Posts from The “Iron Throne” scenario.

In my personal opinion, this is one of the most challenging maps in Heroes 5. The difficulty lies both in the map's geography and in the fact that you're playing against opponents of the same faction – dwarves against dwarves. This means we can't surprise the AI with any original tactics. A typical strategy involves developing King Tolgar with skills in Light, Chaos, and Luck (other options might exist, of course), with the goal of acquiring a super ability. To achieve this, you need Chaos and Defense skills, which are useful, and the Summoning skill, which is completely unnecessary for dwarves (in my opinion). The map is large, allowing you to level up your main hero to around level 30, but I'm curious to know how other players overcame the challenge of playing "against themselves" on this map.

However, it's not that simple. Everything was going very well until level 16, when, instead of the skill needed for the Castle of Alchemists, I had to take Magic of Light, although it wasn't entirely useless. But naturally, this skill line started to fill up, and then, after taking the quest castle and reaching level 25, the choice was only between Reflection or Secrets of Chaos. I specifically replayed this moment 10 times: only these 2 skills were offered, which block the path to the Castle of Alchemists.

Skill resolves these problems, skill!) And tactical abilities. I replayed battles several times, and sometimes it happened that I won, losing 5-6 of my units, and sometimes I won, losing almost 90% of my army. Battle with the same hero.

Skill solves these problems, skill!) And tactical abilities. I replayed battles several times, and sometimes it happened that I won, losing 5-6 of my units, and sometimes I won, losing almost 90% of my army. Battle with the same hero.

Losses don't matter here; I needed different skills during the level-up, not the ones the computer was suggesting. As a result, I had to take Chaos Magic, and the initial plan went completely wrong. :( In general, I made it to level 30, but, accordingly, without a Stronghold. It's disappointing.

Walkthrough of the "Iron Throne" scenario: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOuFKNdYKC8&list=PLGpNWhdMwySePtgUqYavRNp36DSLU5hmo&index=19

Walkthrough of the "Iron Throne" scenario (WITHOUT SAVING THE HERO): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaqXB4AiE5A
Walkthrough of the "Iron Throne" scenario (WITHOUT SAVING THE HERO USING THE CENTERPERK): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv_9ggUMxXg