Walkthroughs of standard maps, focusing on SPEED.

Questions 2.
10. Why did Ellezar stay near the Hydra dwell on the 7th day with a small amount of movement remaining? Why did he go there at all?
Why didn't he use the rest of his movement?

He was heading toward the well to cast DD to the city the next day, but he hit the mountains. He didn't have enough movement to fly over them, and he couldn't exactly go back, so he stayed the night. :)

11. This map isn't "Everyone Fights!", it's "Free-for-all". Or what? The maps are similar. Why is it that when you replay the scenario, the map "Everyone Fights!" appears, but when you look at your saves, the map is already "Free-for-all"?

It's the same map. Most likely just a slightly different translation. I didn't find it in the standard maps at first; I was looking for the name "Everyone Fights!", but when I copied the map suggested here, the English name matched, while the Russian translation was different.

12. Where is the save from the very first day? If there were one, there would be no question about КВ. And some other questions.

I'll try to look for a save of the first day.

15. Regardless, I will repeat the question about Shakti. Either I didn't understand. No matter how many times you restart, Shakti cannot appear as the starting hero of the Castle, because he is not in the list of starting heroes for the Castle. Considering question №11, I think the Map has been modified. IMHO. Or ??? But it's not a big deal:)

I double-checked :) If you restart, the hero doesn't change. But if you start over from the main menu, BUT select a random hero, then after some time, heroes not from the castle begin to appear.

True, playing this way isn't particularly interesting. Since in ALL cities you entered through empty gates. The enemy heroes
were also tiny.

No one said there would be spectacular battles when playing for speed. Everything happens very quickly; the AI simply doesn't have time to develop. When capturing castles using DD, the AI doesn't wait for an attack, so it often doesn't buy troops to guard the city. When playing for speed, the whole interest lies in correctly leveling and directing the heroes so they capture all cities as quickly as possible.

And the best way to play this way is to restart Angel Wings, and then pass them from one to another in turn, and mana isn't needed. ??? IMHO

Not exactly. Wings are good, but you can't do without DD, as there are cities several days' walk away, which is a waste of time. КВ or the Speaker's Hat is the key to success.

Now play Gelei's Champions without allies. Just without modifying the map. The record there is 25 days so far.:)
Or the "Plague Lake" map. It's one of the difficult standard maps, and you can't really restart much there. IMHO.

If it's not too much trouble, post the maps here, otherwise I'm afraid we'll have different names, and I've hardly played the standard maps—mostly random.

somehow this is still suspicious, with Shakti

I repeat, if you start over from the main menu, BUT select a random hero, then after some time, heroes not from the castle begin to appear. Check it.