Posts from Wulfsten's Challenge - "Laslo" [Campaign 2, Mission 5]

Still, in my opinion, the expansion wasn't made with as much love as the original HOMM 5... It feels a bit childish and superficial. The dwarves and the snow are cool, but it all feels somewhat artificial, like on amateur-made maps. Something is missing, in my opinion. And on "Warrior" difficulty, you can easily complete several missions in a couple of hours without saving, while in the original Heroes, each mission felt like a whole life. I don't know what will happen with the Stronghold. I sincerely hope it will be more serious than the Tribes of the East.

By the way, does anyone know how to use the Resurrection rune?
Besides Acceleration and Protection from some element, I can't use anything in battle, even though the runes are learned, and I have the skill and the resources.

P.S. I tore Laszlo apart; he cowardly fled on the 3rd or 4th turn of the battle with meager remnants of his troops.

On Veteran difficulty, you can't rush things. However, I later had trouble capturing the last castle, where Laszlo had fortified himself (especially when they destroyed my catapult).

Version 2.1 Difficulty: Veteran No difficulties, as with the previous missions in the campaign. Already in the first week, I built a Lava Cave and that was it. After that, I could basically relax and enjoy exploring the map. And who said that dwarves aren't magical? A dwarf can't do without magic, IMHO. At the start of the Wolfsten mission, he was (approximately) like this (without artifacts): Attack 22 Defense 12 Spell Power 18 Knowledge 12 As you can see, and contrary to everything, when leveling up, I was given either attack or spell power. Therefore, I increased his knowledge and defense almost exclusively with enhancements. It's easy to imagine what he became after a short time collecting artifacts scattered everywhere, and also using the enhancements in the area. He became incredibly powerful :smile44: When I arrived to fight Maslo, I had 8 Fire Elementals (and the rest weren't needed) and a Phoenix Cloak :))). I defeated him without any losses by teleporting to his city. As I wrote above, I only used dragons, and there were also dwarves from the Storbashni, but I didn't ask for them :D How is that possible? Here's how: Master of Chaos - Fire Lord - Pyromancy - Armageddon (I took him in the previous missions) = AWESOME :smile44: Permanent Luck - Dwarven Luck Secondary Skill - Mana Attraction Runes Expertise And, of course, defense and a cart (taken from Wolfsten). In general, a happy ending right at the start of the mission :smile13: I'll also say that in missions 2-4 (when spell power was still not that high), I used some small tricks. 1) Armored Eagles Since their initiative is 15 and they almost always go after them, we do a "strike from the sky" with the ranged units and other problematic neutrals and cast Armageddon. No losses. 2) Rune of Elemental Magic (or something like that). We take Fire Elementals (as many as we have, usually not many ;)), and leave, for example, Berserkers or Bears. In battle, we use the rune that protects against 2 random elements. Then what do we do? A r m a g e d d o n :eek: If the bears also die, we remember, until we get immunity to fire (it doesn't take long ;)). Well, I think everyone knows that anyway :)

Guys, how are you managing to complete it?! I just can’t seem to do it:( I’m reading your messages and I’m envious; I can’t complete the last mission. This is the second time I’ve replayed it, and I feel like I’ll have to do it a third time :smile48: Maybe someone can help this silly blonde:D

Usually, by the last mission, Wolfsten should already have "Resurrection," which is very good. We give everything to Wolfsten, destroy the first and second garrisons, and within the first or second week (I don't remember exactly, it seems there was logistics on expert difficulty), we take Tolgar's castle. I remember how annoyed I was that the king had infinite mana and runes (a cheater!). Yes, and his priests also had infinite mana. Several fire walls are brutal...

:smile15: AKAZKI both of your heroes should have the spell -
"Portal to Town" - Duncan should gather "reinforcements" of dwarven
troops, without venturing beyond the 1st garrison; the Dwarf should capture
mines, etc., and carefully watch for the appearance of Laslo,
and build up his town every turn!!!
As soon as Laslo starts moving towards your town, the Dwarf uses the
Portal spell to return home and stays in the castle,
waiting for Laslo - it's easier to defend behind the walls:smile15:

Hooray!!!!!!! :smile23: It worked! In the end, Laszlo didn't even stick his nose out of the castle:smile30:, but he still got a good score:smile14::smile49!

