Why don’t you play as the Academy?

My opinion: playing as them is very difficult for most players. After all, their strength lies in well-thought-out magic and minor artifacts, and the cost of the latter is often exorbitant. Among the heroes, Nura, Hafiz, Razzak, and Ora are more or less strong. For the rest, you don't know what tactics to choose against the enemy, or they are only suitable as secondary heroes. That's why I rarely win even on the "Warrior" difficulty, let alone higher difficulties, where the AI clearly cheats.