Heroes of Might and Magic III: Ranking the Town Factions

I’ve always considered Heroes Might of Magic III Complete Edition to be the best in the series, and it is the one I return most to in large part due to its compelling collection of factions. Each has something to like, but there can be only one to rule them all.
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[@SirMcAwesome]

The guy is careful to state that the list is mostly his opinion based on how cool the factions look for him and his playstyle in general, states that they are all decent at the end of the day and even mentions while going through the list that a certain faction is actually considered very strong by most but he doesn't like to play it as much so he's putting it lower. Still didn't stop a horde of spastics raging in the comments section because some faction is not where it should be.

[@wheelskis]

Had similar thoughts. It is an opinion based video, but he tries to address different variables of each faction. I find it amusing that so many people would dislike this. I am not reading below this, as I do not want to get sucked into the wormhole.

[@Xsifilad]

We don't care, we like to bash ppl :D

[@layelaye]

Maybe he shoulden't name it a tier list then?

[@SirMcAwesome]

@@layelaye why not? It's HIS tier list, based on what he finds most fun to play. A tier list doesn't have to mean most powerful, can be based on looks, performance, efficiency, how good a faction is early or late, etc. It's also subjective by nature and it is virtually impossible to make a tier list that everyone will agree with. Best you can do is try to find what the most common opinion is.

[@rommack5337]

@@SirMcAwesome but... this tier list has no interest then... no more than MY tier list, but no one want to watch that, so why watching this one? because of the vague title... so, people are pissed

[@ManfredHanberg]

I agree, the "Ancient Bahamas" is a really good unit

[@CommandanteRamon]

Better than your Trinidad and Tobago 😀

[@ShadoWafel]

giving your opinion on HOMM3 factions? brave man

[@tranduyhung7770]

F

[@xavierfranco5800]

LOL agree.

[@TheSpiritedFendron]

I disagree, every1 has their own opinions

[@TheSpiritedFendron]

conflux is on the 6th place, I disagree with my previous statement

[@gergelybrandt5279]

It is like summon a demon :D

[@localidiot3868]

Gem:I have golden dragons and unicorns Sandro:Well I have vampires and necromancy Crag Hack:.... Sandro:Well, barbarian,what do you have? Crag Hack:I have ancient Bahamas

[@ayyowassup]

Lol that is sad

[@jeschinstad]

Vidomina: Alright, Crag. I'll take your Ancient Bohemoths and turn them into Skeleton Warriors and I'll keep you as my pet. Gem: What about me? Vidomina: You can be a Rampart town hero. Sandro: What about me? Vidomina: Dismiss Hero.

[@DOGEreal]

@@jeschinstad Sir mullich: Lmao Vidomina look at your Tier 7 unit, what a loser honestly, sorry to break it to you but necromancy has been nerfed to ground.

[@Sillyboi05]

stronghold at 7 Craig hack wants to know your location

[@lesgo3616]

suomi perkele

[@NanosoftRussia]

@@lesgo3616 PERKELE

[@Eggmith]

Classic noob.

[@Tibor0803]

Crag Hack has to know each other with Tazar. Fortress got last placed and Tazar is actually the cheesiest physical hero in the game, not Crag Hack.

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

People who still claim necro is op played last time homm in their puberty i think... google Horns of the abyss lol... i just got crushed with necro the other day playing with my friends.. lost accidentally vidomina at day 3 to golden dragons.... didnt read what combat im going into :D never recovered from that.. eventho in drunkass game they also lost their first heroes haha.. =D faction and heroes highly depend on what map you play imho... i dont remember wich map we played, init zone litearally had no Goldmine... and what happens to necro without gold? :D

[@josefraypon6283]

Its good to know that there are still players of this game after how many years.. 👍👍

[@blabla-rg7ky]

quality games are evergreen

[@yuripantyhose4973]

showed the game too my sibling who is 13 years now and he loves it more than lol and fortnite :P the problem is it doesn't have word of mouth with you young people today, if not it would still be played as hell.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

@@yuripantyhose4973 not that it's not a great game (I would know, after all I still play it today xD), but... I think part of why your sibling loves HoMM more than LoL is because it allows for more freedom and creating stuff at your own pace. In LoL you have to adapt to your team's gameplay, and you rarely have time to enjoy the graphics, whereas with Heroes you just take your time to explore everything. I remember when I have first stumbled upon Heroes 3 that it's taken me over 6 full months to learn the basics... and I was only playing Rampart, cause I knew about Pegasi, and centaurs, and because gold dragons looked so cool. I was 19 years old at that time, and I had no idea what HoMM was (I haven't played H1 or H2 before, nor have I heard anything about them previously so I could relate), and I have been still amazed by all of the things (creatures, upgrades, beautiful colours, skills, artefacts, and so on). Like I said, it's taken me over 6 months (probably close to 8, or 9 months) to learn the game before I even considered playing another faction. And when I say "learn the game" I don't mean tactics, I mean just being able to win a fight against the AI on easy mode while turtling in my own castle xD .... Oh, the memories.... Anyway, I'm glad your sibling likes the game, cause a game like Heroes 3 deserves a hell lot more recognition and players, even today....

[@paw1ak_248]

Xd ye

[@matteste]

If you check the GoG store, then you'll see that Heroes III is frequently among their most top selling titles.

[@LaatiMafia]

I didn't know Stronghold had Bahamas as their unit.

[@blisterbrain]

They're a tough unit, all right, but completely hopeless against the storm spell

[@verloser]

@@blisterbrain storm has issues. Mainly it's do half dmg then move to next do half of that and half to another. And the pendant of negativity it quite easy to obtain. Meteor shower on the other hand has quicker dps gain with spell power compared to other multi hitting spells

[@blisterbrain]

@@verloser I know, I never much use the storm spell, myself. It was a weak attempt at a joke, as The Bahamas had just suffered through a devastating hurricane. : (

[@hamishreid8791]

His pronunciation leaves a lot to be desired. Talks too fast!

[@chainsawplayin]

And holland

[@AilingRodent]

The music and atmosphere of this game is just so good, part of what makes it still playable after all this time.

[@Zulandar]

*Laughs in cloak of the undead king with 100k Power Liches* Yes, truly it is the aesthetics and skill that makes Necropolis so powerful.

