Posts from Warlock – “Cultist” [Campaign 4, Mission 3]

In the second one, I found it in the guild... but I didn't take it. I need it for the third mission.

I found it in the guild in the 2nd mission, but I didn't take it. I need it for the 3rd mission.

Didn't have time to upgrade Magic in the 2nd mission?

In my opinion, a chaos knight like Railag doesn't need a second spell. By the time you summon a phoenix and it enters the battle, the enemy will hit you with a chaos spell, or even twice. I think it's better to focus on melee damage or shield skills and upgrade something else instead of the second spell.

In the Utopia of Fighters, is it possible to obtain the Phoenix Summoning spell?

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Well, I actually wanted to take Light and then Resurrection... but it's difficult to obtain, and a Warlock has little mana. And Railag has skills like: Defense, Chaos, Education, Sorcery, Summoning.

In the Dragon Utopia and the Mage's Treasury, you can acquire any high-level spells if you have the patience. In this mission, I was given a portal to the city.

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IMHO, instead of summoning, it would have been better to take luck and upgrade it to the level of a sorceress.

I think all level 5 spells are forbidden in this mission. It turns out my hero knew both Shock of Earth and Summon Phoenix, but they weren't visible in the spellbook.

I played through it in version 1.41. There were no restrictions. I used all the high-level spells. Otherwise, it's game over. I haven't reached this campaign yet in 1.5.

Reached this mission in version 1.5. Nothing is forbidden for either side. The start of this mission has been made more difficult. Now, the hero doesn't have the opportunity to stand in the town and restore mana between battles with the first two enemies. After capturing the first town, the second enemy attacks immediately, and the mana doesn't have time to recover. Therefore, I used Shadia. Thanks to her ability to subdue without losses, she defeated 120 furies with minimal mana expenditure. She also met the first enemy, while Agrail captured the town and defeated the second. Mana was not spared. If you fight with only Railegh, you might not have enough mana.

Watched a walkthrough on Hugolex. I came to the conclusion that in version 1.2, this is an easy task compared to what they did with this mission in version 1.5. In version 1.5, in the middle of the first week, another fairly strong hero of level 22 appears. Then, different scenarios unfold. 1. In version 1.41, I captured the 2nd city on the last day of the 2nd week while playing as the Warrior. In version 1.5, this ended badly for the hero. At the beginning of the 2nd week, 2 enemies appear. One of them is Letos. If you defeat one of them in an open field, there are no forces left to deal with the second. If you stay in the castle, they combine all their troops into one hero and attack. There is no chance of survival, at least with my combat skills. 2. I decided to take the second city in the 1st week, of course, on the last day of the week. To do this, I gave Shadia 3 Hydras. She took it without losses. And Railag cleared out the mines and defeated the 3rd enemy. Almost nothing remained of the army. But now the enemies have split up. Letos went to Shadia, and the second enemy went to Railag. Railag, with some losses, dealt with his enemy. But Shadia faced a much more serious opponent. Even Railag wouldn't want to fight Letos with a small army at the beginning of the week. Therefore, Shadia bought troops from the castle and ran to Railag, hoping that he would first capture the city and then chase after her. The hope was justified. The Demon stopped after Letos captured the city. Shadia didn't want to waste precious time on him, especially since she couldn't defeat him without losses. And Railag desperately needed soldiers. I really didn't want to leave the city that had become familiar and that I had partially rebuilt. But even less did I want to fight Letos in the first half of the week. If it were any other hero instead of him... Therefore, Railag and the newly acquired Irbeth, level 22, rushed to the southern portal. There was no choice of target - only the city near Utopia, because after losing two cities, I received a task to capture any city before the end of the week. This city was defended by a level 1 Druid. Therefore, there were no problems. It seems that Letos had Logistics skill upgraded. He almost caught up with Shadia near my new capital, despite the fact that he captured a city and stopped to pick up some goodies. It was the last day of the 2nd week. Railag took the troops from Shadia and returned to the city, and Shadia and Irbeth rushed off in whatever direction. Letos attacked the city. It's good that he didn't chase after Shadia. He immediately poisoned all my units, except for the Assassins. Only they survived this battle. Even the upgraded Hydras fell. I had about ten Assassins left, and the enemy had 4 stacks of melee units, which would take Railag 2 Magic Defense to destroy. I was already going to use Armageddon, but I decided that I could do it after reloading. And then a miracle happened. Instead of defeating my Assassins in one blow, Letos spent 2 turns reviving Vampires. I don't know where he got them from. The next day, another enemy ran to the castle. But it was already the 1st day of the 3rd week. Railag defeated him with almost no losses. First results: Railag has only 1 weakly developed city and a small army. This is a minus. Railag reached level 21 and was covered in artifacts from head to toe. Many enemy heroes of level 22 were destroyed. Unskilled aliens are now roaming the territory. This is a plus. I made a discovery for myself. Experienced players have known this for a long time, but I only recently started playing Heroes. I went to Utopia, but I was denied entry. It turns out that the 4-week period applies regardless of who visited it. The enemy visited it before me. I thought that every player could visit Utopia once every 4 weeks.

