HoMM4 - Elwin and Shaera - Champion Difficulty - Level 1

[@Clarkephix]

I appreciate so much when you pause a while when the dialog windows come out so audience can read what's in the story line.

[@rhythmichallucinatio]

I played through this campaign when I was a kid. This was such a nice change of atmosphere, a campaign revolved around a love story.

[@szipszi9625]

There is something so satisfying about watching someone this competent. Almost three hours, and it's genuinely hard to find a single mistake.

[@xxxtimeghostxxx]

ikr,most players learned how to play from this guy's videos

[@TheSharpmarksman]

Man the writings in Heroes IV is so good!

[@peterplevaco1484]

Amazing play through. You owned the campaign mission, avenging everyone who had hard times in this game.

[@TedMosbey100]

That is some high level commentary and play here! Bravo!

[@MertSu66]

game: which curse would you like to use? gammadragon: yes

[@statisticserinokripperino]

It's so satisfying to see someone use quicksand, the oozy animation of it has always been my favourite amongst many others ahaha

[@statisticserinokripperino]

Also Magi resurrecting themselves for skeletons at 2:43:24 is an absolutely hilarious power move

[@TheXcorneliusx]

The top strategy skills , like ,comment and subscribe - you deserve this , really useful content on you tube , thank you for your assistance and have a nice day .

[@ВячеславТышкевич]

Very strong!

[@JSSmithy]

I love this game and its campaigns so much.

[@issadraco3517]

Man oh man this was my childhood...

[@ibrahimozturk4090]

bad news :( "Unfortunately, KZbin has removed annotations from all videos, so the nice tutorials and "skip battle" buttons have disappeared now." They were precious. Without them, video doesnt seem perfect(actually it was perfect. i have learned a lot of things from you, thanks :D) i hope you will add them again.

[@MALoyola2]

I don't think the tactics you use are "cheesy", in fact this is a strategy game which requires those tactics so what you doing my friend is playing it flawlessly.

[@Мойевропейскийжидобандеровский]

His strategy is restart level until you get all needed spells.

[@spd7693]

Finally a playthrough of this game! I'm practicing for an LP of it as well.

[@АлексейКосицын-п8м]

Молодец. Очень качественная и грамотная игра.

[@Geroika_h]

В Ютубе не очень много русскоязычных каналов которые снимают ролики по героям 4. Наш входит в эту не большую группу, так что если Вам интересны герои 4 можете посмотреть наши видео.

[@spd7693]

I beat the campaign with Elwin having *Scouting* and Nature Magic skills basically. No joke! On Champion!

[@AmadosWorld]

God dammit man, you're awesome.

[@exo6desmo8]

Mastermind

[@TheSharpmarksman]

i love the fact you edit the video so well and place "skip battle" boxes kudos to you gammadragon

[@mattetoe4545]

My favorite game of all time. Thank you. :)

[@Alexiuli7]

I am learning alot from you

[@alex4593]

wow inca mai exista jucatori

[@smirnoff6371]

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[@xxxtimeghostxxx]

dap@@alex4593

[@blackpaint9093]

nah bro you're too good at this game

[@firebendervrc5796]

Pure game pure skills and pure video love it!

[@Alexiuli7]

love your tactics

[@Deserterminal]

I love your videos dude! Thank you for them! I played this game as a kid but i never figured out all the details that can be exploited like you did. Well played sir! One thing i don't understand is why you stop and let the neutrals attack you instead of just marching on them straight on ?

[@gammadragon2]

+dan baciu Thanks, I'm glad people are enjoying them. Letting enemies approach to attack is mostly just a habit I have for conserving movement points. Usually I try to use the minimum amount to achieve what I want and sometimes letting them come closer sometimes saves a couple, depending on the destination after the battle.

[@noelallenbose972]

The time and attention you give in making these videos are great.

[@urosstojkovic6439]

youare insanely good,using sprites to kite earth elementals i will never be good as you are.

