You urgently need to watch the "In the World of Animals" program :D That's how you'll realize they just went overboard with the wolves.)))

I don't get why they went overboard? Everything is actually correct. Initiative (not speed) — correct, as the saying goes "a wolf's legs feed him." Pack attack — correct, a single wolf is only capable of mauling a hare, but as a pack they can maul any elk. It's the same in the game: one wolf isn't some god-tier fighter, but as a pack — they'll maul anyone. Where is the overkill?

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I agree with that, and in general it's a bit unclear to me why phoenixes are more dangerous than Emerald Dragons, for example...

Well, at least because of their fire shield and rebirth, not to mention initiative and speed.