[@gubunki]

unless you get fucked by most other towns before you assemble that

[@mrrhombus716]

@@gubunki Necropolis also has the overpowered Vampire Lord to carry it through midgame. So really the only weakness of Necro is the super super super early game, but then Necro heroes get Earth magic skill very easily which is very strong early game.

[@filthyswit]

If you haven't won by the time you get that many units...

[@sergebouchard4809]

Too slow and they must have the right ressources

[@Zaxares]

I absolutely LOVE that artifact as a Necropolis player, mostly because, as the only ranged unit for the Necro, your Liches are always under CONSTANT attack from enemy ranged units and thus get depleted a lot over the campaign.

[@sergeylipov4510]

This game is something special. Every creature from any book, mythology or just a story is included in this game. They are so many options you can choose from. I love Heroes 3.. the turn base idea, the massive map with hidden dangers and rewards literally on every corner, the dungeons to explore, the beautiful book with all the spells you can imagine.. and more. This is a complete game experience!! I remember playing it twenty years ago with friends on the same computer, waiting for each one of us to complete their turn, it was awesome! I really really hoped for many years now that some game developer will see the beauty of this game and take it to a other level (like they did with Star Craft. They took the game and created a masterpiece just because they've kept the original authentic look and mechanics of the game and only improved them in Star Craft 2). This was very important in order not to lose the fans. Instead Heroes 4 and any other Heroes game after that was a step away from the original look of Heroes 3.. and that's why they were so disappointing. I am still hoping till this day..

[@chrisentolentino1325]

yeah heroes 3 is the best. played Heroes 3 when I was 10yrs. old now Im 31 and Im still playing this game with my older brother and my uncle when we have freetime to play! hahaha

[@hutch9016]

Me and my friends played this when we were 8 now we are 26 and we still play it hot seat every winter and it seriously is as fun and exciting every time aw it was over 20 years ago. Legendary game

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

Homm was real-time at first (besides combat)... was bought up from russians and turned into turnbased.. King's Bounty is the godfather :D the people who made King's Bounty series actually are the authors of this game :) Tier list of this video is comedy at best... he clearly doesn't play competitively in HotA... personal tier list i guess : )

[@user-jy3px8to9z]

Lets not forget that adorable artifact that makes necromancy give back liches ^^

[@alexg3911]

For me Heroes 5 is the best one, with Heroes 3 coming in close second. Might get hanged in the streets for this opinion though

[@iuu89]

The Bahamoths are dope

[@Naxx1404]

aahhh the ancient Bahamas...

[@blabla-rg7ky]

behemoths*

[@pawelsewerynek]

@@blabla-rg7ky watch the videos first and you'll get it

[@blabla-rg7ky]

@@pawelsewerynek I don't need / want to get anything. Behemoths is the right term and that's all I had to say. Let's move on

[@pawelsewerynek]

@@blabla-rg7ky the point was that this guy is making fun of the way he pronounced behemoth and you just seem to have a stick up your ass

[@wowathena]

I remember playing online against one dude from finland like 10 years ago. It was like most fun match i ever had. I was inferno with spellcaster hero with shtload of mana and spellpower and he was dungeon overlord. after initial skirmish with our main heroes he runned away. i was pissed, but i had ace in a hole.I found and purchased shackles of no retreating. was giggling at my little evil plan xD After finally chasing hem down to finish hem off once and for good, we had our final fight. But then i realized i cant cast any spells!! Dude bought freaking anti casting artifact from artifact merchant and i pretty much killed myself haha xD best game ever :)

[@Ianassa91]

Suomi Finland perkele Torilla tavataan! Have a nice day.

[@spaceyamcha8590]

How to play online :V

[@spaceyamcha8590]

@@necromancer803 where to get free version ?

[@spaceyamcha8590]

@@necromancer803 how to find their facebook ?

[@spaceyamcha8590]

@@necromancer803 thank you

[@morenakuu2728]

So you're trying to tell me, I shouldn't pick based on what my favorite theme song is?

[@hellgamingtv1621]

Ikr

[@tekissza92]

You absolutely should

[@Sebzett1]

So many memories, geez Thanks for the video, i never had a favorite faction, i loved all of them, except the elementals

[@Chyrosran22]

I always loved the fortress town the most! xD So many cool abilities among their creatures. But yeah, not particularly strong xD . Lvl 3 max magic guild was really bad.

[@HiilandKew]

Try and capture with Tazar any other faction town as early as possible. That's my best bet for survival as the level 3 magic guild combined with slow creatures is a huge hindrance for late game.

[@proliloli2141]

That soundtrack too! Probably top 2 background themes alongside Stronghold for me.

[@pawemisztal3941]

​@@HiilandKew I agree, it's far from the best but it has its uses. It can really shine on small maps with limited resources because everything is just so cheap there, that's why I like it a lot.

[@Sharnoy1]

I'll always love Fortress because they were the very first faction I ever played :)

[@nemtudom5074]

Oh, hey, fancy seeing you here! Is there a chance you'd make a video or two about the game?

[@adrunkhomelesguy8675]

I'm a die hard fan of Dungeon. Been my favorite for 20 years. I love it's theme, the heroes, and the units. You have three units that can fly (Scorpicores, black dragons, and harpy hags) plus two units who dish out ranged damage. The evil eyes, once you've got a massive amount of them are ridiculously powerful for their tier. I absolutely love the dungeon and it's always my go to. However Necropolis is my second favorite. Love those guys

[@blabla-rg7ky]

I don't fancy any of the towns you like

[@k.p.n.1804]

my favs are Necro, Dung and Stronghold

[@blabla-rg7ky]

@@k.p.n.1804 I don't care. Stronghold is OK, but the other 2 are not. And necro is for pussies anyway xD

[@zolivk5513]

Black Dragons Rule Forever!!!

[@zolivk5513]

Target:upg.harpy,+upg.manticore+ red dragon in first month+logistic.U had a incredible fast and mobile army to rule the early game. GL HF!!!

[@hpholland]

Great video. Stronghold has the best theme music. I had an OCD moment at 1:31 “Hydra can attack all surrounding creatures” (Shows video of hydra attacking one creature)

[@xavierfranco5800]

LOL

[@stefandjurachkovitch8624]

the videos weren't perhaps the most exemplary

[@BillWD]

This game is one of the best ever made when it's era is taken into account. I play it to this day. We all have our favourite 1 or 2 or 4 factions but to be honest I like all of them. I could go into more detail on where towns rank but nows not the time! There is a board game coming out soon, kickstarter to launch. It looks great with the aesthetic.

