Please offer some advice.

Right away, thank you all for your responsiveness. OptiMAL The opponent is strong (has a lot of experience). * I win in rare cases, usually when he overestimates his strength and loses an army to neutrals. It happened once. He captured two Nature towns, and there were 20 grasshoppers in each portal (I was also playing as Nature). The outcome was decided. * It's hard to calculate moves, hard to balance resources, mines, construction, buying an army; I want everything at once. * I don't always know right away which faction he's playing (except when we play on the same computer; again, he knows everything about me). By the way, we mainly play XL if we find an interesting map, and always at maximum difficulty. I try not to take 1 or 2 units unless there's a specific reason or for cannon fodder. At the beginning, I generally move around with only heroes, stealing to later escape to a town, or taking one unit at a time for the same purpose (I don't mind losing them), so I build up first and try to move around only with 4 units (again, unless I need cannon fodder). If I'm playing as Life, I always build ballistas; they stay in the castle and are cheaper to build (if an army isn't needed from the very beginning of the game). In general, the opponent's name is Andrey. If he plays as Chaos, that's it. A specific case. He took four "Eyes" and divided them into one each, and during the battle against the opponent, it was possible to learn all the negative magic spells. Pandora I'm ashamed to admit, but I don't know how to use the map editor; I didn't think it was necessary. Well, now for the questions. 1. We play large maps with Andrey, sometimes for several days. Can he give himself any artifact if the game has already started (for example, when I'm not around)? 2. What formula is used to calculate damage? 3. Does the hero's progression depend on his history (if you take heroes from the same castle with the same initial abilities)? AndersonAD Thank you for the specific advice, especially regarding the Ranger. Question: If I have a hero with high speed during battle, then I should be the first to move during the battle. If I'm not understanding something, please explain. Yes, a potion is a good thing, but I don't remember it being sold in the castle. The general request is the same. I need some tips. Example (I apologize, the idea is someone else's, maybe yours: "Magic of Order. Combine moving enemy archers to your side and hypnotizing them").