Mage and Arch Mage
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 Gremlin
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 Master Gremlin
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 Stone Gargoyle
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 Obsidian Gargoyle
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 Stone Golem
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 Iron Golem
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 Mage
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 Arch Mage
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 Genie
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 Master Genie
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 Naga
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 Naga Queen
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 Giant
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 Titan
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No Melee penalty Hero combat spells cost 2 mana less | ||||||||||||||||||||
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No Melee penalty No Obstacle penalty Hero combat spells cost 2 mana less | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Magi and arch magi are level 4 creatures of tower. They are recruited from mage tower.
Apprentice magi, under the mentorship of Wizards, serve as Tower troops before they become full masters of their craft. Magi use bolts of energy to strike their enemies while Archmagi use concentrated beams; this beams ignore any penalty caused by walls or other obstacles. They both smack enemies with their staffs if forced into mele combat, but for some reason they don't suffer mele penalty. (Note that, for example, Liches also smack with their staffs yet they get mele penalty).
Overally one of the best shooters in game. The reduced cost spells are really nice, and they have very high damage output for thir level, not to mention their abilty to ignore terrain penalty once upgraded. This can con very handy in sieges if the hero has tactics to move their Archmagi in range to ignore both range and obtacle penalty. It also hits hard slow units trying to cover their advance with obstacles
If they get dived by flier or fast units, you can use the resilent golems to take in relitacions and let the Magi smash them with their penalty-less staffs
They don't have ot be upgraded right away unless you are expecting to siege a town or getting sieged yourself. Their main downside is the heavy cost of their building and the significant requirements making it annoying to pull them out quickly Note, that the correct spelling is 'one mage' but 'many magi'.