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Thrash: /* Dealing with Trolls */

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‎Dealing with Trolls

Thrash: /* The First Blow */

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‎The First Blow

White haired uncle: /* Invasion */

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	'''[Thrash]''' I also chose allies. Note you own the keeps close to enemy, teleporting/moving quickly to keeps and recruiting from there can allow you to quickly grab the shoreline. Attacking Pandemonius ends the scenario (though it does look like you have to survive the attack). Before finishing un-equip all recalls as they won’t be available at the start of next chapter, and remove weak units from recall list so Soulgate in next chapter works well.		'''[Thrash]''' I also chose allies. Note you own the keeps close to enemy, teleporting/moving quickly to keeps and recruiting from there can allow you to quickly grab the shoreline. Attacking Pandemonius ends the scenario (though it does look like you have to survive the attack). Before finishing un-equip all recalls as they won’t be available at the start of next chapter, and remove weak units from recall list so Soulgate in next chapter works well.
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		+	'''[WD0]''' Your leaders might be able to, with the aid of teleportation, eliminate one or two of the subordinates on the first turn, or even attack the mage and finish early; depends if you want to spend the time training some troops. You won't have access to any of your current army until late in the next chapter so you could just save the time and train them up in [[LotI_Walkthrough-Part1-Chapter05#The Dungeon\|The Dungeon]]. Potential Beelzebub monument at 37,6.

