Posts from "Escape to Salvation" - "Magnificent Retreat" [Campaign 4, Mission 4]

Yes, only artifacts from sets are carried over from one mission to the next; the Sar-Issa Robe, the Will of Urgash, etc.

An easy way to capture the Inferno Castle with Wolfenstein.
Everything is easily done with Mentor, and spells are passed on from Zephyr.

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And here is the replay.

I somehow managed to defeat the Devil on month 8. I cleared everything out, cautiously and slowly. I spent a long time figuring out where to kill two heroes; I didn't even try to go down into the Dungeon as usual, and that was a mistake! There's an additional quest there to rescue the ladies with whips (100+). With small steps, using Titans (there were about 10-20 of them almost always) and these girls with regeneration and Phoenix, I made it to the final battle. There, I faced Tier 7 creatures: black dragons, cyclops, archangels, and a lava golem. At first, I was happy – 80 of each creature! Well, I took them on and charged in headfirst... my morale dropped, and they quickly overwhelmed me. I thought, "Okay, take two – I'll bombard them with spells," and then I realized that I finally got the ultimate ability with all the spells. I threw everything I had at them: Holy Word, Armageddon, meteors... In the end, I realized that the vampire was the most effective against angels and cyclops, plus burning several units with dragons. There still weren't enough troops, so I waited for the alien. I needed to accumulate about 1 million gold, so I sat in the city and skipped turns. The UFO arrived, and I immediately upgraded its mentor ability, filled it with troops from my castle (except for the mages and thunderers), and sent it in first. With the ability, it easily defeated the succubi with two magical blows and managed to cast Armageddon a couple more times before the golems fell in glorious death. Then, with the main force, with boosted leadership and full buffs from various fountains (10+ luck and morale), I succeeded, and no one was left standing. The alt demons caused problems because they don't attack with magic but kill at least one unit with 100% accuracy. The Phoenix tactic didn't work, so the vampire was the best option. The main thing is not to kill your own units with cyclops and dragons and to use the archangel at the right time. My 80 units managed to defeat about 30-40 Tier 7 creatures. You can block the passage for a while with black and lava dragons and then rain fire down on them from above; they don't care. It's best to take the dark elf girls with you; at least the slow effect will be useful, and they hit very hard. The mages will fall quickly if you don't reinforce them with artifacts (defense + magic resistance), and it's also desirable for the hero to have resistance to fire or magic in general. I cringed at the final credits; oh well, that's our game developers for you