Best & Worst Units?

[hickmanj]

I just reached Freedom Islands, but cleared pretty much the whole first part of the game with:

Bears
Dwarven Alchemists
Beholders
Royal Snakes
Griffons

Wolf howls cannot hurt me
The Griffons are handy if I have to deal with ranged units quickly
The bears and snakes both have a fair bit of "soak" ability
The Alchemists have some great ranged attacks

And, since I'm playing a mage, my fireballs usually support them quite well

I've had this army since the early game and am now about 1/3rd through the islands and doing well