[@MinhVu-bb9yv]

The fight against genies and magi at the end, I believe you can used dispel on the illusion to completely make it disappear, make it even easier for you to win. I think you got the dispel scroll from the magi tower just right before the fight. Cancellation works as well, as they completely remove the illusion/mirror image, doesn’t matter if it’s your own or the enemy. Otherwise, great walk through.

[@InsaneMarcus]

I'm confused by something.. At 36:53.. You notice how the Berserkers aren't leaving the fortification? Could you please explain to me why don't they run out to attack Elwin? Splendid video btw, a lot can be learned from watching you. Did you figure out most of the things on your own? I really love the depth of this game and it's gameplay.. It's very well thought out, through and through.

[@gammadragon2]

Thanks! I played this game a lot when I was younger and figured out most of the tactics myself, though I did pick up a couple of tricks from other commenters :) Not sure why the Berserkers don't run out to attack. Seems to be a strange AI quirk. It does happen regularly though.

[@InsaneMarcus]

Btw at the fight with the medusa, I was wondering how come they didn't petrify Elwin? Was his magic resist high enough to certainly avoid that? As for the bersekers, when I played Might lately, they seemed to behave normally even inside fortifications.

[@gammadragon2]

I'm not quite sure what the algorithm is for determining the chance of petrification. It seems to have a few factors - number of medusa, magic resistance of the hero and level / health of the hero. Magic resistance does make a big difference and I'm fairly sure 100% MR prevents being stoned, but sometimes heroes with low magic resistance can still avoid being petrified if they are a high level.

[@InsaneMarcus]

Yeah, that's most likely the case. I always disliked how the player can abuse the hero in campaigns. Are you working on anything right now? Or got any plans?

[@gammadragon2]

Eventually I'll finish these series off when I have a bit more time, but haven't been recording much lately. Just been really busy at work!

[@MrEarx]

Good you are back. And... that was fast!

[@RunningDownMidAsTechies]

All the debuffs,

[@wargumbyx]

evil eyes are probably my favorite neutral creature but i still cant understand why they didnt get unlimited shots with their eye attack but medusa's did

[@longssa838]

Balance reasons. Imagine the eyes with Cat's reflexes and (in last campaign) Elf King's Bow.

[@TheVanillatech]

Well played.

[@Vircengitorix]

Awesome, but heavily reliant on the terrain walk. Without it, some losses are bound to occur (minotaurs, for example).

[@Mantaur104]

While I agree this is some heavy-duty tactical genius, I don't understand something: why do you occasionaly save the game and then immediately load it?

[@gammadragon2]

Mantaur104 The video was completed in many small sections, which were then joined together to make the final video. I recorded it over several days, as I usually don't have a huge amount of free time in one block. You can see the various dates that I recorded each piece in the Load Game screens. Also this way I can play ahead a little so there is less "thinking time" in the final video, which makes it more interesting to watch.

[@valour549]

@@gammadragon2 I'm a veteran of Heroes V, and just started Heroes IV and I have a few questions. 1) In Heroes V there's a bar at the bottom telling you which creature is going to act next and so on, how do you tell which creatures will act soon in Heroes IV? Or is there no way to tell? How do you even tell if one combat round is over? 2) In Heroes V you can also hover over a creature to see clearly how far it can move in the next turn, with clear square tiles indicating so. For Heroes IV, all I can do is right click the enemy creature and get a rather obscure area that's of limited use. Even my own creatures I find it confusing: for example I have a creature with movement=13, yet on the interface how do you even count 13? Picture link: imgur.com/a/cMPt7lc

[@hamit5930]

@@valour549 If you like heroes 5, go for heroes 3 instead of heroes 4. heroes 4 is a game with a very different feel than 3 and 5. About your questions, 1. you can only see it via speed factors of units and noticing which ones got morale bonus (those go before others). 2. yeah... it's just more 'fluid' battlefield than in heroes 5 :D you cant do much about it

[@TheHelenaeternal]

1:34:10 quicksand sub :D

[@adcarryingporo5401]

Hey man im trying the Campagne with Waerjak and i fail to kill the Pirates after getting on the boat , on the Difficulty before the Champion one , can u give me some tips on how to master that so i can free the Town? - first map of "GLORY OF DAYS PAST CAMPAIGN"

[@adcarryingporo5401]

And also id like to know how you "Smartcast" Waiting fighting moving etc :D

[@gammadragon2]

Waerjak's first map is really tough, probably the toughest in the whole game. Have you seen the video for that one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmfMXniwZbmIoLM

[@AugusXD]

Hello, will you do the Haeven's (Life's) one?

