Dealing With Enemy Generals

[Michelin Man]

I'm doing alright so far in crusade mode, usually every battle I walk into is pretty doable except for the ones where the enemy has a spellcasting general. Without fail they are able to nuke an entire unit off the board every turn and I cannot come up with a way to deal with it besides just taking a massive L in that regard and waiting like another whole month to rebuild my forces.
Does anyone know of any effective way to prevent or counter this or is this just something I basically have to deal with.

[seeker1]

Great to have them. Sucks to face them. Somebody will soon offer actual advice.

OK. I'll offer some. Have a deep infirmary and lots of heals. Make sure you kill their guys soon, fast, and often, so they get as little chance to cast as possible.

[DrHappyAngry]

When I've bumped into one like that I reloaded and came back later once I had enough archers so they couldn't one shot the stack and they could survive long enough for me to heal them before the next time they got hit.

[Gregorovitch]

Originally posted by DrHappyAngry:

When I've bumped into one like that I reloaded and came back later once I had enough archers so they couldn't one shot the stack and they could survive long enough for me to heal them before the next time they got hit.

This is the answer @OP. That and having a mage general yourself of course, but I'm taking that for granted.

Surprisingly you go from getting totally mauled by these mage generals to beating them quite easily with only a week ot two's extra soldiers.

The other big deal is buiding hospitals everywhere. This massively increases your capacity to resurrect troops after battle and gives you much more leeway to sustain hits from these mage generals.

So leave these jokers alone until a combo of more hospitals and more marksman makes them easy, go fight other demon armies instead meantime.

[B Unit]

Use a mage general yourself and just give them disposable units. You will get defeated but you can whittle down the enemy with spells each fight. You will often get free units recruited at your base that make good candidates.

[gmwaddington]

You have to wait patiently and build up your forces. It's possible to overcome an enemy mage general by making an all-ranged army and destroying all the enemy units before you take too many losses. The key is to have your units about the same size, so losing one doesn't cripple you.

Don't forget to save before attempting a difficult battle. You can always decide the losses weren't worth it and reload.

[Thicc Mittens]

If you don't mind being super cheap and cheesy, you can drain the enemy general's mana by sending in armies of 1 guy, one after another, and the enemy general will use their nuke on each one. So long as you don't let time pass (i.e. don't move your adventuring party and don't skip day) their mana won't regen between battles, so eventually they won't have enough to cast their nuke anymore and you can waltz in with your real army.

It's a bit tedious with all the loading screens though, and of course you have to live with yourself afterwards ;P