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 '''[Thrash]''' I held back and fought enemies as they came to me, then advanced once the secondary leaders quit recruiting. The guards around the city will come alive when you get within their movement range. I triggered them to attack one or two at a time. The scenario ends when Efriam goes into or next to the keep in the center of main city.
-'''[WD0]''' As there is no gold carryover you might as well spend it all on new recruits if you can.
+'''[WD0]''' The enemies' melee attack has a chance to convert your units to their side. You need leech resistance, so developing an undead army here is useful as they can't be converted.
 ==Doomsday Omens==
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 '''[WHU]'''  This scenario is rather difficult if you try to fight your way forward into the cave, as a pack of undead cluster at the entrance to the cave.  If Lethalia has skirmisher (and fast, of course), it is more or less trivial as long as you move her quickly enough that she can enter the eastern cave passage toward victory before the undead start to amass above the cave entrance.
-'''[WD0]''' I find Lethalia is fast enough now to take out the first lich leader by the third turn, at which time she can start recruiting (while your free troops take the villages outside). No point recruiting in your starting keep outside if those soldiers will barely get to a fight (elves move poorly in caves).
+'''[WD0]''' I find Lethalia is fast enough now to take out the first lich leader by the third or fourth turn, at which time she can start recruiting in the cave (while your free troops take the villages outside). No point recruiting in your starting keep outside if those soldiers will barely get to a fight (elves move poorly in caves). Probably not worth recruiting a lot as they will cost you unnecessary upkeep from the start of the next scenario (they will be recalled automatically) but you can't recruit there until you take over a castle.
 ==Meeting of the Ancients==
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 '''[WHU]''' Easy enough, especially since I knew it was coming and stripped all Argan's gear after the big dragon fight.
-'''[WD0]''' It is possible to play this scenario indefinitely as there is no turn limit, unfortunately the fire elementals stop appearing after a few turns for free xp. I sat with a levitating Efraim over the larva for 100 turns with the Generous Armor on and then got bored.
+'''[WD0]''' It is possible to play this scenario indefinitely as there is no turn limit, unfortunately the fire elementals stop appearing after a few turns for no more free xp. I sat with a levitating Efraim over the larva for 100 turns with the Generous Armor on and then got bored.
 ==An Army Is Born==
 '''[WHU]''' 50 orcs in 15 turns?  How's that going to happen?  Well, when you kill an orc, it makes an undead that is ready to attack.  Use explosive slow on a bunch of orcs, find one that is injured and kill it.  When determining what type of unit to spawn, consider its location.  For example, if it is right next to a damaged orc grunt (no ranged attack), choose skeleton archer and then kill the orc with your new skeleton archer.  Repeat as often as possible.  When in doubt, skeleton archer is probably the best choice (though do have some skeletons and ghosts), soulless aren't that useful.
-'''[WHU]''' Lethalia having skimisher is handy here, having radiation is just too much fun.  The first turn is a great time to have Lethalia take the [[LotI_Items#Potion_of_Authority_.E2.80.93_potion|Potion of Authority]].
+'''[WHU]''' Lethalia having skirmisher is handy here, having radiation is just too much fun.  The first turn is a great time to have Lethalia take the [[LotI_Items#Potion_of_Authority_.E2.80.93_potion|Potion of Authority]].
 '''[Thrash]''' My default unit is a ghost due to their speed and their draining, which makes them tough against any enemy without a flaming ranged attack, but I agree with WHU that one should take advantage of what is nearby to attack.
-'''[WD0]''' Note that you will lose ALL of these "recruited" undead at the end of [[LotI_Walkthrough-Part1-Chapter04#Bloodbath|Bloodbath]] so don't put too much effort into leveling them but do try to hold on to as many as possible. Some will naturally make a level here anyway, but I trained up one to a fully equipped Infernal Knight by the end of Bloodbath only to wonder where he went to by the next scenario.
+'''[WD0]''' Note that you will lose ALL of these "recruited" undead at the end of [[LotI_Walkthrough-Part1-Chapter04#Bloodbath|Bloodbath]] so don't put too much effort into leveling them (but do try to hold on to as many as possible). Some will naturally make a level here anyway, but I trained up one to a fully equipped Infernal Knight by the end of Bloodbath only to wonder where he went to by the next scenario.
 ==The First Blow==
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 '''[Thrash][3.2.8]''' I think new with 3.2.8, the enemy orc leaders now are immune to ranged attacks from Lethalia and her dopplegangers, which makes them tougher to take out.
-'''[WD0]''' You have access to your inventory so you should put some special weapons into the hands of some of your skeletons (probably the ones with more experience) - the first time I played this I didn't realize that and the SE leader was a struggle. Also ensure none of your level 1 (or level 0 for that matter) undead are carrying anything at the end of the scenario as those items will be lost in the amalgamation to a Skeletal Dragon (if you take that option later).
+'''[WD0]''' You have access to your inventory so you should put some special weapons into the hands of some of your skeletons (probably the ones with more experience) - the first time I played this I didn't realize that and the SE leader was a struggle using just level 1 undead. Also ensure none of your level 1 (or level 0 for that matter) undead are carrying anything at the end of the scenario as those items will be lost in the amalgamation to a Skeletal Dragon (if you take that option later). Also try to get some ghosts to level 2 to help with village collection in the next scenario they appear in.
