Check out episode 2! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH3Rm4t7qNGhatE
@arisplugis51972 жыл бұрын
do you really still play this game?
@majorramsey3k2 жыл бұрын
@@arisplugis5197 I know I do.
@mrbleak98732 жыл бұрын
I didn’t realize how much I miss this game. Also, Khadgar with the polymorph 🤣
@exidy-yt Жыл бұрын
IKR? Makes me want to bust WC2 out all over again.
@ordinator.10 күн бұрын
Laughed out loud at that one
@SimonPlays932 жыл бұрын
3:00 That Footman behind was like: "Nah. I'd rather be sailing."
@Locke199012 жыл бұрын
Join the army they said. See the world they said.
@unknownsword90422 жыл бұрын
@@Locke19901 I'm a medieval man!
@tonysauruswrexu46232 жыл бұрын
“I simply CANNOT go into this fight with an untied armor-plated boot now, CAN I?” ……”Ah! Well done Comrades! We really showed them What-fore, didn’t we! 😎”
@PRDarkDreamer2 жыл бұрын
My childhood memories for WarCraft II. So much Nostalgia from this game.
@noir661462 жыл бұрын
i've always wanted to know the answers to these battles
@andyhuggins99662 жыл бұрын
@THE REAL TYREE SNEED (Gnomish) and you could set up those custom maps to be anything. You could be a human leader unit that rescues 2 orcish peons and have to build from that with mercs and such. I feel that was lost in War3 when like every Custom Map was 'starts with a town hall and some workers ONLY' every time...
@douglasthompson17242 жыл бұрын
Heck yeah, WC2 Fightclub! Thanks Stu!
@StuGames2 жыл бұрын
It's been tricky to make, but I think the end result is worth it! Thanks for the continued massive support! 🍺😃
@mickcraftgaming Жыл бұрын
I've always thought the Mage has one of the coolest death animations. Bloodlust is OP 😲😲 Khadgar's victory over Deathwing was hilarious 😂😂
@terryroraus Жыл бұрын
You want to talk about OP? Sappers immediately destroyed the stronghold defense. Ain't no way humans could hold
@joshblacker3512 Жыл бұрын
I like when ogres punch people. Great animation, and a pretty badass unit
@mickcraftgaming Жыл бұрын
@@terryroraus sappers and demo teams are definitely underrated units!
@mickcraftgaming Жыл бұрын
@@joshblacker3512 agreed!
@jeremiel38212 жыл бұрын
That footman standing behind showed his superior intelligence lol
@joroa71512 жыл бұрын
Stu showcasing WC2 battles? A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one It has the best atmosphere in any RTS
@blackthrone69762 жыл бұрын
3:00 smartest footman ever
@samuelhakansson66802 жыл бұрын
Everyone knows that bloodlusted ogres beat knights hard. What I wanted to see though (since it looked like a script to cast BL automatically) was how Paladins would fare if there was some sort of automatic casting of heal. Would make for a lot more interesting and unpredictable results.
@StuGames2 жыл бұрын
I only casted the initial BLs with a script - I might see if I can find someone to help control the other side for fights with casters on both sides
@warpuppy45282 жыл бұрын
If it is anything like the AI in Warcraft 2, Paladins cast heal every time they have enough mana to do so. They will waste an attack to heal 2 damage to something. They might be better off just being knights.
@ragnarok1er8402 жыл бұрын
There were 2.5 times more knights, though, so the result was not that easy to me.
@samuelhakansson66802 жыл бұрын
@@ragnarok1er840 the way bloodlust is calculated, it doubles both base damage and upgrade damage. Since armour values are flat, you get a huge percentage damage increase when you increase the base damage with bloodlust, up to 3 times as much damage dealt by an ogre compared to the damage done by a knight. Plus its always advantageous to have fewer but stronger units in a large battle, because you will have a higher percentage of the ogres taking part in combat vs the knights who cant use their numerical advantage because there just isnt enough room to fit them all. All in all, ogres outtrade knights tremendously hard, and this is one of the big design flaws of Warcraft 2.
