Posted March 27, 2013
I need help defeating Monster Guards my opponent fields (manticores, giant spiders, basilisks etc.) in every freaking province it owns (the death worshipping fanatic). No matter what kind of army I build seem to be able deal with them effectively and gets destroyed. Also none of my regular guards can deal with his heroes so he takes over a province or two and installs monster guards there, retreats and comes back to take more. Our border is too wide to defend with the couple superguards I have and I can neither affort nor have time to fortify it before there's other breaches and I have even more provinces to defend. Last shard I was lucky and was able to use harbors to lake hop to province next to his castle and defeat phoenix guarding it but now he owns around half of the map while I own about the same.
The map is bad for me as there are no horses nor mandrake near me (only wood, iron and marble) so my progress was slowed down quite considerably. Also I did not found any remarkable treasures to help my heroes. I don't even have allies (could get only either halflings or lizardmen). What I have is midling level heroes (archer above and warrior below 20 level, wizard level 10), tier two spells and troops and best (master?) gear buildings. I'm playing good so no necromancy/summoning or evil units.
I'm thinkin of abandoning the shard but I'll have to face my opponent again later so I need advice how to defeat his guards in order to progress. One that does not rely on lucky finds or allies/special recruits. I know I can trash them if I just happen to find legendary gear or say, minotaurs, but as right not, I may not find anything so I need strategy that does not rely on luck. So, any good advice?
The map is bad for me as there are no horses nor mandrake near me (only wood, iron and marble) so my progress was slowed down quite considerably. Also I did not found any remarkable treasures to help my heroes. I don't even have allies (could get only either halflings or lizardmen). What I have is midling level heroes (archer above and warrior below 20 level, wizard level 10), tier two spells and troops and best (master?) gear buildings. I'm playing good so no necromancy/summoning or evil units.
I'm thinkin of abandoning the shard but I'll have to face my opponent again later so I need advice how to defeat his guards in order to progress. One that does not rely on lucky finds or allies/special recruits. I know I can trash them if I just happen to find legendary gear or say, minotaurs, but as right not, I may not find anything so I need strategy that does not rely on luck. So, any good advice?
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