Red crystal

Hello everyone!
It took me five days to finally finish this scenario, on my second attempt.

The first time, believing in myself, I set the difficulty to "Hero" and chose Castle with Vitorrio. Accordingly, there was no money, and in weeks 2-3, an elf arrived with an army three times larger than mine. After managing to upgrade Expert Machines and a Rapid Ballista, I won him, but suffered 60% losses in my army. A week later, a Necromancer came and defeated me at the castle… This map really grabbed my attention with its complexity... I started thinking about what could be done. So, I chose Necromancer with Naadir on "Warrior" difficulty. This difficulty allowed me to quickly build up the castle and defend it from the initial enemy heroes.

I read the forum and realized that only 32 enemy heroes appear on this map, with intervals of approximately 7-10 days, each one stronger than the last. The Hunter appeared for me only once (defending the castle for a month).
In the end, I won every battle "without losses," so to speak; some battles lasted for an hour. How did I do it with troops where the opponent had 3-5 times more?

- We fight through Subjugation, Berserk, and Dispel (your hero must have Defense fully upgraded)
- Without losses! Leave the opponent with 1 strong stack, preferably alive, under Subjugation, resurrect your own units, and heal from vampire strikes. (this is important! If you suffer even 10-15% losses in each battle, you will not win against subsequent heroes)
- Often, you need to wait until the enemy hero runs out of mana, so they don't destroy your entire resurrected stack with a single Ice Bolt, leaving them with only 1 hit point. Also, attacks from the hero's hand are not scary; they hit a certain number of units, not based on damage. To help our mana, use the Necromancer's Sign.

As a result, the main boss of the map was defeated without losses, but on my second attempt))
I put on Sandro's Cloak, subjugated Death Knights, and then everything went according to plan.)

Warning! This map can change a person’s very essence... )
- You start long battles where you torment the last stacks of the enemy…
- You simply revel in defeating armies many times larger than yours without any losses.

I attached a screenshot of the battle with the boss, as I wrote above... I left the Crystal Horses with the choice: LIVE in captivity or DIE ))

All the best! Thank you to the author for the map!

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