@ragnarok1er8402 жыл бұрын
@@samuelhakansson6680 very interesting :) I only ever played the campaign and I much preferred knights because I could heal them and never lose a single unit if I took my time :)
@voevodineu2 жыл бұрын
Deathwing: *Do you like fire?* Khadgar: *yes.*
@Gabriel_Van_Helsing10 ай бұрын
5:28
@Gawayno2 жыл бұрын
I've been hoping you'd make a Fight Club for WarCraft II. Love it so much! Definitely one of my top 5 favorite games of all-time!
@StuGames2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it! More to come. Thanks for the support 🤗
@Gawayno2 жыл бұрын
@@StuGames You're welcome! Glad to hear it! Keep up the great work as always!
@ed_gorod2 жыл бұрын
YES war2 is the real RTS game
@Gawayno2 жыл бұрын
@@ed_gorod 100% Agreed!
@meccnr35362 жыл бұрын
That first battle with mages was a complete surprise. Didn't know what old-school warcraft had units with AoE that strong.
@StuGames2 жыл бұрын
They are insanely strong! Psi-storm or the WC3 spells don't hold a candle to good old Blizzard. I'll see if I can showcase some of the other spells in a future episode.
@NodDisciple12 жыл бұрын
@@StuGames So much Nostalgia from this game. I miss old Blizzard so much. :'(
@Astroga1592 жыл бұрын
@@StuGames Makes sense that first time Blizzard would put blizzard spell into game it would be op
@unfazedo2 жыл бұрын
Yes. Its Orc equivalent is Death and Decay from Death Knight. Nasty spell.
@alexbarac2 жыл бұрын
@@unfazedo Almost. Afaik, Blizzard is better against units than D&D, while D&D is better against buildings.
@PlanetToca2 жыл бұрын
This brings me back 27 years to 1996 with my Acer computer that took 10 minutes to start up. I used to spend hours building custom bases for fun to then start the game and have the enemy AI just sit there and do nothing 😂
@alvaromneto2 жыл бұрын
Same!
@HiddenView19772 жыл бұрын
Wish I still had this game. Sooooo much fun.
@CyranofromBergerac2 жыл бұрын
@@HiddenView1977 good old games, go there and buy it. It's not much and I think you get WC1 with it.
@HiddenView19772 жыл бұрын
@@CyranofromBergerac thanks, will check it out.
@SlySuavity2 жыл бұрын
I recently started getting back into WC2 after *decades*, so seeing brawls like this is such a treat. :3
@IvanGarcia-ke3lo2 жыл бұрын
Have you checked out the project Cronicles of the Second War? They're almost done with the first campaign
@andyhuggins99662 жыл бұрын
@ching chong (Gnomish) Loktar Frend!
@newfacepaula2 жыл бұрын
finally the REAL Warcraft!
@stevenmayer85282 жыл бұрын
Also still love how OP THE ANIMAL TURNING SPELL IS 😆😆
@SYSSMouse2 жыл бұрын
In WC2 the effect is permanent
@KungSaanKaPoMasaya2 жыл бұрын
Hex spell iirc
@SYSSMouse2 жыл бұрын
@@KungSaanKaPoMasaya polymorph
@KungSaanKaPoMasaya2 жыл бұрын
@@SYSSMouse oh yeah. You're right. Polymorph hehe
@mofogie2 жыл бұрын
It's not that OP. Orcs get deathcoil for free and two deathcoils is usually enough to do same damage as polymorph. Spellcasters were OP in general though.
@Wolfman67432 жыл бұрын
3:00 I like that one footman who stayed behind to let his fellows get blown up and then joined in for the afterparty. he's the real MVP
@redeclipseprojects97462 жыл бұрын
Man the khadgar vs deathwing was... A Savage Battle!!!
@rugedas872 жыл бұрын
5:30 Wait, we were this close from not getting Cataclysm?
@philipemmanuel97477 ай бұрын
As with your other videos, this was awesome, exceptional. Thank you for creating these wonders. I really loved the dialogue between Khadgar and Deathwing.
@johnangelotenorio2 жыл бұрын
5:35 Back then, Hero units are just ordinary units but with higher stats, unique portraits and quotes (Gul'dan actually has *lower* stats if I remember). It can actually be a liability to send them to battle especially if it's Mission Failed if they die. Mages/Death Knights are the most dangerous because of their spells, especially Polymorph as shown here. I actually had a hard time playing the *first* mission of Beyond the Dark Portal (playing those campaigns for the first time) because the Death Knights keep specifically targeting the heroes.
