they should cast spells faster or somthing
or better range, i mean even albws can dodge their spells and their slow as crap, speartons rush before they can do any real damage, most people dont even bother researching shadows to kill them cause they mass a unit type and take them out in one blow, they cant get close enough to archidons to poison them if theres a bunch they shoot down the mage before he can cast a spell, its almost useless for the offensive they are the first to be killed off