Basic Battle Tactics?

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A. missile units will target a unit (typically the closest) and always fire at those units until dead. This makes 'decoying' straightforword. stick your decoys to ensure they are targeted first. it doesn't matter if they just sit there and everyone else rushes forward, the archers will still be targeting their first chosen target. players may try to compensate for this by placing groups of archers at the top and bottom of the screen, meaning they might actually be closer to a unit other than what you have at front and center.

you can see decoying works best with smaller armies. big squads spill all over the screen and are hard to decoy for.

B. flying units set to attack rear will attack the rearmost unit of a certain size. if you set all your squads at front, and all your commanders at rear, they will not attack your commanders because they will try for rearmost units of the largest size. however, it can be tricky to place mages where they are effective if there is the threat of flying units. setting them close enough to be effective may lead to flying units going for an area where they can reach your mages. You can actually set decoys for flying units. Set your army at the very front, your mages behind them at the center, and a large-ish squad behind them and off to the side. If your opponent has mostly flying units, then you don't need to bother with this, because the flyers will go straight into your area of the field, and even commanders at the back will be able to reach them with spells.