Posts from Wizard – “Hope of Zephyr” [Campaign 6, Mission 5]

Missirka, consider yourself victorious. There's nothing more to do. This is the shortest mission. Move on to the Stronghold campaigns. It's a strange situation, of course. I can't even think of anything.

Yeah. It seems like leveling up Zehir is a problem. I also ended up with him and a pitiful group of golems...

I only finished it yesterday. The weakest in terms of units is Faiaden, even though he's level 29. I must have leveled him up incorrectly. He has good luck and magic resistance, but zero actual magic – well, in terms of spells, he has plenty of mana. His strongest ice shard dealt 350 damage, and that's it – no overall speed boost or anything, and the worst part is, they didn't offer to let me level up any magic skills during the game.
The strongest is Railag – he has everything enhanced, like Earth Shock, dealing 2500 damage. He's level 31. The funniest thing is, I could have leveled him up on the previous level, but I went to him and Shaadi after I had already completed everything, just as a final thing. Sorry for the off-topic.
Zeheer is level 27. But he has Banish, all the "general" skills, and Phoenixes, which I didn't use.
Godric is great. Level 28, all general skills.

In conclusion, I have to say that the ability I dislike the most – Scholar (which allows transferring spells) and the fact that heroes can learn various different magic skills (summoning, darkness, etc.) would give a significant advantage in battle. If Zeheer could give everyone "Banish," that would be amazing!)))

Banish is not a spell, but an ability from the summoning magic school. I don't remember how it was in the first games, but in the third, each of these heroes can acquire it. However, it's practically useless in the third game.

All my heroes, except Zephyr, had much higher levels. Railag was level 30, Faydaen was level 35 with 50 in witchcraft and expert chaos magic. Godric was incredibly powerful.

Exile is not a spell, but an ability from the summoning magic school. I don't remember how it was in the 1.x versions, but in the 3.x versions, each of these heroes can acquire it. However, in 3.x, it's practically useless.

In version 1.0, Exile was available to Mages and Necromancers, although it was harder to obtain for the latter. Back then, it was a powerful ability, a real game-changer. That's why it was easiest to win the final battle of the last mission with Zehir.

The coolest mission. There are so many troops that you could defeat 10 Lords :) But I lost the most troops in the last battle, especially Railag, because in a hurry, his dragons burned his own hydras :) The weakest one (as a hero) is Godric - level 23 and no useful magic, except for Prayer. Well, he had a decent attack and defense. The coolest one is Zehir, even though he's level 29, his attack and defense in the penultimate mission were almost as good as those of all non-mages, and his magic is generally devastating, and he has about 400 mana points, although it wasn't useful in the last battle because he used Banish :) Question: Should I install "Hammers of Fate" on top of the existing game, or can I already uninstall HOMM5?

It will install in parallel, and why delete Heroes? Finish playing all the expansions first, and then...

VS is only installed on the vanilla version. Therefore, nothing should be deleted. This software is a standalone add-on.

All my heroes, except Zephyr, had much higher levels. Railag -30, Faydaen - 35 with 50 in Sorcery and Expert Chaos. Godric is incredibly strong.

:eek: And could you elaborate on this? Sorcery 50 ???!!! I assume this is your walkthrough for version 3.x?
I stopped running around the map looking for places to level up Zephyr after he reached Sorcery 28 (I only visited places that were on my way). At that level, any spell becomes devastating. For example, I only took Claw with a stack of Hydras.
What happens at level 50? I'm just wondering how powerful Fire Phoenix will be :D

In this mission, Railag was the weakest, and if it weren't for the number of creatures (although I was already playing on Veteran difficulty for mages), he would have been easily defeated. I had no problems with the others. In order of strength (decreasing):

1. Zephyr
2. Godric (the Havoc army has the strongest units, in my opinion)
3. Faydaen

I'll start the next campaign on Thursday :smile03:

I think I unfairly criticized Railag. :)
Well, there has to be someone "weak," right? :))))))))))))))

Mongol, I was mistaken. Faidan 50 had an attack of 50, and magic – 35. In the first mission, I tried to maximize his attack and magic boosts. In all the upgrade choices, I always chose attack and magic instead of defense and knowledge. Of course, in all missions, I searched the entire territory.

Faidan couldn't summon a Phoenix because he was only upgraded in Chaos magic. After the Emerald Strike and Meteor Shower, the enemy in version 3.0 usually fled the battlefield without firing a single shot.

In this mission, the problems were only in version 3.0 – with Zehir. Banishment almost banishes no one.

2Boris_K: What is this version 3.0? Are you playing the 1.6 campaign on the Stronghold engine? There is no official version 3.0 for the original game.

And the stats are interesting. You're probably playing at a leisurely pace.

2Boris_K: What is this version 3.0? Are you playing the 1.6 campaigns on the Stronghold engine? There is no official version 3.0 for the original game.

And the stats are interesting. You're probably playing at a leisurely pace.

Yes, I have a mod that allows me to play all the campaigns on the Stronghold engine. Indeed, I am playing at a leisurely pace. For everyone except Agrael, I leveled up combat skills instead of logistics. This significantly made the battles with strong enemies easier.

What actually happens at level 50? I'm just wondering how strong the Phoenix will be at that level.

The maximum level in the game is 40. On some maps, top players (with enough trees) can reach it in 2 weeks.

The maximum level in the game is 40.

It was referring to the magic skill, not the hero's level. My personal record is a 38th-level hero without using any trees. But this wasn't in the campaigns.

Please help: In the last mission, there’s a cutscene where it says something like “I’ll teleport you” or “I can create a portal,” and then… it starts all over again. The heroes are standing next to the overlord’s castle, and I keep attacking, and it just repeats endlessly! What do I need to do to defeat this guy?