Titans VS Thunderlord

Ctrl+left mouse button and mediocre ranged units become good melee units. In this case, artifacts are needed for speed so that the titans can run across the entire field. But it's still better not to rush and shoot as long as possible. Cyclops are a different matter – they have a penalty for shooting.

At the beginning, when there is no money, it is easy to do without titans, and later there will already be money, knowledge, and resources - golems and cats will run in quickly, and the first ones can even be healed by gremlins)) Apparently, you have never had them (titans) blocked on the first turn by, for example, black dragons.

No ranged unit is immune to such situations. Archdemons can pull them closer, and even tactics won't save you against crystalline dragons. And blocking a titan is not the most sensible idea. Not only does the latter have no penalty, but its stats are such that it will defeat any aggressor.