how do you dealing with black dragons as a mage ?

[Zonc]

Originally Posted by jwallstone

By the way, a final shout-out to Lina's Ice Thorns. I never thought it useful before, and haven't used it much after, but it's saved my hide in many tough dragon fights (including Ultrax).

Exaclty! it's just one step behind the Timeback, but together they're like
Timeback>Ice Thorns>>>>>>>>>>any other spirits' ability
This saved tons of my units against Dragons and tough siege battles (Baal etc.)

Still, pack of annoying Red dragons is an issue, but Skeleton Archers with Dragon Arrows kills a full stack of 25 dragons. This is why I find initiative boosters so damn useful - whats better than killing enemy stack before he even had his first unit move.