Heroes III: Tactical Fight Using Enemy's Ammo Cart and Sharpshooter's Bow

Game version: Heroes III Complete
Map: Wayfarer (E)
Battle No.: 5
The trick is to hide the Cyclops behind his own ammo cart and block them with his own blinded troops, in this case the Pit Lords. You must have Archdevils too, along with ring of speed to win the third turn. And, the Sharpshooter's Bow, of course, to be able to shoot when blocked. And then just wait until his mana is exhausted. Having doubled your own mana before fight, you can raise your troops and kill them one by one. Use your shots carefully, they're only 24.

[@joeschmoe3665]

I actually don't like when the game gets to these over-dimensioned levels of unlimited mana, every spell in the game maxed out with thousands and thousands of troops clashing. It's more fun when the numbers are small and the outcome of a battle is dependent on extremely delicate and subtle variables such as unit characteristics, flight, no retaliation, number of hit points, stats etc. Sometimes less is more

[@eriksaadmarhem2895]

Men se på f*n! Visste inte att du också var en heroes nörd ;). Allt gott önskar jag dig

[@joeschmoe3665]

Haha tror aldrig jag mött ngn man känner på KZbin än mindre ngn som uppskattar klassiker :) hoppas allt är bra med dig mannen !!

[@mygaffer]

Yes, I always felt the game got a bit unruly when the numbers got this big.

[@djfull4442]

I enjoyed the opposite. I leveled to pointless OP and then cast a 3000HP implosion on helpless units :D :D

[@axelaslin6074]

Its jävla xD

[@theyellowarchitect4504]

Excuse me. But what the fk did I just watch. Watching this strategy work makes me feel like I watched something illegal

[@websystema]

I think a normal opponent will find a fireball or meteor shower to fix the problem in 1 turn.

[@LiquidPotroh]

Циклопы так смотрели на вражеского героя, когда он призывал элементалей, будто хотел сказать "ну ты совсем тупой или притворяешься?"

[@denisdenisov1549]

@Леонид Кричевский )))

[@TheCursedCrusader]

Жидкий Потрох,согласен.Комп устроил нам целое шоу!

[@poplach]

сотни циклопов смотрели на него, спрятавшись за повозкой с боеприпасами

[@hexxon77]

Good move with ammo cart blocking the Cyclops. You learn something new every day.

[@balazsfenyes3880]

Or you can blind 2 stacks instead of one. Like it matters with 50 spellpower.

[@gibon1981]

I don't understand one thing: why your opponent wasted all the magic points for nothing ??? he should cast cure on the pit lords, that is first thing to do.

[@GRIMHOOD99]

Because it's not pvp match. And AI sucks at cleansing spells

[@maryjoy2092]

He is surelt the others player. Its not ia

[@michazmuda1477]

@@maryjoy2092 This is Wayfarer (E) map. Its single map where you have only 4 heroes. Yog is Orrin with Archery, Ciele is Dessa with Logistics, Gem is Mephala with Armorer and Kilgor with +2 Speed.

[@kentmaulion7644]

Si never use spells though

[@kentmaulion7644]

Ai

[@Guy-Usf4]

Nice little strategy there. Did not expect you to make that ammo cart as an impenetrable wall, lol. Well done.

[@harabe1sh1o]

cant ammo cart be destroyed ?

[@adamgmitrzuk7341]

Мартин Иванов only outside of battles/ by the opponent

[@sebastianwaldheim9762]

@@harabe1sh1o The AI would have had to kill it itself... and they can only do that by accident.

[@alegan545]

@@harabe1sh1o yes ammo cart can be destroyed, but if it is your ammo cart, you can only destroy it in battle with an area of effect spell. so like others are saying, its probably a limitation of the AI.

[@leandrusi4533]

AI: aight lemme give every existing spell there is on to each of my troops EXCEPT DISPELL OR CURE

[@KrypptikkSoulslayer]

That summon elemental spell was a pain in HOMM 2 when up against CPU.

