Talk:Fey/@comment-25404540-20140910101959/@comment-5395153-20140911002153

No amount of Strength or Dexterity investment is ever going to make the Merchant sufficiently tough unfortunately. That's his only weakness, but it most certainly isn't one enemies will find particularly easy to take advantage of anyway. Heroes should generally always be sent out with decent sized armies to prevent their death. Merchants love every point invested in Charisma and resource-generating skills like Wealth and Gemcutting (the Fey love the latter). With enough Gemcutting, the Fey Merchant quickly becomes what I believe to be the strongest hero class combo in the game. It's like playing the game with all the Crystal costs removed (including stuff like the keep upgrade costs, which is crazy!). To help prevent early base rushing, stuff towers with Leprechauns and build walls all the way around each of them. Since the Fey Merchant will probably have massive amounts of Crystal, producing Sylphs just for the sake of sponging damage can work well too.