It was my fault that the topic went off-topic… To get back to the topic, I will share a walkthrough of the map “This is Legion 2.0”.
Link to the map
http://heroesportal.net/maps/view/3963
The author has several versions; I decided to start with this one. The task is to kill Kseron or all enemies. I am playing as red (Castle) in alliance with blue (Rampart). We start the game with one castle; to the left of my island, there is another one with 2 castles on the surface (guarded by 200 Azure Dragons) and 2 in the Dungeon. Blue is playing symmetrically (as it turns out, a couple of opponents on the south are also playing this way, which will be very beneficial for me).
Between the islands, there is a small island with a Dungeon where Roland is. On both sides of the island, there is a legion of water creatures, one of which guards the Navigator’s Amulet and the Captain’s Hat, and the other guards the Pandora’s Box, where we will find 900 Wizards guarding the City Portal spell. After capturing both castles on the left island, I went into the Dungeon. There, we have two Dungeons, one with Katherine (a key hero), and the other with Ingham. The path to Kate is blocked by a guard who requires 15 Fairy Dragons and a legion of Giants + 500 Angels. There are many places that increase the skills of heroes and artifacts, but they are all guarded by guards who require Fairy Dragons or reaching a certain level. Levels 40, 45, and 50 unlock parts of the Angel Alliance, plus we get the Legionnaire Statue; at level 55, Titans join us (their number increases as the game progresses); at level 60, we pass the guard of 2000 Ghost Dragons (in my part of the map) and get a scroll with Spatial Gates.
I won’t go into details; I passed the guards, collected the artifacts, and now I have 5 castles (Cornerstone gives 50 Archangels every week, Gateway gives +20 to the growth of all creatures). With Kate’s release, I went to the lands and waters of the opponents. Immediately after the garrison with hundreds of dragons of various sizes, there is a whirlpool and scattered islands on the map. Here, the blue and pink factions rule, and sometimes the purple faction emerges from a two-way portal. The blue and pink factions were unlucky. They attacked Kate (with War Chains) and were defeated. I also had to eliminate the strong purple player, Adrianne. The others hid in castles, 3 of which I took immediately, but the path to the rest is blocked by guards consisting of legions of dragons, wizards, and other cute creatures. When I reached the opponents, my level was 55; after visiting the Trees of Knowledge, I reached level 60, opened the gates, defeated the Ghost Dragons, and took the scroll with Spatial Gates. Now I can jump over the guards. At the same time, I helped my ally by opening guards for him, helping him free heroes, and, most importantly, Jell. But I took the scroll with the Dimensional Gates for myself so that he wouldn’t jump anywhere. My allies always get into trouble, and I have to rescue them.
Currently, I am in a stalemate. All enemies, except for the main one, the orange one, have been killed. Most of the opponents’ key heroes are still in the Dungeons, and no one has been able to reach level 60.
The orange player has as many as 7 Hell castles, and they are grouped in a way that is detrimental to him. 3 of them are in one group, and the others are in pairs. The only connection is through the Hell Gates (which I am very happy about). If Kseron decides to move beyond his possessions, I am definitely doomed. In a few jumps, I first took 3 castles, but then Axis with skills of 76 and legions emerged from the portal connecting these castles with another pair. I killed him, saved the game, and went through the portal. Kseron did not appear; I took the other 2 castles. Now he has only 2 castles, but… besides skills of 99 and 2000 Archdevils, etc., he has 11,000 Pit Lords. And the same number in the castle. I decided to launch a frontal attack, but he retreated into the castle, and it is impossible to kill 22,000 Lords. I reloaded and am thinking about what to do.
One option is to free Lord Haart and take his army (I really hope it’s not weak). He is in a Dungeon on an island next to one of the Towers. There is also a Seer there, who only needs Haart, but the path to the hero is blocked by 2 garrisons of 1000 dragons (rusty, azure, crystalline) in the first one, and 2-3000 dragons and snipers in the other. I pass the first garrison, but the second one is too strong.
Another option is to free an unknown hero who is locked in a Dungeon. The path to him is also difficult – there are 3 rows of Azure Dragons with 1000, 2000, and 3000 each. Then there is the Pandora’s Box, which cannot be bypassed or jumped over. I passed the Azure Dragons, opened the box, and… there are 150,000 vampires or something like that. And even after killing them, the level did not change. Then I went to the Dungeon, but right in front of it, there is another box. I cannot cope with the legions of dragons that are coming out of it, and there is no way to bypass it. There is no “Flight” spell in the game, at least not yet.
I will upload the save file in the evening; maybe someone can help me figure out how to deal with Kseron.