Hello, esteemed GURUs of walkthroughs for custom maps. Has anyone played the Chinese map "Light of the World" by, I think, Scorpion? Could you give me some advice, please. How can I defeat this hero on this cursed land? It's possible to take the Castle... it's possible to capture him there... I've tried to find a tile without cursed land (but haven't succeeded yet). I have all the spells (clone, berserk, etc.) and the cursed armor. But the opponent casts healing on his first turn... I'm in the Castle on the right. I can upload a save file.
If there's cursed land, it's unlikely you'll be able to defeat such a hero.
10,000 Archons cannot be blinded or stunned.
For now, I can think of:
1) Find terrain in this area that will allow you to hide single-hex ranged units in a nook, and block the entrance to the nook with someone to hold out for at least 1-2 turns. In this case, there's a chance to scare his ranged units with the Azure spell and, possibly, other stacks. Then, in 1-2 turns, you can eliminate the ranged units. But there still won't be enough shots to kill his Archons, in my opinion...
2) Find a tile where magic works.
3) Clarify why the hero is sitting on this zone. Maybe it's worth luring him to another, more convenient location?
4) As an option, you can take Phoenixes to distract his stacks, but that won't help much.
5) Can you upgrade the ranged units and Fanatics to Snipers and Sorcerers on this map? Are hero-upgraders available?
But if you look at it at a glance, it's impossible to defeat such a hero on cursed land; you won't have enough to kill his Archons and horses.
P.S. You can also add 100-200 Hitmen specializing in magic with an upgraded spell attack :), just to kill his archers and Fanatics. It might take a couple of months :)