In version 1.5, the enemy throws almost all of their elite heroes into battle against the player's hero within the first 2 weeks. The last hero, a level 22 hero named Railag, was defeated on the 1st day of the 3rd week.

After that, my heroes launched a counter-offensive, encountering almost no resistance. Only un-upgraded enemies appear, and in the southernmost castle, there was a decent army, but no hero. Shadia took it without losses, using only upgraded hydras. Railag retook the original city and is approaching the second city, near which a demon is still stationed. The enemies have either hidden or fled. Before Railag appeared in the area of these cities, they were running around there like cockroaches.

The most difficult part is surviving the first 2 weeks. But this is if you are playing as a hero. If you are playing as a warrior, the enemies may flee the battlefield, so the enemy may still have elite heroes. However, it is a little easier to survive the first 2 weeks when playing as a warrior.

I completed this mission with my hero. In version 1.5, if you survive until the 3rd week, the mission can be considered completed. There was only one serious battle – against the third demon. He had 22 archdevils. Also, a catapult took down the castle gates with its second or third shot. Only the hydras survived for Raileigh. And this battle can be significantly easier if you don't rush to capture the 6th city, but instead gather a huge army from five cities. But I was in a hurry. Besides, most of the army belonged to Shadia.

One thing can be said with absolute certainty: without leveling up both heroes to the maximum level and with an expert in Dark Magic, on Hero difficulty in version 1.5 (I'm already tired of clarifying!!!), it's not even worth trying. I tried it, and there were no results. There were, in any case, no chances for me.

One thing can be said with absolute certainty: without leveling up both heroes to the maximum level and with an expert in Dark Magic, on Hero difficulty in version 1.5 (I'm already tired of clarifying!!!), you can't even bother trying... I tried it, but there were no results. There were no chances, at least for me.

Exactly. Both heroes must be leveled up to the maximum. Only Dark Magic needs to be leveled up for Shadia. I wouldn't even level it up for her if she didn't have it from the beginning. The difference between version 1.5 and 1.41 is that there is no opportunity to restore mana between battles with the first two heroes. And my Railag had 260 mana, and Shadia had 160. The first time, Railag used all his mana to defeat the first enemy. In the battle with the second, he ran out of mana, and then Railag was defeated. The second time, he saved mana in the battle with the first, but in the battle with the second, the troops ran out before the mana. Only on the third try did he decide to use both heroes. Shadia, without losses and with minimal mana expenditure, defeated 120 Furies, and then, not sparing mana, defeated the first enemy, and Railag defeated the second. If someone is too lazy to spend time on good leveling of Shadia, I advise you to replay the second mission. I saw advice to level up Shadia's Logistics. Then she will be able to reach the city on the first day and buy troops there. There is something to it. But you will have to take Logistics instead of a combat skill, and I don't really like that. After all, she needs not only to run, but also to fight with an enemy who is superior to her in strength and level. The enemy heroes are level 22.

You should only pump up Shadow magic for Shadia. I wouldn't even do that if she didn't have Shadow magic from the start.

And what if it's the other way around: Raialag has Shadow magic, and Shadia has Chaos? Is there a difference? Raialag just didn't get Chaos in my game. And without it, he's really weak! He got beaten up badly in the second week. :smile34: (Only Raialag). But he does have Summoning and Shadow magic. Any thoughts on this? I really don't want to replay the second mission....:smile27: Version 1.6, difficulty - veteran.

Boris K;109847
What if it's the other way around: Darkness for Railag, and Chaos for Shadi? Does it make a difference? Railag just didn't get Chaos in my game. And without it, it's really tough! He got beaten badly in the second week. :smile34: (Only Railag). But he does have Summon and Darkness. Any thoughts on this? I really don't want to replay the second mission...:smile27: Version 1.6, difficulty - veteran.

Chaos is needed by both. Preferably with Arcane Wave. If it's not there, I would advise restarting from the first mission. And launch it through the campaign menu to break the bad random chance in the skill tree. Without Chaos, the Dark Elf is useless (IMO). Moreover, Railag will have to fight Biara and the Demon Lord in the 6th campaign. And Summon and Darkness aren't really that useful for him.

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Chaos is needed for both. Preferably with Arcane Wave. If it's not available, I would advise replaying from the first mission. And launch it through the campaign menu to break the unlucky random distribution in the skill tree. Without Chaos, the Dark Elf is useless (IMHO). Moreover, Railag will still have to fight Biaara and the Demon Lord in the 6th campaign. And summoning and darkness are not particularly useful for him.

Damn. What a mess! In short, I'll replay and make Railag a real man.:smile35: I still don't understand why Chaos never appeared....