 ==Dealing with Trolls==
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 '''[Thrash]''' Possible to have Beelezub's monument to the West (at 11,12). I sent Lethalia south to kill SE leaders with a few select tough units and sent the rest of my forces to the southwest to help with the demons. Watch out for Silver Mages teleporting into your midst. Once Lethalia finishes the SE leader, everyone goes west to kill Beelzebub, then finish SW leader. Note Beelzebub seems to count as an enemy leader, so the scenario doesn’t end if he is alive.
-'''[WD0]''' By this stage both Efraim and Lethalia are pretty fast and should, including with special gear, reach and kill the two SE leaders by turns 2 or 3 (so it's then just a mop-up job). I only recall one or two very fast units in the starting keep for village collecting and then recruit some elites for the mop-up job south and to take over all those juicy villages. Doing so however leaves a lot of xp in the ether I guess but you will end up with soooo much gold.
+'''[WD0]''' By this stage both Efraim and Lethalia are pretty fast and should, including with special gear, reach and kill the two SE leaders by turns 2 or 3 (so it's then just a mop-up job). I only recall one or two very fast units in the starting keep for village collecting and then recruit some elites for the mop-up job south and to take over all those juicy villages. Doing so however leaves a lot of xp in the ether I guess but you will end up with soooo much gold (for recruiting of course at the end of the scenario, I keep saying that).
 ==Bloodbath==
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 '''[Thrash]''' This scenario ends at the start of turn 11 (if you don't beat it, which I haven't done, but have come close). I attack hard and harvest a lot of XP. On turn 10 Zortheus (a 400 HP badass) appears in Northern keep.
-'''[WD0]''' An easy way to beat this is to send your most potent leader (usually Lethalia for me) to kill the first two leaders in the first turn with 3 Greater Healing Potions and then use the fourth to go into a keep near King Haldric and flood his castle with recalls and recruits. Once again I don't recall anything in the starting keep and just use all those undead to collect the village (and you need to stay on many of them as your "allies" will happily walk across them and take them over). Having left several spaces in the King's castle for his recruits I then farm them for xp by killing them on their appearance with the elites spaced around. Be sure to fully surround the King as by turn 11 your allies have clogged up spaces in the castle and may try to kill him prematurely. Once again doing this results in a lot of gold and with none carried over you might as well spend the last few turns recruiting. Although it invalidates the story somewhat, I move some elites over to where the mages appear and kill them and then King Haldric only to have Efraim's exasperated exclamation that they will never defeat them (although there are no enemy units left and the castle is completely occupied).
+'''[WD0]''' An easy way to beat this is to send your most potent leader (usually Lethalia for me) to kill the first two leaders in the first turn with 3 Greater Healing Potions and then use the fourth potion to go into a keep near King Haldric and flood his castle with recalls and recruits. Once again I don't recall anything in the starting keep and just use all those undead to collect the villages (and you need to stay on many of them as your "allies" will happily walk across them and take them over). Having left several spaces in the King's castle for his recruits I then farm them for xp by killing them on their appearance with the elites spaced around. Be sure to fully surround the King as before turn 11 your allies have clogged up spaces in the castle and may try to kill him prematurely. Once again doing this results in a lot of gold and with none carried over you might as well spend the last few turns recruiting. Although it invalidates the story somewhat, I move some elites over to where the mages appear and kill them and then King Haldric, only to have Efraim's exasperated exclamation that they will never defeat them (even though there are no enemy units left and the castle is completely occupied).
-'''[WD0]''' Be sure to unequip any items your undead from An Army Is Born may have as these units will vanish at the end of the scenario.
+'''[WD0]''' Be sure to unequip any items your undead from An Army Is Born may have as these units will vanish at the end of this scenario. Set up Efraim to be as powerful a hitter as possible for the next scenario and Lethalia to be as fast as possible.
 ==The Way of Assassins==
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 '''[Thrash]''' Lord Revan is just southeast of start. Lord Roth is south at 12,26. Lord Kartyn is east at 41,11 with some demons. Villages produce no income so just go for XP harvesting. Efriam and doppelgängers seem invincible. On turn 5, something happens… not sure what.
 ==The Kingslayer==
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 '''[WHU]''' Once the prince and his lackeys are dispatched, send one unit to collect all the villages on this section of the map, while the rest head up to the bridge.  Advance onto the bridge, standing on the portals so the enemies have to spawn in the air, where you have a 100% chance of hitting them with most attacks.  Send a flyer or two around them and follow the bridge southeast, grabbing every village in sight.  Meanwhile, Lethalia and company travel through the cave, across a bridge, some water, and then down to the southeast corner.  Since there's no early finish, wait until the last turn to approach Efraim with Lethalia.  Don't forget to check in every turn with the units you left behind.
-'''[Thrash]''' I sent several strong units with Lethalia SE to take out Prince and demons. Efriam is south of the desert.
+'''[Thrash]''' I sent several strong units with Lethalia SE to take out Prince and demons. Efraim is south of the desert.
 ==Any Means Necessary==

