Help me survive against Ermor

[Coffeedragon]

I am playing Man/Tuatha against a nmber of difficult AIs on Urgaia, been at war for half a dozen turns with Ermor/Broken.

Even though I have twice as many provinces as they (~11-14 against ~5-7), it looks like I can´t win. It´s not so much their Undead but their Human troops that seem invincible. Longbows can´t hurt them, Knights don´t fare so well against the Legionaries, even Daoine Sidhe occasionally falter. A couple Troll mercenaries were my only unit that could really pound the Legions, but they are gone now, and Ermor replaces their losses with phenomenal speed. It looks like they may win the war of attrition, and time is running out for man.

Heeeeelp!!!

[Saber Cherry]

Time to quit with the conventional troops, and start using magic

Summer Lions and Fall Bears are pretty good. Flaming Arrows will make your archers viable. Orb Lightning and phantasmal summons should make good use of Man's Air mages. And mass protection is always a good idea...

[Coffeedragon]

Originally posted by Saber Cherry:
Summer Lions and Fall Bears are pretty good. Flaming Arrows will make your archers viable. Orb Lightning and phantasmal summons should make good use of Man's Air mages. And mass protection is always a good idea...

I have no Fire skills and no Earth Gems; Summer Lions, Fall Bears and Flaming Arrows are out of the question.

And I´m at Evocation2, so it´s a long way to Orb Lightning.

Anything that is low level, useful and Air/Nature?

[Bossemanden]

Priests, priests and more priests

[PvK]

Horned serpents are ok, combined with other troops. Black hawks (see Call of the Winds) on Hold and Attack Rearmost. Howl, cast repeatedly, can completely disorganize and overwhelm even a large and powerful enemy army, since the wolves keep coming from all directions.

Make sure every battle has one or two priests in it, to banish undead.

PvK

[Coffeedragon]

Originally posted by Bossemanden:
Priests, priests and more priests

Useless; my problem is with their living.