The best two traits, etc. [split]

[Oafah]

There is nothing more satisfying than an Avenger with Strong/Dexterous. 9-4/11-4 with ambush.

[alpha1]

if we are talking about mp, best traits are imho: quick/strong for lawful/chaotic units (quick/res for mages/adepts), quick/res for neutral (mixed with few str/int/dex units according to your needs)

[Jozrael]

On the one hand, this is a year old. On the other, I guess it's better than making an entirely new topic for it if you wanted to discuss said traits.

[LemonTea]

I prefer the 'locked' trait. Prevents the necromancy debuff. Very useful when equipped on the Thread unit.

[silent]

I cannot believe the hate towards intelligent units outside multiplayer

I find intelligent quite useful as it means you have more leveled units far sooner into the campaign. And although I can't think of specific examples, it should still not be underestimated. (although I dislike quick/intelligent in general)

Getting a leadership unit earlier than normal, for example, is always a good thing. People should also remember this leads to stronger forms of magi, ESPECIALLY white magi, far quicker, which I shouldn't need to point out is useful in a number of campaigns.

Resilient is always nice, regardless of unit, whether taking an extra hit or surviving what would be certain death otherwise.

Strong for melee is obvious.

I like healthy as a trait, even if it's strictly limited to dwarves. Being able to recover while moving away from battle shouldn't be underestimated, even if healing is minimal.

Loyal is always good. (duh)

Quick is dependent on the map. In caves it's fantastic but out in the open it is much less useful. It also depends on unit as some units are too low in HP to begin with anyway.

Fearless isn't bad if you need to hold a defensive point at the wrong ToD.

Dexterity for elven archers is obvious.

Favourite combo's would be
Intelligent/resilient for any unit with leadership potential later on or magi
strong/resilient or strong/intelligent for any melee unit
strong/quick or resilient/quick for caves/water etc.

[Turuk]

I prefer the 'locked' trait. Prevents the necromancy debuff. Very useful when equipped on the Thread unit.

I agree completely, and my personal favorite is the ban attack. The enemy unit is caught without a chance to defend, and cannot trouble you any longer.

[Beholder]

Quick for Scouts

Strong / Resilient for melee

[AThousandYoung]

In a campaign:

Strong - For anyone who has a strong melee attack, worth using offensively. Especially good for those with multiple attacks.
Intelligent - For those with Leadership, Mages, maybe heavy front line tanks due to HP boost from levelling
Dexterous - Anyone with a strong missile attack.
Healthy - Anyone!
Resilient - Anyone!
Quick - Anyone for whom it will change Movement from 5 to 6. This allows more mobility in difficult terrain because 6 has 2 and 3 as factors. Thus 2 squares in Move 3 terrain, or 3 in Move 2 terrain.
Loyal - Anyone!

My pet peeve - Strong on Elvish Shamans.

[Sqwall]

The thing i played last was Children Of Dragons and i would say i ENJOY Drakes with strong/resilient.This awesome combination = incredible lvl 3 tanks(like Enforcers and Wardens) and Wardens doing OMINOUS damage,able to 1-hit-kill many 1st lvl units.Quick/resilient for scouts like Gliders for example.But i consider strong/resilient one of the best for many drakes.

[randomdragoon]

Strong ulfserkers

need I say anything else

[Joram]

For single player:
Aside from loyal... Quick is by far my favorite.

I cannot begin to tell you how much I love quick.

For 4 movement units: required to actually give them some speed.

For 5 movement units: bumps them from 2 to 3 spaces over two movement terrain, and from 1 to 2 for three movement.

For 6 movement units: I just can't resist having Royal Guards and Silver Mages moving the speed of Grand Knights

For 7+ movement units: Just extra gravy.

It has gotten to the point where I will rarely upgrade non-quick units. Especially non-quick mages. (strong is a close second for the horseman line, but other than that, I really don't pay much attention to what the other traits are).

[mcv]

For single player:
Aside from loyal... Quick is by far my favorite.

I wholeheartedly agree with your entire post. I love mobility, and that's what quick gives you. It makes slow units keep up with the main force, it makes fast units, that get a lot of their value out of being fast, even faster.

I love quick quite a lot more than loyal. Loyal saves me money, but it doesn't give me any real combat advantage, and that just matters more to me. Particularly in a campaign, speed also means you get the early finish bonus earlier, and that also means more money.

In multiplayer it might be different. I dont have any experience with that.

[AThousandYoung]

I like Quick when it changes a prime number of moves into a non-prime. Units with a prime number of moves are slower on bad terrain...both 4 and 5 moves get 2 moves in terrain that requires 2 per hex. So, if the base unit has a speed of 5, I love Quick. If the base unit has a speed of 6, I hate Quick.

It can be nice for the Heavy Infantry I suppose because they are soooo slow and rarely go in bad terrain anyway.

[Dragonchampion]

While the locked trait and ban trait is useful, I like the stupid trait. Makes most units not even know when to quit, leaving them open for quick, decisive attacks...