Posts from Tactics for the Swamp (Fortress).

Yes, using a hydra as a fairy requires some serious skill!:smile41: I was sure that after 1-2 hit-and-run attacks, it would be cornered and defeated, but these dwarves turned out to be quite gentlemanly)).
I'm not saying that Armor is a weak skill; I always prioritize it after Logistics, Earth Magic, Tactics, Offense, and Archery. Its advantage is that it always works, but its disadvantage is that it hardly works at all, unless it's a specialized build. Also, I never (and can't) focus on dealing and controlling damage; I prefer to break through with minimal losses, killing everyone on the first encounter and leaving (almost) no one for a counterattack – that's what I understand.
Perhaps the trick is that you need to level up (and find) two skills to significantly increase damage, while you only need one skill to reduce damage.

By the way, a question: there's a stack of 100 zombies, a dragonfly is 5 squares away from them, and 100 gnolls and 15 lizardmen are 8-10 squares away. What is the probability that the zombies will not go for the gnolls?

Damage control. Here's the situation: 2 stacks of 20 units each, with 5 HP, damage spread of 1.75. I attack, dealing 20 * (2..3.5) = 40..70 damage, the counterattack is (6..12) * (2..3.5) = 12..30, so the spread is already 2.5 times greater. With armor, the counterattack will be 10..26, which, at first glance, is not very effective. Therefore, I control losses only by avoiding attacks on combat stacks, which is done through attacks, offense, and archery. What did I miss?

Damage control. Here's the situation: 2 units of 20*5 HP = 100 HP each, with a damage spread of 1.75. I attack, dealing 20*(2..3.5) = 40..70 damage, and the retaliation is (6..12)*(2..3.5) = 12..30, which is already a 2.5 times wider spread. With armor, the retaliation will be 10..26, which, at first glance, is not very effective. Therefore, I only control losses by avoiding attacks on combat stacks, which is done through attacks, offense, or archery. What am I missing?

In general, all these phrases and numbers about damage control are nonsense! (Please forgive my frankness) Without practical confirmation, they are worth nothing.

, i.e., you don't consider anything in battle?
My simple logic is this: attack always works, and defense only works when you engage and expose yourself, so I'm afraid of intense battles (and maybe I lose because of this). In general, defense is good for slow troops that get hit more often, and attack is for fast, tactical, and ranged units (which many don't appreciate: "tanks"). Is that more correct?

attack always works, and defense only works when you engage and expose yourself

That's a very inaccurate statement. The attack only works on melee units. It doesn't work when you have ranged units in your army, and playing as many factions is based on ranged attacks. And the defense works against both ranged and melee units.

Wlk777, the zombies can't reach the placed unit within 1 hex, but I want them to go towards the flyers (they usually don't chase flyers, they go for slow units/archers). Are there any useful tricks in such a setup?

neutrals rarely go to single units that are one cell away, instead they often rush towards a group that is 2-3 hexes away.