Which is stronger, a Castle or a Conflux?

2 Sforza:
Example:
initial hero, Inteus (skills are obviously 0 0 3 3); level 2 - attack +1; level 3 - magic power +1; level 4 - attack +1, and so on up to level 10. Result: we see the initial skills as 3 0 7 2.

It's unclear how 0-0-3-3 turned into 3 0 7 2 :smile07:
The sum should be 16, and the knowledge skill has decreased.

Probability of increasing primary skills for Elementals
level 2-9 15-15-35-35 (%) Attack-Defense-SP-Knowledge
Priests 20-15-30-35 (%)
That is, almost the same. But the magic skills are 3-3 versus 2-2.
Conclusion: Elementals are clearly better. I completely agree with Sforza

2 Sforza:

2) mana costs are lower
is this true?

Well, it seems Sforza meant that you need to spend less mana because everyone has a magic school, which reduces the cost of the first and second spells by 1 or 2 mana, respectively.
I also think this is a big plus.
In addition, I'll add that in the Fusion expansion, there are two super-cheating Elementals, Luna and Ciel (I think it's clear why).
And two more that are simply cheating: Grindan and Labeta (due to their initial earth magic). Grindan also has slow in his spellbook. (Just level up to levels 2-4, and you'll immediately have mass slow!!!)

P.S. In the TE version, all Elementals have been reduced to 0-0-2-2, and Grindan's slow spell has been removed from his spellbook.

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but I think games are rarely finished in such a way that the main forces are left behind (the hero is too far away, or the castle, captured by the enemy, is under siege).

I'm writing this - it might be useful to someone.
In online games, there is a trick called "Paid City Portal". If you are going far, you drag a chain of heroes behind you. If you see a threat to your castle, you give all your troops to the heroes, and they take them home along the chain. And your main hero is destroyed by a single unit against neutral creatures and buys himself in the castle.
By skillfully manipulating this trick, you can practically get anywhere in 1-2 turns, after preparing such a regrouping of forces.

P.S. It's nice to have a dialogue with a person who is tactful and literate, and doesn't try to prove anything, but simply expresses his point of view...:)

With respect.

Likewise.