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Theory of the third stage map walkthrough of the Blitz tournament.
The map's storyline was built on four pillars (listed in order of decreasing importance):
1. Conducting battles with minimal losses
2. Solving all quests, especially those that provided additional unit growth.
3. Proper use of the Cloak of the Undead King in on/off mode
4. Promptly achieving 100% necromancy level
1. The first point is extremely clear – each player used their own battle scheme against different types of enemy units (there are about a dozen such schemes on the map), there is no point in dwelling on them because the results of the vast majority of participants show that these schemes were found and worked effectively enough.
2. The key quest – opening the guardian of the passage to Armageddon's Blade on the first day, involved finding the simplest path to the Dragons, whose destruction was the guardian's requirement. Additionally, along the way, it was intended to visit the Scholar who gave Fire magic – the combination of Expert Fire + Berserk + Medal of Vulnerability was the easiest way to conduct a battle without losses against 7000 Dragons at the end of the game. Although, as practice shows, some solved this task without Expert Fire. But nevertheless – I am talking about the easiest way to solve this problem.
The path that was the simplest is shown on the diagram. The red line indicates the direction of movement, the yellow lines – forced battles.
3. According to theory – the number of raised Skeletons equals the number of Liches in any battle if the enemy is stronger than the upgraded Guard (since the health of a Lich and a Vampire are equal, we can get Liches from Vampires in a one-to-one ratio). Otherwise, the number of Liches will be smaller. Based on this, to increase skeleton growth, all battles against neutrals on the first three lines should be conducted with the Cloak of the Undead King turned off.
- But, with only Skeletons without Liches at the initial stage of the game, it is impossible to break through downwards, so a decision had to be made on the minimum number of Liches to gather at the start in order to subsequently conduct all battles with minimal losses.
- It is also important to understand that in battles against neutral Liches, we primarily lose Skeletons, so we do not take them along – we transfer them to the henchman. And generally, in theory – Skeletons participate in battles only until Liches appear, after which they are not needed.
4. To achieve 100% necromancy, we must have all parts of the Cloak of the Undead King (given at the start), Expert necromancy, and 4 castles with Necromancy Amplifiers built in them. Therefore, at the first opportunity, without breaking through neutrals, we had to capture the three nearest castles, and also build an Amplifier in the fourth one (which was given as the starting castle).
To build the Amplifier on the second day, you needed either to capture two castles on the first day, or to hire as a henchman Caitlin – a specialist in gold, although Monere is very tempting :). Otherwise, there wouldn't be enough money. Well, as an option, you could not hire a henchman at all. Then we would build the Amplifier immediately after the victory over the Dragons, but subsequently the lack of an assistant who could bring us all the necessary artifacts and the Phoenix, and to whom we could transfer the acquired skeletons, would cost us dearly.
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So, that, in fact, is the entire theory on which my walkthrough was based. Everything else is a matter of technique and diligence. Nothing particularly complicated, essentially.
The difference in results will be determined primarily by the time taken to achieve 100% necromancy. Because the losses in battle for the majority of players are relatively equal. The screenshot Necromancy.jpg demonstrates the number of remaining neutrals in my walkthrough upon reaching the 100% necromancy level. The Pandora's Box with 3000 skeletons also had not yet been opened.
P.s. It will be interesting to estimate the absolute game maximum of skeletons (without resorting to cheat codes and assuming that we have the ability to conduct all battles without losses).
The map's storyline was built on four pillars (listed in order of decreasing importance):
1. Conducting battles with minimal losses
2. Solving all quests, especially those that provided additional unit growth.
3. Proper use of the Cloak of the Undead King in on/off mode
4. Promptly achieving 100% necromancy level
1. The first point is extremely clear – each player used their own battle scheme against different types of enemy units (there are about a dozen such schemes on the map), there is no point in dwelling on them because the results of the vast majority of participants show that these schemes were found and worked effectively enough.
2. The key quest – opening the guardian of the passage to Armageddon's Blade on the first day, involved finding the simplest path to the Dragons, whose destruction was the guardian's requirement. Additionally, along the way, it was intended to visit the Scholar who gave Fire magic – the combination of Expert Fire + Berserk + Medal of Vulnerability was the easiest way to conduct a battle without losses against 7000 Dragons at the end of the game. Although, as practice shows, some solved this task without Expert Fire. But nevertheless – I am talking about the easiest way to solve this problem.
The path that was the simplest is shown on the diagram. The red line indicates the direction of movement, the yellow lines – forced battles.
3. According to theory – the number of raised Skeletons equals the number of Liches in any battle if the enemy is stronger than the upgraded Guard (since the health of a Lich and a Vampire are equal, we can get Liches from Vampires in a one-to-one ratio). Otherwise, the number of Liches will be smaller. Based on this, to increase skeleton growth, all battles against neutrals on the first three lines should be conducted with the Cloak of the Undead King turned off.
- But, with only Skeletons without Liches at the initial stage of the game, it is impossible to break through downwards, so a decision had to be made on the minimum number of Liches to gather at the start in order to subsequently conduct all battles with minimal losses.
- It is also important to understand that in battles against neutral Liches, we primarily lose Skeletons, so we do not take them along – we transfer them to the henchman. And generally, in theory – Skeletons participate in battles only until Liches appear, after which they are not needed.
4. To achieve 100% necromancy, we must have all parts of the Cloak of the Undead King (given at the start), Expert necromancy, and 4 castles with Necromancy Amplifiers built in them. Therefore, at the first opportunity, without breaking through neutrals, we had to capture the three nearest castles, and also build an Amplifier in the fourth one (which was given as the starting castle).
To build the Amplifier on the second day, you needed either to capture two castles on the first day, or to hire as a henchman Caitlin – a specialist in gold, although Monere is very tempting :). Otherwise, there wouldn't be enough money. Well, as an option, you could not hire a henchman at all. Then we would build the Amplifier immediately after the victory over the Dragons, but subsequently the lack of an assistant who could bring us all the necessary artifacts and the Phoenix, and to whom we could transfer the acquired skeletons, would cost us dearly.
***
So, that, in fact, is the entire theory on which my walkthrough was based. Everything else is a matter of technique and diligence. Nothing particularly complicated, essentially.
The difference in results will be determined primarily by the time taken to achieve 100% necromancy. Because the losses in battle for the majority of players are relatively equal. The screenshot Necromancy.jpg demonstrates the number of remaining neutrals in my walkthrough upon reaching the 100% necromancy level. The Pandora's Box with 3000 skeletons also had not yet been opened.
P.s. It will be interesting to estimate the absolute game maximum of skeletons (without resorting to cheat codes and assuming that we have the ability to conduct all battles without losses).