[@Liuouis]

why am i watching this 4am in the morning I dont even play the game

[@s3340985]

After a while you realise that the faction most fun to play is Random :D

[@hellgamingtv1621]

Ikr

[@nightdruid540]

i LOVE nearly all of the factions on an aesthetic level but conflux is by far one of my favorites. i've always, always held it dear to my heart. rampart too. then dungeon and tower. honestly about all of them. this game is so nostalgic and revisiting it has been wonderful :')

[@chrisberg2]

I love getting the necromany artifact that makes you get liches each encounter instead of skeletons.

[@taki6930]

I can't do It bro

[@tylerfortin3239]

Cloak of the undead king

[@gerardwiktorowicz5003]

​@@tylerfortin3239 Cloak of the unbalanced king*

[@OrdoStorm]

Fortress Is one of the fastest expanding castle. There is lots of tactics to use Serpent Flies (very fast units) Lizardsman, viverns early in the game. Before Tower upgrade mages we have 3 castles and powerful mixed army.

[@berro100]

Ordo Storm agreed fortress and stronghold are early and mid game killers but if I can outlast them most of the time I end up overrunning them

[@MaxsMonthlyChallenge]

Great video!

[@xMarbleSnow]

I've loved the Necropolis since I first started playing the game as a little kid. I still use it today and its still my favorite

[@DoCKathos]

Hello? Fortress is the worst? You have got to be kidding, or are we just ignoring the fact that Inferno is in the game?

[@QuickSaveAus]

Inferno? Never heard of it. Really though it's right after Fortress. List videos are pretty much entirely based on opinion and this is the order I picked... still, thanks for watching. It's a great game though, we can at least agree on that right?

[@carvul1]

I was really shocked to see Fortress come up in the begining. Inferno is considered the worst town, but many people don't agree with Fortress either. In the end they are both good, I would say Inferno is harder to play, but it can really stack some serious damage, easily rivals Stronghold

[@blabla-rg7ky]

yeah, the moment I saw that Fortress is the worst town in his ranking I have stopped caring for what this moron has to say. As someone who has had his ass whooped most of the time in hotseat games (some 17-18 years ago when I played Heroes 3 like a maniac with my friends) Fortress has been the town that has brought me the most victories. And not because I am particularly good with Fortress, but simply because Tazar is too strong of a hero, especially in late game like we used to play back then. Actually, Tazar + Fortress are a strong combination, but even so, Fortress is too strong IF played right, that is.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

@S D on paper you are right. In practice, you aren't, I have just played a game last year (against the AI, but the facts remain) where the last standing unit in my army have been the dendroids. I have had about 8800 of them and they were dealing 415k damage to Titans, and you wouldn't expect this kind of damage from a defensive creature against the almighty Titan, especially since the AI's hero had +10 ATT and DEF more than my hero. That's one thing.... The second thing, most of my victories in hotseat mode against my friend have come when I have played Tazar, and some of those victories have been against Crag Hack (yeah, my friend has been a huge fan of CH, and of offense in general). So again, your statement is only true in theory. In practice defense wins most of the time

[@blabla-rg7ky]

@Neverlandia you might want to get a life, mr. "pro". Living to play Heroes all the time is not healthy for you (mentally speaking), And with this, I'm out. Feel free to rage alone behind the keyboard cause I ain't replying to you anymore.

[@krispinho10]

I like your video, might have a different view on some of the castles but that's to be expected - everyone has an opinion and your ranking definitely makes sense. What I thought was missing here was maybe slightly more info about benefits of each castle. For instance - in Necropolis no unit can be blinded, in Conflux you can select any magic school you wish (in other words ENSURE to have earth magic), Tower gives you more spells, etc. Plus it would be nice to cover what the grail looks like in each of them. Great video, though! I love it :D

[@Mollehertz]

Nice video dude - i don’t agree on all accounts but what can you expect ! Got so much nostalgia for this game.

[@vincentdarby1080]

I have been playing Hero 3 for so long :) and still play it.

[@CiastoToKlamstwo]

>skeletons >not assembling the cloak of B A L A N C E D king for liches

[@RawFrequency]

The music in this game

[@razzogatto7960]

What version or add on is this? I have never seen that recruit screen before (or how do you get to it?)

[@mashek331]

Great video. I love all the factions, but Rampart is probably my favourite. I simply can't go past that wonderful fantasy and nature aesthetic, like a place I'd love to visit. Castle is probably the most well-rounded in my opinion, but Dungeon is also very fun to play.

[@sanchellewellyn1681]

Fortress may look weak, but you can flatten those dragon utopias with enough mighty gorgons . . .

[@mashek331]

@@sanchellewellyn1681 Yeah, Gorgons are brutal. I hate playing against both those and manticores :P.

[@Arkki11]

Honestly Necropolis has always been my favorite because of the undead theme and because my favorite unit is the vampire

[@jameswheat4225]

Love this video, gives me crazy nastolgia

[@furryface1057]

i usually pick the Tower , and the lookout tower is my first upgrade to see my surrounding area for Minerals , plus this castle has an Artifact Dealer and 2 level 5 spells in the Mage Tower level 5 , and i was very happy to find out i can change these spells too , but can be very costly in Minerals doing this 2 or 3 times to try and get what you prefer , and when the big war is Finally over you have your Titans left if nothing else

[@u9vata]

How you mean "change these spells too"? I do not know about being able to change spells of a mage tower / guild....

[@piter7239]

​@@u9vata that's a mechanic added in unofficial Horn of the Abyss expansion, you can reroll a spell in your mage guild for a price equal to building a mage guild corresponding to a level of researched spell so if you want to reroll a level 4 spell you have to pay as much as for buying a whole new level 4 mage guild

[@Cerulean0987]

Tower imo is my favorite. Sure it may be expensive, but once you get going you are virtually unstoppable. With spell casting genies and 3 teirs of shooters with a good chance of earth and air mastery and a better chance at getting those OP spells (mass haste, mass slow, chain lightning, and town portal), you are hopping from town to town mowing armies before the cross the battlefield. There is something very satisfying about that.

