Posts from The third joint tournament for the three forums, dedicated to the second installment of the Heroes series! Auto-translated

2wolf64: Yes, it would be very interesting to learn in detail how to defeat champions without any losses, even with Lightning x2.

2Kamikaze: Who did you choose as the main hero?

There was no main hero at all: the maximum level for heroes is three.
Mandigal (wizard), after visiting the witch's hut (+1 knowledge) and the gazebo (wisdom 3, +1 knowledge), on the second level had the ability to jump 4 times (the only one of all the heroes!). He captured the villages of Kalindra and Burloch.
Barok, having magic power 5 on the second level, easily defeated Phineus.
Arie (wisdom expert on the third level) with a scroll jumped 8 times - this is enough to reach the barbarians in two days.
Vesper (wisdom expert and knowledge 3 on the third level) - starting from Dragadun, manages to take Anduran (-10 mana), jump to Kalindra (-20 mana), and pass everything to Mandigal.
and finally, Agar (wisdom expert on the third level) finishes off Wilfr (two chains dealing 600 damage each).

Please describe the battle.

I apologize, I gave incorrect information – I looked at the wrong save file (I replayed the tournament too many times).
The main hero is Castor (level 2, artifact – a sword = +4 defense and +1 attack), with 58 gold. Next, there are 2nd unit – 4 gargoyles, and 3 units of 1 gargoyle each, against 13 cavalry (3 units: 5, 4, and 4).
Turn 1: All 3 cavalry units move forward. The main hero blinds the first unit of 5 cavalry. All my 4 units surround the cavalry. The cavalry shoots at the nearest (unblinded) cavalry unit (killing one).
Turn 2: The 2nd cavalry unit (3 units) kills a lone gargoyle. The main hero kills two cavalry in the 3rd unit with a lightning bolt (it had 4, now it has 2). The cavalry kills 2 more cavalry in the 2nd unit (leaving 1).
Turn 3: The lone cavalry attacks, but doesn't kill the lone gargoyle. The cavalry finishes off this 2nd unit (1 cavalry).
Turn 4: The 3rd unit (2 cavalry) tries to run, but doesn't reach the gargoyles. 4 gargoyles block the cavalry (and morale kicks in). The cavalry finishes off 2 cavalry. A lone gargoyle stands in front of the 5 blinded cavalry.
Turn 5: The cavalry regains sight and kills the lone gargoyle. The main hero kills 2 cavalry with a lightning bolt, then the cavalry kills two more cavalry (leaving 1 cavalry).
Turn 6: The cavalry finishes off the last cavalry.

I apologize – the losses are 2 gargoyles.

2Kamikaze: Impressive! I would really like to see a detailed walkthrough, especially since describing the events of six days shouldn't take much time.

2Qwerty: Will there be intermediate results? I can't wait until the 5th... And I also need to participate in other tournaments.

Let’s see, I think the winner will write the description.

I had 15 days, even though I didn't attack anyone at the crossroads and just ran around with the door. Now I understand three mistakes.
1. I chose Castor as the main hero, and I don't even remember on what level he got the Wizard skill, which allows him to move normally. It was towards the end of the first week (around day 6 or 7).
2. I didn't realize how to defeat 5 Titans without dragons. And, accordingly, how to capture the dragonlings without Hydras. I managed to defeat them around day 8.
3. I wasted time collecting artifacts. By the end, they disappeared for no reason because I couldn't carry them all.

Well, it's already the 30th for me. So, I'm starting to discuss it:). The result is 18 days. I built dragons in the first week. I killed the red ones on the 11th day. The bone ones on the 12th. The titans on the 15th. It's not a masterpiece, but it's good for me.

To improve the results gradually, rather than making a sudden leap, I'll share my own result - 9 days. I leveled up a bunch of Warlocks to slowly and tediously kill the titans with lightning, and 2 Sorceresses to quickly reach the castles. And after capturing the Barbarian and Mage castles, I saw Anduran and the lightning amplifier:o

After capturing the Barbarian and Wizard castles, I saw Anduran and the Lightning Amplifier.

The Lightning Amplifier wasn't needed, as Warlocks are already strong in spell power, and the Barbarian artifacts were also useful. Titans could be easily defeated with Chain Lightning (600+600+physical damage), and even with regular Lightning Bolts (600+400+400+physical damage).

Hello, fellow Heroes players!
I'll join the conversation as a theorist. :(
I haven't been lucky with joint tournaments lately; this is already the third one I've missed.
On the 29th, my Windows crashed, and I lost a lot of information. I was sorting things out until this morning, and I probably need just as much time to get my computer back in order.
I hate the creators of Trojans!
:mad: :mad:
As for how I was planning to play... Initially, I planned to complete it in 5 days, but I needed to level up one "jumper" hero to level 7 in the Wizard Castle by the 3rd day.
There weren't any available. Ariel was only leveling up to level 6, and the skill boost only appeared on the 4th day. So, I planned to aim for a 6-day completion with Ariel and Vesper as "jumper" and "stayer" heroes, Rathmont and Agar as warlock assassins, and a few additional heroes. But...
I started reading the description, and... I think I've been losing my touch in tournaments lately; I didn't notice Anduran. :(
With him, I think 5 days is a realistic goal.
But I'll be rooting for Kamikaze. :)

Save games received from:

1. Kamikaze
2. Сatch
3. DR28
4. PReDS
5. AlexSpl
6. Rivolu
7. Pash
8. Begun
9. Andrey44_44
10. WOLF64
11. Prokaznik
12. Spartak2007
13. DeadLord
14. Lovelass
15. AST
16. Romanuel
17. Indigo

If I forgot anyone, please let me know!

Qwerty, is the order of nicknames in the previous post the preliminary results (rankings)?
It seems that I'm not the only one who turned out to be a pedestrian traveler who hasn't learned how to jump around the map using the Dimension Door skill.

2Qwerty: Could you include the results in parentheses?

2wolf64: No, this is just a list of submitted save files.

Wow! There are so many of us this time. Catch even managed to participate. Although, in any case, I'm rooting for Kamikaze. And 6 days for such a map seems like a great result to me.

I'm also rooting for Kamikaze ;)

My res is 8 days, and I have slightly less gold than AlexSpl.

I thought 6 days was the minimum (well, I don't know, maybe Nzol could have done it in 5 ;) ), but I simply ran out of time. I had Dimension Door on day 4, but could only jump on the fifth. After that, I realized 6 wasn't happening and just finished the run. There were only two jumpers: Agar and Ariy. Agar took the titans' Castle, Ariy took the barbs. During the turn transition, Ariy killed the barb ГГ, getting artifacts, and on day 8 he took Anduran, teleported to the titans, and smashed them with lightning and an army of 14 zombies and 3 gargoyles :)

2Catch: I breathe a sigh of relief :) What about the preliminary results?