Talk:Illusionist/@comment-72.227.149.9-20150321080645

The Illusionist plays as more of a commander-type class especially since it gets Leadership. Leadership provides morale - one of the lesser understood stats in Warlords Battlecry 3. What  is known about morale is that it increases unit attack speed (of ALL your units, not just the ones in your command radius) as well as your maximum unit count limit.

In the end, being a successful Illusionist may have more to do with the race you decide to start with (the variety of spells offered by Illusion magic can complement pretty much any race) instead of your hero's actual race.