[HoneyBadger]

I don't like to load most of my demon assassins up, just because they aren't THAT good at surviving, and you can lose a lot of items (thus time and gems) that way. I think it's a better strategy to send a bunch in (commanders, not troops, or commanders screened by troops, however you wish, but regular troops don't seem to last long), but only concentrate on tricking out a few (however you wish), and sending that few-who will survive better, having been more concentrated on-in later waves. I always prefer to give unequipped-and even the ones I've completely pimped out if I have enough amulets lying around, because you can never have enough explosions-demon assassins amulets of retribution though. The idea being that they function as big fighting/flying/poisoning/assassinating/eating/drinking missles. BOOM.