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It's like moving twice in a row, but then if you hypnotize them, it's game over for the warlocks. There is no need to make things up; some believe that the balance in 5 is the most perfect at the moment, and they are even tweaking it.

You say that undead rule, but that's not true!

and no one even remembered the DWARVES:mad: ))))))((((

it's too early to say who rules, the dwarves will appear soon and maybe even
beat everyone up((((

I don't know either the light or the dark elves. I like the element chains of the dark elves, and I love the Conflux. They should have added the Conflux in the second expansion pack. I sent Nival my work about the Conflux, but they ignore it.

Guys, in my opinion, when playing against decent opponents, going for the ultimate ability is pure suicide. Since the skills required to obtain it are often somewhat useless... and if someone comes to your territory earlier, the hero will be significantly behind in development. And in general, level 30 requires too much experience; there was already a calculation that ONE hero at level 30 is equal to EIGHT heroes at level 20 (in terms of experience, of course)... so draw your own conclusions about whether it's worth focusing so much on how cool this ability is when comparing factions. IMHO, it should be the last thing you consider, and you should compare them based on other parameters. For example, I find it most difficult to win with the Academy.

The discussion about ultimate abilities is taking place in the thread /topic/1238/
P.S. Guys, does anyone know the exact address where I can send my work about the new race? I sent it to press@nival.com because I couldn't find anything more suitable on Nival's website, or should I send it to Ubisoft?

Assertion: On large maps, mages completely crush necromancers! And, in general, any faction, including dark-light and gray-brown-raspberry elves %)))
Proof:
On a large map, when you encounter an enemy (or rather, their main hero), you have almost a 100% chance of having 35-40 knowledge. Why so much, and won't this be detrimental to other, more useful characteristics such as spell power, attack, and defense? It won't! Because this amount of knowledge is gained directly from artifacts: the Robe and Crown of Sar-Issa give you a total of +12 knowledge, the Ring of the Dragon, Sandals of the Saint, and Mantle of the Dragon give a total of 5. In total, we get +17 free knowledge + 20-25 of our own (maybe even more). Therefore, we get 35-40 knowledge. This gives us the opportunity to create a very powerful mini-artifact. We create a mini-artifact with +10 to unit health (+ we also increase 2 other characteristics with skillful use) and put it on the very first level – the gremlin. What do we get: When we encounter a necromancer, he will have about 3000 skeletons and archers, and we will have 1000 gremlins. 3000 archers is 15,000 health. 1000 gremlins with the artifact will have 15 health each, which is also 15,000 health in total! That is, balance is maintained here. Let's go further.
Here they said that "Summoning is the best." But with mini-artifacts, you can increase health not only for gremlins but also for gargoyles, golems, and so on. Next, we increase initiative and luck so that our units go twice as often as the enemy's, and so that the banshee's scream doesn't work on us. Since the map is large, we have enough resources for all this. Next, we remove the artifacts that give us bonuses to knowledge and put on bonuses to spell power and attack, and we don't care about defense. There is only one thing left: "KILL THE GOATS!!!" (c) ))))))))))))))
Conclusion: On large maps, mages rule, on the rest, necromancers rule, and all the others are afraid of them %) It's not for nothing that in the main scenario, mages defeated the necromancers.

They said here that "the Necropolis faction rules." But with minor artifacts, you can increase hit points not only for Gremlins but also for Gargoyles and Golems; after that, it's pointless. Next, we increase initiative and luck so that our units go twice while the enemy goes once, and so that the Banshee's scream doesn't affect us. Since the map is large, we have enough resources for all of this. Next, we remove the artifacts that give us bonuses to knowledge and put on bonuses to spell power and attack, ignoring defense. There's only one thing left: "KILL THE GOATS!!!" (c) ))))))))))))))
Conclusion: On large maps, mages rule; on the others, the Necropolis faction rules, and all others are afraid of them. It's not for nothing that in the main scenario, the Necropolis faction defeated the mages.

In my opinion, on XL maps, the Dark Elves fare the worst. The more troops there are, the weaker Chaos Magic becomes (unless the map is randomly filled with +1 magic), and the stronger Light and Darkness magic become. Their super ability isn't the best either; the Orcs and Elves have better ones, especially on large maps. Humans will have time to train (peasants will pay for themselves by converting into Arabs), Inferno will simply consume all the mana, the Academy will be filled with artifacts, the Necromancer will have skeletons measured in kilograms (Implosion + Boots of Grounding + Arcane Wave won't help), and the Elves with Eternal Luck and Sworn Enemy will be terrifying. As much as the Dungeon is great for medium-length games and maps, it's weak on XL maps.

Based on your post, it seems like you believe that the Dark Elves will just sit back and watch while all the other races get stronger. On an XL map, I will persistently search for enemy heroes starting from level 10-12, only diverting my attention to truly worthwhile targets. Even if I don't have the best starting position or development (in terms of time), a well-developed Dark Elf hero at level 12 can easily defeat a hero of any race that is 3-4 levels higher. I'm not considering artifacts here, as most people do when describing the strengths of their factions; I'm simply saying that with the necessary artifacts, a "dark-eared" hero becomes a terror on the map.
P.S. In my opinion, on an XL map, the Dark Elves' strategy should focus not on their own development, but on preventing the opponent from developing (IMHO).