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Well, that's true. At least Sigrif's specialization is working in all senses. That's a good thing. Maybe fewer Imps could have been deployed; they don't seem to be very effective anyway. They didn't steal much mana; they were defeated after the first attack by the Jarls.

Yeah, it would be better to lure him into the Dwarven Castle. And use a secondary hero to bring troops from the caravan. Then proceed with the same scheme. Except that Hangwul is a good Dark Mage.

Lords don't buy smaller units (

They drain mana well)). If you don't drain mana from the hero, he starts throwing meteorites and applying debuffs like Stone Skin.

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Magic doesn't matter, unless you use Berserk with Subjugate)).

+ I have a skill that makes dark creatures cost twice as much mana, and adding demons to the mix makes it cast quickly)).

He's definitely chasing me!
The screenshot shows my army. There are 330 horned creatures and 147 succubi in the corner.
He has more troops in the third town.

That's all there is to it :D

Well, I'm trying!
I kill all the mobs without any losses. I cleared everything around the castle between the 1st (which appears almost at the beginning of the game) and the 2nd caravans – I didn't kill only the guards of the Gnomish Artifact. Between the 2nd and 3rd caravans, I cleared the entire territory up to the 2nd castle and defeated the hero. It seems Hangvul didn't manage to gather enough troops yet.
Between the 3rd and 4th caravans, I'm thinking of capturing the 2nd castle and clearing out everything that's undesirable there. Or maybe I'll even try to take the 3rd castle. We'll see how it goes. I just defeated a combined army from the castles, i.e., the computer without troops, but it's building up quickly – slowing it down is not a good option.

After Hangwul's death, capturing the second and third cities will probably be easy.

That's great! Wolf will remain. Is he tied to a city, or does he also roam the map?

After capturing the garrison before the third city, he will "wake up" and lead his legions with absolute defense into battle.

And who guards the 4th one then? =))

I don't know how to kill Hangwula.

In a week, while he was making his way to the castle, he increased his army by 25% and constantly uses Rune Recall in battle, which gives him infinite mana. He also uses Earth Shock, Meteor Strike, and Fireball. He doesn't use Darkness, only Chaos. This is more than justified by his magic power and infinite mana.

Heh. I posted recordings of battles with him. He always used Blind on me, plus other minor spells. Basically, I managed to drain his mana using spells. I had a lot of mana.

Would Subjugation help? The last artifact of the dwarves isn't too far from Thor Hall. If you try, you might be able to grab it, if your hero has the remaining 3 uses. Or, if you have a save before the garrison is captured, you could try to build up an army and capture everything you need.

Subordination, perhaps.
You saw the screenshot I posted. By the time he reached the dwarven castle from the garrison, the number of Jarls had increased to 152, and the same happened with the other troops – there were 1600 harpooners. These Jarls are only subdued by 0.01 turns by succubi =)). Letting them cast a spell means losing a stack immediately (minus the succubi – they attack them). In principle, if you target an artifact that reduces defense, they might survive a turn – the subordination and this magic will then affect the computer. Then just attack everything that moves with them, while simultaneously casting a dispel on the archers (not a mass dispel, so the Jarls can retaliate). When they are defeated, move on to the next stack.
With this setup, yes, it's viable.
By the way, can you get subordination in Utopia? I farmed it for the second time – it gave good artifacts + 3 spells (shock, holy word, and some other).