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Dedas said:
But as neither protection or defense will be of any use when calculating if a unit is hit or not (I say hit, not damaged) by arrows/bolts/stones/etc, you could use cheap chaff with very high defense (ex. tower shield units, attack or armor is not necessary) to let the Vans gather some fatigue (easier to hit with missiles).
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I'm pretty sure that you have to actually damage the unit to remove mirror images, though I could be mistaken. Van also come with shields, so they won't be damaged/hit very often by missiles.
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All while you pepper them with a massive rain of arrows (making at least one damage) with your archers who you placed as close to the chaff (but behind your real troops) as possible to get good hits; effectivly killing all the 1hp mirror images.
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Mirror images are not killed when they are hit. They are only removed when the real unit is hit (probably requiring damage), whereupon all mirror images are removed.
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After that you have a bunch of fatigued, no mirror image, Vans. An easy kill for you fresh, real troops (why not cavalry?), who was put on hold.
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What fatigue? Van have a melee encumbrance of four, so they'll only lose one point of defense for every third round that they fight, and they won't be fighting till they hit your troops, so their won't b e any fatigue. Even without mirror images, Van are still capable of defeating virtually any other army for the same gold cost. Look at how hard it is to remove their mirror images. It is only twice as likely to hit them once the images are gone.