Units with strong ranged attacks are useful in retaliation against melee oriented units. Most units have more powerful melee attacks then ranged attacks. This means that a ranged attack can only be countered by a ranged attack and a melee attack can only be countered by a melee attack. However, any unit can only retaliate by using a weapon of the same range as the one used to attack. This continues until one side runs out of blows, in which case the other unit continues attacking until its blows are depleted as well. This means that after each blow from the attacker, the defender retaliates with one blow. Konrad: Can Merle retaliate from my attack? when attacking Merle, an Elvish Shamanĭelfador: Whenever a unit is attacked, it retaliates with one of their own weapons.

What do I do next? - Konrad, when finished with Delfador's explanations.

Konrad, at the menu allowing Konrad to ask Delfador more questions Read the hotkeys list in the preferences menu.Use lines of units to screen injured units and let them recover.Use healers to support your attacks - they will win you battles without needing to attack anything themselves.Units are healed when they advance a level.You will always earn more gold this way than through capturing villages and waiting for turns to run out. In most campaigns you will receive a gold bonus for finishing early, depending on the number of villages on the map, and the number of turns you finish early.

By recalling the same units over and over, you can build up a powerful and experienced army. You can use units from a previous scenario by selecting 'Recall' in the game menu.An enemy unit may move onto the village and attack you, while enjoying the defense and healing of the village. Generally avoid moving next to an unoccupied village.

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