O_o, what a nightmare!))) I can’t seem to complete this mission. I’ve gathered dragons, bear cubs, and quickly… I didn’t dare go through the second gate, and Laszlo showed up with a bunch of red units, and that’s it… There’s no way to defeat him… By the time he arrives, you can’t even gather a decent army…

Guys, where is the Tear of Ashi located? I know it's in the northwestern part of the map, but does anyone know the exact location? I can't seem to find it:mad:

In each mission where there is a Tear of Ash, it somehow changes its location:smile07:. Why? Because the developers wanted it that way:smile29:.

Guys, where is the Tear of Ashi located? I know it's in the northwestern part of the map, but does anyone know the exact location? I can't seem to find it:mad:

Go around the obelisks, and you'll find the Tear. It's in a different location each time.
I'm already playing this for the third time. And I clearly remember completing this mission last time. But how??? It's impossible to defeat Laslo. And he doesn't share his troops with anyone; he just runs around with a whole bunch of them.

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:smile15: AKAZKI both of your heroes should have the spell -
"Portal to Town" - Duncan should gather "reinforcements" of dwarven
troops, without venturing beyond the 1st garrison; the Dwarf should capture
mines, etc., carefully monitor the appearance of Laslo,
and build up your town every turn!
As soon as Laslo starts moving towards your town, the Dwarf uses the
Portal spell to return home and stays in the castle,
waiting for Laslo - it's easier to defend behind the walls:smile15:

Well, yes, I was thinking the same thing. But there's only one Castle! So, where should I put Duncan then??

By the way, does anyone know how to use the Resurrection rune?
Besides Haste and Protection from some element, I can't use anything in battle, even though the runes are learned, and I have the skill and resources.

Yes, that's a good question – I'm also interested in it, because it seems like I have the skills, but I can't use them :smile19:. In this battle with Laslo, they would have been useful! I managed to defeat him by using some clever ideas from this thread, in particular, I applied the "Protection from Two Elements" rune to all my warriors and at the beginning of the battle, I cast "Dominate" on the enemy archers, so they couldn't shoot, but they did a good job cutting down the zealots, and the latter got offended and also gave the archers a good beating. As soon as Laslo recovered, he immediately decided to "Dispel" the spell from his archers, and then cast his favorite "Prayer" on everyone. As soon as he did that, it became impossible to cast "Dominate" on his archers a second time; they simply rejected it. But then "Armageddon" came to the rescue, which I cast three times, along with 50 Yetis and 30 Lava Golems, which I sent into the enemy lair one after another. Laslo managed to resurrect only 86 archers with the help of his Guardian Angel, but that's simply not enough for 30 Lava Golems :smile12:.
For reference, Laslo had about 46 Paladins, 4 Fallen Angels, about 150 armored Griffins, about 800 upgraded Peasants, 590 Archers, 290 Zealots, and 120 Horned Knights – this is after I captured all the resources and took Duncan and Wulfstan to all the necessary places, but, unfortunately, I didn't manage to reach the maximum levels for either of them, as they were both fighting. I managed to raise Wulfstan to level 27, almost 28, and Duncan to a raw 27.
By the way, in the previous mission, Wulfstan visited the Dragons twice – I got 4 useful spells from them.

Guys! I've fully upgraded the guild in this mission; I have Resurrection and Armageddon available at guild level 5, but I can't use them! What do I need to do? Do I need to learn the basics of spellcasting or the basics of some other magic?

Guys! I've fully upgraded the guild in this mission; I have Resurrection and Armageddon available at guild level 5, but I can't use them! What do I need to do? Do I need to learn the basics of spellcasting or the basics of some other magic?

I don't think the basics of spellcasting are relevant here, but you definitely need to develop "Light Magic" to learn "Resurrection," and you need to reach a certain level, otherwise, you'll only be able to see the spell in the magic school, but you won't be able to learn it :smile05:. To use "Armageddon," you need to master Chaos magic; it also contains very powerful spells that will knock your enemies off their feet :smile11:.

The mission is easy to complete under these conditions:
1. Cast the Portal spell to transport both heroes to the city (I had a Wolf stationed in the castle, and Duncan was roaming with a small army; if needed, I sent him to the castle).
2. Don't try to capture Horncrest (Laslo isn't there, but if he shows up, his army, as everyone knows, is the largest).
3. Gather as many artifacts as possible that increase initiative (in my battle with Laslo, the knights of Isabel always went first; with the help of artifacts, I eliminated this problem).