But leadership is a separate topic. If there is a large map with many neutrals, and especially if the game is played with the condition that we develop for some time and then attack, it is a MUST-USE, as they say. At the same time, if you have the Diplomacy skill, you have the opportunity to recruit up to 30% of the neutrals on the map, and with the Leadership Crown artifact - up to 40%. This can be a very large number of units, literally hundreds. In addition, leadership is useful to take if there is a computer on the map, and there is a skill for abandoned mines. Then any computer can be defeated with just ghosts (for some reasons).
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1. Vampire lords. With soldier's luck, the chance of putting the enemy to sleep during an attack increases.