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Generally speaking, everything is correct, but there are a lot of ifs in your post.

By the way, taking a Dragon Utopia in week 2 is a utopia :-)
Even if it's the simplest one. (well, in theory, of course, everything is possible, but in practice it's hardly feasible)
If you get lucky in week 4, you can put in some effort — earlier is unlikely.

Forrest (red, Necropolis, Galthran) def vbn (Rampart, Kyrre), TE, 2sm4d, 1-3-2

Interesting game! and especially the battle!!

The opponent took Rampart, I took Necro (just like the hogs! even though there's no necromancy, but Galthran is an analog of Shakti.)

I took all the restarts. Generated a simple template, and slow roads.
Started playing. I find external dwellings: 3 skeleton ones in the first week and one peasant (Horde of Corel Griffins) — I take all of them. I reach level 7. Liches in the citadel. Could have tried for the consa too but why bother when I have skeletons :p

Plan is banal. Take the Utopia as soon as I reach it (on the respawn) and rush to Kyrre. The respawn was huge, which slowed everything down a bit. I take the Utopia on 1-2-4, tier 3. It didn't give much. Tome of Earth, Plate, and Dragonbone Breastplate. I'm at 13-10-5-3. I hide the Plate — not enough knowledge. Monere, meanwhile, with an angel, knocks out tons of gold and secondary skills. Buys a host-dragoon from the mercenaries. Finds the Griffin Conservatory trong. (Took the tier 2 one immediately on the second week)
I FINALLY FIND THE ГО. One Azure. (3 days away with expert logistics from my home :) ) I kill it on 1-3-1, take a look and see where Kyrre is sitting. I check his army. Hm.. quite a bit — 15 unicorns for example. I decided to replenish mana — the well is visible. Meanwhile, bring 21 vamps, an angel, and a dragoon from Monere. If they get repelled, plan B is to take the conservatory with vamps and from the treasury that Monere found.
But Kyrre apparently couldn't stand it and attacked himself.
Kyrre 6-5-6-1 (10) 15 unicorns, 41 grand elves, 25 pegasi, 15 dendroids, 41 war centaurs, 4 re griffins. 3 Green Dragons.
Galthran 13-10-5-5(29) 205 war skeletons, 13 liches, 23+23 witch greys. 4 re horses, 3 dragons, an angel. Expert offense, armor, earth. That's what decided it.

Kyrre expert tactics (has advanced), cements the elves. I wait with angels, he waits with greens. I cast Slow on everyone. The lich pile shoots. The witches drain mana from Kyrre just for mass shield.
In the end, my army under shield and skin approached and piled on turn 1. I managed to win in round 7. GG. (survived: 36 witches, an angel, a dragoon, 4 re horses, 141 skeletons, and 9 liches)
Thanks for the game 1-0

If there are many Hives

if you found sulfur

And what if Rampart found crystal deposits and managed to build golden dragons by the end of the second week.

Nothing will be left of the Swamp, not a trace.

By the way, taking a Dragon Utopia in week 2 is a utopia :-)
Even if it's the easiest one. (well, in theory, of course, anything is possible, but in practice it's hardly feasible)
If you're lucky, in week 4 you can give it a try — earlier is unlikely.

but Swamp dwellers are distinguished by weak magic.

Magic? What's wrong with a spellbook from a Dragon Utopia? For example, Earth or Air... Pandora's Boxes can also be dug up.

Well, I don't know, I rarely play on random maps and I don't play on 160, only on 200.

And only on L and XL maps. There, Swamp absolutely definitely DOES NOT RULE

and Necropolis, by the way, isn't exactly the strongest either (unless of course you found the Cloak of the Undead King).

By the way, taking a Dragon Utopia in week 2 is a utopia :-)
Even if it's the easiest one. (Well, in theory, of course, everything is possible, but in practice it's hardly feasible)
If you get lucky in week 4, you can sweat a bit - earlier is unlikely.

And only on L and XL maps. There, Fortress absolutely DOES NOT RULE, and Necros are also, by the way, not exactly the strongest (if, of course, they haven't found the Cloak of the Undead King).

Besides, colored dragons aren't really that scary for Fortress - Manticores feel an unnatural attraction to them, almost indecently so...
In my opinion, Fortress has a different problem - few high-speed units.

Defending a castle against the Swamp is a pleasure – 1 weak archer + 2 flying units; the snakes are too weak, even though they are fast.
You eliminate the entire group of wyverns and then calmly shoot down the creatures behind the walls.

Many people say that the Swamp faction is bad and useless in Heroes. They claim that the Swamp faction has no advantages over other factions.

Well, third-level magic can be managed somehow in general - wisdom will still be given at level 6...
Rampart is a good castle, no one disputes that, but I haven't seen many gold dragons on the second week, and the green fighters are mediocre, wouldn't you agree...
Besides, colored dragons aren't actually that scary to the swamp - gorgons feel an unnatural attraction to them, even to an indecent degree...

Maybe it's already been said, but I'll say that in the Swamp on the third floor of the guild they ALWAYS give teleport!!! That's ONE!

No one has canceled the secondary skill BALLISTICS yet! That's TWO!

And in general, pavleague, read the reports of online games! I thought a lot of things myself until I read some stuff. After reading reports and playing several online games with strong opponents, I realized that my knowledge leaves much to be desired, although before I had internet I thought I understood this game very well! But it turned out to be a total mystery... :smile30: Conclusion: there is always something to learn! That's THREE!

Maybe it's already been mentioned, but I'll say that in the Swamp, on the third floor of the Guild, they ALWAYS give a teleport!

By the way, according to PhysMig, the probability of a teleport appearing in the swamp is 10% per slot. This is slightly higher than for other locations, but far from 100%.

Does this argument make sense?.....
Well, of course, you can't underestimate the Wyverns on the 2nd day....

By the way, if you're talking about playing on 200%, I'll answer that, because I've played a bit on that difficulty. I almost always get Wyverns on the first week. Compared to other castles (except for the Barbarians), this is a significant advantage, isn't it? I should note that this is without restarts and without choosing a starting hero!

Dear pavleague, in order not to continue this pointless discussion, I suggest you read the reports of online battles here, and perhaps you will change your opinion about this unique Castle ;) . If you want to try your hand and learn from strong players, as well as get into this Player Rating for HW online, then you can leave reports of your games in the same topic, which will definitely be taken into account.
By the way, for information, during the current season, including November last year, according to the reports, there were 62 games played with Swamp, in 35 of which Swamp won. This is approximately 56% wins and accordingly 44% losses. This information cannot possibly indicate that Swamp is a weak Castle :) .
And it doesn't matter what percentage of teleportation appears in the guild :rolleyes:. If there is an opportunity to play online, I can prove it :p