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 When you don't know '''which faction you are facing''', it is good to get a mixture of units.
-'''White mage''' is an obvious pick. Healer and good ranged attacker against undead and drakes. '''Lieutenant''' is another solid option, because he can use his leadership in a battle. '''Swordman''' is another usable unit, because he is a very good fighter, stronger and more resilient than lieutenants in melee combat.
+For your Leader, '''White mage''' is an obvious pick. Healer and good ranged attacker against undead and drakes. '''Lieutenant''' is another solid option, because he can use his leadership in battle. '''Swordman''' is another usable unit, because he is a very good fighter, stronger and more resilient than lieutenants in melee combat.
 ==General Loyalist Strategy==

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 * strong melee attack (blade)
-<b>Horseman</b> is a very important unit. During day, he can use his charged attack to kill some units in a single strike. Better in offense than in defense. Very expensive to recruit (23 gold)
+<b>Horseman</b> is a very important unit. During day, he can use his charged attack to kill some units in a single strike. Better in offense than in defense. Very expensive to recruit (24 gold)
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 * <b>low defenses</b>, but good resistances to blade and impact weapons.
 * lawful, can be upgraded into 2 useful units (balanced knight and very offensive lancer)
 * <b>strong</b> when attacking; <b>weak</b> in defending
-* strong melee attack (blade) with '''charge'''
+* strong melee attack (pierce) with '''charge'''
 <b>Cavalryman</b> is a mixture of horseman and fencer. Balanced unit with good resistances, high movement but low defenses. Good mobility on flat lands, slow on difficult terrains.

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-Battle between loyalists and drakes is intense and you can expect a lot of fire damage from drakes. However, none of your units fears fire. While drakes are 1-on-1 stronger, you can prepare more cheaper units. Also, drakes are friends with saurians, who can push back or destroy your cavalry. Common strategy is also using a lot of spearmen, because they are much cheaper than drakes and brakes are weak to pierce damage. They can also fight well against saurians, because this loyalist unit have much more HPs that saurian skirmishers or augurs.
+Battle between loyalists and drakes is intense and you can expect a lot of fire damage from drakes. However, none of your units fears fire. While drakes are 1-on-1 stronger, you can prepare more cheaper units. Also, drakes are friends with saurians, who can push back or destroy your cavalry. Common strategy is also using a lot of spearmen, because they are much cheaper than drakes and drakes are weak to pierce damage. They can also fight well against saurians, because this loyalist unit have much more HPs that saurian skirmishers or augurs.
 * '''Spearman''': Great! Great against almost everything. And if you can upgrade one, it is even better against drakes and/or saurians. Same as bowmen, one alone spearman is not very dangerous.

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	== Specialists ==		== Specialists ==
	How to play specialists: [[How to play Horseman\|Horseman]] - [[How to play Mages\|Mages]] - [[How to play Skirmishers\|Skirmishers]]		How to play specialists: [[How to play Horseman\|Horseman]] - [[How to play Mages\|Mages]] - [[How to play Skirmishers\|Skirmishers]]
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	* '''Merman fighter:''' Good on water. Neutral nagas are their rivals, so try to attack during the day and guard during the night.		* '''Merman fighter:''' Good on water. Neutral nagas are their rivals, so try to attack during the day and guard during the night.
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		+	== Specialists ==
		+	How to play specialists: [[How to play Horseman\|Horseman]] - [[How to play Mages\|Mages]] - [[How to play Skirmishers\|Skirmishers]]

