Posts from Sanctuary – “Life in death and death in life” [Campaign 4 – Mission 4]

What's so special about the Queen? She's tough, yes, and it's hard to get the achievement, yes, but what about the "mega attack"? :eek:...

And unfortunately, there's no way to defeat Gerhard – you can only fight him after defeating the boss.

What's so strong about the Queen? She's fat, and it's hard to get the achievement, but a "mega attack"...

And unfortunately, Gerhard can't be challenged – you can only fight him after defeating the boss.

I didn't come to her with kind words. The battle wasn't very difficult... I thought I'd take her by force. But when she hit everyone standing nearby... things started to look bad:smile15:

Specifically for the achievement, I hired a new hero. I didn't use my main hero to win. My main hero didn't have a good strategy. I hired a hero and gave him the necessary perks. Tactics are needed to position the army closer to it so that it doesn't throw demons around randomly. Therefore, we position the army as close as possible to it (it throws demons at those who are further than 2 cells away). And then I defeated the goat.

I also messed up the first time... I went the wrong way... wasted time, and the armies were just terrible... in reality, everything turned out to be simpler:
1. Give Irina the army of your crawling companion.
2. In the first few days, develop the city to level 3 and build as many creatures as possible by the end of the week, while capturing and collecting everything around you as much as possible.
3. Then, build up your army and, after about a week, capture the upper left city (as part of the quest).
4. Then, go down, cross the water to another city, and get the quest to clear out the demons at the lighthouse, complete it, and this city is now yours.
5. Now, the main thing is to quickly develop the cities.
6. Build up your army, periodically defending against raiders, and go to another human city.
7. Next, gather a worthy army, defeat the demons, capture all possible remaining cities, and with 300 dragons, no Queen is scary; she won't even have time to squeak, and Gerhard didn't resist for long either )))
So, it turned out to be quick and easy.

gotica2905, it's actually quite simple, but not fast))). I had to put in some effort. Here's how I did it:
1. Captured Ashwick in the third week.
2. Got the Fishing Village in the fourth week, but the red faction successfully took it from me. In the end, I was left with two Castles.
3. Gathered a decent army and defeated the Queen (it was quite easy because she's slow; I flanked her with Shark Guards, Kappa, and Kensei, while leaving Snow Maidens and Coral Priests in the front; she only attacked the Maidens, but they didn't die quickly and held their ground; the Shark Guards, with the help of Kensei and Kappa, defeated her in five hits).
4. Immediately after defeating the Queen, the Demon Lord, with his "deadly" army, decided to capture Ashwick. Irina quickly teleported from the dungeon to Ashwick and repelled his attack (I honestly thought I would lose to him).
5. About two weeks later, I captured the Demon Lord's Castle. By that time, the demons had captured all the Castles of the Duchy, except for the Castle where Mark is located.
After that, there were no more problems because the demons didn't rush to use the light troops of the Alliance. Irina quickly captured the remaining Castles and defeated Gerhard.
By the way, is it supposed to be that Irina is attacked by "minor" and "low-level" armies of the Demon Legions and Gerhard's Castle from the first week?

I actually didn't realize that was possible.
I've been building up my army for over 4 weeks, and then this happens... Although I'm playing on easy mode.

Anything is possible. For example, I didn't buy an army for Irina at all until I captured two more towns. That is, I killed everyone in the area with the starting army that she has. Elementals are great. I summoned a water elemental, gave it regeneration, and sent it into battle – that's the whole process of the initial playthrough. I played on normal difficulty.

gutlaf, I completed it in about 6 hours on normal difficulty, so I don't think it will take long. Demons attacked me, or rather, always the same one, with a small army. People started attacking after I captured their cities, but it wasn't difficult to repel them if I developed the cities correctly and quickly. By the way, I captured the castles of the Duchy as quickly as possible and didn't let them recapture any cities, which allowed my army to grow very quickly... ;)

Path of Tears + Phoenix is a quite effective combination at the beginning of the game.

I agree with the last post; phoenixes are very helpful. In the first week, I captured a town. I defeated the Progenitor Matriarch, and now I'm stuck because, according to the Tears of the Phoenix scenario, you can't capture any other towns besides Izergim. I guess I'll have to stay put and build up my army. This is on a difficult setting.

I agree with the last post, phoenixes are very helpful. In the first week, I captured a town. I defeated the broodmother, and that's where I got stuck. According to the walkthrough, you shouldn't capture any other towns besides Izergim. I guess I'll have to stay put and build up my army. I'm playing on Hard difficulty.

Hmm... I think a neutral quest appears where you have to capture a beacon, and as a result, a neutral town comes under your control (or at least, that's how it's supposed to work, but I haven't tried it myself).

Phoenixes are good, but how many can you summon? I could summon 3. And I had 28 water elementals + reinforcements. Towards the end of the map, I had a large army with reinforcements of up to 95 units.

Towards the end, kappas and kirins were the main force.

Phoenixes do not consume mana.

In the first 2 weeks, I cleared my lower corner of the map; Phoenixes helped. Then, I went to the top and captured another city, defeating one demon opponent along the way. Then, I headed to Ashwick. Thanks to magic, I defeated one demon hero there and rebuilt the castle, but on the last day, my forces were very weak, and then two more demon heroes arrived with sizable armies. Especially the first one, it seems like a lord. I tried to defeat him in an open field three times, but it didn't work. I had to wait in the castle. And then I had to seriously think about magic because what I had wasn't enough. In the end, I found a winning combination. We place Light Elementals near archers; demons don't destroy them on the first turn. Then, we cast Stone Skin on them – 84% protection from physical damage – and we use a healing unit to heal them. On the next turn, we cast Light Magic on them – massive reflection of incoming damage to attackers. Then, we sit and wait for the demons to kill themselves. :)

Can't you just use Tsunami? Cerberuses die like flies, and you can unleash Phoenixes on the broodmothers.

It's strange that people are having difficulties; I'm playing on normal, and I haven't spent a single day specifically hoarding an army. Moreover, an army is practically unnecessary—I play with summoned elementals (Water and Light). If there are problems, I cast a level 3 Aura of Retribution on them. The main thing for the primary troops is to stay in the corner until victory. Even the deadly arenas can be completed.

Currently, Eshwick has been taken, and I've received the quest to find the source! I still haven't taken the neutral Castle, but I captured the lighthouse immediately. As I understand it, I won't receive a quest for its liberation; my question is, have I lost much in terms of bonuses?:)

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In the end, I found a winning combination.
Place Light elementals near the shooters; the demons don't wipe them out on the first turn.

Generally, I noticed that water elements are more durable than light ones. And there are more of them thanks to the Staff of Tide