Salamander
Fight style: Flanker
Weapons: Spit, fireball
Speed: Medium
Immunities: Lava
Attracted by: Hatchery, lair, treasury, training room

Salamanders are a good basic resource to have on your side. While only slightly more sturdy than goblins, their ranged attacks can be quite potent when they are trained to combat effectiveness. Their immunity to lava also makes them a great creature to posses. Use them to explore the caverns of your expanding realm. If you can manage it, place a small lair near the lava for them - it will make them much happier.

Skeleton
Fight style: Flanker
Weapon: Sword
Speed: Medium fast
Immunity: Fear
Attracted by: Prison

Skeletons are a great resource, and you should most certainly attempt to grow a sizable horde of these creatures. Of course, that means beating down your foes and throwing them in your prison to rot and die, but we said this would be fun, didn't we? As soon as a skeleton is reborn from the putrid corpse of one of your foes, drop it in the training room to begin increasing its skills. Skeletons aren't afraid of anything, so fear traps or the threat value of an enemy means nothing to them. They also need nothing from you: no sleep, food, or gold. That makes them a great front-line troop. Build a locked training room near the invasion area and drop your skeletons in there for a workout. They'll stay there until you need them.

Rogue
Fight style: Flanker
Weapons: Dagger, invisible
Speed: Medium fast
Special skills: Pick locks, steal gold
Attracted by: Casino

The rogue is a unique creature, and you must do some experimenting to see if his techniques work with your style. He should never be used as part of a large battle force, but instead should be sent instead on solo missions. Drop him at the edge of your claimed realm and watch him weave his way through locked doors into your enemy's dungeon. He disdains combat, but is great for exploring and opening doors. In multiplayer, he's great to posses. Turn him invisible and explore your enemies' realms.

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