in any case, you won't be able to break through the neutral archers during the first week. what troops can you even have in the first week? what can we build in 5 days? 5 days because you still need to reach the mine. in the best case, we'll finish building up to witches. there probably won't be enough money to buy everyone, and even if there is, it won't help much; those same elf shooters will simply shoot you down, and if the difficulty is high enough, you have no chance at all. but by the second week, it becomes>On some maps, people aim for the Dragon Utopia by the 2nd week, and here you are talking about archers guarding mines. Trappers+Letos = breaking through almost without losses in the 1st week against shooters, even druids. Or do you simply refuse to play as Letos? There is also Sinitar with Arrow+Trappers, or Erin with Tactics+furies+Lightning. This is exactly where you need to spend your mana. Elves and shooters go down quite well; it's harder with those who have more HP.