Posts from Hand of Fate. Part 2: Despair

Played it again, 6 months, 2 weeks, and 5 days, collected all the artifacts by the 5th month, 3rd week, spent the rest of the time collecting sulfur, even had to sell Hellspawn for sulfur :).

Found a bug: there's a gold mine above the first castle, guarded by manticores and demons with a cleaving sword; they always join you, and they were quite challenging for me :)

Cool map :) I've played it for the third or fourth time, and it's still fun :D

I really liked the map. I played as a Warrior and finished in 156 days. I'm looking forward to the sequel. Thank you very much to the author.

With 60 Thunderbirds, 16 Mummies, and 14 Manticores, you won't kill the last Blue hero who has 150 or 180 Archangels and a whole bunch of other Heaven units; no Dark Magic will save you there, because your Thunderbirds will immediately die from the Archangels, and the rest won't even have time to attack. That hero has an attack of 40-50...

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There's no point in running after Sandro's Cloak when you can go directly to Chaos.

Gentlemen, you are arguing about slightly different things - lion999 played on Veteran, and academy ward (a mysterious nickname! - I couldn't translate it) - doesn't play below the hero level:D So, of course, with such an army and a hero, dark magic won't save him (probably):confused:

the thing is, when I approached the last blue one on the island and was attacked, almost immediately 150 of his Seraphs appeared, which wiped out mine in one hit. The hero always (no matter how many times I played this map) appeared after them. Besides, he seems to have a lot of Adepts, and not just them. And I definitely remember that his attack was around 50.

Anyway, I didn't mean to offend, sorry, maybe I'm wrong, it's been a while since I played on this map.

You guys are overthinking it :) I just came to him with 4 stacks of 3 Hellhounds each and won the battle in 2 turns.
What I couldn't beat were hordes of Witches and Black Dragons near an Obelisk, neither on Veteran nor on Hero difficulty, even with a super army of 15 Hellhounds, 700 Manticores, and 700 Thunderbirds in various combinations; there are just too many of them, and even Black Magic doesn't save you.

It will save you; I won on Veteran without any losses. On Hero difficulty, the Hero-Enemy will just be a little stronger, but if Darkness and Sorcery are maxed out, it's fine.

MyMummies were never outmatched, which means all sorts ofAdept units are weak (dispelled) - first.
Super Angels are easilycontrolled; I don't remember the order they moved in (they killed my Manticores, and the Mummies resurrected them) - second.
We almost always useCounterspell in the middle of the battle. (If the Manticores manage to drain the Super Titans, then don't waste a turn on this) - third.
The rest is just a matter of technique; I used Control several times, first on the birds, then on the Berserkers, and after subduing the birds, I used Control on the Angel. (Something like that).

You guys are overthinking it :) I just came to him with 4 stacks of 3 Hellhounds each and won the battle in 2 turns.
What I couldn't beat were hordes of witches and black dragons near the obelisk, neither on Veteran nor on Hero difficulty, even with a super army of 15 Hellhounds, 700 Manticores, and 700 Thunderbirds in various combinations. There are just too many of them, and even black magic doesn't save the situation.

Tell me how to navigate the sands? Which skills should I upgrade?

I've read all of this, but the problem remains unresolved. The map is very interesting, but because of this quest, I can't finish it. Maybe I'm mistaken in the logic of the verse, so correct me (a step into death - is this black magic, and the patronage of the goddess - what is it?)