It's all so sad here. In 3 months, you can clear the entire map, not just stay at level 17.
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I agree with Vadim about the Darkness faction; there's just no one to conquer, and dragons can't be controlled. I'll manage to summon about 20-30 Paladins, they approach the dragons (dragons have 40% retaliation), and they fly away just from their own damage, and the dragons still have to move.
I wrote about how badly I lost with the Elves; maybe he just got lucky, but I was playing as Wing and was under his control. I don't understand how that happened, but that's what happened; the stun rune just decided the game, as it almost always works against both dragons and archers...
And resurrection doesn't help much when you have 25 dragons; there just won't be enough magic for either Humans or Elves.
And in the build, of course, there will be something from the mass spells, most likely Stone Skin. I just added it to give a better overall picture.
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I'm interested in this specific case because, without the delay, I could easily defeat him on this map with the Tower faction