Is Conflux a broken castle?

+1 I completely agree with monarh. What I love about Heroes is that all the Castles are balanced. Each Castle has its own advantages and disadvantages! And Conflux is a big plus when you have a Grail, but in all the times I've played Heroes, I've rarely seen either myself or my opponent find a Grail! There are Castles that dominate on small maps, like Swamp or Stronghold! And there are those that decide the outcome on larger maps, like Castle or Tower! So, the downside of Conflux is that it doesn't fit into either of these categories! Although it's best played on small maps. I still think Conflux is an unsuccessful and very weak Castle for large maps. BUT! I don't like playing as Conflux, and I'm not very good at it! Every time I played on small maps as Swamp against Conflux, I won (of course, I'm talking about online battles, not against the AI), but for example, when I played as my favorite Castle - Dungeon - on a small map against Conflux, I always lost! And for example, when I played with almost any Castle against Conflux on a large map, I almost always won! I lost when I played as Inferno (which, by the way, is my second least favorite Castle, which I don't play well with) and lost twice playing as Rampart (which surprised me a lot). And yet, the last example shows that everything depends primarily on the opponent, I didn't expect to lose to Conflux with Rampart, and I thought I would win easily! And Rampart is my second favorite Castle, after Dungeon!

So, IMHO, Conflux is neither the strongest nor the weakest Castle! In general, there are no strongest or weakest Castles in the game, and almost all of them are very well balanced! PERIOD!