I don't think its the wolf thats the problem. i have completed B&W2 with the wolf and only once lost a creature fight which was against the Japanese tiger but my wolf was pretty weak after it had beaten it the first time. My wolf is evil and it is just as powerful as the lion. i have tried them...
get him to do stuff that your villages cant, like go out to collect ore, build walls, attack platoons if you dont hve any armies. People ask me "How do i get more ore because my mine ran out?" An i always tell them that your creature is there for a reason and you should use it. My creature...
i have heard of this problem and i am afraid there is no way of solving it, its because oif the sheer size of the armies and the towns, your best bet would be to save it before unleashing the epic, because shances are it has been fired somewhere else, so if you save it then you can fire it again...
an evil tactic i always find good is to always have a warrior platoon of about 100, or 50 is fine but any lower and your in trouble.
link an archer platoon to the warrior on and you will have a very strong fighting machine.
i like to have all my warrior platoons in one place merged with...
my creature is a big, bad turtle that has a pasionate hate for enemy platoons, and shows it very clearly, he has full warrior upgrades and has lightning and heal miracles, oh and he's uba evil.