[Baalz]

Originally Posted by Peter Ebbesen

The obvious counter (in CBM) is massed Bells of Cleansing and casting the Demon Cleansing spell, but that solution counts on a battle lasting enough turns for the bells to chew through the Davana hordes - and at that time the 20 damage in AOE1 of the bells (changed in later CBMs) just wasn't enough because none of my opponents managed to amass more than 15-20 of them in one battle and most had much fewer than that.

It's usually a sucker's bet to try and kill regenerating giants in traditional ways (ie whacking on their hit points). You're usually better off attacking their fatigue. Skellispam with grip of winter/rigormortis or vinecritters/sleep cloud/sprites or stellar cascades/ghost grip or ice pebble staffs/dispossessed spirits or some more creative stuff. Davanas are good troops, but (fortunately) they're not a silver bullet. Being size 6 they don't chew through chaff all that fast - particularly if they're trying to storm a castle gate.