The ninth stage of the Kanigem Tournaments

I played the battles quite differently. I had the entire army rush to the knight and replenish mana. By that time, the archer had taken Nature with fairies, so two heroes had already learned Walk and Haste, and the third had learned Holy Word. This is how I tried to compensate for the lack of boots. With the support of Holy Water, the undead troops fought well, and mana was also replenished at the bridge with mummies. I killed the vampires with one hero, crippling them with sticky goo and summoning fairies.

Now I understand. But this option is not suitable for improving the result because you need to go straight to the center to the vampire spawning point. I didn't replenish mana anywhere, only through the natural income each turn. I didn't even go to the fountain behind the ice bridge. I think it's only possible to break through without replenishing mana on this map with regeneration and a staff. And I was wondering who to use this potion on, but in the end, I didn't use it on anyone. :) The battle with the barbarian in the central fortress. Is there a glitch there? He sometimes offers money to leave the battle, about 5000. If you agree, he runs away and gives you the money. But if you refuse, he disappears somewhere and gives neither money nor potions. In short, I had to refuse the money and use load/save to prevent this window about surrendering from appearing, because the Regenerator was out of mana and couldn't break through the Archers and Peasants without the ice potion that I was trying to get from this barbarian. It could have been done without it, but that would have required replaying and giving the Healer and Regenerator at least one healing potion to take with them on the journey.

I can, of course, upload the corresponding saves, but I think it's clear enough. I didn't have any battles on the verge of defeat, everything went smoothly, almost without reloads.

No, I understand now. I don't need the saves anymore. I thought you also defeated the Nightmares. I was wondering how he managed to do it without regeneration, so I wanted to see.

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to be honest, vbn surprised me the most. I've played 4 a couple of times with the intention of getting something out of it. And here I was like a standing post. This is someone who can become even stronger than Lenin's Mountains, not just in the early versions. Fear me, Iron!

:) Well, there are many people you need to, let's say, not be afraid of, but be wary of. But for vbn to improve his game in 4 offline, he needs to constantly play it in tournaments. And I know that Fire and vbn have recently started playing in 4 tournaments, or rather, this year. But it's already clear that they are quickly mastering it. They might even give us a run for our money