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 ==General Loyalist Strategy==
-Loyalists are considered to be the most versatile faction in the game. They have most available unit types to recruit ( 8 ), more than any other faction. Loyalists are mostly melee oriented faction, with only two ranged unit types, the '''mage''' and the '''bowman''', but their ranged units play a significant role in the loyalists strategy and have to be used effectively. About the melee troops the loyalist player gets to choose among:
+Loyalists are considered to be the most versatile faction in the game. They have most available unit types to recruit (8), more than any other faction. Loyalists are mostly melee oriented faction, with only two ranged unit types, the '''mage''' and the '''bowman''', but their ranged units play a significant role in the loyalists strategy and have to be used effectively. About the melee troops the loyalist player gets to choose among:
 * '''Heavy Infantrymen''': few strikes, high damage per strike, slow, higher hitpoints, good resistances, low defenses, deals impact damage which is good against undead
 * '''Spearman''' average strikes, average damage per strike, average movement, medium hitpoints, normal resistances, average defenses, deals pierce damage which is good against drakes, has a weak ranged attack
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 '''When attacking''', Loyalists have units which can be pretty devastating, like the horseman for attacking enemy magi and other ranged units, magi against the entrenched melee units, fencers for killing enemy injured and valuable units trying to heal behind their lines. But the mentioned units are also very vulnerable and they can die very easily if not properly supported.
-The loyalists as a faction generally have average '''defenses''' ( they do not get 70% defense anywhere, with the exception of the fencer, which is a special case ) and they are not a terrain dependent faction ( like the Elves or Knalgans are ). Therefore, even if it good to put spearmen and bowmen on mountains, villages and castles where they get 60% defense, you should also take the faction you are facing into account when deciding where to place your units. For example, if you are fighting knalgans, you should try not to move your units next to hills and mountains and/or take the hills and mountains with your units and leave the forest to the dwarves.
+The loyalists as a faction generally have average '''defenses''' (they do not get 70% defense anywhere, with the exception of the fencer, which is a special case) and they are not a terrain dependent faction (like the Elves or Knalgans are). Therefore, even if it good to put spearmen and bowmen on mountains, villages and castles where they get 60% defense, you should also take the faction you are facing into account when deciding where to place your units. For example, if you are fighting knalgans, you should try not to move your units next to hills and mountains and/or take the hills and mountains with your units and leave the forest to the dwarves.
-All the loyalist units are lawful, which obviously leads to the conclusion that the loyalists should be more aggressive and attack at day ( or even start at dawn, because your opponent in most of the cases will be reluctant to attack too aggressively and leave units on bad ground when the morning arrives ) while at night the loyalists should at least play conservatively, or in some cases even run away. Of course, that is also dependent upon the faction of your opponent.
+All the loyalist units are lawful, which obviously leads to the conclusion that the loyalists should be more aggressive and attack at day (or even start at dawn, because your opponent in most of the cases will be reluctant to attack too aggressively and leave units on bad ground when the morning arrives) while at night the loyalists should at least play conservatively, or in some cases even run away. Of course, that is also dependent upon the faction of your opponent.
-'''The greatest weakness''' of the loyalists is their limited mobility. The loyalists' units have normal movement, some of their units like the horseman,cavalryman,merman fighter and the fencer are pretty quick when they are in their favorable environment, but all their units get slowed over rough terrain a lot compared to the other factions' units . Half of the loyalists units can not even move on/over mountains, and their scouts get significantly slowed in forest, for example. This lack of mobility will often give your opponent an opportunity to outmaneuver you in the game.To prevent that, sometimes it is good to attack hard on a certain point and defend only with minimal amount of units elsewhere, rather than uniformly spreading your units around the front.
+'''The greatest weakness''' of the loyalists is their limited mobility. The loyalists' units have normal movement, some of their units like the horseman, cavalryman, merman fighter and the fencer are pretty quick when they are in their favorable environment, but all their units get slowed over rough terrain a lot compared to the other factions' units. Half of the loyalists units can not even move on/over mountains, and their scouts get significantly slowed in forest, for example. This lack of mobility will often give your opponent an opportunity to outmaneuver you in the game. To prevent that, sometimes it is good to attack hard on a certain point and defend only with minimal amount of units elsewhere, rather than uniformly spreading your units around the front.
-When you don't know '''which faction you are facing''', it is good to get a mixture of units. On most of the default 1v1 maps, this initial recruitment list would be good : spearman, bowman, fencer, mage, merman fighter, cavalryman. As always, you should carefully consider about the exact placement of each individual unit from the initial recruits on the castle to come up with the most optimal combination that will allow you the quickest village grabbing in the first turns of the game.
+When you don't know '''which faction you are facing''', it is good to get a mixture of units. On most of the default 1v1 maps, this initial recruitment list would be good: spearman, bowman, fencer, mage, merman fighter, cavalryman. As always, you should carefully consider about the exact placement of each individual unit from the initial recruits on the castle to come up with the most optimal combination that will allow you the quickest village grabbing in the first turns of the game.
 ==Loyalists vs. Drakes==

