Awesome units/spells

[MaxWilson]

Call of the Winds: I hate knocking down castles. I like small armies of relatively elite units, or else regular units with combat mages, and so having to build a bunch of militia to besiege a fortress irritates me. That makes Call of the Winds a great spell. The hawks you get aren't upkeep-free, but they're not expensive, and they appear anywhere you send them. After the siege you can use the commanders as flying shuttles to collect routed troops, ferry gems, carry Wall Shakers quickly to other castles, etc.

Cloud Trapeze is great because anyone who is capable of casting e.g. Shimmering Fields is also capable of dropping it on enemy armies anywhere, before they get a chance to even move. It's a terrific strategic spell in a school that's already nice tactically.

-Max

[HoneyBadger]

One of my favorite units are those sacred snakes EA C'Tis gets. They're kind of different from everything else, in that it's an animal, and relatively weak, but still really effective with a strong bless. They aren't the best units in the game, but they're a lot of fun to play with.

[Sombre]

I really like the crossbreeding spells. I'm not saying they're very good, just that I like the idea behind them. For the same reason I also really like summon animals - the stuff you get in different terrain is very interesting.

[vfb]

I agree, Crossbreeding rocks! Turmoil 3 Luck 3 is perfect for Mictlan, and you can get super-cool early units with this level 3 spell. Size 5 foul beasts, size 4 MV2/14 spiders, a few Life Drain/Leprosy beasts, and of course a ton of weird chaff, that's a nice return for one casting. Sure you could pop out two Frost Fields for about the same cost, but that means you're not blood hunting or researching with that second summoner. Plus even a lowly Mictlan priest can cast Crossbreeding if you're lucky and get one with B1N1.

I'd also add the Mystic/Communion to the awesome units/spells list.