creature with high initiative and speed can run behind obstacles to avoid a large creature while the hero attacks (if the small creature has a retaliatory attack and the ability to attack and run away, it will also attack).
P.S. With these edges, 1 and 8 won't work on hexes.
Probably, this isn't everything that can be done with large and small creatures. Landscape obstacles will be much more important than when all creatures occupy one hex.