Overview
This is for begginers on how to create your army in battles.
Getting started
Make sure and play with somebody about the same skill level as you, choose good funding levels and maps. Something I personally recommend but is entirely optional for this guide is reading the encyclopedia.
Playstyles
Consitter the battle ground, your play style, the enemies play style, and the level of skill you and the enemy have. What is your plan? If for say, you wanted to lure them into a trap you would want some lighter/faster/cheaper units for the bait, and some heavier units for the trap.
Another thing to consitter is your partner may be consittering things as well so you never want to go full out with a plan or you may not be left with much of a plan B.
Funding
I recommend for starting out and messing around with things such as this to start with large funding, as you may be making your army then Uh-Oh you cant afford that chivalry unit you so desperatley need, this is a good thing to take into account as numbers vs strength is hard to balance out and funding might end up leaving you a little too close to one end.
I know my playstyle, my plan, and my enemies playstyle and yet I still play only with large funding for the purpose of flexibility and being able to go with your plan.
Choosing your clan.
Different clans tend to lean toward different parts of their army, I extremely recommend reading up on them in the encyclopedia but it is YOUR choice. When you have decided a good clan it can often times change your troops drastically from another one, whether you choose one to go with your own playstyle or counter your enemies.