Dryads = Imbalanced

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Originally Posted by Stepsongrapes

Interestingly, my experience is exactly the opposite. Dryads are excellent at winning battles with minimal loses.

Lullaby, even if it works on only 2 or so stacks, is invaluable at letting you divide the enemy and take them out one by one (use phantom lvl 1 to gain an extra 3 turns of lullaby). This ability can't be stressed enough.

Similiar, the initiative song with a largely elf army allows a player to kill or at least cull the enemy before they even move.

Thorns provide a very good damage sink to minimize loses to your true troops.

Dryads aren't all that great when looked at on their own (their damage and HP is low for their leadership). It's what their abilities do that make them great. No retaliation and soaring are just cherries on top.

I am mostly refering to lategame battles where dragons, large shooter stacks, and all high-level-lineups are involved. But on the other hand, if you have Dryads in early and mid-game, there'd be no challenge at all.

By the way, I've never used Dryads so my assumptions on their utility are pure speculations.