Citadels

No, my tactic was as follows: send a well-leveled Knight with powerful troops from captured castles to Grool, and even give him over 100 Archangels, but only with one goal – to kill all the mana-draining Imps. After that, it's just a matter of technique (speeding up, subduing, etc.). But the thing is, on the same day, a second, Koch-demon, showed up. Here, it seems, you need to kill one and then quickly retreat. I haven't managed to do that yet.

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Yes, by the way, the second nasty creature actively uses dark magic, so without Paladins to dispel it, there's nothing to do there. I'm feeling a bit lazy, but good luck to you, heroes.