Posts from A Warrior hero from the Dungeon faction? That's absurd...

The most useful thing in Magic of Light for a Warlock is Resurrection. I'll remind you that creature growth is not important for him:smile24:. But in general, it's a matter of taste. I don't like Lethos because of its rather narrow specialization. There are more worthy heroes, although many of them have a personal skill that is only useful at the highest level of development.

The problem with a combat-focused Warlock is that:
- its combat stats grow much slower than those of strength-based heroes;
- its ability is purely magical;
- yes, the leadership skill has a very low chance of appearing (which makes Retribution almost useless);
- it has troops that are not typical for a warrior.

The first point is clear, and I think that in the latest versions, the chance of an attack skill appearing has even been reduced...

Elemental Chains actually add only a small amount of damage, and unit attacks are not aimed at exploiting elemental weaknesses, but rather at maximizing efficiency (blocking, countering, etc.).
Meanwhile, a Demon, Orc, or even an Elf doesn't face such a dilemma.

As for the troops... no matter how good they are, they are practically useless for a purely combat-oriented approach. The main attacking force of the League army is dragons and riders. Also, Furies, but they die very quickly. That's it. The rest are support units. Minotaurs are not very effective, being extremely slow, with rare exceptions; Hydras are even less so, they are always left for later; Witches simply (de)buff, sometimes dealing mediocre damage; single units... don't make me laugh. Either they attack one by one with Assassins, which is not very strong in itself, or they deal one or two blows in melee, at the level of a Spearman.
That's how it is. And there are few dragons, or none at all, unless the map is small.
Riders are focused and eliminated almost as quickly as Furies. Game over, dungeon cleared.
And all that huge spell power is wasted.
...yes, I forgot to mention the small increase in the first three levels, and the fact that warriors actively use Light and Dark magic, which greatly increases their already excellent attacking potential.
That's why the so-called warrior-warlock has no advantages over a pure mage.

Developing a combat mage, not a warrior, although it's not bad.
True, with such artifacts, you can turn a mage into a warrior ;)

By the way, Stone Skin wouldn't hurt a Warlock either. And Anti-Magic is useful against, for example, Subjugate.

The most useful thing for a Warlock in Magic of Light is universal speed and universal punishing strike! Try it yourself!!

The Knight doesn't need an "Irresistible" attack; however, the "Punishing Strike" is very useful.
Irresistible is just additional damage, applied directly to the troops.

"A punishing strike helps a Knight a lot, but a Warlock very little."
Why?
The effect is just as good. It's devastating against Chaos, but if there's no Chaos, only the troops remain.

If you listen to that, what does it mean? Can you inflict so much extra damage with a punishing strike that you can destroy a dozen level 7 creatures? That's nonsense.

Okay... so you're saying the Light's priority is to avoid losses. I understand that to mean avoiding losses on neutral creatures. Or are you planning to resurrect in the final battle? Good luck; unprotected League units will fall 10% faster, and that's all you'll achieve.

Really?
If the Retribution strike, which gives +12 to attack, only guaranteed the death of 7th-level creatures...
And in general, does Chaos often kill "a dozen" creatures? I rarely see that happen.
Unless it's with companions on giant maps.
But even there, you can win by just pumping up your magic skills and not taking Chaos magic.

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Just so you know, I once played on a huge map against someone, playing as Sylvan, against the League.
I had 16 Crystal Dragonlings.
I attacked a Castle...
The enemy had a Stronghold + Lucky Sorcerer + 2 League Castles + dragons were a suitable element. Shock wiped out 14.
So, talking about "dozens" of 7th-level creatures is clearly an overstatement.

I'm against a Warlock using light magic.

Let's start with the fact that a Warlock, properly built to level 20, can take down 8 level 7 creatures at a time.

Secondly, the battle tactics depend directly on the Warlock's opponent.

In some cases, Chaos magic will not be needed at all; Invincible Magic will be enough.

If the opponent is, say, a Rune Priest, it will be much better not to give up Chaos magic spells.

Let's start with the fact that a Warlock, properly built...

It is practically impossible to consider all possible variations, and to adapt every event to the same scheme is more than foolish.