Assassin (Army)/1.03

Assassin are advanced infantry.

Dark Elf
As their name implies, Assassins are capable of assassinating enemies. They are powerful in that sense and are very fast and have an obscenely strong Poison - the strongest in the entire game. However, they are very ineffective against buildings and fall quickly to towers. Luckily, they are cheap to produce and, with a few assassination blows, they pay for themselves. Dark Infantry don't scale well but you can effectively replace them with Assassins.

Benefits from Black Ward, Blood Potion, and Dark Order researches.