Dismissing units
 

Playing the game through the second time now on hard, and I'm trying to get as few losses as possible.
I'm just wondering if dismissed units count as losses in the high score?
I'm afraid of dismissing units in case it could affect my score, but it's getting difficult since there are so few castles to put troops in.

No, dismissed units do not count as losses. That's actually one of the recommendations for a no-loss game: dismiss your starting troops during the tutorial so you just have the paladins.

Great. Thanks for the answer. :)