[Online Tournament for HoMM5 Players Who Like to Chat]

You were being modest when you said you weren't playing well. In my opinion, you have a good chance of winning. As for the game, yes. The dungeon was poorly designed (it was the same as the first restart), and it was located nearby, which naturally affected the game. If we had been on different levels and in opposite corners, I would have had more time to build up my army. There were few useful artifacts, such as the dwarven set or boots of resistance, because they are good against dark magic, and without them, I suffered a lot of curses, even though I was a mage. My magic resistance was low. In general, magic definitely hindered me, especially vampirism and raising the dead. I didn't even reach the mentor, I was one step short =\ very sad. The game took about 5 hours.

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Yes, you definitely need to level up light magic in the game against necromancers.