Why medium in particular you ask ? Well some of their building help a bit in early but mostly in mid game. The orcs are really fun to play, they play very differently than the other factions (you can't wait in a corner that easily), their heroes go from 'meh' to 'crush the opposition!' quite steadily, good stats, good skills, be it magical or might, you'll find a way to trample. Get a ballista as soon as you can, it'll help a looot with the right skills.įor medium map, I go with Bastion. Your last tier units (if you go there) are both very usable, I'd rather play with the forest dragon (defense is insane, poison is incredible.) but the ent has synergy with other units. Druids are really strong as a crutch for your weaker units, they do fall quite hard from grace later on. Wardancer is a great unit, but will feel alone on the frontline for quite a while. On small map I'd rather play Sylvans, their heroes does not need lots of levels to carry you, the rangers are totally stupid if you manage to protect them, fortunately the fairies and spirit will protect them. Usually, Academy is strong, they push easily and they do not need expensive units to wreck your day, their golems can rampage very easily early on and some factions (Hi Necropolis) can't really do shit against them before having access to their greatest units.
