Sir Syddan
The Sylvan Faction is a big disappointment. I think the main problem is that they took the Anfroozen away from the Elven forest faction – literally the main highlight of the entire Heroes series – but in return, they gave us rather pathetic and completely uninteresting units. That is, instead of the universally loved, familiar, and understandable Elves that everyone expected from the nature faction, we got this:
1. An unshaven, cute fairy with adorable animations. The units don't look like anything dangerous at all; rather, they would be more suitable for ambient background on the adventure map. Damn, even their attack animation doesn't look dangerous. Were they recruited into the Sylvan army based on quotas?)
2. A stone Quasimodo. As Papich would say, it's an imitation of life. Even the stone golem, which is in literally every fantasy game, would be better.
3. A "sperm cell" (forgive me, Lord). If they needed to create a creature associated with winter, the axolotl is the worst choice. Not a classic nymph from HoMM, not white tigers from part 4, but specifically a white, pathetic fish...
Here is my personal mini-list of bad units.
What I like:
I like the Fauns UwU; the Druids are literally a Furion from Warcraft – they can handle it; the deer are more or less okay, but there are still some questions; and I would remove these crystals from the Phoenix's body, because it looks like some kind of disease; it would be better to give them a crystal necklace.