[@brianmayabella5992]

Yes. I bring only naga, titan, gremlin, magi and 3 stack genies. Raining buff to my units aside from offensive heroes like solmyr

[@lunaticfringe896]

You nailed it. But note the drawback---it's expensive and tends to play better in larger maps because of it. I often love to play Dungeon or Tower on small maps for the sheer challenge. They aren't easy early game if pushed

[@Cerulean0987]

@@lunaticfringe896 Yeah. The key is an almost obsessive focus on your economy focusing on mines, mills leprechauns and all town resource buildings.

[@daddymasamune5485]

Top Tier: (Always Ban) Conflux/Necro A Tier: Castle, Tower(Rich Maps), Stronghold(Small Maps) B Tier: Rampart, Dungeon, Fortress, Inferno (They are all limited depending on Ressource,Time and Artifacts or Hero Traits to work, but can do well if mastered/lucky) C Tier: Tower(No Ressource Maps) Inferno(Diplomacy Ban), Rampart(Huge Map) This is my opinion on current Meta in "Pro" PVP as I watch many Pros who also analyse strategies and do guides. Many Strats only work when lucky and insta loose Week 3 if not assembled. Only Tier S and A can come back from these properly. If you don't get wood early with Rampart you can do a restart. If you don't get gold after that you can forfeit. That's just how the game works.

[@Nuclearcx]

Castle's nearly as good as Conflux/Necro because of A-Angel resurrection and how OP they are in general as the last tier unit. Crusader is a crazy 4th tier also.

[@Dadutta]

the music makes this is a work of art

[@nerdynautilus5373]

I forgot how much I love the music in this game

[@cincinatus90]

although i disagreed with some of what you said, i enjoyed the video and it was unique content, at least for me. Heres a thumbs up and a sub. Thanks!

[@jonsson666]

All castles have their pros and cons and are quite well-balanced.... just kidding - N E C R O P O L I S

[@iiequinox8044]

Lol for real, they have necromancy, Vampires are broken, Black Knights are really good but they're ultimate unit is kinda bad

[@Fantasy_huddle]

Great review. I love Stronghold. I totally agree with your bottom two as well.

[@UserUser-ei9fb]

That music is so good to listen to :)

[@dennis2966]

My favorite faction was and is the Rampart Town. Mostly because I love the theme song and could listen to it for hours. Then there are the elves and unicorns, a fantasy lover's dream. My personal second favorite is the Tower Town, thanks to the mages and Titans.

[@thorsell4357]

Listen to the sylvan theme for heroes 7. It is one of my favorites

[@mihaid6450]

Necropolis is the #1 for me with Thant as the most efficient hero in the early game. Fortress is my second option because of Tazar but it lacks 4/5 lvl mageguild and that is a huge drawback. Truth is whoever gets town portal and earth magic first will have a great advantage. I always play on impossible so heroes that provide gold are great assets. Alas Lord Haart is no more.

[@alexandershopov8139]

Grindan and Luna from conflux send u their regards about early efficient hero note.

[@karlhans8304]

Was a good video, I hope your channel blows up more

[@mitchellfagan7701]

Still play this game to this day It will always hold a special place in my heart ❤️

[@mitchellfagan7701]

@David Neagoe I know yeah, I don't know many people who do nowadays

[@Upsideround]

almost 22 years later and this is still relevant.

[@Thedrunkenswede1337]

Yup just started a new game today 🤣

[@Frankminimia]

Oh man that Fortress music takes me back! Necropolis mvp though

[@felix0704]

Whats the music right at the begining? It was used in the outro of the PS4 reveal event. 😄

[@metetekin6437]

They should just recreate this game without changing any maps,heroes,artifacts,dynamics or towns just with modern graphics and online modes.

[@LaineyDragonair]

Mete Tekin agreed!!!!

[@veteranoftheemuwar6859]

No the graphics are perfect they have age as fine wine but i agree about multiplayer

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

Every city is ridiculously OP if played right :) This is why this game is so fun even after all these years.

[@ruskyhusky69]

I agree 100%

[@bosspoke]

Easy difficulty (small/medium): 1. Conflux 2. Tower 3. Castle 4. Dungeon 5. Rampart 6. Stronghold 7. Inferno 8. Fortress 9. Necropolis Easy (large/extra large) 1. Inferno (Needs great player) 2. Necro (Best with cloak) 3. Conflux 4. Tower 5. Castle 6. Dungeon 7. Rampart 8. Stronghold 9. Fortress Hard (Small/medium): 1. Conflux 2. Fortress 3. Castle 4. Stronghold 5. Dungeon 6. Rampart 7. Inferno 8. Tower 9. Necro Hard (large/extra large): 1. Inferno 2. Necropolis 3. Conflux 4. Tower 5. Castle 6. Dungeon 7. Rampart 8. Fortress 9. Stronghold Impossible (small/medium): 1. Fortress 2. Stronghold 3. Conflux 4. Castle 5. Rampart 6. Dungeon 7. Inferno 8. Necropolis 9. Tower Impossible (large/extra large): 1. Necropolis 2. Inferno 3. Conflux 4. Fortress 5. Castle 6. Tower 7. Rampart 8. Dungeon 9. Stronghold I just see Conflux as exellent regardless of circumstance, therefore overall best :d

[@paw1ak_248]

You're funny putting trashferno in 1st necro is best in big maps in small its stronghold in medium its dungeon

[@Kristyjunior]

i am litraly 12 and i started to play when i was 3 wean i think about it i have been playing this game over 8 and even today i play it it was one of the games that i used to go straight to the computer and right away just boot the game up and play thanks for the amazing memories HoMM3 i wil never forget the amazing times

[@Kragnar1]

Nice list. I’d mostly agree with it (only swapping a couple, maybe, but it’d be close). Very good list mate.

[@cdcdrr]

You forgot to mention how the skeleton transformer turns dragons and hydras into bone dragons, allowing you to build a staggering number of them for your primary force if there's a bunch of creature generators from which to draw fodder. This town is broken, and heaven help the player who faces a Necropolis player who's obtained the Cloak of the Undead King, which is insultingly easy to do.

[@whaddyathink949]

You just taught me that. Thanks

[@Metalblowing]

I will analyse the game based on what I like or dislike. Yeah, there is no analysis here.

[@ThiaZdk]

What version of homm 3 are u playing?

