The weakest castle in Heroes of Might and Magic IV!

Well, I don't even know... I still think that in the game, against Life, a quick attack, a kind of blitzkrieg, is the key, and luring the enemy hero out of the Castle should be your goal. Then, I don't agree that Life's mage is weaker; he can cast Celestial Shield... Also, if you don't get close enough to the Castle, you can raid quite well, and you might run out of resources to replenish your army, and you can also deliver reinforcements to the battlefield, of course, it will take a while, but still...

I'm just speechless. Calling the Portal that returns you to the Castle: "hiding in the Castle."

Well, it depends on how you use it. If you use it every time you encounter an enemy army and just sit in the Castle, then it's just hiding, but if you use it to quickly gather units and attack, then it's a tactic...

You're wrong. (You can severely weaken an army with this.)

In what sense? If you don't use the Portal and always rush into battle? And I'm not saying it's a bad spell; I'll repeat once again that everything depends on how you use it! If you inflict maximum damage on the army and disappear, that's one thing, but using the Portal every time you encounter an enemy is "hiding in the Castle." P.S. Guys, the "Portal of the City" spell has always been and in all versions (I don't know about Equilibris, I only downloaded it yesterday) could be used during battle! At the same time, on the image where the number of lost/killed troops is displayed, it was written that the enemy fled using magic (or something like that), and there was a different animation on the image.