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The AI surely makes a lot of mistakes. But it is still enjoyable to see how the tournament plays out, no?

I noticed that when the AI ​​is sure of winning, it starts making very specific moves. It was probably similar this time. Or maybe Im just talking nonsense :D

Happy New Year to you too 🍾🍾🎆🎇 It is quite a pleasure to follow comments of people who write regularly. Thank you for that.

AI played bad against gorgons. It should wait a turn and then have two attacks before gorgons can attack

Gorgons would still win but yes this AI fights are sometimes hard to watch.

@@blackwidow7804 not sure about it. If 7 stacks of birds can eliminate at least 2 stacks of gorgons to pretty much 0, I think the birds would win.

@@michawozniak5492 you do realise that Minotaurs beat Gorgons, Gorgons beat Birds and Birds demolished Minotaurs? Its dumb AI. Gorgons just need defend round one and is gg.

@@blackwidow7804 in proper AI dumb game birds wait and gorgons move and then its gg for birds.

Well, necro is quite strong on big maps, where you can farm to your heart's desire. I very much like to play thematically with them and sometimes I prolong the AI games, just to get unnecessarily big amount of them just for fun.

If you are referring to the Death Cloud, that is definitely huge for them. In this tournament they are often able to strike 3 or 2 enemies at once, and in real battle they force the opponent to spread out and not to crowd too much. Utility, damage - they have it all I guess.

The AI falls for this free cast tricks also with the Ogre Magis.

No Genies would loose anyway. 50hp, 15 atk/def and 12-20dmg vs 40hp, 12 atk/def and 13-16 dmg. Do the math. And Minos didnt get single morale becouse this guy is using the wrong artifact.

The AI definitely makes some "pro" moves from time to time. It sometimes throws me off my chair. Like the first time I saw it moving the dendroids, which literally tripped and blocked each other... Well, it is quite fun to be honest. I've grown to enjoy all the moments of recording this series.

Нет , они всегда были такие , вы недооцениваете преимущество первого удара , плюс молния это 10 чистого урона за каждого юнита, также 60 хп ,притом их навыки атаки ,защиты и урона все еще посредственны , особенно по сравнению с минотаврами

I think it can feel squishy and die easily, because the Stronghold Barbarian heroes get primarily attack points and none of the units of the race are famous for their defense stats. Even with a level 20 Barbarian hero, you are more like to just have a few defense points from the level ups. The race is built for speed and hard hitting, greatly benefitting from Haste. Also using expert Shield or Stone skin is big on this race. What do you think?

@@HeroesKitchen The problem is I don't understand a lot of what you said. When I was playing, I didn't undersand the stats. I only knew about the HP and speed starts. Almost didn't care for attack degence and others. And just because HP is always the biggest number, that was the thing that mainly captured my attention as a child. The other stats were just like a bonus. The game does whatever it does with its laws. I was just looking for speed to see if possible to catch the other units and "using the HP numbers" to consider how and who to attack. And about the 'squishyness', there were just some units that are kind of easy to kill and others hard. Maybe because they have good or bad defence. But as I said, I never paid attention to those stats.

Well to be honest, just a couple of these early on pack a huge punch against the map and help clear tons of enemies. Also later on, it is easy to forget/miscalculate how much speed they have and the effect of positive morale. I have lost plenty of archer units to those guys choosing to move instead of waiting and getting extra morale, before I can take care of them. 😅😅

@HeroesKitchen I also vividly remember (because I only played as a child) that a lot of times those Minotaurs were screwing my shooters. Either with the morale or just because when they got close, they always took too much quantities and were disabling the shooter to shoot of course. But when I had them, a lot of times I could kill the AI units or when it attacked them, they were tough. And such, were taking too much turn for the AI, which was helping me to use other of my units(lv 6 or 7 of course) to kill other AI units.

Yes Minotaurcan beat Thunderbird 1v1. The problem is that AI is dumb. Also no morale for Minos.

When there are 7 stacks, and more units there is higher chance of the lightning activating and it is more impactful. Just consider this - if 60 thunderbirds get lightning strike on first attack that is 600 additional damage to the damage they already dealt, before the enemy retaliates. With 7 stacks and 20% chance to activate, I would say it is quite impactful. If it is only a few birds and just one stack, chances of this working are much slower. On the other side, good morale has only 12.5% chance to activate and it gives you a second attack after the enemy retaliated, which is not always better. What do you think?

Insanely unreliable. I feel like lightning bolt triggers twice more often when I'm playing against them.

Thunderbirds seem a bit more powerful in these tests too. @regina_george340 I have noticed the same thing 😅😅

Strong and reliable hitter for sure. They need to be, after all they are followed by the....Scorpicore...🤣

Because this is their growth with whole build town without any additional bonuses such as week, external dwellings, grail or artifacts. Same as Magma Elementals they have growth of 8 per week. Also technically it is also (relatively) accurate cost wise

Lots of forests around bro

Just as @ilikeanimeverymuch explained.

You are right! I am preparing an alternative video for them (Archangels do not need the extra boost), which will have morale enabled. In my personal opinion though, as I haven't recorded and set up the video yet, positive morale will not be a gamechanger for most battles (that is my prediction at least). Do you think they will get more points?

Мне кажется автор юзает артефакт нейтрализующий моральный дух всех существ, что в случае с быканами , конечно, недопустимо- это тоже самое,что у горгон убрать смертельный взгляд

@@homersimpson6807 я думаю это ослабляет миносов...

