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1) no comment - I'll take Vaishan, and spend the resources on an amulet, and make sure it's a strong amulet, and level up the skill.
2) If there were more, it would be an imbalance. ;) Want more? Take "Rally Troops," which also leads to "Aura of Swiftness" :cool:
3) Minuses: I agree :smile39:
4) It doesn't matter anymore when you take out the entire enemy stack in one go. ;) There's no one left to take the hit. :cool:
5) Hydras: Invaluable with "Sudden Attack" and to keep them in the Castle. It's hard to flush the Warlock out of there. :)
6) Besides support, they also shoot well at close range. ;)
7) But they have a lot of health and you don't have to cast spells on them. :D

Conclusion: A strong race. The best, if not for the minuses... :p

1. If you take Vaishan, the gremlins will have an amulet, and the skill and resources will naturally be for this :) And assassins will easily fall to the gremlins, and not just assassins :)
2. I wasn't talking about balance. Furies are only good against neutrals; they don't survive at all in the final stages. Rally Troops and Pit won't help them much :)
4. It's rare to take out an entire stack with riders. But even this doesn't help them become the core of the army. This is a standard support unit, like paladins. Yes, they can take out one stack if they're lucky. But then they die right away :)
5. Hydras, as I said, are for meat. Just to give the hero time to cast spells. The unit itself doesn't deal much damage.
6. They shoot a little, I agree :)
7. They have a lot of health, but their low initiative spoils everything :)
You don't have to cast spells on them? If you could cast spells on them, they would be a really useful unit. The Warlock could cast mass and area spells freely.

Conclusion: A strong race in the early game, a mediocre race in the mid-game, and a very weak race in the late game.
If we're talking about the strongest race, then it's probably the Knights :)
In the early game, they might not be the strongest, but in the mid-game, and especially in the late game, they'll tear everyone apart without a chance. This is about patch 2.1, by the way :)
Although... there's a small chance for the Demons if they manage to steal all the mana... but even then, the Knight can handle it.