How to play Southern Nations

South. Nation	+ Advantages +	- Disadvantages -
Death_Knights	Low cost and low unkeep Very useful leaders Quick killing with undead cavalry	Units are very weak when damaged Bad in defensive With limited ZoC, bad in map control
South. Drakes	Great mobility Powerful units, also very good units against skeletons and other non-standard units. Quick killing with slamming drakes	Expensive units, every unit is weak to something No healing, drakes have to pull back from the front lines to heal or cure from poison Weak during the night, can be overrun by more units easily
South. Dwarves	Very strong during the night, fast in hills and caves Powerful melee specialist Main and additional healer	Often slow on grass Sages are too slow Not a good faction for beginners
South. Elves	Versatile, for every situation. Useful supporting units. Healing, leadership, berserk, skirmisher, slowing... Great in ranged combat	Fragile outside the forests Many units are balanced, not good for fast killing Losing important unit is a big problem for entire army
South. Mages	Ranged damage output is very high Fire, cold, arcane damage for ranged mages, melee battle mages are fun to play and improving rapidly Mages can change to other mage when upgrading	Weak units in melee combat Mages are very expensive, not good for every situation Not a good faction for beginners
South. Merce naries	Some units are extremely cheap, good for swarming Very powerful mercenary troops: lancer, saberman and leader. Leadership is very effective. Interesting faction to play, with focus on economy	Level 0 units have no Zone of Control, making them terrible in defending Mercenary units are expensive and have high upkeep No healing, not good against very specific enemies, can lose many units in single turn.
South. Orcs	Overall good units, orcish patriarchs can improve them even more Solid infantry for many situations Easy access to poison	Being neutral, they are not the best during the day or night Only simple healing Units are more costly than classic northerners units
South. Swamp lords	Interesting dynamics between beasts, trolls and saurians Regenerating trolls are a good pair with saurian dark mages and poison from scorpions Extremely dangerous during night	No blade attacks and no unit that is very good on grass Weak during the day Some of your units are good in offense, but extremely fragile in defense.