Okay.... are undead whordes unstoppable?

[Cheezeninja]

The AI has an incredibly tough time dealing with masses of undead so when players use them against the AI they tend to do extremely well. It is quite possible to stop them if you know how, the AI just doesnt. Enough priests, the right items, a good spell or two and undead go down extremely easily.

Do a search for undead or Ermor and you'll find all the strategies described by persons more experienced with them than i am.

[Lach]

How does banishing undead work?

[Norfleet]

Mmmm. Undead hordes. Crunchy. The undead suffer from several unfortunate weaknesses, the first and foremost of which is their weakness to point-blank annihilation. They also tend to be flammable, and conduct electricity.

[NTJedi]

Playing a race which creates the undead like Ermor or a theme from C'Tis is good for a beginner.
If you are looking for a challenge play a game where the computer opponents are Ermor, Ryleh, Jotunheim and Ulm.

[tinkthank]

Originally posted by Lach:
How does banishing undead work?

All priests (holy commanders) have the spell "banishment", which is effective against undead troops.

There are many other spells which are very effective against the undead (e.g. dust to dust, holy pyre, etc.).

Undead troops are also easily hurt by flaming arrows and similar support-type booster spells which the AI cannot, seemingly, cast (why??).

Undead hordes are, in other words, not nearly unstoppable.