@JonCombo2 жыл бұрын
Used to slow the game speed way down, for crucial moments.
@Gyallarhorn12 жыл бұрын
@@JonCombo If one is fast or uses the Paladins scouting spell at the right time, Paladins can just oneshot deathknights with exorcism though. And Paladins are faster than Deathknighs so it's often a bad trade for the Deathknights... IF you react in time.
@ESFAndy011 Жыл бұрын
No, Gul'Dan had identical stats to Death Knights. Cho'Gall I think had 100 health instead of the 90 the Ogre Magi units did, but I could be mistaken. Uther had the same as the Paladins and Lothar had the same as the Knights. They only ever really buffed the heroes in BTDP.
@MasterMote Жыл бұрын
5:30 that's actually hilarious 😂😂😂
@AlexeyFilippenkoPlummet2 жыл бұрын
Deathwing: I will terraform Azeroth with my fire breath, I will destroy lands itself, I will have my own full expansion in WoW! Khadgar: lol come a bit closer, loser
@thrillhouse4151 Жыл бұрын
1:48, the sounds of the morning after Taco Bell night.
@aaroncarlsback7239 Жыл бұрын
5:36 We would have skipped Cataclysm expansion in just one second if Khadgar had come
@Xenobears2 жыл бұрын
World of Warcraft: Deathwing is an unstoppable force of nature! It’s going to take a massive raid of high ilvl players to even stand a chance! WCII Khadgar: chill out, I got this.
@ivoivic24482 жыл бұрын
the wizard battle was impressive at how good the engine processed multiple hits at the same time, but then the last battle showed the shortcomings when the engine couldn't properly path units due to there being too many to process.
@lyvekis88242 жыл бұрын
The times where Warcraft was actual grim and brutal.
@koshi6505 Жыл бұрын
I definitely didn't expect the Bloodlusted Ogres vs Knights to be so close given how powerful Bloodlust is.
@Astroga1592 жыл бұрын
I saw that Khadgar Deatwing result from miles away. I used the same tactic in final mission of humans base game to kill every dragon coming my way once I got pallys to ward off death knights
@Norrieification2 жыл бұрын
Saw the polymorph coming but it was still hilarious haha. Well done!
@timehikes2 жыл бұрын
Hands down the best part of this video.
@keithlol2 жыл бұрын
Amazing how well the voice acting holds up in this game.
@shaconix32912 жыл бұрын
Fuckin true
@TheCompleteJeff2 жыл бұрын
Text you can hear: “Job’s Done”
@STOCKHOLM072 жыл бұрын
Dabu.
@edreges98932 жыл бұрын
That placement was unfortunate for the stronghold. Of course they will lose most of their units to dragons if the units in range can't shoot up.
@samiamrg72 жыл бұрын
And also packed like sardines when the enemy has both dragons and death knights using Death and Decay
@davehollis58162 жыл бұрын
If the human side had just 2 mages it wouldn't even have been close
@Kharnellius Жыл бұрын
Is that why the archers appeared to simply just refuse to shoot at the end? Was kind of odd. The basically just waited for death to come to them.
@vatiekaknie2 жыл бұрын
I remember as a kid carrying my pc to my friend's house(1km or so) walking on the street total nerd, no other way to get it there did not care what people had to say or think just wanted to warcraft. First multiplayer experience of my life. Amazing memories this was a special game
@janm58542 жыл бұрын
Bloodlust is so f*cking OP. Also, Deathwing vs Khadgar... lmao!!!
@deathwingelitegantz52642 жыл бұрын
☝YES! 🤨
@zach112412 жыл бұрын
“Do you like fire?” “Yes!” “Oh.... I’m full of it!”
@zach112412 жыл бұрын
3:02 that lone foot soldier standing there like “fuuuuuck this!” 😂
@SeoulMan Жыл бұрын
1:21 Ahhhh, music to my ears. I love the sound of bloodlusting in the morning.
@qdlaty872 жыл бұрын
It's almost 2023, and I've just felt strong urge to play through the campaign once again.
