Hall of Fame Stage 3 of the BLITZ TOURNAMENT

AmberSoler

Walkthrough theory for the third stage map of the Blitz Tournament.

The plot of the map was built on four pillars (listed in descending order of importance):

1. Conducting battles with minimal losses
2. Solving all quests, especially those that granted additional unit growth.
3. Proper use of the Cloak of the Undead King in on/off mode
4. Rapidly achieving 100% Necromancy level

1. The first point is extremely clear – each player used their own personal battle scheme against different types of enemy units (there are about a dozen such schemes on the map), there is no point 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 granted Fire Magic – the combination of Expert Fire+Berserk+Medal of Vulnerability was the easiest way to conduct a battle against 7000 Dragons at the end of the game without losses. Although, as practice shows, some solved this problem even without Expert Fire. But, nevertheless – I am talking about the easiest way to solve this task.

The path that was the simplest is indicated on the diagram. The red line shows the direction of movement, the yellow lines – forced battles.

3. According to theory – the number of Skeletons raised equals the number of Liches in any battle if the enemy is stronger than the upgraded Guard (since the health values of the Lich and 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 the first three lines of neutrals should be conducted with the Cloak of the Undead King disabled.

- But, with only Skeletons and no Liches, it is impossible to break through downwards in the initial stage of the game, so a decision had to be made on the minimum number of Liches needed to gather at the start so that all subsequent battles could be fought with minimal losses.

- It is also important to understand that when fighting neutral Liches, we primarily lose Skeletons, so we do not take them along – we transfer them to the secondary hero. And in general, in theory – Skeletons participate in battles only until Liches appear; afterwards they are not needed.

4. In order to get 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, as well as build the Amplifier in the fourth (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 hire Caitlin as a secondary hero – a gold specialist, although Monere would be really wanted :). Otherwise, you wouldn't have enough money. Well, as an option, you could not hire a secondary hero at all. Then we would build the Amplifier immediately after defeating the Dragons, but later the lack of an assistant who could bring us all the necessary artifacts, the Phoenix, and to whom we could transfer acquired Skeletons would cost us dearly.

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That, in fact, is all the theory on which my walkthrough was based. Everything else is a matter of technique and diligence. There is nothing particularly difficult, essentially.

The difference in results will be determined primarily by the time taken to achieve 100% Necromancy. Because combat losses are relatively equal among most players. The screenshot Necromancy.jpg shows the number of remaining neutrals in my walkthrough upon reaching the 100% Necromancy level. The Pandora's Box with 3000 Skeletons had also not yet been opened.

P.s. It will be interesting to estimate the absolute in-game maximum of Skeletons (without resorting to cheat codes and assuming we have the ability to conduct all battles without losses).