[@lordatharu]

I play fortress most of the time actually, and for thee main reasons 1: Debuffs can win you the game, especially with how quick serpent flies are and how each shot with the lizard warrior can inflict poison. 2: Cheap cost can make you play pretty quickly, expanding faster than other towns 3: I like lizards and stuff, ok... their cool... I also mostly play against friends and not competitive, so I don’t have much of a taste for competitive play, so I don’t really know how fortress plays out in that type of match. I just felt I should put my opinion out there. Extra thoughts: Movement artifacts allow you to decimate other armies, or for the opponents archers, especially early-game, spells can dispatch them pretty easy

[@crossmodulation9730]

I can tell that you've never had any experience playing against actual humans, because you said Fortress is the worst.

[@dmytroskrypka]

Dead within one month

[@moonfireart3791]

Seriously. This guy has no idea. Conflux at #6????

[@jairomy]

20 Wyverns week 2 say whats up lol!

[@Elchupanibres]

@@jairomy that is u have the Resources :D but y love wyverns if i have many hate them if i face many, like with vampire lords, also a very annoying unit to face but i love them if i have them, and many of them, but they are quite costly, wyverns not as much tbh, to build the building that is.

[@TheBikeOnTheMoon]

@Fergus they are indeed one of the most powerful units

[@m.j.torque511]

I was an online player in the past. I specialize in using Stronghold (Gurnisson as hero -Ballista) and Fortress. I don't compete with other players if the map is not set to Impossible, (not a dime of initial reaources, except for the bonus you selected.) Aim for a 1st week Behemoth, and look for Logistics, Ranged and Artillery. Better if you can get Cyclops rather than Behemoth on the 1st week ( My fav setup for Small to Large Maps). I usually win with this set up on the second week, or early 3rd week. For XL, I don't select Gurnisson. Instead, I use Crag Hack or Shiva as initial hero. In this map size. I always look for Air Magic and Logistics as priority. Seeking speed boosting artifacts to get that initial strike. You should aim for a 15 speed (Shiva can help) Thunderbirds, so that even if a castle hero uses Mass Haste (except for haste specialty hero or grass terrain) you'll get that very important "second turn" after the Archangels attacked. This leaves the Archangels vulnerable to all of your units, provided that you have mass slow. If the Castle Player opted to wait, it will be a massacre after you cast Mass Haste. This is why 15 speed on a Thunderbird is very important when playing Stronghold. Provided that you don't drag thr game too long.

[@Endorsememe]

Here is the actual real tier list by someone who played this game since release: S tier: Necro and Conflux(with Luna) A tier: Castle(A++ just barely not S tier) and Dungeon B tier: Rampart and Fortress C tier: Stronghold (on lower MMR this town is higher between A and B, falls off pretty hard on higher levels sadly) D tier: Tower (maybe E tier on big maps) F tier: Inferno (really bad, basically unplayable in PvP)

[@erikefse9050]

Love how you say a lot of the positive of the towns even at the beginnning of the list

[@shahriarchowdhury7871]

damn when did i grow up? i miss those days...

[@GCatalinStefan]

This looks more like a list based on your preferences. The actual power level list (based on Shadow of Death version of the game) loos like this: Broken as hell: 1. Necropolis - Necromancy skill. This can win the game by itself just because it can harvest all the creatures into skeletons. Galtharan / Isra / Vidomina are good on any faction. 2. Conflux - Sprites and Storm Elementals are absolutely insane. Grinden with Slow in the book and earth magic as a beginning skill which is absolutely insane snowball potential. All of these along with cheap base creatures and the fastest lvl 7 in game + 4 lvls 7 per week to get an absolute monster stomping everything you see. A Tier: 3. Rampart - Good start with kyrre and upgraded elves which are by far the best level 3 in game, competing with lvl 4 and some lvl 5 units. The elves can clear the whole early game content by themselves, not to mention the centaurs and the pegasi which offer you the edge in early game thanks to their speed and 2 square constitution. Add the green and Gold dragon to all of these and you get some powerful army to clear the map. All these come with the price of expensive level 7 unit and pretty low mobility and damage or too squishy creatures, except the elves. Gold Dragosn immunity to 1-4 spells can come in handy but once they die they are lost forever, since you cannot ress them. B tier: 4. Dungeon - Double-edged sword. Insane heroes and hero classes. Gunnar is the bes thero in Game. Overlords are the best classes upon leveling up, Warlocks are the 3rd best in the whole game. Good starting heroes - Shahkti, Lorelei, even jedite. Alamar is the most broken Scholar in game since he has resurection and Scholar to pass it on. Portal of summonning is good once you are aware of the things you are capping. Creatures - Shahkti starts with a pwoer stack of Troglodytes, clearing everything around. Upgraded harpies are good because of no retaliation. Minotaurs are a tier 5.5 unit, they only drawback is their 50 HP. Black Dragons are some of the most powerful in game, their magic immunity is both an advantage and a disadvantage. The true disadvantage of dungeon are the costs and the requirements for everything, forcing you to farm a ton of resources and scout all the sideroads. 5. Castle - It is here only because of Angels. A decent start with Valeska and upgraded archers. Even if they shoot twice they are nowhere near the Grand Elves and they get demolished by Storm Elementals. Nothing special about Castle creatures, no noteworthy abilities, no nothing, except Angels and Archangels. They Cost a hand and a leg to build up, but if you play it correctly and get them in time the map is yours. C tier: 6. Tower - The only city in the game with 3 ranged units, and the only one to have level 1 and 7 units. The clear speed is quite decent, Mages and Archmages reduce spell costs, Nagas and Naga Queens are the best lvl 6 units in game (no retaliation, 110 HP and huge attack) and Titans can carry by themselves. But this is pretty much all good about Tower. It has the absolutely worst starting heroes in the whole game, except Solmyr, which is the ony hero that starts with no scholar. Their leveling trees are horrible (solmyr gets offered scholar every single level up unless you have something to level on him). Snow terrain is a pain to be dealt with, once you have a non tower creature you need a whole week to move through it. Not to mention the build requirements. If you thought Dungeon is annoying to build, just wait for this mofo and you will see the true meaning of pain. It is a bit cheaper than Dungeon, but walking through the snow for resources, even with a full tower army, takes an eternity. And also, walking with Tower Armies outside snow is painful asf. 7. Stronghold - Barbarians are the second best class in game, surpassed only by Overlords and followed by Warlocks.Barbarians get offered only good skills - earth magic, logistics, all of them start with offense, they get air magic. Good heroes to start: Dessa, Gretchin and Tyraxor. Get your hands on Crag Hack as soon as you see him in the tavern and main him. Behemonths are hands down the best level 7 in the whole game thanks to their high stats and their passive. Thunderbirds are another tier 5.5 unit because of their high damage. But, here end the good things. Battle mages are horrible, stat distribution is trash and so is the skil ltree. The whole early game revolves around Goblins and Wolf Raiders since orcs are crap, which means you constantly bleed units. Rough terrain isn't that bad and you don't lose movement outside rough terain with Strongold army. 8. Fortress - Mighty Gorgons are this towns best unit. They are their second T6 unit. Beefy as hell, a lot of damage and Death Gze which can oneshoot even Black Dragons and pass through anti magic and everything. Another advantage si that you can upgrade the Wyverns you get form the Dragon Fly Hives. Tazar for his defense spec is the bes thero to start. The heroes to main if you get are Andra for her intelligence sopec whcih comes in handy for the long games and Alkin for his Gorgon spec if you get a power stack. Despite being cheap to build, the creatures are clunky and cannot compete with the other towns, they are sub par compared to everything else in game because of their low speed, damage and sometimes low hp. The dragon Flies speed is not enough to compensate. Despite decent skil ltrees for witches and beastmasters and their stats distribution being also a good one, it is not enough to compensate. D tier: 9. Inferno - Efreet and Demon farming is the only thing I can think of to make this city work. High creature cost, very weak basics, worst archers in this version of the game, requiring a week to upgrade your hell hole, bad hero classes, only lasses that are worse being the Tower ones are the things that make this city the weakest. The Efreet thing is that you have to be lucky to get your hands on Armageddon. The other thing is that you have to get a Warlock so you can empower your armageddon, since they get the highest spellpwoer in the whole game. Adding the pretty expensive creature dwellings, weak level 7, speed and no retaliation being its only advantages, heroes with bad stat distributions, the most effective start being Pyre with Ballista spec since the basic creatures perform sub par in combat, Imps and Gogs being worse than Fortress creatures, you need all the help you can get from Taven and grind enough resources to go for level 4-5 units in the first few days to stand a chance to farm content. One minor advantage is you have a chance to learn Armageddon in the mage guild. Grails won't change pretty much the things. Necro and Conflux being the best and, agian, Inferno's week of Imp the absolutely worst. The rest are just minor tings that don't really help.

