Heroes 5.5 WarGame Edition - Tactical Edition.

7 won't change much, 8 would be a nice addition. 9 can be removed; units with such speed look scary.

In the case of WGE, "scary" will most likely start not with 9, but with 7, given the nature of the struggle. However, practice will put everything in its place. I will try out neutral creatures with 7 and 8 in the future.

Added 1 hour 56 minutes ago
By the way, speeds of 7 and 8 can also be obtained with native troops. To do this, it is enough to upgrade the speed aura (+1) in logistics and take boots with +1 to speed. At the same time, humans can also take native lands in the racial tree, increasing the speed of champions, seraphs, and free griffons to 9(!).

The only ones who cannot increase their speed above 7 are the undead.

Academics, due to the aura, boots, and mini-artifacts (+2), can increase the speed of some units up to 10 (ifrit, djinn, atlantes), and many - up to 9 (marble and onyx gargoyles, marids, apsaras, kshatriyas, thunderbirds, titans; as well as all golems with the golem march).

So, neutral creatures are not necessary in principle in order to obtain super-fast creatures in the game.

Added 1 hour 39 minutes ago
Approximate prices for mini-artifacts:
(5/10/15 of the corresponding resources to create mini-artifacts of levels 1/2/3)

Attack +6 (piercing) = ore + gems Defense +6 (defense) = wood + crystals Speed +2 (speed) = ore + mercury

Initiative +20% (acceleration) = sulfur Health +5 (health) = wood + ore Morale +3 (morale) = wood + ore

Luck +3 (luck) = wood Magic resistance 66% (magic defense) = wood Attack: -2 defense (armor reduction) = ore

Bonuses from mini-artifacts will be fixed (not depend on knowledge). In fact, the hero's knowledge will be equal to 20 when creating mini-artifacts. Perhaps the prices will be reduced from 5/10/15 to 2/4/6. This will depend on the balance of resources and prices for buildings. In any case, the creation of mini-artifacts will be encouraged from the very beginning of the game.

Added 11 hours 59 minutes ago
In connection with the reduced increments, it is proposed to re-scale the numerical ranges:

1 = Creature (new) 2-4 = Few 5-9 = Group 10-19 = Squad 20-49 = Many 50-99 = Horde 100-199 = Hundreds 200-499 = Swarm 500+ = Darkness

Legion (1000+) should be removed from use.