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Elven at 08:28, 29 March 2021

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Elven: /* Loyalists vs Dunefolk */

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 ==Loyalists vs Dunefolk==
-https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-loyalists%24spearman.png
+https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-loyalists%24cavalryman%24cavalryman.png A
-https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-magi%24mage.png
+https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-loyalists%24spearman.png A-
-https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-loyalists%24heavyinfantry.png
+https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-loyalists%24heavyinfantry.png A-
-https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-loyalists%24fencer.png
+https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-loyalists%24fencer.png A-
-https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-loyalists%24bowman.png
+https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-magi%24mage.png C
-https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24merfolk%24fighter.png
+https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24merfolk%24fighter.png C
-https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-loyalists%24cavalryman%24cavalryman.png
+https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-loyalists%24horseman%24horseman.png C
-https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-loyalists%24horseman%24horseman.png
+https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-loyalists%24bowman.png E
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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.
+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.
 * '''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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 ==Loyalists vs Drakes==
 https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-loyalists%24spearman.png A
 https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-loyalists%24fencer.png B
 https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-loyalists%24bowman.png B
-https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24merfolk%24fighter.png
+https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24merfolk%24fighter.png B
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 * '''Fencer''': 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.

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 Terrain is very important in this matchup, as dwarves are much weaker out in the open. Your units move poorly on rough terrain; it is important that you take note of terrain placement and avoid placing your units in such a way that they can be outmaneouvred. You don’t want your spearman to be forced to fight a dwarvish fighter on a hill or mountain. And if you can grab a mountain, hill or forest hex before your opponent, it means advantage for you. Your enemy has no way to bypass a good defence rating.
-'''Spearman:''' The meat of your army, as usual. Their first strike ability is especially useful against thieves and dwarvish fighters.
+* '''Spearman:''' The meat of your army, as usual. Their first strike ability is especially useful against thieves and dwarvish fighters.
-'''Bowman:''' The bowman doesn’t have enough damage potential to break tough dwarves. Spearman will do 7–3 or (if strong) 8–3, and that rises to 9–3 and 10–3 at day; your bowman will only do 6–3 and 7–3 respectively. Mages deal more damage and with higher accuracy. But, mages are fragile and spearmen are melee units, so there are some uses for this unit.
+* '''Bowman:''' The bowman doesn’t have enough damage potential to break tough dwarves. Spearman will do 7–3 or (if strong) 8–3, and that rises to 9–3 and 10–3 at day; your bowman will only do 6–3 and 7–3 respectively. Mages deal more damage and with higher accuracy. But, mages are fragile and spearmen are melee units, so there are some uses for this unit.
-'''Heavy infrantryman:''' This unit’s resistances make him awesome against the knalgan faction, but he’s too slow (and can’t even occupy mountain hexes!) Avoid over-recruiting, as your enemy will be able to outmaneouvre you and force you to fight on unfavourable terrain. That said, this unit is hard to kill; he can really buttress your force if correctly placed and supported.
+* '''Heavy infrantryman:''' This unit’s resistances make him awesome against the knalgan faction, but he’s too slow (and can’t even occupy mountain hexes!) Avoid over-recruiting, as your enemy will be able to outmaneouvre you and force you to fight on unfavourable terrain. That said, this unit is hard to kill; he can really buttress your force if correctly placed and supported.
-'''Mage:''' The mage’s magical fire attacks are very useful against dwarvish and outlaw units, but they are very vulnerable to ulfs; they also should not be used to attack thunderers/poachers when not on mountain or castle hexes. An important utility unit, but don’t go overboard.
+* '''Mage:''' The mage’s magical fire attacks are very useful against dwarvish and outlaw units, but they are very vulnerable to ulfs; they also should not be used to attack thunderers/poachers when not on mountain or castle hexes. An important utility unit, but don’t go overboard.
-'''Cavalryman:''' This unit is useful for countering outlaw forces (even poachers: you can attack them before they can attack you) and can hold ground against dwarvish fighters. Unfortunately, thunderers really mess this guy up.
+* '''Cavalryman:''' This unit is useful for countering outlaw forces (even poachers: you can attack them before they can attack you) and can hold ground against dwarvish fighters. Unfortunately, thunderers really mess this guy up.
-'''Horseman:''' This unit’s usefulness is debatable. On the one hand, he is a powerful damage dealer at day: thunderers, poachers, gryphons and even fighters will fear him then. On the other hand, the poachers’ and especially thunderers’ pierce attacks are devastating; at night he is a liability rather than asset. Also, he is very risky to attack dwarves or outlaw units on 60% or more defence.
+* '''Horseman:''' This unit’s usefulness is debatable. On the one hand, he is a powerful damage dealer at day: thunderers, poachers, gryphons and even fighters will fear him then. On the other hand, the poachers’ and especially thunderers’ pierce attacks are devastating; at night he is a liability rather than asset. Also, he is very risky to attack dwarves or outlaw units on 60% or more defence.
-'''Fencer:''' Another debatable unit. Skirmish and good mobility (especially on those important hill and mountain hexes) allows him to finish off weakened dwarves or hold key terrain. His high defences allow him to dodge the enemy’s attacks. On the other hand: he lacks the damage ability needed to break the opponent’s defences. Personally, I like this unit, but not all players agree.
+* '''Fencer:''' Another debatable unit. Skirmish and good mobility (especially on those important hill and mountain hexes) allows him to finish off weakened dwarves or hold key terrain. His high defences allow him to dodge the enemy’s attacks. On the other hand: he lacks the damage ability needed to break the opponent’s defences. Personally, I like this unit, but not all players agree.
-'''Merman fighter:''' Good on water. But he he has no other virtues.
+* '''Merman fighter:''' Good on water. But he he has no other virtues.
 ==Loyalists vs Drakes==

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 https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-loyalists%24bowman.png B
 https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24merfolk%24fighter.png C-
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 '''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.
-Loyalistshave access to blade, pierce and impact attacks, same as any other faction. However, their mages can use '''fire''', while white mages can use '''arcane''' attack.
+Loyalists have access to blade, pierce and impact attacks, same as any other faction. However, their mages can use '''fire''', while white mages can use '''arcane''' attack.
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 ==Loyalists vs Drakes==