[@varsoonhks3211]

You're talking about 'Early Game' with Stronghold like you don't have Behemoths by the end of the first week. I guess I can see why you would undervalue Stronghold.

[@GCatalinStefan]

@@varsoonhks3211 not undervaluing it, but there are other cities that can do the same job without forcing you into T7 units to prevent massive bleeding, which means they are more efficient.

[@varsoonhks3211]

@@GCatalinStefan No other faction in the game can get the amount of unit power that Stronghold can in week 1 from their starting town alone. Most factions take more than 2 weeks to catch up, and even then are very resource dependent to do so.

[@timmayhans8874]

u say the castle creatures dont have good skills yet royals griffins always retaliate and crusaders strike twice champions have jousting bonus and zealots dont lose any attack points when fighting melee range

[@varsoonhks3211]

@@timmayhans8874 Archers shoot twice, good morale town, STABLES, and yeah Royal Griffins infinite retaliate goes really hard

[@lukasbosina301]

Really great list and I would use pretty much the same order. I can totally understand that you don't like Conflux (though I love their university). Only at the top I would go Rampart (the treasury is so op, especially on maps with many towns like my favorite, "Free for all"), Castle (archangels) and then Necropolis. Though I agree that Necropolis probably has the most interesting challenges.

[@chaselim3963]

Strongest to weakest: 1. Castle 2. Dungeon 3. Rampart 4. Necropolis 5. Tower 6. Fortress/Inferno/Stronghold (in no particular order)

[@asdasdfeanor]

Is this a joke? 1. Conflux 2. Necropolis 3. Castle 4. Dungeon 5. Tower 6. Rampart 7. Stronghold 8. Fortress 9. Inferno

[@floodhunter2156]

asdasdfeanor I would rank fortress higher because of Tazar and his outrageous defense and how durable all the units are. It’s rival is the stronghold because those two are literally opposites but I would rank fortress higher. Maybe necro first because of large skeletons and black knights are a great sixth lvl unit

[@paw1ak_248]

1necro

[@paw1ak_248]

@@floodhunter2156 but stronghold leads over fortress

[@JasonNewsted420]

Rampart 6, Fortress 8 Lmao

[@TheJoshtheboss]

Dungeon better than Tower? On medium-small. On large maps Tower really stands out.

[@Awoken_Remmuz]

As someone who almost only played necropolis back in the day, I approve of this list ;p

[@samfisher9413]

Hey man how do you have those graphics? Is there like an enhancement or something? Where can I get it? How does this game look so much better than mine when I have the same one?

[@watsonsd1]

Solmyr and his scaling chain lighting off the bat make Tower my go-to franchise.

[@SyrleX]

He literally ordered them based of how much he likes the way the troops look.

[@childrenofthesun471]

It's his opinion. His list.

[@nevilo1]

Conflux 6º? conflux is 2º or 1º Depends of Necropolis place. And Fortress is way better. *_Baned Tier SSS_* Necropolis Conflux *_Tier A_* Dungeon Castle *_Tier B_* Stronghold Fortress Rampart *_Tier C_* Tower *_Tier No One Likes You_* -Inferno-

[@r.t.5767]

I am impressed how much I agree with that list

[@Dionysus-207]

Probably the most accurate one, I'd switch Rampart for Tower tho.

[@lasthakon5688]

Agree

[@paw1ak_248]

Faxx only thing is this can change depending on map size and game duration

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

Would be fun if someone would be so stubborn and would make Inferno work in competitive and prove everyone wrong : )

[@Griselabb]

I think it's a huge deal that the Tower faction also grants you one extra spell per tier. Two lvl. 5 spells can be amazing if you're a little lucky..

[@alanfrost75]

Omg man... where have you ranked that magnificent Conflux town? It is so super-powered.

