Major: Are you saying that it's a pain to replay manually? Is that supposed to be ironic? Well, in most cases, you still have to control them yourself, the AI is too dumb, and it doesn't depend on the race.
Regarding Deleb: her ballista (or rather, the fireball) is now completely useless, the damage is just minimal, so whether the neutrals clump together or not doesn't really matter. In general, she's just a regular demon engineer.
And don't get mad at Deleb for her ballista :) It used to be overpowered, but now everything is fair. It's also worth noting that the ballista almost always fires three times, i.e., the damage from the fireball is multiplied by 3. We also take into account the area of effect of the fireball (it can hit more than one unit, again, three times). As a result, it turns out to be a very good damage bonus. I agree that it's not that useful against creeps. But the fact that we have a ballista with Deleb from the start... She's the fastest-developing demon overall. Grok is also not bad. And for some reason, I think that something will work out with Grol too. After all, dogs are the most useful unit from the early levels at the start. And chaos will also be useful, at the start, high damage is not so important, but demons usually don't have problems with knowledge. Plus, there's the Soul Eater.
Bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die,
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not thy thunder from us,
Take away our pride.
G.K. Chesterton: English Hymnal