[@zastaphs]

Oh I remember abusing OP spells like Resurrection sooooo often. Also Town Portal, Dimension Door :D My favourite hero was Jeddite with the Resurrection specialty. I always knew these spells were too OP, even game breaking, but I enjoyed it every time nonetheless :-) Made me able to win impossible fights. Good times.

[@maximmosler4758]

То чувство, когда сейчас проходишь убер сложные, кастомные карты с 200% сложности без потерь(А-ля парагон и тому подобный пиздец.), а в 2012 году я бы до такого при всём желании не додумался. Ты крут, конечно.

[@heyimyaro]

парагон это не слишком сложная карта, если честно

[@overknox6558]

This was absolutely insane.

[@TheMesteru]

brilliant. I would have never thought of that. You're awesome.

[@cb2291]

Sharpshooter bow allows them to shoot when beside an enemy, it seems

[@ToxX4N]

Exactly, I like these tactical decisions. Keep it up man!

[@serhiiromaniuk2431]

Очень классная победа. Хотя и мало применима против человека. К тому же, слишком много условий должно быть соблюдено для успешной победы... Но, как я понимаю, это специальная тактика для прохождения определенного боя на определенной карте.

[@BohdanS15]

Полностью с вами согласен.

[@azat9687]

Здорово. Ты не показал что на нем одето из артефактов

[@MrCat-tq2cg]

+Azat Umbetov и не надо, я тоже не буду, когда с Шоквейвом пвпэшится.

[@user-hv2vw1lx5r]

Vasya Pupkin артефакт золотой лук или сборный артефакт лук снайпера дают эту возможность

[@Asd-bz4to]

Руслан Шах только лук снайпера

[@Drojdier]

Pit lords weren't blind for several turns while being next to the cyclops.

[@anubiseradihate34]

he would also simply wreck him with the magogs tho... this is stupid

[@lucasstr5653]

thanks for the ammo cart bodyblock tip!

[@roxterat]

lol didn't seen weirder combat in that game than this.. nicely done!

[@GRIMHOOD99]

Look up "Vampire lords are balanced"

[@dimGerold]

Хохох. Как я это смотрю почти через 10 лет!) Зачётная стратегия. И ограниченном количестве выстрелов не забыл...

[@ErdamonTheOwlSniper]

ARE YOU A WIZARD?

[@boubbin]

this keeps amazing me :) how many times did you practise this before coming to this solution?

[@BohdanS15]

Seriously, no one would play against HUMAN PLAYER with such a gap between the opposite forces.

[@vanyochekvanyochek9175]

вот эту фразу в описание под каждым твоим видео с такими боевками,а то ведь каждый считает должным написать что он бы вот на месте компа ВЫНЕС БЫ ТЕБЯ ВЩЕПКИ)))

[@marcinrozycki4156]

I have no idea what just happened there and I am fu**ing impressed beyond recognition.

[@BohdanS15]

And because his Pit Lords stood by the Cyclopes and they would suffer from Magog's splash too. In some cases, AI doesn't take such thing into account, but in most of them, he does.

[@kingwilliamtheconqueror232]

This game was what I was raised on. I am glad I still have it. This game and Medieval 2 Total War was the shit!

[@truehealthkei]

Nice vid. You make a good use of teleport spell. Also I never thought to use their own war machine as a wall 😆

[@MrSimpluCA]

Dude you are very talented!:)

[@maxjaworski6969]

Damn wtf did I just watch. So good. Thanks for sharing.

[@Morfi333]

Do you know where can I find modification that show in parenthesis (next to "lots", "several" etc) numbers?

[@Veke99]

Nice one, but why didn't you just destroy the first aid tent so you wouldn't have to watch that animation over and over

[@BohdanS15]

I shouldn't have wounded his troops before resurrecting, that's the mistake. First Aid Tent isn't worth spending the shots for it.

[@BohdanS15]

Besides, I'ts and old version of Heroes where you have to wait for the sounds and animations to end before doing anything else. In newer mods sounds run in parallel stream so it doesn't bother you so terribly.