[@jarosh9612]

Funny thing that he didn't mention the cloak of the undead king... What truly makes necropolis broken. Army of thousand liches in endgame

[@blabla-rg7ky]

I suppose that thousands of skeletons are easy to deal with...

[@jarosh9612]

Well they need some time to get to you. Liches will fuck up everything even from range.

[@ChrisZukowski88]

@@blabla-rg7ky turning lvl 1 neutral camps into FREE lvl 6 liches is op as fuck no matter how you look at it.

[@bosspoke]

Taking into account you even get the cloak that is WITH the cloak necro is by many lengths the best Without the cloak only Conflux competes, but Necro is prolly' strongest on Large maps

[@Ericwvb2]

Yup if you get the cloak at the end your army quickly becomes invincible

[@lastchance9341]

I remember playing Might and Magic on the Commodore 64

[@CallumDickson666]

I just remember my favourites to play were Tower and Fortress. Tower because they had lots of range, and Fortress because I thought the aesthetic was relatively unique for a fantasy setting for me at the time (although they're basically a lizardmen kinda trope on reflection)

[@albrecht754]

I can answer that question just when i can choose the right hero to the faction. If i can choose the prayer-hero for castle, who also often gets Watermagic (expert) and townportal as spell, i can be with luck and a big army almost unbeatable. When i can choose dessa (logistics) i'm very happy with the barbarians, because i'm often quicker than most of the other opponent heros. Beside these two i also really like necropolis and dungeon, who have a very good mix of shooters, flyers and fighters of high quality.

[@qayxswedcrfv1]

Anyone who plays this game on a decent level knows there is no real weak/strong factions. There are easier and harder ones yes, but the goal remains the same: who can exploit the broken mechanics in this game in the best way :D

[@Wolfnacht]

But there definitely are weaker/stronger factions though. It all depends on the map size - Fortress and Stronghold are very good at S and M size maps due to their excellent early game, but when it comes to L and XL maps towns like Dungeon, Tower and especially Necropolis shine the most. If we include H, XH and G size maps from HoTa, no one comes close to the Necropolis.

[@qayxswedcrfv1]

@@Wolfnacht sure and the more competitive the setting the more town choice matters. But when playing friends its very likely that town wont be the main factor in who wins but rather the skill (and item rng i guess) :)

[@richardhicks5031]

You didn't include the cloak of the undead king which ressurects liches instead of skeletons

[@Skorpion1991]

its very rare, and basing on rare things is dumbness... it should be a strenght of castle, not a random things which can happen... in that case conflux has the best 6th and 7th unit also the best grail - whole spells which gave them armageddon for most of conflux units are immune... but I repeat again its not the castle strenght

[@nihili4196]

To be honest components for the cloak of Balanced king are very easy to obtain. For some reason when creating random map you'll almost always be able to assemble it. Maybe I'm just lucky, but I was always able to assmeble it while playing Necro with friends.

[@Jimboola]

Have to admit I just loved loved loved the missile units. I remember having a stack of around 500 Grand Elves then basically one-shotting any unit stack. Dread to think how long ago that was though. It the game even available on steam?

[@wills.1978]

yes

[@laszlokiss4409]

Can we start a petition that whenever someone mentions inferno, reality just jump cuts to Risitas laughing?

[@MalekitGJ]

Not mentioning the "Cape of the Balance King". _sad liches noices_

[@-Melancholy-]

*Cock of the undead king*

[@meanberryy]

Conflux is by far the best and there is a reason it's always banned in competative play. Main reasons 1 sprites With their absurd speed and no relation abilities you get a jump start on every other fraction that is just out of comparison. 2 Phoenix It's the only fraction getting a 4 (2 base) growts lv 7 creatures making them absurd by them selfs on top of this they have regeneration abilitys, one of the most broken abilities in the game and one of the reasons Necropolis is the second strongest fraktion(after necromancy) adding this when you already have double growth is absurd. On top of this, the building to get them is also easier to get than most level 7 buildings. 3 fire imunity The fraction have 3 different creatures with fire immunity making it the hands down strongest fraktion for the Armageddon strategy, one of the best strategys in the game. On top of this they get to build their mage guild to max level (5) and have two range units while alot of weaker fraktions are stuck at mage guild lv 3-4 and with only one ranged unit. In really long games they also have access to the artifact market being able to throw away unnecessary resources on powerfull artifacts AND they have the University making them able tonget expert in the most important magic for their current strategy such as mass slow/haste or expert geddon. Now while the grail almost never is relevant it is kinda funny how the already by far most broken factiom also have the best grail building. Also the stats of the wind elementals are way to high and that is one of the creatures evolving into a ranged unit.

[@IcedNko]

It's one of the best games ever! Still have this feeling of awe while playing it!

[@jeffreyness355]

Such a cool game - I will cherish the memories and wonder I experienced as a younger nerd than the old nerd I am today

[@masterexploder9668]

I would rather divide cities based on categories: a) best all-rounders: Castle and Dungeon. You just can't go wrong with these cities, because they have a versatile mix of great units combined with strong heroes. Dungeon units offer some paralysis abilities, but they are more vulnerable to Mass Curse spell due to big differences between min and max damages and no chance of getting Expert Water Magic. b) best defense: obviously Fortress, it's hardly the worst, because Beastmasters really stack these defense points. Lizardmen get really tough and hard to take out. Wystan is great early game to give them some extra "oomph" while Tazar gets stronger with levels. Alkin can be an alternative, if you want stronger gorgons. Dracon is Fortress' Shakti with lots of starting lvl 1 units. Haste spell is a must. c) best attack: Stronghold, it features couple of strong heroes with Crag Hack in the lead. Behemoths are dangerous, birds are fast and versatile, wolfriders are great at dishing out damage but very fragile, rest of units are fillers. Cyclops are solid shooters, but their dwellings need tons of crystals so it will take some time to get it going. Orcs are ok. Haste is a must. d) most expensive: Tower, it has 3 shooters, but everything is so, so expensive. And these lackluster heroes don't help, if I can I tend to check out tavern for something else. If not, I stick to Neela or Solmyr. If you can get someone nice from tavern, just get starting Aine for some extra daily gold and make tavern hero your main :P. Army designed around defensive play, 3 shooters, rest of units to cover them and mage hero to sling spells and demolish enemy army. e) strongest overall: Necropolis when it gets rolling with skeletons. Galthran boosts their statistics and gives some meat on these poor bones. Dread Knights are awesome, so are Vampires. Dragons are great if they get lucky when spreading the aging curse. Lvl 2 and 3 are pretty useless though. Lich is a great shooter. f) just meh: Inferno which sucks, because I love the look. Archdevils can be crazy playmakers, Efreets are frustrating to fight against. Demons are average units. City relies on turning it's Lvl 1-3 into Demons by using Pit Lords. I always felt it makes them a worse Necropolis, because at best you just turn one units into another, while Necro's army is constantly getting stronger with each battle. On the other hand I saw players getting really lots of demons and one shotting enemy units in one hit. It's a really specific city.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

