On pretty much any large/xl map ossir is better than any dwarf.Īcademy, while a magic faction, can become pretty much unstoppable in the endgame. Fortress will rule if they are as farmed as the elves, however the sylvan heroes ( and particularly ossir) have way easier time creeping than fortress AND they also have easy access to logistics unlike the dwarfs. On maps with 2 or more castles things change as haven cant both train paladins and build another castles at the same time.

Add mass buffs+magic immunity/curses + vampirism, enlightenment, empathy, retribution, defense and its gg. 102 paladins/champions in week 8 are almost impossible to beat. Haven rules 1 castle maps with lots of gold/artifacts due to its training ability. On large maps/week 5 + final battle/ best towns are Academy, Fortress, Haven or Sylvan in no particular order. On medium maps, read final battle mid game, all towns are fairly well balanced. Its about 10-20 times more dmg than a week 1 army can deal. On toh maps i was able to reach 2000 firetrap dmg (lvl 1 summon spell) week 1. Summoning + warmachines is the best early game creeping combo. Both heroes start with warmashines, have high chance to learn summoning magic and their towns ( academy and necro) have summoning spells in the mage guilds. On small maps Academy with havez and Necro with kaspar are the best town/hero choices. Undead armies can get very, very big in late game - even big enough to make up for their lack of quality and skills. On the other hand, in late game EVERY settlement you conquer is basically another +100% growth for all your units. They make good early grinders with necromancy, skelletton archers and raise dead, but when they reach mid-game, any encounter with a similar (or 20% smaller) sized force of any other race will just be a complete massacre against you. The result was a complete massacre in minutes for me - the only real damage my army took was from my frenzied centaurs.Īs for necropolis: Their units are rubbish - practically all of them - and their heroes often have no attack or defense skills and very low attack and defense attributes aswell. Even though my frenzied centaurs killed half my cyclops my chieftains, earth daughters and wyverns killed nearly all his stacks in one or two swings taking very little damage in return. Even though he had frenzy, my troops had attack/defense and +15 attack and defense skills compared to his. Last time I played stronghold my friend played academy with dark magic. I gave stronghold a 3 (mind you) for their endgame. If forced to choose I would go with Haven - those guys have a kind skill tree (can get both retribution and empathy for one!) and very solid creatures. So, overall my vote stands between Haven, Stronghold and Fortress. Race: Month 1 / Month 2 / Month 3+ / total score I suppose it could make sense to give each faction a score from 1-5 (5=best) on each three periods of the game and add it up: Therefore it all depends on the size of game you are playing, and the strength of the borderguards. So some factions are at their best in smaller and shorter games, while some are more fit for combat in month 3+. We are playing with the AI enhancements on the hardest setting and on really big maps.Īs you all know different factions excell in different periods of the game. When our main heroes meet, we meet up at his or my place to clash our armies, and see who comes out on top. I have been playing games of heroes 5 with my friend, mailing back and forth the game file.

Heroes of might and magic 3 factions