[@ShoutsWillEcho1]

Bogdan Sverediuk Hey, you seem to know alot about heroes. Theres one thing that has been annoying me for a long time and that is that the spells you get in your mage guilds are completely random. Is there any way to change this so that you always get fixed spells (Town portal) at level 4 for certain towns? Or maybe so that if you have Berserk in 1 town it will not appear again in another.

[@Veke99]

ShoutsWillEcho1 Not sure, you might be able to do that in the map editor, when you place a town on the map you should be able to edit some things. It's been a while since I looked at that so I don't remember.

[@BohdanS15]

ShoutsWillEcho1 Ah, I expect to see that spells in Guild Magi as soon as possible too. But, once you started to play the map, you cannot change any starting conditions. Usually, spells are given to you randomly unless the mapmaker sets them himself. If you want to get some spells for sure you can open the map via the mapeditor and change them and then save the map. But this is considered as a cheat. Better play the map as it is.

[@xI777Ix]

I feel sorry for the nowadays kids playing games that are crap and catch their eye only because of stunning graphics. Heroes III is the eternal shit - runs on XP, Vista and Win7 (I have tried only those so far), has ridiculously low system requirements, and both its concept and the idea were executed perfectly. It is a game you can play for years. Two days ago I started playing after a break of around 7-8 years.

[@kupastasia3581]

You can play it for years yet you stopped playing it for 7 years...

[@xI777Ix]

+Kupa Stasia You must be one of those persons with special needs. Let me explain it to you in a simple way. I used to play the game for years, however then comes something that you obviously have yet to experience - it is called growing up. Therefore instead of playing games I have obtained bachelor and master's degrees and now I am a working man. I can't afford the time to play games anymore, kid.

[@hilalevy9141]

Ikr I played that when I was like 7 and I still like that game

[@swedish0spartans]

Works perfectly fine on Windows 8 (aside from occasional crashing - luckily, the game autosaves one turn away from the crash everytime). Truly is a classic. Games nowadays don't have the same amount of replay value or enjoyment as such an old game like HoMM III has!

[@larsliimets]

xI777Ix It works on windows 10 aswell (although it crashes sometimes.) I actually started playing this at 2011 I think (yes, 2011!) It was my cousin that showed me this game and I was still amazed by it. Right now I started playing this again and I still think it's one of the best games I've ever played.

[@HeroesGamer3heroes]

Бой заслуживающий уважения)

[@agbrenv]

you lost 5 devils so this is only an Advanced tactical fight not an Expert :)))

[@Resursator]

For expert level he would resurrect this 5 devils, it's just a matter of time.

[@josipmaric6297]

I would say he got lucky that other player didn't have THAT NO SPELL ORB.:)) LMFAO.

[@josipmaric6297]

I would blind him and attack after remove blind spell when it's my turn this is clearly fake there is no chance to win this this is fake or the other player forget that he can unblind the sam turn and just switch soliders turn

[@nanaconventa1337]

it's ai...

[@GRIMHOOD99]

Expert tactician would cast berserker before everything got antimagic

[@thehardwaregirl]

I am so impressed I don't even know what to say!

[@yuomovaeh3028]

This would look funny as a live action movie. Hundreads of cyclops and dead bodies hiding behind an ammo cart and an army of blind pit lords, getting resurrected.

[@igormaryshev2579]

Dude this was awsome!

[@netshaft]

Its far more easy to use mass slow and then blind them one by one.After that you kill each unit easily and you don't spend so much mana.

[@djd8790]

One little useful tactic you could have also used is to wait the archdevils, then attack when it comes back to them, then return to their original position on their following turn. With their high speed and no enemy retaliation, they will receive 2 turns in sequence, allowing for a free attack with no hindrance to their health or position on the field. I realize for this particular fight it wouldnt have made much of a difference, but still useful nonetheless

[@TheExtremeExplorer]

Давно не говорил в слух этих слов. "Вау." Спасибо.

[@BohdanS15]

because I possess The Sharpshooter's Bow, this artifact gives me such an ability!

