No, it works even without a Stronghold.
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SoD SP restores the original SoD, but you can replay battles immediately, just like in HD+. And the behavior of units under berserk also becomes standard.
But here, you can complete it by spending just over 300 mana, or even less. The initial mana boost from the Pandora's Box is quite significant. =)
Marlo_Stanfield, excellent tactic! The Chinese players didn't come up with that. And the assumption about the earthquake bug is correct: https://imgur.com/a/QxUJs
In total: 1 solution has been found. 1 new solution has been proposed. There are 2 remaining to be solved (one is complex with 2 variations, and 1 is easy and long, although it might not be very long; I have an idea for it).
You can take Dungeon and build a mana vortex, or play as Inferno and drain mana with imps (haven't tested this).
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Do the old-timers remember the map "Merchant's Honor"? In my opinion, it is second only to Paragon in difficulty.
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It doesn't split the stack against mage heroes, but it does against warrior heroes. Funny.
But the Dungeon option, at least, is suitable for a different tactic when we attack Mutare.
Are there any other options?:)
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Here is some interesting information about stack splitting from RoseCavalier: http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=27539&PID=1412187#focus
I haven't tried to combine it with the tactic on this map, but it might be useful.
Do the old-timers remember the map "Merchant's Honor"? In my opinion, it is second only to Paragon in terms of difficulty.
So, what about it? Let's talk about it in more detail?
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Another option was to trap her in a Rampart, bind her with dendroids under a berserker, but too many factors need to align for that to work.
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We could try to mess around with the clone bug, but there's no tent.
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There's an option. He starts with Fortress. We generate him with Gem as his starting hero, let him buy and give away a tent. But how do we make him do that? Maybe transfer money to him?
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I tried buying Gem myself, but she somehow arrives without a tent, and the ballista specialists arrive without a ballista :confused:
It's obvious, but I didn't read about it until now.
What about a longer victory condition? Over weeks or months? But with a guarantee =)
It's obvious, but I didn't read about it until now.
There are even enough free spaces for about 8 heroes so that the AI can't deploy.
There are even enough free spaces for 8 heroes so that the AI doesn't deploy its troops.