Wizard – “The Triumvirate” [Campaign 6, Mission 3] — Walkthrough

Shionis

2/3/2015 4:47 PM UTC

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The mission isn't very intriguing; you free Godrick in the dungeon, then assault the first town. After that, head east to assault the next ones – our army is quite strong. Only one powerful hero was encountered along the way. Next, visit the places of power, build up your army, then split it among your heroes (by the way, give Godrick the weakest army), and proceed to defeat Markel. You can level up Zehir's counter-summon skill; it might be useful for the final battle. Good luck!

FireCool

4/3/2015 6:22 AM UTC

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I completed the hero mission; it was only difficult at the beginning when I captured Gryphonhill. Then, Rutger Hauer and Elijah (Ellaina) Wood immediately attacked me, :D I quickly defeated the hobbit, but I had to struggle with Rutger. The fact is that both knights had well-developed attack and defense, while my Zehir only had good strength and knowledge. Of course, thanks to elementals and resurrections, I defended my Castle from Rutger and even managed to leave 21 knights on horseback alive. After that battle, the enemies no longer offered serious resistance. There was only one unpleasant moment when I sailed with Godric on a ship and landed on an island to capture a gold mine. There, hidden behind an unexplored area of the map, was an enemy hero with a decent army. This jerk boarded my ship and sailed towards my nearest town, and I couldn't teleport Godric because he wasn't yet level 20 and couldn't learn the portal to the town. In short, I had to reload from a save, landed on the island, and first of all, I took out this jerk, and even gained some experience. The final battle with Markel was as easy as pie, and once again, the AI on the hero acted strangely. Markel was developed exactly like Faidaen, even better; he had magic 33, defense and attack around 25, and knowledge 22. I'm not even mentioning that he's an expert in dark magic, sorcery, and his spellbook is maxed out, but in all three battles, he didn't cast a single control or even a mass weakening spell. In the first battle, he cast Dodge twice, in the second, he didn't have time to cast anything, and during the siege of the Castle, he only attacked the archangels with a manual attack. In short, I'm disappointed. I thought it would be a tough battle, with endless reloads and changes in tactics to win, but I tore him apart effortlessly, as if he weren't the fearsome Markel, but a weakling of the first level. PS Something is wrong with this "hero"; maybe I'll try completing the 4th mission on veteran difficulty, because I feel that even Isabel as a hero will be an easy opponent

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SuperGuru

4/3/2015 5:16 PM UTC

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go on, recruit, try this campaign:smile17::smile49:

Просто мне нравятся брюнетки...Поэтому и - Лукреция :rolleyes: Асха всё обращает во благо (с).:cool:

Vadimh

4/3/2015 6:36 PM UTC

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Actually, the campaigns lack complexity without special restrictions in almost all missions. If all missions were designed so that you start with a single hero at the Cultist level and one town, it would be much more interesting. Against Isabel, there are about 7 castles and 4 powerful heroes. The difficulty there lies in remembering which heroes have which upgrades :D. In this mission, there are also many upgrades, and the most challenging part is navigating them all.

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FireCool

4/4/2015 4:27 AM UTC

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SuperGuru

He completed this campaign on Recruit difficulty:smile17::smile49:

I already completed it on Recruit difficulty a long time ago, so it's not interesting for me anymore.

Vadimh

There's generally a lack of difficulty in campaigns without special restrictions; almost all missions are too easy if you could complete them with a Hero at the Cultist level and one Khan with one clan, that would be interesting.

Yes, Cultist is a really challenging and interesting mission. And regarding the upgrades, I only bothered to run around with all the heroes to get them, and there was no confusion.

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SuperGuru

4/7/2015 8:30 AM UTC

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By the way, I had the same thing happen to me in my first playthrough: Rutger appears and wreaks havoc. And there are a couple of other powerful heroes on their side, I don't remember who. I'm currently at that mission. What's funny is that Zephyr is level 20, and he hasn't been offered Chaos yet. He has one free skill slot; if he doesn't get it soon, I'll take Darkness. Otherwise, he has Air, Light, and Summoning, including Phoenix, Holy Word, Banish, and general Light spells, so it should be fine. He just has weak combat stats.

Просто мне нравятся брюнетки...Поэтому и - Лукреция :rolleyes: Асха всё обращает во благо (с).:cool:

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FireCool

4/7/2015 1:29 PM UTC

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SuperGuru

By the way, I had the same thing happen to me in the beginning: Rutger pops up and wreaks havoc. And they have a couple of other powerful heroes there, I don't remember who. I'm actually at that mission right now. It's funny that Zehir is level 20, but Chaos hasn't been offered to him yet. He has one free slot, and if it's not offered soon, I'll take Darkness. Otherwise, he has Air, Light, and Summoning, and he has Phoenix, Holy Word, and Banish, plus some general Light spells, so it should be fine. The only problem is his combat stats are weak.

