
Shooter This creature can inflict damage remotely. Like the Spearwielders, they remain dangerous in melee and are not penalised for their ranged attack skills. They are thus doubly effective, having both a ranged attack while inhibiting the enemy's Initiative and Speed. Spearwielders who master the difficult art of throwing their weapon - accurately - become Skirmishers, able to strike the enemy from a distance. It allows you to roughly compare different creatures, even if, of course, there's no such thing as a unique strategy and power ladder in Heroes 5!!
The Power Rating is a global indicator of the creature power. The Experience value is the amount of experience your hero will gain when killing one creature of that type. Click on a spell to go to the corresponding spell page. The little icon next to the spell name represents the creature's mastery of that spell, ranked from None to Expert. Casters have a spellbook: it opens as a popup to show the creature's spells. Move your mouse over the abilities to show the description popup.
The Economics panel shows the cost of the unit, and its weekly growth rate. Position your mouse over an element to display the tooltip if you're not familiar with the icon. The Attributes panel presents the creature's attack, defense and such. However, if they're not, here's what you should know: Most of the elements describing the creature should be quite familiar.