finally someone who knows the game (you). The moment I saw this moron ranking Fortress as the worst faction I got triggered so badly, and not because Fortress is one of my 2 favorite towns, but simply because it's too strong of a faction when played properly. Someone who says that Fortress is the worst clearly has no clue about Heroes 3 and loses all credibility in my eyes

[@masterexploder9668]

To add up a bit, Conflux without fixed Phoenix growth is straight broken. Rampart is also a solid all-rounder, it's also a pretty cheap city to develop, because you only need elves and centaurs to get started (dwarves are too slow to drag along, until upgrade at least). There is also treasury, which works if you have more cities.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

@@masterexploder9668 I know that I'm not a good PvP player (I have lost most games that I've played in hotseat some 17-18 years ago when I was playing Heroes 3 almost daily), but.... even so, Conflux is NOT overpowered. That's one statement that I will never agree with anyone, no matter how well they know,. or don't know this game. Speed is important, yes, but not as important to bring Conflux victories over other factions most of the time. I would know this because I have lost so many games as a Conflux player that I've lost count of. I like Conflux (Rampart, Fortress, Conflux are my favorite towns)... so yeah, I like Conflux A LOT.... but only I know how weak this town is, even with 4 phoenixes per week. I mean, Ok, Conflux might be overpowered in various situations, but I'm speaking exclusively for the way that I, and my friends, have played this game: no touching each other for 12 months, and at the end of month 12 we engage each other in a battle, and whoever wins that battle wins the game. Sure, this might be newbie play, but it's the only type of playing that has brought fun to my circle of friends. And in this type of play Conflux is weak like shit, believe me. I have had my ass whooped by Castle, Necropolis, Dungeon, Stronghold, Fortress and occasionally by Tower, too many times. I think I have won once or twice playing as Conflux over 3-4 years of playing Heroes 3 weekly, but that's too little for how strong people say that Conlux is. Anyway, Conflux is fun to play (Magic Elementals are one of my all-time favorite creatures in the entire franchise of HoMM, and even my username is "monere", so yeah, I do like Conlux A LOT), but like I've said.... the way I used to play this game Conflux is shit. Probably that even Inferno would be able to rape Conflux.... IF played correctly, that is (nobody in my circle of friends has ever been able to pull constant victories with Inferno xD)

[@GRIMHOOD99]

@@blabla-rg7ky Well that just means you have no idea how to play conflux because it is after necro 2nd most banned faction in PvP.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

@@GRIMHOOD99 just because I don't know how to play it doesn't mean that it's overpowered. Also, people who ban are still people, and people make mistakes, which means that they can be wrong, too. In my opinion they are wrong for banning Conflux and not banning Castle for example, which has the absolute best creature for each tier. If that's not bannable I don't know what else is.

[@lancelotkokojan1409]

Castle is completely my favorite. I’ve been playing heroes 3 since before I could talk (literally I was 3) I could beat all my family w the help of my archangels

[@brianmayabella5992]

I love castle too, there are plenty resources around. Castle is often situated in good amount of free resources nearby

[@dynamicworlds1]

My favorite tactic with castle is, taking advantage of the large melee and small ranged units, to use the tactics skill to keep my losses on ranged units down by tucking them into the corner with gryphons and pikemen (and eventually champions). Slowly accumulating large stacks of those while close enough to have my cavaliers and archangels able to hit anything I want on my first turn tends to lead to a feedback loop of army strength which is quite effective in late game.

[@wesleyvalk9129]

The units of caslte are by far the most boring ones, or are you a human lover?

[@lancelotkokojan1409]

@@wesleyvalk9129 lol yeah I guess, I also like that you start on grasslands most of the time for good movement speed. Can you at least agree inferno is the worst

[@wesleyvalk9129]

@@lancelotkokojan1409 I love demons, for me castle is the worst, well maybe conflux, I don't like the elementals in that game, pixie and phoenix are great though

[@adamsalazar6944]

My favorite start is Castle faction with Valeska as your hero. She makes your archers and their upgrade in to the best tier 2 creature that deal big damage

[@asdasdfeanor]

I have come conclusion in my multiplayer games with rules of course 9. Inferno 8. Rampart 7. Tower 6. Fortress 5. Stronghold 4. Castle 3. Dungeon 2. Conflux 1. Necropolis

[@mg42sd]

Look at thi like-dislike ratio! That's to be expected, if You don't adhere to "meta" tier list. It's sad people don't listen; You secifically said it's based on preference, not numbers. One thing remains constant tho Necropolis and necromancy are opaf.

[@pauluuuu2098]

i used to play this game as a kid, one of my favorite games, i dont get the ratio of dislikes, i think it proves the quick reactionary emotions of spazzes that cant take other points of views... good job dude thank you for making this

[@hineighbor]

Damn I forgot how good the music was

[@geeknat8981]

One of the best games ever. Still playing til now

[@milliehenshaw9113]

Castle was always my favourite ever since I first played this game tbh

[@xavierfranco5800]

Castle has strongest units, only weakness is no level 5 mage guild.

[@wesleyvalk9129]

Why? You love humans?

[@PlanetZoidstar]

Conflux OP. Inferno UP.

[@CharlesBarkleyDonut]

What version/mod is this= Complete but HD, and full unit buy?

[@RandomGuy-ej9gr]

1. Castle (Archangels duh) 2. Dungeon (perfect for small/medium maps, heroes start with tactics and offence) 3. Tower/Conflux for magic 4. Necropolis (vampire lords) 5. Rampart (Elves and dragons) 6. Inferno PitLords/Efreeti + Armagedon

[@GRIMHOOD99]

Tower is problematic because of resource costs of everything.