Thanks to TemjinGold, loreangelicus, jake21 and others for sharing your strategies. I have to admit, I am overwhelmed, both by the complexities and to some extent the terminologies used. Another reason why I might be having trouble is because I decided to play my first KB game as a mage instead of something simpler... yeah I didn't even play KB:TL, so i may have missed out on some earlier 'known' strategies.
But ok, I learned a few things and that is map kiting to open up new areas that normally wouldn't be available, and thus looting those islands while evading their guards. Then when I am stronger, return to tackle those challenges.
But I have a few questions, where does one get the Green dragon units on Rusty? I don't recall ever seeing them, or are they where ZigZag is guarding (one of the boss fights)?
Also I didn't realize traps are that useful. I thought you could only cast 1 at a time and yet use that to block a unit's path? I find that rather amazing actually, wouldn't the unit deliberately walk around it? Or how does one spam enough traps, especially in battles where there are no obstacles?
As for my current mage's spells, I have probably all the regular ones because I recklessly learned all the scrolls
And yes my play style was one of a brute force mage, going for offensive spells (Fireball, Pole Axe, Fire arrows, pain mirror, ) rather than others that TemjinGold mentioned (Fear, Magic Spring etc). I certainly don't have Demon Portal and don't recall seeing any merchant that sold that scroll. I think one of my other problems is knowing how to effectively use these 'non-offensive' spells and with which type of units or against which type of units. For instance, I was under the impression not to use Magic Spring because if a unit dies, then I'll loose the no-loss battle count. So in my mind I would think "what's the point of buffing a unit and letting it get hit where there is a possibility of a unit death"?
I will try to share my mage's skill set: sorry for the large image sizes
