The most effective starting strategy for the Inferno faction.

I don't know how to deal with ranged units if the army consists of: imps, elder demons, and hellhounds – neutral creatures always want to take either imps or hellhounds. Maybe I should deploy only demons and then jump somewhere... Usually, sulfur or crystals are guarded by some archers: usually archers (Stronghold), or maybe even spearmen (Stronghold), so how do I defeat them, and sulfur is definitely needed... Please advise? Sorry for the off-topic! As for a quick start, it's clear that hellhounds and elder demons need to be upgraded as quickly as possible – this makes it difficult to build succubi and ponies, so you can only use creatures of levels 1-3 to capture mines with sulfur and crystals.