HoMM IV: Best level 2 creature

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In my opinion, the best level 2 creature is

Ballista
2
6%
Pikeman
1
3%
Gold Golem
2
6%
Mage
3
9%
Cerberus
0
No votes
Ghost
0
No votes
Medusa
15
47%
Minotaur
0
No votes
Elf
3
9%
White Tiger
3
9%
Harpy
3
9%
Nomad
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 32

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HoMM IV: Best level 2 creature

Unread postby Metathron » 04 Feb 2008, 11:10

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Unread postby Corelanis » 04 Feb 2008, 11:37

Im gonna go with the mage on this one. Tough call though theres quite a few good creatures there.
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Unread postby Milla aka. the Slayer » 04 Feb 2008, 12:39

Indeed this was a tough choice but I went with the ballista. Ranged, tough, immune to certain annoying spells and generally never lets me down. Harpies came in a close second :)
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Unread postby TheUndeadKing » 04 Feb 2008, 15:01

Voted for the Medusa.

Easily, one of the best ranged creatures in the game. Infinite shots, no melee penalty and stone gaze! Stone gaze is a serious threat to nearly all of the creatures in the game, except those blackies, frenzied gnashers and those undead/mechanical/elemental creatures (oh yeah and the troglodyte).

My second pick would be the Gold Golem. The best lvl2 tank in the game. It even has a 75% Magic Resistance. How cool is that!

The White Tiger and the Ghost are tied for the third place.
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Unread postby darknessfood » 04 Feb 2008, 17:32

Went for the Medusa, with the mage in the back of my head. Both good and damaging creatures!!!
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Unread postby gravyluvr » 04 Feb 2008, 19:23

Some depends on the map size and some depends on the style of play you have...

Here's what I usually choose...
Ballista, Pikeman (Pikeman - Balls too slow)
Gold Golem, Mage (Golem - Tanks protect halves early and genies later)
Cerberus, Ghost (Ghost - Speed Kills)
Medusa, Minotaur (Medusa - stone gaze)
Elf, White Tiger (Elves for first two shots)
Harpy, Nomad (no preference)

I'm biased toward the Nature creatures but my obvious choice would be the elves for one simple reason. Double shot. Got a POI? First shot kill-rebirth, second shot dead! Great for castle defense. Great for clearing early. Great for PVP.

Shooters... Elf, Medusa, Ballista
Magicians... Mage
Tanks... Golem, Nomad, Minotaur, Tiger, Pikeman, Cerberus
Flyers... Ghost, Harpy

Personal Rankings...
Elf, Golem, Ghost, Medusa, Harpy, Nomad, Minotaur, Mage, Tiger, Pikeman, Cerberus, Ballista

If you like to move a lot each turn to greatly expand the empire then you need to forget about the Ballista and lean more toward the Ghost, Tiger and Might creatures. In life, if you take the ballista you slllloooooowwwww down your entire game so I just pick the pike and get going!

Ghost is my obvious choice for Death since you can raise them as you go with your vampires and it won't slow you down. If you're going to include Skellies in your army then it really doesn't matter.

For might, Harpy/Nomad is more of a coin flip. Strike and return's more fun though.

For Order though, I like Golem over the Mage. Golem's a really good tank for your Halfling and Genie protection (dwarves don't do enough alone). Mages get hammered with low defense. Magic is always more fun, but golems resist a lot of magic.

For Chaos, Medusa's have that double shot effect with the stone gaze but, like the mage, it gets nullified by good MagRest. I consider medusa/minotaur close to even, but Medusa is great castle defense and great early game for clearing the empire.
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Unread postby ByteBandit » 04 Feb 2008, 19:27

I like the Minotaurs with their blocking ability.

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Unread postby asandir » 07 Mar 2008, 00:01

tough call, really, love the elves, love the mino's and love the white tigers .... however, I give it to the medusa - because I hate meeting them the most!
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Unread postby Yurian Stonebow » 17 Mar 2008, 18:16

Voted for the Pikeman.

The unit is quite solid one with good overall performance.
The long weapon and best growth of its level are also worth mentioning.
In addition, it represents a quality infantry unit and comes from my favourite
faction in Heroes IV, the Haven.





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