[Songs of Conquest] Skill Test PvP Showcase

A quick match on the PvP battle map Skill Test. Inspired by the Heroes 3 version of the map, but considerably less meme-y as SoC has far less egregious RNG. One-sided rolls where you don't get much to work with can still happen, as seen in this video as well, but there's also a lot of opportunity to adapt to unique battle setups.
The map can be downloaded from the Community maps in-game menu or from mod.io: mod.io/g/soc/m/skill-test
My adventure map movement guide on Steam: steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
Timestamps:
00:00 Adventure map
02:04 Battle

[@xlnt2new]

so what provoked you to go in when you have the clear range advantage? Also - do you find the fey/beez (and rats!) to be a particularly good unit to keep in the front of the attack? p.s. at least your opponent cooperated :D

[@Adm22]

In this particular battle, I had a massive brawling advantage (30% melee resistance and 20% damage amplification from skills), so if I engaged in a fistfight, I could only come out on top. Add to that the fact I had Cunning 3 and it becomes clear that I can move forward quite safely. Moving for the high ground means my ranged units would actually get to shoot because of the extra range, not to mention the potential extra damage. Banes and Toxicologists have quite low range by default, so just sitting back wouldn't allow them to shoot. Faey Spirits/Ragers are not a frontline unit as they're glass cannons, but that's also why I didn't move them to the front in their first move. The top row of the battlefield was safe enough from the opponent's stacks. Rats are far more expendible in comparison, and attacking them is a double-edged sword because of the Berserker trait, so it's okay to leave them more exposed (as they were after their first move). Their high stack number also makes them a tanky target, so if the opponent were to commit to killing them quickly, they would need to use multiple stacks to do so, allowing for the rest of my army to clear those up.