Posts from "Weak demons"??

On the first map, only a psychic will attack you. There might not be any level 10-11 creatures on the second week. In short, the point is that on the second week, there are too few summons, firstly, and secondly, in the army at this point, there are at most 5-10 succubi, and if you're lucky, temptresses, but again, there will be too few summons. And if it happens that you have to fight in an open field, where there are no trees or bushes, you might not be able to block the neutral creatures' movement. It's not even worth trying against flying creatures. And you can't outrun all melee creatures either.

Level 10-11 is the minimum, by week 3 you need to be at level 15. Otherwise, everything seems fine, I don't know what problems you're having with the Demons. It's a good faction...

Believe me, if your mines are guarded solely by archers and casters, you'll definitely encounter development problems. It happens sometimes. Not often, but it does happen.

It seems like Ganseng is the only one who understands me. (If Elven Archers or Human Archers are placed on silver or mercury, it will be difficult, and I'll have to work a bit harder to defeat them). Demons have a very hard time against archers and casters - if there's a mentor on the map (usually in the late game), I take "Mechanics" as the second skill after the starting skill and use it to capture the tent and the firearms. It's very good if Deleb or Jezebeth come out as the second hero; they will bring us machines). Now it's easier to clear strong mobs.

Personally, I use Seductresses against archers and spellcasters. The chance that they will go down first is quite high, and after the archers and spellcasters are seduced, they are usually easily finished off by melee units.

Initiative of the Seductresses: 9. Initiative of the same Forest Archers: as many as 13. Who will go first?

And why immediately use ranged units? No, until mass ranged damage and war machines are developed, it’s best not to engage them at all.

As far as I know, the Sylvan faction has 11 units.

Losses in battles against spellcasters and archers are an unavoidable evil for demons. About 5 percent of units are lost. But there's nothing you can do about it. The battle tactic is the same: choose a target in the form of a large stack of your units (demons/greater demons/fire demons are best for this), divide them into 5-6 stacks of imps, and then actively use the "Mark" spell and demons to finish off the remaining neutrals. Therefore, the "Machine" skill is indeed useful, but only for a secondary hero. It's not worth using it for the main hero: in the final stages, this skill becomes ineffective within the first round. So, there's no point in taking it for the main hero: we lose at least 5 levels. Temptresses usually go after archers or spellcasters. Therefore, we use the same tactic with a large stack. Archers and spellcasters in 90 percent of cases attack units with the highest total health first. With upgraded "Machine" skill, you can generally manage to partially resurrect a lost stack, for example, Lords (more health, less damage relative to health units from attacks). Mass Dispel is good, but nothing beats Berserk and Subdue against strong neutrals...

If there's a mentor on the map, you can take machines and the main hero.)))
But I'm not sure about the 5% loss; if you put only demons of any grade, they will still be hit hard, and it's not certain that the tent will be able to handle it.

Here's what I have to say. Without temptresses, demons will suffer such losses against archers and spellcasters that it will be worth restarting the game. So, I always take them. Even if it's against Sylvan archers – someone will take them out first, either the hero or the temptresses (and I've had that happen). If it's the hero, then it's a Dispel; if it's the temptresses, then we Charm them. So, losses can generally be avoided, even without using powerful units, if you do everything right.

That's a rather debatable statement about the succubi, as we won't have them available in the first week... Therefore, losses are inevitable: 5% is still a small number. And this only applies for the first week or two... After that, the hero is already developed, there are higher-level units, and the losses are reduced to almost zero...

I usually wish myself good luck when playing as the Dungeon faction and immediately try to check who is standing on silver and mercury. If there are no archers, consider the game will be easier. And if there are, then it's time for the machines and seductresses!

5% is still quite a bit.

Where do these figures – 5% – come from? If this is the loss rate with melee units, then I can understand it, but if it's with archers or mages? In that case, it will be all 75% if we attack in the first week. So, there's no need to take some arbitrary figures and present them as the only correct result. :mad:

5% is the overall loss compared to the weekly gain...

And there's no need to get so nervous...:p