[@Мойевропейскийжидобандеровский]

32:45 fuck! Second week and you cleared that school! +1 free skill.

[@Chimpso]

KZbin yeeted your annotations. :(

[@patriknajman1762]

I really like your videos, and I have one question ? Where can I get heroes 4 ? Please help me ! Thank you

[@gammadragon2]

gog.com - I think they are having a sale for these series this weekend too

[@Мойевропейскийжидобандеровский]

24:35 why have you retreated?

[@Мойевропейскийжидобандеровский]

Lol now i know

[@kolegaotaku7952]

@@Мойевропейскийжидобандеровский you could answer why xD

[@Мойевропейскийжидобандеровский]

@@kolegaotaku7952 because he didn't want to take a new level, so he calculated how much he had to kill in order not to get a level, killed extra monsters and retreated, no experience is given for retreating. Then he took the combat for free at school at 32:45, and spent the level up on improvement. This is clearly not the first time he plays this map.

[@kaloyanashikow7589]

is there a reason you dont finish off the minotaurs during the first time, because you miss out on a lot of xp there

[@gammadragon2]

Yeah, I had a caption describing why, but KZbin removed them from all videos. In order to optimise our skills choices, we want to buy a skill before gaining another level at that point.

[@Мойевропейскийжидобандеровский]

Why you haven't tookmelee?

[@asdfqwerty9137]

Can I ask why you reload after saving? Is there any benefit to that?

[@gammadragon2]

Each segment of the video was recorded separately, then strung together using a video editor. I didn't have a lot of time to record long videos in one go, so that made it easier to put the videos together.

[@asdfqwerty9137]

@@gammadragon2 Ah, I see, I always thought you did it in one sitting for some reason but this makes much more sense. Thanks for answering, wasn't even sure you're still around here!

[@Михаил-я2ъ2ч]

Hello, how did you get the sand spell at the beginning?

[@Михаил-я2ъ2ч]

this spell does not appear in the altar?

[@gammadragon2]

You get random spells from the town. Luckily it had the quicksand spell for me. If you don't get it there are other tactics you can use to win those fights where I used that spell.

[@Мойевропейскийжидобандеровский]

@@gammadragon2 so you just restarted level until you got that spell?

[@gammadragon2]

@@Мойевропейскийжидобандеровский I didn't, but you could do that. It would change a lot of other factors of the level too. There are different tactics you could use if specific spells don't appear.

[@Мойевропейскийжидобандеровский]

@@gammadragon2 lol you didn't but you got 2 spells essential to your tactics. Can you explain why you retreated from minotaurs? 24:35

[@rlcboy0188]

How i didn't got terrain walk from druid hall :/

[@gammadragon2]

There are other strategies that can be used as well - check out Plamen's video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4S0fJVsfah1eMkm30s

[@rlcboy0188]

gammadragon i used that tactic but it took me almost 2 weeks

[@k3ybc]

On the Champion difficulty AI is a weak against siege attacks. On low difficulty computer just attack you no matters what. On champion I play with one hero and I win ...

[@Михаил-я2ъ2ч]

quicksand is third level spell 🙁

[@Th4nu]

The fireball game is too stronk

[@martingeorgiev999]

like a pro

[@davekat]

Are you a god?

[@FunfunGuy]

If you want the game you can download it here sellfy.com/p/aEd2

[@kolegaotaku7952]

i did good like you untill 31 min, orcs focus elwin not fairys

[@kaanakman7406]

HoMM 4 have so bad AI... this game actually good but so bad AI finally game boring..

[@juliankantor4240]

The Shaeras dubbing is terrible, zero emotions

[@svacar]

yeah in czech dubing you can feel how she loves Elwin