on the first, the horses in the Citadel secondary swamp, no money, and nowhere to get it, not a single Crypt or other money points, so I never built a Castle anywhere until the end of the game
however, I came across Aislin and from the start the Amulet of the Necromancer, I take a couple of Dragon Fly Hives and into the first treasure zone, there's another mini Dragon Fly Hive and a shield +3 AD, I go to the neighboring treasure zone saving time, don't replenish mana, another Dragon Fly Hive and 3 Pandora's Boxes with troops — 25 Elves, 50 Dwarves, 35 Centaurs, I light the Necromancer's Boots, take them, and nearby a Pandora's Box with 50-99 Psychs, I attack without mana — 63 units, result: loss
I attacked without Skeletons — ended up with 370 Skeletons and necro artifacts
I go to the opponent through a snowy secondary, take another Dragon Fly Hive — 8 from the secondary, we exchange capitals, the opponent heads to my swamp secondary, I transfer troops there and the next turn the opponent attacks, meteor shower decided it
thanks for the game