Posts from 8th Interportal Tournament of HMM3-OFF: "Vial of Life"

I don't remember a time when the results were on a single page of the thread... it's all very sad.

Don't be upset. Life goes on. And it's natural that there are fewer players in Heroes. How old is the game, after all?
The younger generation probably doesn't like the graphics.
And the older generation has other concerns in life...
That's why there are fewer people playing Heroes. Although the game is, of course, a cult classic. As they say, for all times and peoples.

it's time to switch to playing online!

That's right! There are Tournaments with a large number of players. As well as club Tournaments, one of which will be held during the May holidays in Odessa.

Welcome to our website, Sir Uncle Sasha!!!

Please leave my cash prize on the resource; it can be transferred to the next Tournament.

I guess that means we'll have to hold another Tournament? :)

Also, welcome to you, Sir vadolazo. A very good result for a beginner!

Don't be upset. Life doesn't stand still. And it's natural that there are fewer players in Heroes. How many years has the game been around?
The younger generation probably doesn't like the graphics.
And the older generation has other concerns in life...
That's why there are fewer people playing Heroes. Although the game is, of course, a cult classic, as they say, for all times and peoples.

I understand everything, so I play online myself :)
By the way, I need your details for receiving the cash prize (please send them in a private message)

I guess this means we need to hold another tournament? :)

Definitely! And preferably a joint one with Heroeportal! )

Could Sir Uncle Sasha describe some battles for a beginner?
For example, battles with zombies. No matter how I try, my "skill" doesn't allow me to lose fewer than three skeletons. How can I deal two blows and lure the upgraded units into an attack? Losing two skeletons is already critical for
recruiting magma golems.
I don't understand at all how it's possible to deal with birds, losing only a few units and using only one spell.
I haven't tried the later battles yet, but I also suspect that my "skill" will fail there.
Watching such replays, you realize that you still don't know how to play Heroes.

Regarding the battles: I'll briefly describe them; they aren't that difficult. And after saving at point 2, you need to immediately load save 2.2; save 2.1 isn't the right one for this. Against the zombies: 1st turn: archers fire half their arrows at the regular zombies, spearmen and skeletons attack the strongest zombies. 2nd and 3rd turns: archers fire all their arrows at the regular zombies. On the 3rd turn, pause and have the skeletons attack the regular zombies, and finish them off with the spearmen (it depends on the damage of the skeletons and the zombies' counterattacks, but it might even be possible to do it without any losses, although usually you'll lose one). Then, once, have the archers take out the upgraded zombies, and the spearmen and skeletons retreat in a circle. On the 5th, 6th, and 7th rounds, run away from the zombies until you have enough movement points left, fire once, then run again, and keep doing that until the arrows run out. You'll be left with approximately 4 upgraded zombies – take them out with the spearmen while paused; the zombies won't even be able to kill one of your units in response. At the beginning of the turn, finish off the remaining zombies with the spearmen. It requires a little patience; it won't all work out on the first try, but the terrain is good for the battle, and there are no problems with retreating. The bird battle is a little more complicated, but it will be faster. You'll need to replay it 3-4 times, depending on how their morale drops and whether they start attacking the demons on the 3rd turn. The idea is: the main group of spearmen should be protected. In the 1st round, protect with the demons. After the birds' turn (they deal single-target damage), attack a stack of 6 birds with a single unit. Then, use the plasma mage, along with the demons and spearmen, to destroy the entire stack. At the end, the main group of spearmen should be protected; then the birds will attack the remaining single unit. On the last turn, you can immediately attack the stack of 5 birds with the plasma mage; their counterattack won't be enough to even damage one elemental. The most difficult battle is against the champions; if anyone wants, I can describe it tomorrow. Sir mrshch, don't despair! After playing a dozen tournaments and regularly watching replays of the winners, you'll be able to win these battles easily in just a few minutes. Good luck!

Regarding the battles: I'll briefly describe it; it's not that complicated.

Thank you for the description! Indeed, zombies are easily defeated without losses using your strategy. I never thought that upgraded units could be "stuck" with such a small speed advantage, but it turns out it's possible.
However, I'm stuck with the birds. If a single unit takes out the retaliator, the Magma Golems attack last, and after them, there's no one to take the place of the defeated bird stack. Therefore, other birds move in and attack the main stack of Spearman.
And if you don't attack with Spearman, the stack isn't completely defeated by the Demons and Magma Golems alone.

Added after 28 minutes
Ha! I just defeated the birds, but with a slightly different strategy. First, I attacked the fifth unit, and the Blessed Magma Golems took out the retaliator. It can be killed without using Spearman, and they remain protected. Then, if the sixth unit kills a single unit (which is quite likely), the last single unit takes out the retaliator, and the birds are finished.

Added after 23 minutes
I arranged them like this: Magma Golems on the fourth cell from the top, Spearman below them, and Demons below them. Single units cover everyone; there's only a gap at the bottom for the Demons, but the birds never go there. Then, no matter how the birds attack, the fifth unit is always hit by both the Demons and the Magma Golems. On the third turn, the birds might attack the Demons or Magma Golems, but they never touched them in my case. Then, everyone attacks them again.
The requirements for luck turned out to be small:
--no anti-morale in the first and third rounds
--no anti-morale for the Demons in the second round
--morale for the birds
--no lightning on the first retaliator
That's all!

Added after 25 minutes
I got carried away: sometimes the birds attack the Demons, no matter how many single units you expose.
And very rarely, but sometimes, the sixth unit survives in the third round.
But still, the battle is more than possible.

A bit of a challenging battle, but winnable.
So far, this is the most difficult battle I've seen – it was like 2 Bull and Meat creatures killing 3 Sulfur Dragons.

I apologize for the delay, which was due to the CIS championship in Heroes. The prizes will be paid out shortly.

Part of the prize money was received from HeroesPortal
20$
Thanks again to the organizers for the tournament.