If you play at full difficulty, and eventually you should, you will notice that combined forces work best, if you want to do the most for the least expense.
Depending on your style, you can use a combination of all three branches (cavalry, infantry, ranged) or just use two or even one of them.Īs for which faction has the best of a particular troop type. Each faction has (at least one) top tier unit in each category available to it.