[Tuidjy]

Life drain is overrated, SCs are overrated, everything is overrated. The
ultimate weapon in Dominions II is the specialist mage squad, and if it is
made out of Tartarian Titans, so much the better.

As extremely well equiped SC is only marginally better than a decently
equiped one. Sure, it kills chaffe a bit better, but no unsupported Sc
will win a battle of the opponents choosing.

In my current game, I just eliminated an enemy pretender loaded with life-drain,
the Aegis, and quite a few magic paths with two warlocks, a sage and a relief
spammer. The same squad would have taken three Lords of the Gates instead of
one, no problems.

The one trick that wins Dominions II is to always have a rock to the enemy's
scisors, which is why you will not see a good player whine about nerfing
'overpowered' stuff. There is no tactic without a counter. Fortunately, not
all races have all the tactics and counters... and unfortunately, some races
have too few counters, or none (Ulm)