[Minrhael]

Yep, I like the Cu as patrollers as well, and they actually do more damage than the Daoine (str 14 + 2dmg bite vs str 12 + 3 dmg spear), assuming they don't get repelled. Incidentally, do flaming weapons work on bite (or other 0 length attacks)? I assume not, as flaming teeth would seem more than a bit silly, but who knows, I don't think I've ever tried them with fire 9.

But since they have only 5 prot, and 10 def, they have no survivability whatsoever even with the 18 hp in a 16 gold unit (which is pretty nice). Basically, if I have Arrow Fend researched, and a Water blessing, I find them to be useful in combat as flankers. Also, they are a 3 move forest survival unit, so they do work well as your quick response unit, which is what I'm starting to use them as now that I've gotten over my PD purchasing phase.

So, all in all, I don't think they're a bad unit, just not worth recruiting because you have to get every Daoine you can, really, and I rarely have extra gold with the rather expensive mages and poor scales thanks to high blessings and required luck.