

A strategy some players use is to bring Peons along with their army for the sole purpose of soaking up Spirit Link damage and increasing the army's staying power.

This ability has very good synergy with the Shadow Hunter's Healing Wave and the Witch Doctor's Healing Ward, which are great at healing multiple units but are lackluster at healing single targets. While it means these units will take damage together, it allows units to hold longer against attacks that would be normally fatal to them and greatly diminishes enemy focus fire, making key targets like the Blademaster and other spellcasters harder to pick off.

They initially come with Spirit Link, which allows the affected units to share the incoming damage between them. The Spirit Walker is a powerful Orcish support unit.
