The hero simply has an impossible mission. I've tried to complete it twice a year, but I can't. I've completely given up on the Heroes series because of this. My Raileg deals 1000-1400 damage with Earth Shock at the beginning of the mission – but I can still only hold out for a maximum of 2-3 weeks... Now I tried to level him up using the ability from the skill wheel – it's a complete disaster, they defeat him on the first turn. Even if you combine armies, they still defeat you... Version 1.5. Finally, I did it. I took a day off and spent 10 hours replaying. After all, the key skills for the Warlock are Chaos Magic, Education, Sorcery, and Luck. In the second mission, it is necessary to master Expert Chaos Magic and, preferably, learn all Chaos spells. Also, a level 2 or 3 Education skill wouldn't hurt. As I noticed, the Warlock has a 70% chance of Education giving a bonus to spellcasting. The most useful spells in the third mission are Meteor Shower (enhanced) and Earth Shock (enhanced); it is impossible to complete the mission without them. If you drag out the battle, enemy mages will sweep away all your troops, and there are very few of them at the beginning. In fact, during the entire level, I never managed to get a double creature growth bonus for the main heroes. In version 1.0, enemy mages started attacking me with Armageddon from the second week of the game – it's enough to make you want to give up; 2 turns for the enemy, and I lost due to a lack of troops. So: (1) Combine Raileg's armies, go to the first town. The enemy will come out of the town to meet us. We defeat them with a combination of Meteor Shower and Earth Shock. As a reward, we take the witch, of course; slowing down solves half the problems. Send Shadia (or whatever her name is) to the right, bypassing the town without troops; there are chests there – she picks them up and goes to the second town. (2) Capture the town, hire a hero – combine the troops and move both to the second town (the hired hero will have more movement points and will be able to transfer the army to Shadia; on the other hand, Raileg should be sent with him, because otherwise the enemy will come out and meet the hero). Transfer half of the army to Shadia (or all of it, and then half after capturing the second castle); she captures the castle. (3) Then, sit with a hero in the castle, and at the same time, if the turns allow, collect chests (always take gold; this is an iron rule for me since Heroes 3; experience will always come). Approximately at the beginning of the next week, heroes will come from the portals; sit in the castle (if you have collected enough resources (first of all, buy meat – so that they can withstand enemy spells), then build a Stronghold – a castle. Defeat them. (4) Now you have few armies, but you have a week's worth of time. (in total, 4 heroes of level 22 have been destroyed, and 4-6 remain). Hire 2-4 heroes – send them to the portals for reconnaissance, and at the same time, collect the chests scattered everywhere (they pay off immediately). Thanks to the reconnaissance, you will have a few turns' advantage before the enemy attacks, due to the revealed map. In the meantime, clear the nearby mines with the main heroes, collect chests. I don't remember if the first demon attacks here, but I didn't have any problems with him (try to destroy the main heroes with the demon first (at least, that's how it was for me). In the meantime, 2 more high-level heroes and a bunch of small ones should appear. An "attraction" begins, where they will chase your single heroes, moving around their territory. (5) This will give us time to build up, collect resources, and build up the castles. By the end of the first month, you can already sit in the castle. Then, either wait for all the level 22 heroes to attack you and die, or gather an army and start capturing castles. It is better to monitor the movement of enemy heroes. In fact, it is best to capture the upper right castle – it is further away from the other enemy castles, so help will not arrive in time. It is better for Raileg to stay close to the castle until he can defeat any enemy hero in the field in a 1-on-1 battle (that's what happened to me; they came and attacked the castle, which gave me an advantage). Send Shadia with a couple of stacks to capture the castle. In general, the enemy had about 8-10 high-level heroes; killing them and winning is just a matter of time. Key skills for hero development: Expert Chaos Magic: Lord of Storms, Lord of Cold, Lord of Fire Higher Education: Magic Affinity, Arcane Insight, Dark Revelation Expert Sorcery: Secret Knowledge, Mana Restoration, Unstable Mana Permanent Luck: Soldier's Luck, Lucky Sorcerer, Magic Resistance Expert Defense: Reflection, Evasion, Resistance By the end of the mission, the main hero should deal 1400 damage with Earth Shock, 2800 (Luck), 2000 (enhanced), 4000 (enhanced, Luck). Mana – 300-400, mana regeneration rate – 60-80 per turn. At the beginning of the mission, Earth Shock should deal at least 1100 (enhanced). At the beginning of the mission, I had 16 Spell Power and 6 Knowledge.