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 '''[Thrash]''' My default unit is a ghost due to their speed and their draining, which makes them tough against any enemy without a flaming ranged attack, but I agree with WHU that one should take advantage of what is nearby to attack.
-'''[WD0]''' Note that you will lose ALL of these "recruited" undead at the end of Bloodbath so don't put too much effort into leveling them but do try to hold on to as many as possible. Some will naturally make a level here anyway but I trained up one to a fully equipped Infernal Knight by the end of Bloodbath only to wonder where he went to by the next scenario.
+'''[WD0]''' Note that you will lose ALL of these "recruited" undead at the end of [[LotI_Walkthrough-Part1-Chapter04#Bloodbath|Bloodbath]] so don't put too much effort into leveling them but do try to hold on to as many as possible. Some will naturally make a level here anyway, but I trained up one to a fully equipped Infernal Knight by the end of Bloodbath only to wonder where he went to by the next scenario.
 ==The First Blow==

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 '''Generally'''
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+'''[WD0]''' This chapter has disjointed scenarios where about every second one you alternate between playing Efraim and Lethalia independently. You probably want to not equip all your gear so your other party can have some (logically how items would be used) or just unequip everything at the end of the changeover scenarios (kind of cheating, but hey, it's a game for fun).
 ==He Came Down from the Mountains==
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 '''[Thrash]''' Enemy ZoC is the only thing that will slow you down. You have access to your full item storage; consider something that will give you skirmish if you are impatient.
 ==Into Our Frozen Land==
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 '''[Thrash]''' I held back and fought enemies as they came to me, then advanced once the secondary leaders quit recruiting. The guards around the city will come alive when you get within their movement range. I triggered them to attack one or two at a time. The scenario ends when Efriam goes into or next to the keep in the center of main city.
 ==Doomsday Omens==
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 '''[WHU]'''  This scenario is rather difficult if you try to fight your way forward into the cave, as a pack of undead cluster at the entrance to the cave.  If Lethalia has skirmisher (and fast, of course), it is more or less trivial as long as you move her quickly enough that she can enter the eastern cave passage toward victory before the undead start to amass above the cave entrance.
 ==Meeting of the Ancients==
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 ==Nemesis==
 '''[WHU]''' Easy enough, especially since I knew it was coming and stripped all Argan's gear after the big dragon fight.
 ==An Army Is Born==
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 '''[Thrash]''' My default unit is a ghost due to their speed and their draining, which makes them tough against any enemy without a flaming ranged attack, but I agree with WHU that one should take advantage of what is nearby to attack.
 ==The First Blow==
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 '''[Thrash][3.2.8]''' I think new with 3.2.8, the enemy orc leaders now are immune to ranged attacks from Lethalia and her dopplegangers, which makes them tougher to take out.
 ==Dealing with Trolls==
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 '''[Thrash]''' Equip Efriam to be fast and non-lethal, for example Mountain Trek boots and a Cunctator's Sword. On turn 5 a bunch of demons will appear outside, if you recruit a bunch of ghosts, they, with a Doppleganger can hold them off. They won't reach trolls until turn 10 or so. Main challenge is for Efriam not to get mobbed by Trolls. Killing six trolls is not too many to win the scenario. I don't think killing trolls can actually cause you to lose, it just reduces the number of trolls available in [[LotI_Walkthrough-Part1-Chapter04#Bloodbath|Bloodbath]].
 ==Invasion==
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 '''[Thrash]''' Possible to have Beelezub's monument to the West (at 11,12). I sent Lethalia south to kill SE leaders with a few select tough units and sent the rest of my forces to the southwest to help with the demons. Watch out for Silver Mages teleporting into your midst. Once Lethalia finishes the SE leader, everyone goes west to kill Beelzebub, then finish SW leader. Note Beelzebub seems to count as an enemy leader, so the scenario doesn’t end if he is alive.
 ==Bloodbath==
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 '''[Thrash]''' This scenario ends at the start of turn 11 (if you don't beat it, which I haven't done, but have come close). I attack hard and harvest a lot of XP. On turn 10 Zortheus (a 400 HP badass) appears in Northern keep.
 ==The Way of Assassins==
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 '''[Thrash]''' I did not notice the keep, so just played with the doppelgangers and yes, the time limit is very tight - need to split up and approach northern room from both directions to keep from getting bottled up (enemy will go after Lethalia and ignore the doppelgangers for the most part). Lethalia needs to head east and then to the northern room and let doppelgangers pick up books.
 ==Lost in Space==