[@jinyaolu829]

i believe you can equip the badge of courage to make the cyclops immune to mind spells? (blind)

[@RichardChen]

Hey, bro! I am also playing Wayfarer(E) now, and this is my first fight here. I learned a lot from your video, so can you give me any suggestions plz^^? Heroes III (The Shadow of Death): Trick 1 - Blind & Shoot!

[@danyaronin1337]

как же все гениально и просто! чувак, ты крут!

[@W1ndF4lc0n]

Can you do a full playthrough of this map? I know it would be quite the undertaking, but I think it would be glorious.

[@BohdanS15]

Yeah, I'll do it.

[@electromontazhspb]

нихрена себе вы стратег! я б не догадался!

[@yangzhao8900]

he resurrected all the cyclops before starting shooting, this is smart, otherwise he wouldn't have enough shots to kill all of them.

[@oskarmadry550]

Number of shots don't change but damage

[@yangzhao8900]

​@@oskarmadry550 Number of shots "needed to kill all the enemies" do change. Think about how many shots you need to kill 1000 earth elementals with 1 cyclop, and how many shots you need with 1000 cyclop;

[@oskarmadry550]

@@yangzhao8900 so that isn't number of shots but number of Units, Cyclops only have 24 shots

[@yangzhao8900]

@@oskarmadry550 I don't know why this is so hard to understand. If you have only 1 cyclops, even after you spend all 24 shots, there will be still a lot of enemies to kill. If you revive the 1000 cyclops first before wasting any shot, you can kill all of them with 24 shots. Do you get the point?

[@Morkftw]

This is the most incredible gaming video that I've seen in years, great job, sir!

[@rockandwolf]

well done :) but why do the magogs not attack you anyway? (after forgetfullness)

[@madclowntapia]

mark hoogerwaard forgetfulness seems to be the answer based on the comments.

[@sunjai01]

99 spell points

[@AbbeDabbe77]

I see you can a lot of Heroes but, who do you think is the best lvl4 unit? Crusaders or Vemp lords? and which lvl4 unit is the worst in your opinion?

[@MrXoloD]

awesome video dude! Realy like it!

[@maradabaradoza3411]

well it might be a stupid question but why couldn't the enemy attack with smth like lightning bolts or etc instead of spawning this enormous amount of earth elements?

[@Aristosek]

Why enemy didnt used single cure/dispell/berserk or at least antimagic on pit fiends (he wasted A LOT a-magic on earth elementals...)?

[@Jeroeniepoen]

Your a very desent HOMM3 player good to see this game is still alive

[@ronschneider725]

lol all those Earth elements i died

[@noskilldud]

truly fantastic! genius mastermind :)

[@JonathanPolancos]

How can the cyclops do a range attack when the pit lord is 1 block next to him?

[@krakowolkusz7941]

i must say, a perfect use of a weak AI abbilties. Honor to U my friend, this tactic may come in handy in various campaings when enemy is just overfed with units. A well earned Like champ XD

[@michaellv426]

Can God create such a heavy ammo cart that even he won't move it aside? Yes, he can. This video shows what happens as a result.

[@user-uh3sd2ym8v]

There are more difficult and interesting combats in Paragon map. In this battle you can see original use shaport bow vs II. But this battle I use force-field and anti-magic, I think. (Sorry,English isn't my language).

[@dylanxu1213]

So wait.... why didn't he use his magogs on your cyclops? the "forgetful" spell was dispelled by antimagic at 2:38

[@JN-hs5xl]

because then he'd deal damage to his pitlords and ammo cart, and AI tries to avoid friendly fire

[@babasemka]

Imagine having expert bloodlust and disrupting ray

[@MattbyNature]

I don't get this.How would the enemy be able to spam summon so many forces?

[@22bach64]

this ivan is such a master

[@Fingolfin3423]

Well done, Bogdan.

[@omiedoi1673]

is there something wrong using haste and cure..so he should be the first to make a move..this fight is kinda dumb

[@Nik-un4pd]

Which WoG options did you turn on? Any mods in this maybe?

[@user-gu3ld6mp6y]

Необычно. Красавчик!

