Necropolis versus Orcs.

Recently, I played a late-game match with a friend. Necromancer (Lucretia) against an Orc (Hagesh), both with Creature Attack (CA). The Orc couldn't handle the vampires under the effects of Vampirism and Heavenly Shield. And that's despite the fact that I didn't even use Dominate.

In my opinion, Necropolis shouldn't have too many problems against Stronghold. There is, however, one nuance that I personally haven't encountered, namely: how dangerous Orcish Anti-Magic and Anti-Chaos are to Necromancers in such a situation. Because, in general, the main focus is on spells that affect a large number of units, if we put it broadly and roughly. With Magic skill of 30-40 or higher, this is effective. And in general, here's what helps, of course: