Personally, when we play together, everyone takes a ballista-monk and a champion, playing for life, but here I'm the only one doing it :). Of course, you can argue about the ballista and spearmen, but champions are significantly better than angels! In general, when I first started playing, the opinion was to have one ranged unit and one melee unit, i.e., either a spearman-monk or a ballista-knight.
Champions are better than what?:rolleyes: They die extremely quickly, losing one per battle against strong neutrals is almost guaranteed, or you have to level up the hero's resurrection skill (4th branch of the Life magic). Angels are faster, moreover. If we take Equilibrion, then even the crusaders have a speed of 1 more, 26 against 25 (stupid auto, but it's a fact). In addition, angels resurrect, which is an extra chance for the hero to stay alive longer.

Барон "Vampires"
Отдай свои прошлые сны,
В сомненьях себя обрети,
В бешеном танце душа кружится!
Не думай, что будет потом,
Здесь и сейчас мы живем,
Стань хоть на миг сам собой, слышишь!