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I'm talking about a regular map where tournaments are held. I haven't participated in any tournaments yet; I've only played with a friend. I'm not sure how to counter this hero (his powerful Chaos magic, which ignores your resistances). I'm particularly interested in the following factions: Humans, Mages, Necropolis, and Dwarves.

I would still recommend investing in Magic Resistance (in case it triggers, the damage is reduced by half on the Unyielding difficulty). You should focus on building up your army and leveling up the Light skill. If possible, try to prolong the game, find Shackles, and you can also equip artifacts that boost resistances (especially if you know your opponent's preferred element). That's how I would approach it.

Take everything possible with magic resistance. I would advise a demon plus an artifact and imps; with the right build, you'll have the advantage.

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Well, if you're not good at playing with resistance, take the dwarves; half of them are already resistant, plus runes. The dwarves can defeat Sinister.

Gnomes are the best choice; use the Energy Rune and eliminate Sinister as quickly as possible. Ideally, obtain the Greatest Rune.

Take Necropolis or Haven. And make the map bigger.

Thank you for your answers. I'll try the simplest approach for now: play as Inga and try to develop an offensive hero, focusing on Gnomish Luck and Light (fire resistance).

Choose Necropolis or Haven. And make the map bigger.

Necropolis probably won't help unless it's an experienced player, but I agree with Haven.

I played as Inga, although he chose Erin instead of Sinistar. In the final battle, I had an advantage in terms of army size; I had 13 dragons against his 7, although the difference in other units was smaller. A dragon could reach the enemy in one turn thanks to the rune and destroy the entire stack with a single attack. The Jarl used his ability to eliminate all of his witches. Of course, his hero also dealt significant damage with magic, but sometimes the deflection ability would trigger. Ideally, he should have retreated, but he was confident that he would defeat me. Also, we didn't like the "smile" template in large size, and we wanted to finish the game as soon as possible.

The Necropolis faction is unlikely to be of much help.

They will overwhelm you with sheer numbers:smile34:

they won't overwhelm you. They'll be quickly defeated.

they won't overwhelm you. They'll be quickly defeated.

It's hard to quickly defeat Necropolis:D

It’s easy for a Warlock:smile10:

It's easy for a Warlock.

It depends on the map and the game's time limit. On a large map with several castles, for example, it will already be very difficult.

They'll be quickly defeated.

You should play with decent people before saying something like that.

Necromancer struggles against a strong early game and powerful magic. In a scenario where there are 7-13 level 7 units, Necromancer has almost no chance against Town and Sylvan.