Ranger - "Higher Vampire" [5th Campaign, 5th Mission]

I barely managed to defeat Nicolai. After Faidaen chose Messengers, Higher Vampires, and Skeleton Archers as his sworn enemies, I checked the tavern and saw that Nicolai was still stronger than me. It seems this was achieved by having 4,000 Skeleton Archers. Naturally, the Druids and Archers quickly corrected this imbalance even before the battle began, leaving only 2,000. Initially, the advantage was on my opponent's side. His Phantom Dragons kept killing the Phoenixes, and I couldn't allow that. First, the Deathbringers left the battlefield (I'm still annoyed that Isabel was happy when Biara-Beatrix told her that Faidaen was coming to her with two legions of these dancers; I would have yelled at this terrible diplomat who only managed to get an elf bard and just 2 legions of Deathbringers). Second, the Dryads (a unit that took out 8 Phantom Dragons each!). Third, the Unicorns (everyone attacked them, the bastards). Then the Phoenixes came out, but Faidaen kept resurrecting them. In the end, only about 100 Ents, a little over 500 Archers, and a little over 200 Druids remained, and at the very end, the Phoenixes resurrected themselves (5 were resurrected, and 5 became alive).