Originally Posted by
deuterio12
Thing is, as I pointed out in my edit, you can only get archons from popping, and although I agree they may just be the most imba unit in Erfworld, they're still far from invincible and still go down when outnumbered enough or caught in a trap. Dwagons meanwhile literally grow on trees so one can replenish them a lot faster than one can replenish croaked archons.
The pliers aren't too shabby in melee, but the arkenhammer is in a completely different level combat-wise. Wanda did taste the floor in battle despite the pliers, while Stanley can fly into an ambush and then just rock out alive thanks to the arkenhammer.