Walkthroughs for custom maps.

How many losses did you sustain while clearing the Black Dragons? I had to leave only 400 pikemen, and I still lost 35 of them. (I replayed it, and in a quick battle, I managed to reduce the losses to 19).
The last garrison is tough. How long did it take you to clear it? It seems like every one of your warriors had a morale boost, which allowed you to win with such minimal losses. Morale and luck rarely trigger, even though I have +3. So far, my best result is 19 crossbowmen, 57 pikemen, and 1 cerberus, or, if I return for reinforcements and take imps, the losses are 117 imps and 1 cerberus. Imps will be needed; should I consider this option?

Did you have only one stack of Azure Dragons? Because I have 5 stacks of 1 Azure Dragon each. I used antimagic and Armageddon, and the losses were 29 pikemen. Is that normal, or is it possible to win with only 5 pikemen?

How did you capture the Red Castle with the Heretic and Crystal Dragons?

I cleared that part of the map with the dragons quite easily, it took me about 40 minutes in total. I spent half the time trying to get a morale boost in the last garrison; I even had to return to get a morale boost of +3. There, it's also important to time the turn of the last stack of surviving dragons so that they attack a single unit in the second round. Perhaps the difference in the number of troops is a factor. In all the garrisons, the losses included single units, as far as I remember. The most was 5 pikemen lost against the Azure Dragons (yes, they were divided into 5 stacks). I think that losing over a hundred imps is an acceptable loss, but losing so many pikemen is undesirable. I'll try to answer more thoroughly (with a video) later this evening.

The Heretic with Crystal Dragons – is that a hero who also has Cyclops in his army? If so, you need to take an Efreet and a stack of peasants or imps, in a number sufficient for the first cast of "Companion" to be "Fireball" on them and the catapult. We, in turn, cast "Slow" and use the Efreet to block the gate. Then, "Armageddon."