1) For me, Sylvan is the most balanced faction. It has archers, mages, offensive, and defensive units – basically, all types of units. 2) Humans are a good faction; it’s strange that I didn’t pay attention to them before. 3) Academy – I really like the magical creatures in it. 4) Dark Elves – level 6 is too high for a mage, and the level 1 archer is a drawback. In general, I don’t like the arrangement of units by level in this faction. 5) Necromancers – they are strong because of their ability to raise the dead, but that’s it. I don’t like playing as them. 6) Inferno… they were better in the third game (especially in terms of units).