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Ment, doesn't resurrecting troops happen when artifacts are destroyed (absorbed)? O_O
Author, look for a post about artifacts for mages (the key phrase is "rollers for brakes").
Personally, my experience playing as mages against dwarves (against Ment).
Hero - Zieher.
Skills - Summoning (Lord of Magic, Fire Warriors, Elemental Balance), Luck (Magic Resistance, Soldier's Luck, Deadly Luck), Defense (Sturdiness, Reflection, Dodge), Attack (Tactics, Ranged Attack, Fire Arrows), Darkness (Curse, Lord of Curses, Lord of Pain).
My main spells were "Phoenix, Elementals, Clone, Hive, Crystal Secret, Berserk, Subjugation, Vampirism, and Plague).
I sometimes cast Slow and Confusion, but rarely.
What's good is that dancers and berserkers are easily controlled, and then everyone is doomed)
Artifacts: Ring of Speed "22% initiative", Ring of Elementals, Sandro's Cloak, Sar-Elam's Staff, Amulet of Absorption, Golden Horseshoe.