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Boron said:
A seraph is a 2/1 mage and costs 100 gold . A pythium theurg is a 2/1/1 mage + holy 3 and 150 SACRED gold .
A Deep seer is a 3/2 mage and only 180 gold ...
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Caelum is a magocracy, hence cheap mages. (Though low-def and fragile). Its troops are expensive and/or crappy.
Atlantis is the powerful aquatic nation. The deep seer is its most fragile troop and of limited utility in battle against its most likely threat, R'lyeh. Usually employed in the clam of pearls factory for life.
Pythium is led by the priest-mages, who are the most powerful in the world. They are also a bit fragile. They have decent though not spectacular troops.
And a warlock apprentice is a bloodhunter who will kick in your door in the middle of the night and confiscate your virgin daughter. Abysia is not set up to be the strongest priest nation or the strongest mage nation, nor is it the strongest troop nation... What is Abysia then?
Abysia is the nation that gains 120 extra design points because of heat 3, the ability to not have reduced supplies in death environments, where everybody including leaders have fire resistance and a heat aura, as well as about 50% more hitpoints than corresponding troops/leaders, with strong blessable troops (if you can afford them), excellent assassins, a flying sacred magic leader, good bloodhunters, decent magic, strong priests, and where everybody has decent to high morale, and a uniform high MR. What a lot of positives! Should we add to these positives "cheap mages and cheap priests" as well?
I don't think so.
How about comparing themes in entirity rather than merely a unit from theme A vs unit from theme B basis.
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If you compare the Ant dragon to the Demonbred this is not ridicoulous . The demonbred has fire 2 as well but can fly .
The ant dragon has 3 fire + 4 holy in total so 7 paths while the demonbred has 2 fire 2 blood and 3 holy = 7 paths also . And the demonbred can fly as a bonus .
Only disadvantage : Capitol only .
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3 fire means easier access to higher level rituals than 2 fire does (and less fatigue for combat spells if that is what you want to use him for)
4 holy is much, much, better than 3 Holy when fighting together with normal armies (if you want to use the holy at all)
You cannot compare only by the sum of paths - you need to check what they can be used for.
The Demonbred is more versatile and mobile than the Anathenant Salamander, but the Salamander is much more powerful in his specialties.