Which level 2 creature is the best?

I think I'll vote for the Castle archers too. By elimination, assessing the practical value of a Tier 2 creature for its castle and for the player using it. Elemental. Yes, it's good, tough, and shoots decently. But Conflux aims to build Firebirds right away, so they often don't even get a chance to upgrade; they are used as basic units alongside others for a while. Conflux is waiting for the Firebirds. Swamp Lizard. It seems like an archer, but how often do you rely on them as your main units? After all, you can get a Wyvern quite early, and if you take a Bronze Dragon with starting Basilisks and build a dwelling, you can break through a lot right away. No, there are more effective creatures in the Swamp. Reader. Upgraded wolves hit well, but they mostly serve as cannon fodder to keep the birds and orcs intact. And they don't have much health. Dungeon. Hmm, Witch Harpies annoy the opponent; they must helplessly gnash their teeth while she jumps, pecks, and slowly flies back. But the damage is small. And I would rather upgrade Trogolodites instead of Harpies. I'll write about a funny case sometime, about how Trogolodites took Utopia at the end of the second week. In the Dungeon lineup, Harpies are not a decisive unit. Zombie. I'm even embarrassed to talk about them. Gog. I said roughly the same thing about the lizards. They help, but not decisively. Gargoyles - the same as Harpies, except they annoy the opponent less. They have supporting functions - they cover the blue Gremlin archers. Gnomes. Yes, they are good; I've heard many kind words about them when they resist enemy magic again. But they have strong competitors in the castle at lower levels - Elves and Centaurs. And they rely more on Elves; Gnomes just cover them. Unupgraded, they are slow and slow down the army a lot. And that leaves the archers. The main offensive power of the Castle, allowing you to break through quite strong monsters without losses. In the tactics subforum, there is an interesting case described where they took a Griffin Conservatory with 3 Angels. And the main striking force, killing the Griffin scouts, was precisely the archers. I vote for the archers!