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 '''[WHU]''' You want to reach the troll leader in the northwest corner as quickly as possible, while killing as few trolls as you can.  In the items menu there is an option, "Select weapons for retaliation" which may help reduce the number of trolls you kill on defense.
-'''[Thrash]''' Equip Efriam to be fast and non-lethal, for example Mountain Trek boots and a Cunctator's Sword. On turn 5 a bunch of demons will appear outside, if you recruit a bunch of ghosts, they, with a Doppleganger can hold them off. They won't reach trolls until turn 10 or so. Main challenge is for Efriam not to get mobbed by Trolls. Killing six trolls is not too many to win the scenario.
+'''[Thrash]''' Equip Efriam to be fast and non-lethal, for example Mountain Trek boots and a Cunctator's Sword. On turn 5 a bunch of demons will appear outside, if you recruit a bunch of ghosts, they, with a Doppleganger can hold them off. They won't reach trolls until turn 10 or so. Main challenge is for Efriam not to get mobbed by Trolls. Killing six trolls is not too many to win the scenario. I don't think killing trolls can actually cause you to lose, it just reduces the number of trolls available in [[LotI_Walkthrough-Part1-Chapter04#Bloodbath|Bloodbath]].
 ==Invasion==

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	'''[Thrash]''' A strategy that worked for me was to send the first doppelgänger SE with a bunch of ghosts to take out the SE leader. Lethalia and the other doppelgänger take out the central enemy keep (it's very handy to have both of them to take out the leader). Then you basically hunker down and take the enemy assault, including the demons. Lethalia and the doppelgänger need to focus on key L3 enemy and then the fireball-throwing demons. Everything else gets taken down by waves of your undead. When the SE leader is beaten, that doppelgänger and any ghosts (nothing else is fast enough) head west to take out the SW leader. As soon as you can spare any units in the center, start sending them NW and N. Leathalia and the second doppelgänger head NW and N respectively as soon as all the L3s and deamons in the center are killed and let the undead mop up.		'''[Thrash]''' A strategy that worked for me was to send the first doppelgänger SE with a bunch of ghosts to take out the SE leader. Lethalia and the other doppelgänger take out the central enemy keep (it's very handy to have both of them to take out the leader). Then you basically hunker down and take the enemy assault, including the demons. Lethalia and the doppelgänger need to focus on key L3 enemy and then the fireball-throwing demons. Everything else gets taken down by waves of your undead. When the SE leader is beaten, that doppelgänger and any ghosts (nothing else is fast enough) head west to take out the SW leader. As soon as you can spare any units in the center, start sending them NW and N. Leathalia and the second doppelgänger head NW and N respectively as soon as all the L3s and deamons in the center are killed and let the undead mop up.
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		+	'''[Thrash][3.2.8]''' I think new with 3.2.8, the enemy orc leaders now are immune to ranged attacks from Lethalia and her dopplegangers, which makes them tougher to take out.

	==Dealing with Trolls==		==Dealing with Trolls==

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 '''[WHU]''' You will be given the option to trade, as many as possible, one skeletal dragon for five level one undead.  I've always taken the option, so I don't know what is best.  You will be up against mages with explosive attacks, so you don't want your units bunched up.  You will also be up against silver mages who actually use their teleport ability, so you probably want to gather as many villages as quickly as possible.
-'''[WHU]''' I have always started by recalling a lot of my most powerful units (mostly doppelgangers, and NOT Skellie as I don't want him getting lost in the crowd of dragons and dying on me) and heading west, while the dragons are left to die at the hands of the mages.  I then send a couple doppelgangers and a leader south to defeat the prince, again, while the rest of my powerful units sweep east to clobber the mages.  This approach will no longer work as of version 3.2.7d (we fixed the glitch).
+'''[WHU]''' I have always started by recalling a lot of my most powerful units (mostly doppelgangers, and NOT Skellie as I don't want him getting lost in the crowd of dragons and dying on me) and heading west, while the dragons are left to die at the hands of the mages.  If you stripped your recalls of gear earlier, don't forget to update them now.  I then sent a couple doppelgangers and a leader south to defeat the prince, again, while the rest of my powerful units sweep east to clobber the mages.  This approach will no longer work as of version 3.2.7d (we fixed the glitch).
 '''[Thrash]''' Possible to have Beelezub's monument to the West (at 11,12). I sent Lethalia south to kill SE leaders with a few select tough units and sent the rest of my forces to the southwest to help with the demons. Watch out for Silver Mages teleporting into your midst. Once Lethalia finishes the SE leader, everyone goes west to kill Beelzebub, then finish SW leader. Note Beelzebub seems to count as an enemy leader, so the scenario doesn’t end if he is alive.

