Posts from Average Dwarf

Hello, comrades! I'm facing a problem: I can't defeat that darned Dwarf on the "Former Friends" map. The game conditions are: we don't attack each other, and the final battle takes place in the 3rd month. Our levels are around 17. The opponent develops his army roughly as shown in the attachment. The main problem is the Trolls. When they approach with the "War Frenzy" rune (they attack without retaliation against everyone around), they significantly reduce my army. The Dragons are annoying because of their damage reflection (I gathered a lot of cavalry for the Humans, and they were wiped out like matches). And all these troops are also incredibly resilient and get resurrected.
Once, I couldn't do anything at all because the Harpooners and Berserkers constantly stunned my troops (there's some kind of rune there), and I was defeated as the Elves.
By that time, his artillery is usually good, and he has high defense. What do you advise?

If you don't attack the Tanners, the Rune of Battle Fury will be unavailable to them. What prevents you from developing the Dark faction using Humans, or even Elves, and letting the Tanners attack their own units?
In general, prolonging the final battle to 3 months on a small map is a clear imbalance. This quickly diminishes the advantages of some factions, while others, like Dwarves, gain an advantage. The optimal duration for "Old Friends" is one month (clearing the dungeon in the first week, clearing the center in the second week, and then preparation and the battle).

It's all so sad here. In 3 months, you can clear the entire map, not just stay at level 17.

This Berserker Rune becomes available after the death of 1 unit, while the Combat Rune is available immediately. However, the Combat Rune does not work on its own stacks when they are under its effect. Any upgrade of the Tan units is primarily countered by positioning, as the damage to a single target is not that high, but if they are allowed to unleash lightning strikes across the entire army simultaneously with the Berserker Rune, about 6 times, then it's game over. In a prolonged game, Humans under Axel and Elves under Wing appear more formidable than Dwarves. Higher Darkness seems unreliable against Dwarves, as their stacks are strong, and their damage is not high enough to inflict significant damage on themselves. Light should be present, and there might also be Dwarven resistance.

Resurrection spells are tough for Elves, considering that blue Druids convert it from Knowledge, which doesn't have a very high HP stack, and that white Rogues copy the resurrection spell onto themselves.