Posts from Walkthroughs for custom maps.

I only leveled up a hero with ballistics for one specific battle!
The battle against Das, a specialist in minotaurs, who resides in the Dungeon. We reach this location after defeating the brown faction and others...
He's in a castle on cursed land with several thousand minotaurs...
Therefore, without ranged attacks and ballistics for the main hero, we can't prevent him from leaving the castle, and we'll suffer losses, and they'll be quite unpleasant...
That's why I specifically leveled up the hero Uland with ballistics for ONE SINGLE battle...
So that, with a caravan, cheap, purchased archers in the Father of Dragons' Might (so they don't get hit by ranged attacks) and black dragons to block the gates and absorb ranged attacks from the towers, we could win this battle with almost no losses (for the Diamond something or other). I didn't use ballista anywhere else.
With ranged attacks and artifacts that increase ranged attack power, it would be faster and with no losses, but I played it differently.

And further, after defeating Lomocron, a quick march to Drakarosh, where you encounter Yorogos with the Cloak. The goal is to blind the Lightning Elemental and eliminate the Cyclops and Red Dragons + the catapult in the first turn; otherwise, there will be losses, and I don't really see how to eliminate them without ranged attacks.

I'm too lazy to level up a random hero just for one battle. I would just equip him with Cursed Armor and the Sphere of Inhibition and kite the Minotaur archers, while quickly eliminating the Tower units with Cyclops.

I could approach Drakarosh and defend myself there against Yorogos with an army of snipers + fanatics + cyclops + archers (I gave the champions to another hero; they only get in the way in this battle). I divided the snipers separately into 20 (to kill the ballista) + 50 (to kill the catapult) + 2 equal groups. In the first turn, the machines, red dragons, and cyclops die from the archers (the Thunderbirds are blinded), and that's it... the battle is won without losses because the rest can't hit anything behind the archers.

Where exactly do you get the Sphere of Inhibition so quickly? I don't remember.
And later, there are about 10,000 Minotaurs, give or take, depending on the time.
On the Cursed Earth, resurrection won't work, and losing a lot of units, especially before a battle with the Ashwing, is very undesirable.
In the end, I bought some expendable archers and cleared the area without losing any of my main troops (not even one). And it's not that difficult to level up there; you just buy Uland, run around the huts and stones, then get free upgrades, and use him to kill neutral monsters. You don't need to invest too much; just max out his Archery, Defense, and Earth Magic skills, and that's it. The lower his stats, the longer the battle with the Minotaurs will be.

As far as I remember, the Sphere of Prohibition opens to the left of the city of Ilondé for 500 peasants (on the new map after defeating Targron, but this is also clearly before the battle with the Minotaurs).

I don't remember right now, but I think it was either needed for a quest or something else, but I didn't even think about it; it was easier for me to level up a random ballista than to do that.

I'd like to add my two cents about Paragon. In February, I spent two weeks playing it. I donated to the author and wrote a lot of comments; I'm very happy that a new version was released.

Regarding the Minotaurs in the Dungeon – ballistics aren't needed there. The losses are 4-5 Golden Dragons. We lure out the Minotaur Dragons one by one; they destroy the ballista, and then we lure them back into the castle, propping up the gates. Meanwhile, the snipers keep shooting. With the cursed armor slowing them down and the sphere of prohibition preventing both sides from casting spells, this is, in my opinion, the most optimal way.

Why would you even break the catapult?

I was playing for speed (for my own enjoyment) with fire magic, and my army just couldn't defeat the Minotaurs that month. It was a very, very long battle, in the style of "Vengeance is Mine" and other Chinese maps.

On the other hand, I'm not a very experienced player. Could you explain in more detail what you meant? Or maybe a screenshot of the army and the battlefield? Perhaps I'm missing something and that's why I'm struggling.

My comments in the map discussion, after which the last update was released, are under the nickname alex-st, if that helps.

Thank you! I'll try running with archers (I don't have time to play myself, I just got chickenpox and was using Heroes to pass the time in the hospital). I'll find the save and check if they're running towards the archers.

I'd like to add my two cents about Paragon. In February, I spent two weeks playing it. I donated to the author, wrote a lot of comments, and I'm very glad that a new version came out.

Regarding the minotaurs in the Dungeon – ballistics aren't needed there. The losses are 4-5 Golden Dragons. We lure out the minotaur dragons one by one, they destroy the ballista, and then we lure them back into the castle, propping up the gate. And the snipers shoot at them all the time. The minotaurs are slowed down by the cursed armor + the sphere of prohibition prevents both sides from casting spells. In my opinion, this is the most optimal way.