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Going back to the hit-and-run tactic with Berserk.
I was still curious to try out the suggested tactic in practice. On the same map, "Undead Apocalypse," against Salamandre. Below are the results of each attack:
1. 5937 trolls, 1398 firebirds, and 50 azure dragons were killed.
2. 2826 trolls, 1345 firebirds, and 10 azure dragons were killed; there are no more trolls!
Note that between our attacks, the enemy manages to divide his army into 6 stacks each time; this is worse for us, especially when only azure dragons and snipers remain.
3. 3559 diamond golems and 1009 firebirds were killed; there are no more firebirds!
4. 3607 diamond golems and 3 azure dragons were killed.
5. 1477 diamond golems were killed; there are no more diamond golems!
6. 4195 gold golems and 7 azure dragons were killed.
7. 3658 gold golems were killed; there are no more gold golems!
8. 2071 snipers were killed.
9. 1726 snipers were killed.
10. 1438 snipers were killed.
11. 1199 snipers were killed.
12. 999 snipers were killed.
13. 832 snipers were killed.
14. 693 snipers were killed.
15. 578 snipers were killed.
16. 482 snipers were killed.
17. 401 snipers were killed.
18. 334 snipers were killed.
I could continue, but it's clear that now the damage dealt in one attack is not as great, and it gets smaller each time.
The main thing is that after this, I tried several times to fight Salamandre with my main hero and the entire accumulated army, but he still wins! :(
Here's what Salamandre and my main hero look like now:

So, I think the author decided to make Salamandre invincible. Even with only Azure Dragons, he can defeat an opponent if they don't have an army of roughly equal strength. Salamandre possesses Earth, Water, and Air magic, as well as all combat spells, plus magic resistance, and the fear instilled by the Azure Dragons turns a battle against him into a nightmare! If only he didn't clone the dragons, or if we had a Sphere of Vulnerability or a Sphere of Permanence...
My best result so far was this: after his victory, he still had 489 Azure Dragons remaining.

What is the opponent's experience level at the start? I can see the skills from the screenshots.

It's funny when people say you can't kill a certain computer-controlled hero. Especially when they have only one hit point left, and we have plenty of mana.

AmberSoler, Salamandre has 56765433 experience points at the start. I provided a link to the map earlier.
Dirty_Player, dispel my doubts! Go ahead, I'll give you a save file, and you can try to beat Salamandre. Then you can tell me what happened.

AmberSoler, Salamandre has 56765433 experience points at the start. I provided a link to the map earlier.
Dirty_Player, dispel my doubts! Go ahead, I'll give you a save file, and you can try to beat Salamandre. Then you can tell me what happened.

Yes, yes, yes, and also give away $1000 for playing Heroes this year. :D

I came up with something like this.
I'm sure it can be done even better.

No, don't count on making money: I'm not very good at that! :smile21:
GoedenDag, what a scary icon you came up with? :eek: I can't do that! I mean, if I take a screenshot, it's 1:1, not...
Let's say you won, that's good, but now, in words, in detail: what and how did you do on each turn, and what did the opponent do?

AmberSoler, Salamandre starts with 56,765,433 experience points.

I don't understand how the opponent managed to get 99 in all primary stats. If the map is designed with 99 as the initial stat value, I'm afraid I have to disappoint you... Give the opponent the Haven faction and all their stats will be reset. Just give them a +6 to all stats amulet and a +5 sword, and they'll be left without magic (100% chance) and, quite possibly, without defense. What about their artifacts?

The snipers will drive the Azure creatures out with their ranged attacks...

Just attacked and killed them on the first try, absolutely without any problems. In the first round, I cast Mass Shield, Salamander cast Frenzy (what can you expect from a dumb AI), and the dragons with 0 defense became fluffy kittens.

Sorry about the image quality. After cropping in Paint, the screenshot somehow took up 813 MB. I had to resize it in FS Viewer. I think I might have overdone it.

Regarding the battle – in the first two rounds, I cast Berserk on the Azure units. They killed 2 squads of snipers. The remaining snipers were killed by our Azure units and archangels.
Starting from the 3rd round, the Salamander Azure units, under the effect of Frenzy, began to attack the Azure units and archangels. They killed the Azure units and half of the archangels. Then they attacked the snipers and were destroyed there.
Starting from the 3rd round, I only cast the Explosion spell.
The opponent didn't cast anything other than Executioner and Frenzy.
It was roughly like that.

No, don't count on any money: I'm not doing well financially! :smile21:

I'm talking about Dirty, he either has a ban on Heroes until the end of the year or a tournament with a prize pool of $1000...;)

Simply attacked and killed in one go, absolutely without any problems. In the first round, he cast a mass shield, Salamander cast frenzy (what can you expect from a dumb computer), and the dragons with 0 defense became fluffy kittens.

The opponent didn't cast anything other than Executioner and Frenzy.

Juristis, GoedenDag, maybe we have different versions of "Heroes"! :D Because my AI was much smarter! Or you were incredibly lucky...

Juristis, GoedenDag, maybe we have different versions of "Heroes"! :D Because, in my game, the AI was much smarter! Or you were incredibly lucky...

I have the standard Complete Collection. I ran the battle twice, with roughly the same result.

Juristis, GoedenDag, maybe we have different versions of "Heroes"! :D Because in my game, the AI was much smarter! Or you were incredibly lucky...

I probably have the same issue)) but still, on the third try... only the clone suffered because the computer cast Frenzy in the first round, but I didn't cast immediately, I waited for the computer to cast... then the clone attacked the snipers, and at the end of the first round, only corpses remained of the Azure... then I blinded a group of snipers and resurrected everyone...:cool: