Round table

Why bring up an example from offline mode? Elves are much more likely to get maximum conservation on week two in SoD, and other Castles can do it under certain conditions.
...you can't upgrade Vampires, and having just advanced armor isn't enough; there's definitely some good hero skill development or artifacts + a shield involved... or maybe Mass Slow and Conservation work without an upgraded stack and not on grassland....
In general, it's a rare case and only applies to TE.

I didn't understand what offline mode you're referring to. If you mean a saved game, then it's all online. I'm talking about TE because SoD and its Galtaran are deadly on week two, even for the Undead. In TE with the Necro patch, there are no hidden Vampire stacks, so the real number of Lord Vampires is 15. Even 12 is more realistic, and that's a tier 3 Conservation stack consisting only of Vampires with a hero who has basic armor. Which other Castle can take a tier 3 Conservation stack on day 121 without any losses, and if everything goes well, even the maximum, I might add, with Lords and without a single casualty?! The creatures in the Stronghold fall apart before 12 Lord Vampires. A skilled player, with a chain of Lord Vampires and Glaive Throwers on days 121-122, in a normal situation, already has enough resources to take the Undead Castle! But it all depends on the map. So, in TE, a rare case + poor speed only happens if there are absolutely no Conservation resources available or they are unattainable. In SoD, Galtaran with his skeletons can already control the maximum Conservation resources by the end of the first week!