[Baalz]

Yeah, I have to disagree with the advice not to use them. MaxWilson has one very good suggestion, another is that they get a whole lot more scary used together with other things so they don't get swarmed. Amusingly, they work fairly well with bog beasts and longdead (more a C'tis thing, but you'll get the point and could do something similar). Sure it's not *that* hard to counter, but pretty effective for the gem cost in some situations (do I attack that poison cloud group with my expensive dual blessed sacreds, or kit out a thug with poison immunity and hope the sirrush doesn't eat him?) Niche unit, but I've seen them be fairly effective.