Skills in the game

I wonder why, when playing as Castle, you choose Valeska instead of, say, Sorcha, with an Attack that is dear to your heart? (c)Avern

I don't think it's worth comparing Castle and Swamp... that's a thread for another topic... I take Valeska because shooting is appropriate here since 1. Archers are a very good piercing force from the start, and the shooting skill will also be useful for fanatics... 2. Specifically, Valeska has +1 to archer speed, which provides an important tempo when breaking "cans" (especially when there's no upgraded stack), and 3. There are no other normal heroes for Castle besides her.

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It seems Wicc described hero leveling in detail.
http://www.cyberfight.ru/site/columns/56/article_43653/
As for the primitive discussion, well, the entire Tactics section consists of such discussions 90% of the time; you can safely scroll until you come across posts by Gunnar, Forrest, and Dirty-Player. No one has written in detail about magic, so there is a field of activity for beginners as well.

His article is decent... But everything is laid out far too officially there...