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	'''[WHU]''' Making use of rivers is crucial here. When attacking, always consider whether you could move forward first. It's going to be a huge battle with slow units, and overwhelming force is key when you're raising the dead. Concentrate on getting kills quickly over distributing XP and the like. When the prince shows up, check out his units carefully.		'''[WHU]''' Making use of rivers is crucial here. When attacking, always consider whether you could move forward first. It's going to be a huge battle with slow units, and overwhelming force is key when you're raising the dead. Concentrate on getting kills quickly over distributing XP and the like. When the prince shows up, check out his units carefully.
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		+	'''[WHU]''' As things start to wind down (it may not seem like it, but they will), consider advancing your undead to Chocobones, and then get those somewhere safe for use in a later scenario.

	'''[Thrash]''' Seconding WHU, undead that you create can easily get in your way and you need to make sure they have a way to get out of the way. On turn 7, a bunch of demons will appear at the west edge of the map. Don't let dopplegangers get too separate from troops, they aren't as tough as Lethalia.		'''[Thrash]''' Seconding WHU, undead that you create can easily get in your way and you need to make sure they have a way to get out of the way. On turn 7, a bunch of demons will appear at the west edge of the map. Don't let dopplegangers get too separate from troops, they aren't as tough as Lethalia.

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 '''[WHU]''' You actually don't have to kill all the leaders, you only have to touch the mage leader.  But that's no excuse for not killing every single thing that moves first.  I choose allies over undead, the allies are pretty good at soaking up some damage, and distracting the enemies so that they end up doing most of the fighting in the moat.  I might recall a few fast units on the first turn, but mostly I race ahead and do my recalls in the ring around where my allies reside.  This looks like a battle you'll want to recruit/recall heavily for, but it's not.  You want enough to push back if the enemy happens to start to break through part of your ally's line, but once most of the blood has been spilled you won't need much to roll to victory.
-'''[WHU]''' On the east side, most of the enemies will be hard hitting melee impact, so recall accordingly.  On the west you have mostly pierce, and in the center a lot of arcane.  Move forward slowly at first, letting your ally do most of the work.  Actually, it would be kind of nice to let all the allied units get killed (so they don't strike the final blow that ends the scenario) and then wait until the last turn to strike the killing blow to maximize gold carryover.  I use a lot of explosive and/or whirlwind slow, and incinerate if possible.  Just keep pushing forward, dopplegangers are nice for that.
+'''[WHU]''' On the east side, most of the enemies will be hard hitting melee impact, so recall accordingly.  On the west you have mostly pierce, and in the center a lot of arcane.  Move forward slowly at first, letting your ally do most of the work.  Actually, it would be kind of nice to let all the allied units get killed (so they don't strike the final blow that ends the scenario) and then wait until the last turn to strike the killing blow to maximize gold carryover.  I use a lot of explosive and/or whirlwind slow, and incinerate if possible.  Just keep pushing forward, dopplegangers were nice for that.
 '''[Thrash]''' I also chose allies. Note you own the keeps close to enemy, teleporting/moving quickly to keeps and recruiting from there can allow you to quickly grab the shoreline. Attacking Pandemonius ends the scenario (though it does look like you have to survive the attack). Before finishing un-equip all recalls as they won’t be available at the start of next chapter, and remove weak units from recall list so Soulgate in next chapter works well.

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	==Invasion==		==Invasion==
		+	'''[WHU]''' Did you disable Efraim's weapons for retaliation in the last scenario? Did you remember to re-enable them?
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	'''[WHU]''' You will be given the option to trade, as many as possible, one skeletal dragon for five level one undead. I've always taken the option, so I don't know what is best. You will be up against mages with explosive attacks, so you don't want your units bunched up. You will also be up against silver mages who actually use their teleport ability, so you probably want to gather as many villages as quickly as possible.		'''[WHU]''' You will be given the option to trade, as many as possible, one skeletal dragon for five level one undead. I've always taken the option, so I don't know what is best. You will be up against mages with explosive attacks, so you don't want your units bunched up. You will also be up against silver mages who actually use their teleport ability, so you probably want to gather as many villages as quickly as possible.