By the way, I recently played a game where my Necropolis hero, paired with a Chaos hero, managed to defeat around 70 creatures, mostly skeletons, after they had both leveled up their dragon and skeleton units. And about half of those skeletons survived.
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Which race do you like best in Heroes IV?
I don't remember what map we were playing.
I can't remember right now, but I'll try to recall tomorrow or the day after and I'll definitely tell you:smile33:.
So, I looked it up and remembered, as promised:smile33:. It turns out it's a standard map from the "Whirlwinds" set:D. It's called "7 Steps (or Stages?) to Glory," and the battle took place approximately in the center of the map, where there were Draki (176 of them) led by a level 40 hero (Chaotic, and no magic affects him!).
Some kind of bridge is being guarded:smile07:.
Ruslan, we recently held an offline tournament on this map. Yes, the central guard there is tough. :) But apparently, you can bypass it without a fight! ;)
And here is the map itself

So:
First place - Order;) Here we have a decent first-level unit, golems with good stats, and djinns, which don't even need commentary, and versatile magic, and much, much more... It's a pity, of course, that Lords are here. I just don't like them. However, you can exploit some ability when the opportunity arises, or you can simply put them in the Castle. You can never have too much money (especially me).
Second - Life. If you manage to level up the Paladin, you get a real killing machine. But even a simple Life Mage is useful - healing, blessings, and so on are always in demand. And the army... But in general, I don't like humans (because of the style - nothing fantastic, just angels:( ).
Third place is shared by Chaos, Nature, and Might:) I like Chaos for its fast start (thieves gain experience very quickly) and for the horses and little dragons:o Nature - a portal with various creatures, summoning, and so on, but it's slow at the beginning, and I'm not used to staying on large maps for a long time (although there are still thieves in the tavern:)). Might - well, just for the hero, who is a killing machine in himself, no worse than a Paladin, and for the first-level creatures, which help the hero become one at the beginning. And for harpies.
Fourth place - Death, but only because of the undead (don't get me wrong... Death, as it turns out, is very strong, and with vampires, which are already scary just by looking at their stats, and with resurrection, because of which there can be a huge number of these vampires... but I don't like the magic).
Don't kill me, I've only been playing the fourth game for a short time and I don't know much yet;) But I want to learn at least something. So, constructive criticism is welcome)
So back off your rules,
Back off your jive!
Cause I'm sick of not living,
To stay alive,
Leave me alone!
I'm not asking a lot -
I just don't want to be controlled,
That's all I want.
All I want!(с)The Offspring
Except the ones we've made
It just so happens that I also like Chaos and Nature the most here. These two factions move around the map very quickly (relatively speaking). The others don't, especially Might. Well, and everyone has decent units, and there are no bad spells...
Why especially Might? O_o
Birds run fast with heroes :) So they have a normal speed, both at the start and during the game.

Барон "Vampires"
Отдай свои прошлые сны,
В сомненьях себя обрети,
В бешеном танце душа кружится!
Не думай, что будет потом,
Здесь и сейчас мы живем,
Стань хоть на миг сам собой, слышишь!
Except the ones we've made
Harpies are fast; I think they have 40 speed, but I'm not sure.
You can zoom around the map with Heroes and Birds.

Барон "Vampires"
Отдай свои прошлые сны,
В сомненьях себя обрети,
В бешеном танце душа кружится!
Не думай, что будет потом,
Здесь и сейчас мы живем,
Стань хоть на миг сам собой, слышишь!
Except the ones we've made

Барон "Vampires"
Отдай свои прошлые сны,
В сомненьях себя обрети,
В бешеном танце душа кружится!
Не думай, что будет потом,
Здесь и сейчас мы живем,
Стань хоть на миг сам собой, слышишь!
Except the ones we've made
Then you can focus on Life magic. There, besides Angels, everything is relatively slow.
Actually, life doesn't need anyone but Angels. Just accumulate crosses for the finale, and that's it.;)
Well, basically, every faction only needs the 4th level unit, and everyone has a faster version of it;) Everything else is just secondary.
P.S. I think I've finally grasped this concept:)

Барон "Vampires"
Отдай свои прошлые сны,
В сомненьях себя обрети,
В бешеном танце душа кружится!
Не думай, что будет потом,
Здесь и сейчас мы живем,
Стань хоть на миг сам собой, слышишь!