Yes, that is correct - all the maps were created with the Spirit of Oppression artifact which prevents good morale from activating, in effect weaking the minotaurs. However the chance for good morale is only 12.5% and I don't think it actually affects the battle results, but we will see this in the alternate episode for minotaurs, where I will remove this artifact.

​@@HeroesKitchen It can affect battles with rocks and dendroids. In other cases not a lot of changes I think.

I honestly expected more from them too - with this high damage range.

Do Zealots still have the no melee penalty ability or HOta took that away?

They still have it. That's basically the only thing you get from the upgrade. +3defense and +2speed is worthless on that unit.

@@Maxmilian666 Defense is not that bad against other ranged units, but I get your point. Z-s are not that great sadly :( .

@@Maxmilian666 очень хороший грейд у них , этот юнит должен такой быть ,потому что у Замка нет слабых юнитов и лучший т7 если в честном бою , притом они все еще стрелки и не имеют штрафа , самая низкая стоимость , так что они все еще хороши

I am glad you like them :) Stay tuned for more. I started the whole channel to cover these videos, initially.

The problem with them is, units were designed to fit within a faction's roster. Genies losing to minotaurs means nothing about the usefulness of the genie in the Tower armies. They are fun, though.

Yes, you are absolutely right, but I really wanted to do such a league, where each will have the chance to challenge their peers. Otherwise, I have already planned series of full roster vs full roster for all factions. Stay tuned!

No, they sure aren't. Also the bad pathing from the Dendroids is no joke... I honestly thought at some point, that the AI has its own challenge - get to the other side as inefficiently as possible.😅😅

I am sure you will get there soon. That is one of the reasons why these games are so much fun. If they were easier, we would quickly lose interest.

I don't know about this separation - I personally prefer the heroes 3 system - even before the turn queue was introduced, you could reliably keep the whole battle order in your head, based on speed alone. Could you tell me more, in what way was the separation good? Also I do like Tolkien's view on this - take the ents for example, they were super slow moving - both physically and as initiative - they took forever just to say good morning. So in my head the two have always been tied together somehow and it made sense to me.

These are definitely fun scenarios to try out - keep in mind that it very much depends on the special ability of the Arch Devils - the negative luck. If titans get misfortune on any of the first 2 or even 3 hits - it completely changes the situation.

Minotaurs i thnik, higher dmg

Minotaur video is out now, and the Thunderbirds will be out really soon. Stay tuned, to verify your predictions 👍

Thanks for your insight! It's true that some units can feel underwhelming compared to others. The diversity in unit strength adds to the strategic depth of the game. Appreciate your thoughts!

Absolutely, weekly growth can make a significant difference in the strength and availability of units. Thanks for pointing that out!

Everyone has their preferences! It's always interesting to hear different opinions on heroes. Thanks for sharing!

Demon farming with Pit Lords can be very effective. Thanks for your comment!

Great to hear your predictions are getting better! The unpredictability of the units adds to the excitement. Thanks for following the series and sharing your thoughts!

There is the way

Thanks for the fun reference!

Waiting can definitely impact the effectiveness of units. Thanks for your input!

Elementals are magical creatures, not a life form therefore they are immune to poison, mind spells, morale etc

I believe it is because they are not a living creature, as @ThePhenom170 pointed out. I am a bit surprised that the developers didn't make them completely immune to Liches attack. It would have added a lot of flavor to such units and made them more useful in general.

@@HeroesKitchen yep, all elementals except storm are pretty much useless

What about Ice elementals ? I think they are also useful and die less to castle towers and random opponent spells.

@HeroesKitchen they seem weak to me, i mean their attack seems weak but maybe im mistaken

Everyone has their preferences! The original game definitely has its charm. Thanks for sharing your perspective!

@@marcinki2912 result will be the same if both heroes have same stats. It doesnt matter if its 0/0 or 30/30. Only creature with diferent result will be Behemoth/Ancient Behemoth becouse its speciality.

I guess also the Nixes for the same reason, but otherwise I agree that it would be the same.

@@blackwidow7804 maybe you're right, but I remember I did this comparisons about 20 years ago and the results was different especially for each archer units. The boost for attack and defense is different for level ups so archers become more powerful. This also applies to the units with counterattack block ability. Maybe I'm wrong that's why I wrote this I'd like to see this.

@marcinki2912 you are wrong 1000%. Atk/def counter each other. If you give both heroes same stats its the same as 0/0.

​@@blackwidow7804 OK it might be true, I don't argue cause I'm amatuer (didn't play this game for years). I just thought that each 1 points of Attack add 5% to damage and 1 DEF decrease damage 2,5% what may impact differently depending of the unit stats, but after consideration you're certainly right.

Yeah just noticed xeron has +1 luck for genie fight not sure why

@@blackwidow7804 You are right - I just went and saw that I missed that one. Unfortunately it happens from time to time, when a starting artifact sneaks in, I am usually trying to spot and prevent these accidents, and had to record some entries over. On the good side, it did not really affect the battle results at all. I even caught sometimes a ring +1/+1 for example 😅😅😅😅 By the way it cannot be edited without taking down the whole video and reuploading it, so it will have to stay like this. Thank you for catching it and watching it so closely 👍👍😊❤

It can be surprising how different units are balanced at the same level. Thanks for your comment!

Awesome, thank you!

I can relate to your comment

Still Minos better

Hardly; the Olghoi will be first unless Birbs don't bolt on every attack.

Tell that to your wife.