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Well, I don't know, I'm just playing through the Campaigns on Recruit difficulty... I just wanted to ask the author if it's possible to drain mana from the Faceless One using the method described above, and also ask for advice on how to defeat the boss.

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And also - which battles are you referring to? If you compare Recruit to Autoplay, then the difficult battles are the skirmish with the outpost, which can be overcome by finding the Tear, the battle with the humans in the city (yes, I agree), and the last two battles. As for the neutrals, they are all very nice guys).

Well, I don't know, I'm just playing through the campaigns on recruit difficulty... I just wanted to ask the author if it's possible to drain mana from the Faceless One using the method described above, and also ask for advice on how to kill the boss.

If the Faceless One isn't receiving mana directly from the script, then your strategy is probably working. In any case, he is definitely that hero.
Regarding the battles, I was only referring to scripted battles, and I wasn't talking about armies of, say, knights, but rather their achievements. And the outpost is easily taken due to mass confusion and slowing effects.
It's clear that I won the final battle – I shielded the archers with trees and used a single surviving unicorn, and then simply used "Resurrection." It just turned out to be a walkthrough that took 40 days because, after freeing the last druid, a 2-week timer starts, and there was no point in messing around with it.
I want to clarify the meaning of my comment once again: I can play at a level higher than recruit. (I've even played on "Hero" difficulty). But I maintain that the map is simply impossible for a weak player – almost any of the knights on "autobattle" (and "autobattle" is precisely an indicator of a weak player) defeats almost the entire hero's army, making victory a "Pyrrhic" one:rolleyes:
And from me – a huge thank you to the author for the map, which filled the gaming void for heroes in recent times for a couple of days!

and "autobattle" is just an indicator of a weak player

It is possible if you talk to Tas'netil, a secondary hero, and then start the ritual with Vol'diel on the same day. We probably need to remove the possibility of exploiting this. And regarding the boss – the hero was supposed to defeat him alone. For this, a bonus to spellcasting is given, and the boss has a lot of health and high defense. But different approaches are acceptable, of course :).

Why is it considered secondary? I can reach it in 2 turns, and it won't have time to regenerate. Or is there a daily script involved?

What about dispelling spells? I'd even say this option is better than his meteor shower on the archers, especially when they still have to fight the boss...

In my opinion, the optimal difficulty level for an average player on this map is "Hero".