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Hey everyone! During the holidays, I played Heroes 4 with a friend. He was playing as Order, and I, as always, chose my favorite, Nature. The map was a medium-sized, resource-rich one, and we met in the center of the map by chance. He had: 90 Djinns, 15 Titans, and an Order Mage hero (knowing level 5 Order magic). I had: 9 Manticores, 11 Phoenixes, a Nature Mage hero (level 4 magic), and a Life Mage hero (level 4 magic). I saw him first and realized I needed to retreat because I also had an Archer level 18 with a fully upgraded Combat skill line (Combat, Melee, Archer, Resistance) and unrecruited troops in two Nature castles (he had three Order castles)!! I would have naturally retreated, considering my speed on the map. But I decided to test if my friend could defeat me and attacked him myself. He wasn't prepared. On my first turn, I healed my Phoenixes and attacked the Djinns, dealing 25 damage. Then, my Life Mage hero cast a spell to boost the morale of all my units. My Nature Mage hero then cast Anti-Magic on the Phoenixes! After that, I didn't have to worry about the Phoenixes anymore! On the next turn, the Phoenixes defeated his hero (he didn't have an immortality ability), and my friend surrendered. Then, we decided to reload the game, and my friend split up the Djinns into smaller stacks and attacked me. He wiped out my entire army without any losses because, on my first turn, I couldn't reach either the Djinns or his hero, and the individual Djinns were slowing everyone down (Song of the World, Slow). That's what happened. This shows how important tactics and strategy are on the battlefield (unit placement, obstacles, etc.). We didn't finish that game, but I think I could have won. I planned to retreat with that army, recruit more troops, add the Archer to my army, and then attack him with my main force. Or, there was another option: use the Archer with support from the mages to raid and weaken his army. Maybe someone can suggest how to effectively fight against Order while playing as Nature in a game against a human player? I think Nature has the hardest time fighting against Order (Djinns, magic, the lack of spells that Nature has to remove buffs), and it has the least chance of winning against Order, of course, assuming the Order player plays correctly. And in practice, when I play as Nature, I always have more problems against Order. I think that, first, a "barbarian" tactic of raiding with the Archer can be used, second, the Tactics skill can be upgraded, and fast Phoenixes and Manticores can be used to quickly eliminate the opponent's heroes (first the Order mages, as they are the most dangerous, then everyone else), because a prolonged game usually favors Order, and third, the Sanctuary spell can be used (in that game, I had it in my castle; my Life hero just hadn't learned level 4 Life magic yet). What do you think? I would be very grateful for any advice, tactics, etc.
Zybr
