Tactics for the Stronghold.

You used to play as Barbarians! :)
.

I did. I really like this Castle, and I used to play it a lot, but not very successfully. I eventually got disappointed.

By the way, in my opinion, the rush tactic in the situation you described doesn't work.
Even if a Barbarian with 2 Ogres and, say, 9 Imps defeats a Rampart army, the losses will be catastrophic - losing one Ogre is not the same as, say, 10 Elves - it hurts, but it's bearable.
.

That's what I'm saying :) It turns out to be a weak rush :)

I believe that the main strength of the Stronghold lies in quickly exploring the entire map, capturing as many Castles and resources as possible. Only then does the Barbarian have a chance to win. After all, the fact that the 7th level is built in the first week already says a lot...
.

Apparently, yes, there's no other way :)
In that case, you should take Dess, but I usually took Craig or Gundula :) Maybe that's why I kept losing :)

i.e., by the time of the final battle, when the Barbarians have finally gathered all their troops, even buying slow and weak units and go into the last battle, they will most likely have more troops than the Castle or Rampart.
And it's very convenient to clear the map of neutrals with just Ogres and Imps - the battles take place with almost no losses.
.

No, that's not true. Troops die. There are no fast units in the army, and the birds only have 60 hit points. One or two will definitely die. As a result, the army slowly dwindles. And taking the Utopia is generally unpleasant. Before I started playing as Barbarians, I played as Dungeon. There, resurrection - and no losses, I played the same way as Necropolis - the same thing. When I started playing as Stronghold, I realized - either you take the Utopia quickly at the cost of half the army, or later, when there are 8 Ogres and 30-40 Cyclops. But by that time, you will already be killed :) If anyone shares strategies for taking the Utopia with Barbarians, I will be grateful. On what week? With what army? How to position and what's the trick?

Added 14 minutes ago

2 Kor
Yes, the statistics are depressing.... but on the other hand, what is a Barbarian Castle? For me, it's not just a Castle, but also the heroes. And no one doubts that Barbarian heroes have very bright representatives. When playing as Barbarians, I don't think you should focus on one Castle. With Barbarians, you can only take heroes, Ogres, and Imps.
.

I completely agree :) But I prefer to take not Ogres and Imps, but Cyclops. Bears are slow, and Imps are weak. Cyclops and Ogres are what you need! Ogres are especially good for Castle, because Castle doesn't have its own meat (only Griffins, but they are not that good).

And the rest in other Castles. For me, a rush is not always capturing an enemy Castle in the first week. Rather, it's a quick development that makes further play pointless. For example, if I take the Dragon Utopia in the early stages of the game, I can call it a rush. You can win without fighting.

Until you kill the opponent, you haven't won. You run around quickly, capture everything you can, and the opponent doesn't strain, just builds Angels in the first or second week, cleans up the neutrals, quickly comes and kills you.

I think that based on the numbers, we can say that Inferno is not doing any better.

Yes, things are also sad :( I once asked a famous monster from Heroezportal why he first ruled out Inferno. I received the answer: "if it lives long, it's hard to kill later"
I didn't understand why :confused: But, apparently, there is something cunning in Inferno after all.... :smile19: