Ice, Fire, Vampire! - Heroes 3: Vampires Only, #2

We've got two Necropolis bases and a strong stack of Vampire Lords - now the hunt begins.
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Game version: Heroes of Might and Magic III: Shadow of Death
Map: Random Map
Map size: Large with Underground
Difficulty: Expert (160%)
Starting Town: Necropolis
Main Hero: Thant (Necromancer, Animate Dead Specialist)
The Norovo Halloween Special 2020.

[@felix_christopher]

About half through the episode I was confused that you wanted to chase down Tanth and find his starting area, as I kept staring at your own hero's avatar stating „Tanth“ - before realizing *Tan* is actually a color name in english.

[@funguy398]

Ohhh, he means "brown"

[@caseyscott2474]

Jarbarkas, the forgotten Prisoner of War

[@IvanIlev]

Love the series. At 18:03 I would have purchased the lookout tower personally to see if there are any enemy heroes lurking. Other than that it's really humbling to see a much better player than me playing this game even though I played it for years as a kid and thought I knew everything. I'd like to try this challenge myself too.

[@garrettducat5769]

Scouting is such an underrated skill especially in subterranean. It allows you to see the adjacent tunnels without being in the tunnels. Also, when taking a tower town you should build a lookout tower as the first thing. It immediately lets you see a huge chunk of the map and you can very easily find the nearby enemy heroes.

[@oscarredman36]

yeah notice its useful on RMG as you never really know where you need to go or when a utopia will appear.

[@rhyfelwrb9367]

Leaving your foes flattened in your wake! The Vampire Lord steamroller showing its awesome power. Well played as usual captain! Looking forward to the next bit 👍

[@TheSpinlippy]

It was glorious. Cheers.

[@Irmarinen]

45:12 Aaaand thats' a GG

[@Skeithalot]

Great content.

[@Marxak666]

i know im late for this show. but i got a few questions about this run that made it really tough to get through. 1. When you talked about going for the "Greater gnoll flail" why didn't you just go around instead of debating about taking the one-way portal?. 2. Why on earth did you surrender a 100% win battle?. You said you were afraid he might use magic, but if that's the case, he would had done it on the auto battle and you would had lost in that case, knowing he would use magic, yet you surrendered anyway when it was a 100% win?. 3. Instead of wasting time on a stuck hero, wouldn't it just be more beneficial to just attack the town and see what happened?. he didn't have a castle in the town, or else it would had looked differently, and you dont get a champion in a town unless you hired on and put him in there. i am pretty sure there was no real risk taking that battle. 4. You keep saying you need resources, yet you continually keep skipping ressource sites.. why?. hope you will respond :) Other than that, great vids!. i subbed for more to come :)

[@Winnetou17]

1. Movement is very precious on the main hero. As nice as the flail was, that meant about 2 ? 3 ? turns just for that. Which might be the difference between caching another player and defeating him, or the other player making another week's worth of units or getting better units (cough arch devils cough) and winning 2. If I'm not mistaken, on auto-battle spells are not used. 3. Are you speaking about Jabarkas ? In that case, he couldn't have surrendered and would have lost the vampire. It was not worth it (nothing to find out) 4. No idea why he keeps skipping resources! In the early game all of them are important, since whatever you don't need can be traded away for the ones you do need. And there's still expensive stuff to get/build like mage guild level 5, artifact merchants, castle gate. And surrendering.

[@Marxak666]

@@Winnetou17 thanks for the explanation 🙂

[@makeitnaked6376]

@@Winnetou17 2nd point - it's possible to turn on spells (at least in HoTa mode but I see he have it) and during quick combat i think only your hero doens't use spells not the enemy one I hope

[@Max_Griswald]

@@Winnetou17 - It was 1-2 extra turns at MOST to go for the Greater Gnoll Flail (Compared to using the one-way). The early power of the extra stats would be worth it in conserving animate dead casts.

[@Reynevan100]

Retaliate spell would be so strong especially in these sieges!

[@yusi5737]

Shouldn’t it be a priority to build up the second town and get more vampires?

[@Max_Griswald]

If you didn't want to risk the one-way portal, why not just go around the other side? Yes, it's one extra turn, but the extra stats on your VLs that NEED to be able to deal loads of damage to stay alive would be well worth it.

[@xintianwang5408]

Hey Norovo, what edition or expansion of Heroes 3 is this? So good to have the sequence running on the bottom of the screen. Is it a plug-in or a feature in the original game

[@Winnetou17]

Search for Heroes 3 HD mod. Not to be confused with Heroes 3 HD edition which has to bought (don't get it, it's only Restoration of Erathia. Ubisoft really cheaped out on that one). The community-made HD mod is much better and works with all versions (though there's conflicts with WoG)

[@xintianwang5408]

@@Winnetou17 Thanks!

[@algimantas8082]

@@Winnetou17 thank you so much mate, been looking for this for days :D

[@Winnetou17]

@@algimantas8082 No problem, glad it helped!

[@Hanafjedle2023]

Takk!

[@Norovo]

Thanks :D

[@a.k.1457]

It seems a bit easy. All computers in one team is more balance, I think.

[@Turkisshh2]

It doesn't seem like you loaded at all(though that can be easily hidden/cut out). That's probably why you were so careful with your actions all the time. If that's true, I tip my hat to you, sir.

[@multiwonderrr]

if you get town portal, does that make your inferno gate obselete?

[@LotusOynuyor]

hey love your heroes 3 videos can you do a tutorial about the shortcuts (like splitting units) that you are using and if your game is moded how did you install mods i bought the game on steam and some of the thing is not like yours. like when you engage in a combat its shows you the results and if you dont like it you can try yourself i couldnt find that setting .(i am sorry if my english is bad)

[@siliablackfame5771]

The steam version is Heroes of Might and Magic 3 HD, which is HoMM3: Restoration of Erathia ONLY. To get the version he is playing you need the one from GOG, that comes with the shadow of death and armageddon's blade expansions (HoMM3 complete) and install the free fan expansion Horn of the Abyss and the HD Mod Edit: He actually isn't using the Horn of the Abyss expansion just the HD Mod

[@LotusOynuyor]

@@siliablackfame5771 thank you for the information

[@Raziel_J]

I'm also curious about the shortcuts he is using in the video. Does anyone know where I can find a reference for that?

[@Norovo]

I should probably make a hotkey video, but then again I'm always forgetting some of them... but here's the key info: sites.google.com/site/heroes3hd/eng/description/extended-ui#QAM - it's the HD mod for Heroes 3 Complete. As mentioned, it doesn't work with Heroes 3 HD Edition for Steam unfortunately.

[@siliablackfame5771]

Also if I'm not mistaking you have to activate the HD+ check box in the HD Mod

[@Bourgeau281]

Hey Norovo, how did you get good at HOMM3? I've been playing lots recently within the last year, and I've always been searching for guides on how to get as good as lots of the eastern European players. However, nothing seems to be available in English if at all. is there a website or a guide that you've followed? or is it all from just playing lots?

[@Norovo]

Tbh I doubt I'd be considered good by those kinds of players, having never seriously tried pvp, but I learned a lot through watching other English speaking HoMM3 players like AbsoluteZero and MeKick (TheKnownWorld) and the rest is practice I guess. The Heroes 3 Wiki (thelazy) is an excellent resource, has all the details you could need. Might make a few guides myself one day but they'll be casual-level.

[@Bourgeau281]

@@Norovo thanks so much! Enjoyed the vid and waiting for part 3.

[@mariuscarausu9352]

You just play it to be honest.I enjoy watching the guy,but I facepalm myself every 10 minutes because of the mistakes he does.I consider myself a mediocre player and I consider him subpar.

[@evalaviniabucur1789]

@@mariuscarausu9352 si eu te consider un romanas rautacios care e dispus sa conteste calitatile de jucator ale celor care au curajul sa isi afiseze gameplay-ul pe net :P De ce nu urci si tu un video care sa prezinte skill-urile tale in aceleasi conditii de joc pe care le-a folosit el? Fie iti voi lauda abilitatile, fie imi voi da si eu facepalms la fiecare 10 minute :D

[@bugweasel]

Town portal AND Dimension door from the same mage guild? Hhmmmm 😜

[@kevinnitta3576]

Very impressive. I also love the units, I know cheesy, but against the cheating AI why not?

[@frameready2433]

Hey, what version of heroes 3 is that? Any mods? Because it looks a bit different from the one I have...

[@Reynevan100]

It's Shadow od Death (final official expansion) with HD mod. Avoid HD edition that was released by Ubisoft, it looks worse and is base game only, no expansions.

[@aleynamutlu4206]

@@Reynevan100 what is the thing enables showing possible outcome of the war beforehand and giving the option accept it or not take it ?

[@markuskainz3499]

Sorry but this is sooo easy - where is the Challenge here?

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

I have loved both "Might & Magic" and ALSO HoM&M so much over the decades... I wrote a screenplay and book series which is heavily inspired by it all... 😊 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart & soul's fate revealed. In Time, all points converge--hope's strength re-steeled. But to earn final peace at the Universe's endless refrain, We must see all in nothingness... ...before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ -- Diamond Dragons (book 1)