[@shish8705]

Why doesn't the cyclops have area damage

[@Bot-zn8fp]

Когда он наспамил миллион миллиардов говнюков у меня чуть сердце не остановилось))

[@psionictransvection]

Does this book have any art from Heroes 3 ?

[@Caersakal]

Hey Guys! Im looking for ALL of the short BATTLE music that start 0:04 to 0:10. Cant find it. Can you help me?

[@BohdanS15]

Hi! These beginnings are not included the game's soundtrack, but if you are a good programmer, you can exctract these sounds from the game's files.

[@Caersakal]

Bogdan Sverediuk which one is this file? I wanna try to extract it! :)

[@BohdanS15]

***** I don't know which one... Try to do some digging.

[@TimmyInTarky]

***** I guess you can just record it?

[@mioTive]

The question is.. why the enemy didn’t use Dispel or anything to unlock the blind?

[@BohdanS15]

По той же причине, что и он: все его войска ослеплены или не могут добраться до моих войск, а значит, игрок полностью пропускает свой ход. Вот и выходит, что я хожу непрерывно.

[@snusmumric2002able]

а почему он не кастует на циклопов ослепление или просто молнию зачем он элементалей земли то кастует?

[@user-fs1qu8zx3i]

@@snusmumric2002able потому-что бот

[@Lesandi]

What the f... 😄 Nicely done, mate

[@sebastianwaldheim9762]

Just awesome!

[@seerixgames]

Excellent vid 😎

[@Sdeede]

i can see on your videos that u are skilled. Try the map "Islands and Caves" on the hardest difficulty xD

[@karlkani69]

awesome :) very nice job

[@mugzyo.c9571]

I use to play this game naked in my adolescence and I would always become very giddy whenever upgrades on my castle were available

[@crimsonkhan3815]

Nice setup. thup for this... i didn't know range attackers can attack others when blinded enemy unit nearby tough!....edit: Russians are best in gaming and that HD+ mode they've created!?...man! that was a huge contribution to all "HoMM3 forever" fans.

[@user-kv8uo7kh6q]

It is interesting, but there is a more efficient and simple combination of Force field + Forgetfulness + Counterspell.

[@marcing2505]

Awesome video bro! greetings from Poland :)

[@ganolf1]

Damn, you are beast man

[@devinhuang8329]

How could the cyclops keep going before all the other units towards the end there? Did he keep increasing the cyclops speed or something?

[@scarletevans4474]

That's why he mentioned that Ring of the Wayfarer is needed. It gives +1 speed and Cyclopes becomes faster than Cerberi, the rest (aside of Efreets and Arch Devils) is slower anyway :)

[@msfritz9158]

Couldn't the computer use Meteor Shower to destroy the ammo cart?

[@engineerednaturalaesthetic584]

Awesome battle

[@hoagnamvu4008]

what is the version of this game? LOL, i don't think it is the version WoG or SoD because the heroes don't know to use thi skill : Cure or Dispel. Anyway, i like this video and your strategy. Thanks

[@MrEquer]

And what tactical was in this fight ?

[@BohdanS15]

Because I cast Forgetfulness firstly.

[@ShadowG72]

Brilliant!

[@axesata]

Why didn't the AI use damaging spells on the cyclopes to finish them off wtf? 2 implosions and they were gone.

[@Aviv_S]

Impressive!

[@moondoggyJ55]

why didnt he dispel the blind on the pit lords?

[@slodziak964]

omfg.. How You can be so simply clever.. Good game man :D

[@jacobtakac1957]

So, you've gathered all four magic skills + wisdom? Well, I was thinking about that too, but than again... he's supposed to be a might hero, so I just gave him such skills. But now I'll probably try the same thing you did,

[@rokk144]

Very nice strategy. But if this battle was done against a real person it wouldn't have gone like that.

[@VeRtiGo5PRO]

God u are so amazing genius :D

[@Trufflemonk]

Sun Tzu: Art Of War

[@ShoutsWillEcho1]

Really cool video, man. I would have lasted maybe 10 rounds and then died haha

[@jinyaolu829]

why can't he use meteor shower to destroy his own cart?