[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Cohen:
Soul Gate troops are "Ethereal". So there's little chance to be struck by common weapons.

Your troops have a 75% chance that their weapons will not affect the ethereal troops. Of course, their weapons only have a 54% chance of effecting your troops if you have a magic resistance of 10 on average. Use the enchantment spell antimagic, and this becomes much lower. You also only need to hit their dispossed spirits once to kill them. Magic is extremely effective against soul gate's troops, since they all have no protection, and magical effects ignore etherealness. Blade wind, for example, is brutally effective.