Wow. Paralyze is the Super combatant killer!

[Taqwus]

Paralyze spell recovery does seem difficult, read: better hope your other units win the battle.

On the other hand, it's not THAT reliable. I've seen quite a few mage/priests try to paralyze the Lord of the Hunt (MR 18) and generally fail. And when the Marignon mage/priests tried to paralyze my Behemoths (MR 13 base, +1 from drain scale), the success rate seemed to be pretty low.

(Heh. Even with 2 Behemoths paralyzed during the battle, I had 26 more... Messy battle; ~50-strong Ulm province defense, with some additional Black Knights and just-in-time reinforcement of a Bane Lord with some 35 Vine Ogres, and 28 Behemoths, versus ~250 Marignon troopers and 12 commanders. Trample trample trample. The behemoths were expensive in gems and mage-turns, but an impressive and very very deadly sight.)