Darkness is a useful skill; out of 4 heroes, it's available to 3 of them: Godric, Faidaen, and Zehir. But I didn't use Darkness in the battle between Zehir and Biara; I just didn't have time. I cast Banish twice and Resurrection once, and that was it. But Darkness is useful in all other battles, so it's up to you.
My Zehir also has poor attack and defense, especially attack. After the 4th mission, I barely managed to raise his defense to 15, but his attack is only 11. So, no matter how hard you try, I don't think your stats will be much better. For a mage, everything goes into power and knowledge, and if you pump up his attack instead of defense, his army will be completely destroyed

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SuperGuru

4/8/2015 6:36 PM UTC

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FireCool

Darkness is a useful ability; out of four heroes, three have it: Godric, Faelan, and Zehir. But I didn't use Darkness in the battle between Zehir and Biara; I simply didn't have time. I cast Banishment twice and Resurrection once, and that was it. But Darkness is useful in all other battles, so it's up to you.
I also have poor Attack and Defense stats for Zehir, especially Attack. After the fourth mission, I barely managed to raise his Defense to 15, but his Attack is only 11. So, no matter how hard you try, I don't think your stats will be much higher. For a mage, everything goes into Power and Knowledge. If you pump up his Attack instead of Defense, his army will be completely wiped out.

By level 22, it's already difficult to choose, because you can't upgrade skills later. And now, in the witch's hut, I got Darkness, so that's fine. And Zehir's Attack/Defense stats are generally 9-9, although these are base stats, without artifacts. Godric appeared in this mission at level 19, which is, I think, the level I left him at in his campaign. But, of course, he is stronger in terms of combat stats and also has Skilled Light and Chaos Development. Now I've saved the game at the moment of taking the second Turquoise castle and activating Faelan after visiting the Red Tree. Before this, Zehir had already defeated six Turquoise squads; how many are there in total? And Rutger wasn't among them yet.

Просто мне нравятся брюнетки...Поэтому и - Лукреция :rolleyes: Асха всё обращает во благо (с).:cool:

FireCool

4/10/2015 1:25 PM UTC

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Yeah, but what's the point of artifacts if they don't carry over to the next scenario? I think that would be too much, though. In the last mission, they offer an artifact as a bonus, +3 to attack. Basically, if you managed to level up Zephyr to at least 12-13 attack, it makes sense to take it instead of the 6 Titans, which aren't very useful. I took the Titans, and now I regret not taking the artifact. Do you mean you defeated 6 waves of enemy heroes? So, they systematically attacked you right after you captured the first Castle of Haven? Or were all 6 of them just hanging around nearby?

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SuperGuru

4/10/2015 2:10 PM UTC

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FireCool

Yeah, but what's the point of artifacts if they don't carry over to the next scenario? Which, by the way, seems a bit much to me.
In the last mission, they offer an artifact as a bonus, +3 to attack. In principle, if you managed to level up Zephira to at least 12-13 attack, it makes sense to take it instead of 6 Titans, which are neither hot nor cold. I took them, and now I regret not taking the artifact.
Do you mean you defeated 6 waves of enemy heroes? So, they systematically attacked you right after you captured the first Castle of Haven? Or were all 6 of them just hanging around nearby?

No, they all gather at the fork gradually, one by one, until you take all their castles. You can have a maximum of 7 or 8, but the computer can buy new units, and we can't hire anyone in this mission, if that matters.

Просто мне нравятся брюнетки...Поэтому и - Лукреция :rolleyes: Асха всё обращает во благо (с).:cool:

FireCool

4/10/2015 3:41 PM UTC

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After Rutger and Elia, I only had weak units running around near the castles.

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SuperGuru

4/11/2015 8:37 AM UTC

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FireCool

After Rutger and Elia, only minor units were running around my castles.

Here's another thing, I'm not sure, but if you play as fast as possible, like in the walkthrough descriptions (as I did the second time around), Rutger appears with a very weak army, and only when the turquoise player has one castle left. And not like it was the first time, when he showed up while we were rebuilding Gryphonhill.

Просто мне нравятся брюнетки...Поэтому и - Лукреция :rolleyes: Асха всё обращает во благо (с).:cool:

FireCool

4/11/2015 8:48 AM UTC

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By the way, I just remembered that I messed up at the beginning. I had Astral Gates, so I could have jumped over the garrison and immediately captured the town, but I went straight for Goodrick instead.

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SuperGuru

4/11/2015 8:57 AM UTC

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FireCool

By the way, I remembered that I messed up at the beginning. I had Astral Gates, so I could have jumped over the garrison and immediately captured the town, but I went straight for Godric.

Exactly, to save time and troops. We do the same thing in the last mission before Biara: I was lucky that all the heroes had Gates.

Просто мне нравятся брюнетки...Поэтому и - Лукреция :rolleyes: Асха всё обращает во благо (с).:cool: