Why are you so fixated on the Necropolis faction?...

Because, in my opinion, they are the coolest.

A Warlock will appear at the end of the first month and deal 4000+ damage with an explosion...

Well, Fireball said it all for me... I haven't seen such Warlocks at the end of the first month... except maybe in the Campaigns.

And I thought I explained everything quite clearly... apparently not:( I was talking about LARGE maps, where development takes longer; there, you don't need to build a city, and you have money.

And a couple of hundred Obsidian Gargoyles under Heavenly Shield is something else...

You know, a couple of hundred Ghosts with Heavenly Shield, Dodge, Haste, Divine Might, and when the hero is level 30...

Ah yes, against these skeleton archers, I once used Mass Dodge, and half the problems disappeared... And against the entire army, Mass Slow, and all problems are gone. If you can't use Mass Slow, cast Single Slow on the skeletons individually; they will move twice as slowly, and Necropolis rarely has Dispel or Haste...

Thanks for the advice, of course, but I actually know what Dodge and Slow are. And I love Light and Dark magic the most precisely because of Haste and Slow; you cast Mass Haste, then Mass Haste again - you've already done half the job, if the enemy has nothing to remove the blessing or neutralize the curse (that is, if they can't cast Slow themselves). These two skills (Light and Dark) are one of the reasons I love the Knights.