Which Dragon did you pick?

[travelingoz]

Actually i find the mana accelerator more useful as a cheap haste spell! 2 extra action points plus the snake boot and your Royals can strike anywhere on the battlefield!

[arcainic]

Originally Posted by travelingoz

Actually i find the mana accelerator more useful as a cheap haste spell! 2 extra action points plus the snake boot and your Royals can strike anywhere on the battlefield!

how good are royal snakes? they don't seem that good unless you count the strike ability

[Metathron]

In my opinion they were the among the very best troops in King's Bounty: The Legend, and they still are in KB: AP, especially if you get those snake boots.

[travelingoz]

The strike ability is good but IMO the no retaliation and high init make these units great, expecially early game if you're trying to minimise losses. Their high initiative means they always get first and last turn so you just need to wait, then strike at the end of the turn and retreat to safety at the start of the next turn.
An added bonus is everytime they poison an enemy, it counts towards the Alchemy Medal which in turn boosts the effect of their poison!

[Granamyr]

Not sure why you're so keen on Paladin Phantoms? I have Paladins in my army but I also have Royal Griffons and those seem the best bet for the Phantom spell. Grab the Summon skill on the magic tree and it enhances their ability to call in their Divine Guard or whatever those ghosty griffons they call in are called.

Using Phantom on the Royal Griffons essentially gives you twice the phantoms and all of them ALWAYS counterattack. I send the original Royal Griffon stack just outside of melee range, phantom them, use the Divine Guard from the original stack, use the divine guard of the phantom stack and I've got 3 flying meat shields you can put anywhere and always counterattack. Phantom on the Paladins seems inferior on a lot of levels, especially in a no-loss or minimal loss game. Inquisitors would be your secondary rezzers anyway.

[DGDobrev]

Because the paladin phantoms act as a second paladin stack in the army and with multiple phantoms you can do multiple resurrections. In the end, that may well lead to no-loss victories.

[Zechnophobe]

I used to be really fond of Royal Snakes, and I still think they are a pretty good unit. But ultimately, you will want to replace them with something a bit more sturdy. Assassins, Griffons, or Royal Griffons are decent 'melee strong' unit replacements for them, in my opinion.