12 ducks can often be more useful than 2,000,000 gold. By the way, with 1 Hydra, a weak hero, and a pre-maxed Hive, you won't be able to take anything, only on quick battles. And quick battles should be banned; imagine now – let's say I have 150 Gnomes, level 1 units, and a Scroll of Earth Elementals without a Grand Mage of level 5, a Castle of 15, and 200 mana points. Do you have any doubts that I can take, for example, a Utopia with a quick battle, but not in a regular battle?