Posts from Appearance/discussion of Necropolis units.

RomaShSh, you're bringing up a philosophical topic again :)
I'll try to answer your last question.
From the dictionary of biological terms:

Death is the complete cessation of an organism's functioning.

What people see before death – a skeleton in a robe – is most likely a product of nerves and anxiety. It is also known that many people turn to religion towards the end of their lives and look at the world differently. Fanaticism, Satanism, cults – all this stuff is more captivating than Tolkienism :) And the young man might be a good actor or some kind of cultist, and they want people to believe in them and all that...

Well, death with a scythe – isn’t that a Hollywood standard? In what normal, currently practiced religion have you ever seen an image of death? Back to the topic, the vampires look pretty good, but their faces need to be a bit different. In Heroes of Might and Magic III, the vampires look more like specific zombies. The question is: why drink blood if the result is the same? And the dragons look more like skeletal cats with wings... but, for example, the Death Harbinger is quite appealing.

Death with a scythe is NOT a Hollywood standard. This image has been around for many years (as far as I remember).
And regarding dragons... Why are they even needed??? 9 Archdevils can take down 16 Ghost Dragons in two hits!!!! Messengers are the best.

No one is talking about usefulness; we're discussing the visual aspect... where did this image of death come from? As far as I remember, no religion depicts a black reaper. It's too theatrical an image not to carry some hidden meaning.

However, this appearance has been known for a long time!

Honestly, I can't say how long ago this look became popular... well, Hollywood wasn't "born" yesterday either... I won't argue because I'm not entirely sure. :)
P.S. I agree, the Messengers are awesome!

Messengers are certainly amusing! But Liches please me even more!

Messengers are definitely a funny unit! But Liches please me more!

Unless it's because of the arrows... otherwise, Messengers are actually the main support for Necropolis.

main stronghold, archers...

No, I'm convinced that 30 Death Knights will defeat 20 Archangels under any reasonable circumstances.

lightning master + teapot/lightning = skeletons don't last until the end of the battle :)

30 messengers in 7 stacks = 5-4-5-4-4-4-4
20 archers in 7 stacks = 3-3-3-3-3-3-2

both have abilities... I don't know who will defeat whom

it will be decided by skill :)

archers are good support, they are a reliable force if there are more than 2000 of them, otherwise, ghosts, messengers, and sometimes liches with vampires are a better support.

Ghosts – a reliable force? That’s laughable. In large-scale battles, they rarely last more than 2 turns.

30 messengers in 7 stacks = 5-4-5-4-4-4-4
20 archers in 7 stacks = 3-3-3-3-3-3-2
both have abilities... I don't know who will defeat whom
it will be decided by luck :)

Even here, it's not about skill... (assuming they are roughly equal), but luck will decide everything... although with this setup, I would probably still give the advantage to the Archers... :)

And regarding ghosts... if you don't take them down with magic right away, they can sometimes survive for a very long time... even in serious battles...

Well, 10 Paladins, if they manage to get into position, can quickly eliminate a large number of ghosts.
And regarding the battle... it's not even luck, but rather the right combination of spells.