Tolgar has always been a powerhouse with stats around 40, the Mountain King set, and an army three times larger than the player's... Did they nerf him in EWA, so he loses to 92 Paladins? I've never seen a way to defeat him in the given limited time other than using Dark Magic. Technically, Tolgar has always been so tough that a couple of hundred archers from a strong hero could take down a couple of Rune Priests with a single volley. And the auto-battle always wiped out half the army at each mine, so I had to do everything manually.
I decided to add him to my game using the console and see what his stats are. It's not impressive, screenshots attached.
If it's not too much trouble, could you show me your King Tolgar in the Lords of the North version? What artifacts does he have? What are his stats? Maybe he has a larger army too?
P.S. I messed up with the number of Paladins. There are a couple less.
P.P.S. I decided to watch a walkthrough of the Remix. He manages to defeat him with almost the same army as I have, and his stats are almost the same as Tolgar's. It seems like he was actually weakened. At the timestamp https://youtu.be/HeP9TTPGi0Y?t=10981, you can see that he's looking at the stats of the Flame Dragon, and they are 37 47 (Attack and Defense). Mine are 35 51 (Attack and Defense), which suggests that both in my game and in the Remix, Tolgar is not overpowered. Perhaps this WAS a bug that was fixed? =)