Why does Desert Tombs suck?

[Bowlingballhead]

What you get are C'tis longdead. *Do not knock this*. They have what other longdead lack, durability, thanks to their natural armor class. Yes, the death scale does suck, but you don't start out in the state of total blight that Ashen Empire and Soul Gate do, so you can use regular units (and C'tis's are cheap and at least modestly good) to conquer enough independents to get your undead horde going. And Royal Protection is *great*. Your enemies will find that your troops are very, very difficult to banish.

And Tomb Kings? Cripes, but those guys are powerful. They're potential supercombatants. There's nothing 'potential' about the First King, either. He's practically a god.

But I didn't go much for Tomb Kings. (Except one to be my prophet and cast Royal Protection) The next-lower-down can summon those sweet C'tis longdead, and are vastly cheaper. The sheer potential to win battles by route (because your troops come in such vast numbers and never break) is not to be sneezed at. And your regular C'tis troops feel real brave backed up by an army of 200 undead.

As you may be guessing, I love Desert Tombs. It's the only death-oriented dominion I really like.