DISCUSSIONS on “Rules for online games in HoMM3 and formulas for calculating player rating.”

The probability of finding a Chupacabra and having a higher power stat is much higher than the probability of gaining a significant advantage in magic. In the times when Chupacabras were still used in Tournament Edition, they appeared in about 70% of late-game matches (week 3 and later), sometimes on both sides. Moreover, there are many ways to compensate for a magic advantage – resistance, artifacts that provide resistance, antimagic, tactics like mass haste/mass slow, hit-and-run tactics, berserk (preventing a turn), and so on. In the end, you can even bypass the buffs and build up your own magic. Again, the opponent may make tactical mistakes in battle if you have a power advantage and they have a magic advantage. In general, in asymmetrical positions and battles, the probability of error is higher, and skill allows you to pull off even losing positions. And what can Taza with a Chupacabra use to fight... troops are still harder to gather than magic or stats. And the battle there is much more straightforward. This is precisely why the Chupacabra was removed from Tournament Edition and Versus Tournament.