Posts from Tactics for playing as the Dwarves.

I don't know what the point of taking "Quick Mind" is if all the troops have already moved before the hero's turn. Although, there's not much else to take in terms of education and logistics, so "Quick Mind" is okay, I guess. I played, but not as Dwarves, and "Quick Mind" didn't help much. The only magic skill worth upgrading is "Light."

I didn't specify why, but it seems I need to. Thanks to this ability, the hero will definitely move before the enemy hero (if the enemy hero doesn't have "sharp mind") and likely before most of the troops. If the hero is Helmar, then he can simultaneously speed up the troops and inflict a punishing strike on them, which is already a good guarantee of victory. Or apply mass evasion to save himself from archers. Or apply stone skin in a fight against demons (the sooner, the better). Or just throw some fireball or shock earth at the enemy. In general, a thousand and one uses and very great benefit, IMHO.

Yes, I know what a sharp mind is! But I'm saying that your hero will move before the enemy hero, but not before the units. All troops move before the heroes, even if not all, but most of them, especially for the Elves.

Why would a half-dragon be able to handle a whole one? Will he still get level 2 spells, or does he need education for that? I don't remember that part, but if he does, then knowledge and spellcasting won't be wasted.

Why wouldn't a half-dragon be able to handle a whole one? Will he get level 2 magic skills or not? Or does he need education for that? I don't remember this part, but if he does get them, then knowledge and spellcasting won't be wasted.

I agree with the light magic. It's convincing. But chaos is unlikely to defeat 3-4 level 7 creatures for a dwarf. Summoning will still be more useful to the dwarf than chaos. Of course, the probability of summoning appearing is lower than chaos, but we are talking about usefulness, not the probability of it appearing. It seems to me that phantoms are still more useful; they can be used for both defense and attack. Conclusion: for a dwarf, we take either light or summoning, or both at once, but would that be too irrational?

I agree about light magic. It's convincing. But chaos is unlikely to defeat 3-4 level 7 creatures for the dwarf. Summoning will still be more useful to the dwarf than chaos. Of course, the probability of summoning appearing is less than chaos, but we are talking about usefulness, not about the probability of it appearing. I think that phantoms are still more useful; they can be used for both defense and attack. Conclusion: for the dwarf, we take either light or summoning, or maybe both at once, or would that be too irrational?

Having two schools of magic for a Dwarf is pointless, and what about leveling up a super skill? It requires two schools of magic: Chaos and Summoning. At the beginning of the game, I don't think any magic is very effective, and there's not enough knowledge or spellcasting.

Personally, I don't really like taking Keen Mind.

Returning to the topic of the importance of the "Sharp Mind" skill. Take a look at the replay; it seems the player's hero had "Sharp Mind" because the hero moved before the Knights of Isabel, for example. And this affected the course of the battle.

However, the real benefit of Rune Harmony may not always be apparent. Even if the spirit is greater than 5, the actual chance of it triggering is never more than 50%. It can be really helpful against Necropolis, but otherwise... Although, if you ignore the leadership perks, you can level it up to the basic level, take Harmony, and be satisfied... As a rule, resources are not spared for general battles, and we get 2 units of Defense by using the ability to apply runes on each turn.