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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 1102261" data-attributes="member: 463">The most successful army IMC is the Mongali Horde, based off large numbers of mounted archers - the entire Horde numbers some 200,000 when mustered.  Like historical Mongols, they travel spread-out, and area effect spells will usually kill only a few.  High level leaders travel incognito amongst the general mass.  They have a good number of mid to high-level sorcerers who are used primarily to support the army by countering HL enemies, providing everyone with some magic arrows, etc.  On level terrain they've always proven undefeatable so far.  The only tactic that seems to work is finding and assassinating their Great Khan before the battle, which is not easy. In castle & city sieges, HL casters do tend to be decisive, just as artillery is usually decisive IRL.  Not every battle involves HL casters, and like I said IME there's a home-field advantage to the defender, but if the HL attackers can get air supremacy (wiping out all enemy fliers) they can then lay down area fire on a weak point in the enemy defenses (a destroyed section of wall, usually), enabling their army to storm the breach largely unopposed.</blockquote>