Yikes, War of Magic sounds pretty rough. Since I do have one black unit, I'll keep my eyes peeled for other units that would be helpful, so that I can get to that point. I'm hesitant to combine any Calliopes I have, at least at this point, especially since I did plan on CCing Cloris. On the plus side, I've got 3 Platinum Spirits (was very lucky running Monday N difficulty, plus the 35 bonus), so I think I'm a bit closer to CCing my first unit or two than I expected.

Right now I'm on Mens Battle. I'm waiting until I have decently leveled guys for that.

A question: are there any units in the Trading Post that would be useful for newbies? I'm considering getting the New Prince pack, which means I could probably purchase anyone there except for Black Knight and Saki.