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 ==Loyalists vs. Drakes==
-Battle between loyalists and drakes is intense and you can expect a lot of fire damage from drakes. However, none of your units fears fire. While drakes are 1-on-1 stronger, you can prepare more cheaper units. Also, drakes are friends with saurians, who can push back or destroy you cavalry.
+Battle between loyalists and drakes is intense and you can expect a lot of fire damage from drakes. However, none of your units fears fire. While drakes are 1-on-1 stronger, you can prepare more cheaper units. Also, drakes are friends with saurians, who can push back or destroy your cavalry.
 * Bowman - '''B''' - Good unit against drakes, average against saurians. If you opponent buy a lot of drake burners, use several archers and spearmen against them. However, bowmen are weak against drake fighters and clashers during the day.

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 ==Loyalists vs. Drakes==
-Battle between loyalists and drakes is imtense and you can expect a lot of fire damage from drakes. However, none of your units fears fire. While drakes are 1-on-1 stronger, you can prepare more cheaper units. Also, drakes are friends with saurians, who can push back or destroy you cavalry.
+Battle between loyalists and drakes is intense and you can expect a lot of fire damage from drakes. However, none of your units fears fire. While drakes are 1-on-1 stronger, you can prepare more cheaper units. Also, drakes are friends with saurians, who can push back or destroy you cavalry.
-* Bowman - '''B''' - Good unit against drakes, average against saurians. If you opponent buy a lot of drake burners, use several archers and spearmen against them. However, bowman are weak against drake fighters and clashers during the day.
+* Bowman - '''B''' - Good unit against drakes, average against saurians. If you opponent buy a lot of drake burners, use several archers and spearmen against them. However, bowmen are weak against drake fighters and clashers during the day.
 * Spearman - '''A''' - Great! Great against almost everything. And if you can upgrade one, it is even better against drakes and/or saurians. Same as bowmen, one alone spearman is not very dangerous.
-* Horseman - '''B-''' - Great against drakes, but cery vulnerable to saurians. However they can greatly weaken strong drakes or even kill them. Make sure you attack first. Not good for defense, do not over recruit. Spearman is simply better most of the times.
+* Horseman - '''B-''' - Great against drakes, but very vulnerable to saurians. However they can greatly weaken strong drakes or even kill them. Make sure you attack first. Not good for defense, do not over recruit. Spearman is simply better most of the times.
-* Fencer - '''B''' - Blade attack against saurians, good defense, high mobilty, skirmisher - all you need to defend important units at night and ZOCing during day. Make sure that big, powerful drake fighters, gliders and burners cannot run away from your spearmen. Fencers works great with horseman too.
+* Fencer - '''B''' - Blade attack against saurians, good defense, high mobility, skirmisher - all you need to defend important units at night and ZOCing during day. Make sure that big, powerful drake fighters, gliders and burners cannot run away from your spearmen. Fencers works great with horseman too.
 Other units are not very important for you. Situationally you can use mermen against saurians in the swamps. Also remember, that you need more units than drake player, so cheap units like spearmen are the way to go. Heavy infandrymen and cavalrymen might be good based on ratio between drakes and saurians.