@heidendragoon2 жыл бұрын
the voice and sound effects are so brutal, amplifies the horrificness 100 fold
@Krapoutchniek2 жыл бұрын
Those musics... Bring back so much memory :')
@vespi572 жыл бұрын
Khadgar vs. Deathwing? I knew the result before the fight even started.
@gendoruwo63222 жыл бұрын
immortal example on why you shouldn't judge contestants by their names....
@samuelhakansson66802 жыл бұрын
@@gendoruwo6322 I knew he was gonna cast polymorph the second I saw a mage vs a dragon. Whether or not it was deathwing and khadgar was completely irrelevant.
@gendoruwo63222 жыл бұрын
@@samuelhakansson6680 : me on the other hand... FORGOT khadgar has polymorp spell and that Deathwing is not immune to it. So I judged only based on their names :D
@GrommiD2 жыл бұрын
What a pleasant surprise. Its 2022, Warcraft 2, HAIL TO THE OLD BLIZZARD, The game looks magnificent, it plays magnificent, its masterpiece. Id like to watch more army fights. Thank you.
@cdcdrr2 жыл бұрын
Anarcho-Syndicalist Peasants vs. the Knights Who Say Ni Knight: You will cut down the tallest tree in the forest, with... a herring! Peasant: Help help, I'm being oppressed!
@coolbeans4u2 жыл бұрын
WHERE WAS KHADGAR DURING CATA WHEN WE NEEDED HIM?!
@RandomB132 жыл бұрын
Awesome W2 fight club! Castle storming in the end was so cool. Whole new level of army on army action. Was a bit one sided tho. Looking forward to more
@celticjordan12 жыл бұрын
Mages all out of mana… there faces hoping all the grunts are taken out. 😳😂😂😂
@amplesstratleholm76092 жыл бұрын
I haven't played WC2 (it's a Stu fight club upload so I'm still gonna see it regardless), so putting the BL description is much appreciated. Also, Khadgar insta-killing Deathwing is hilarious because I know it isn't going to happen in lore
@StuGames2 жыл бұрын
As a kid I was always endlessly amused that Deathwing (by far the most powerful unit in the game) could be one-shot by polymorph, so I had to add that!
@MrCovi29552 жыл бұрын
Go figure that the spell named after the company was OP.
@MissionSRX2 жыл бұрын
wonderful stroll back into the memories of childhood and still a surprisingly fun game.
@Zedd0z10 ай бұрын
Watching this gave me so much nostalgia. What a cool video idea!
@KingOfMadCows2 жыл бұрын
I never noticed this before but when the Orc yells "Whaaat!" It kind of sounds like he's saying "Waaagh!"
@agnogh12 жыл бұрын
Nice to see someone is still playing
@Vans892 жыл бұрын
It's like WW1. All quiet on the Azeroth Front.
@matfly48322 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah! I remember have won an epic 4vs1 3.5 hours game. Many good souvenirs. The birth of multiplayer strategy gaming!
@funnycompilations83142 жыл бұрын
New games can have all the bells and whistles but can never replace old games in our heart.
@alexfriedman20472 жыл бұрын
I'm a starcraft player and I used to play War 1 and war 2 as a kid. They should made High Templars an attack like Mages. Also blood lust is too op and that's why nobody plays humans. If heal was automatic like medics then maybe, but it's too hard to use humans and actually heal. It's cool to see all the inspiration taken from Warcraft 2 into Starcraft. Literally everything in Starcraft is based off of warcraft2. Sappers are infested Terrans, Mages are high templars... Footmen are like zealots, etc. I'm a huge RTS fan.
@StuGames2 жыл бұрын
A lot of Orc's power also comes from ogres being easier to control than mages at the Fastest speed setting. On lower speeds, Humans might be closer to Orcs in power because mages can arguably be better than DKs.
@alexfriedman20472 жыл бұрын
@@StuGames What's the main difference between death knights and mages? Seems to me like they have the same abilities , no? Yeah but noone plays on slow settings lol. The game would be so slow and boring if it was slow settings. Even in Starcraft a lot of people play on 1.5 X the fastest speed. I think fastest speed is perfect. I was pretty good at War2, but I kinda didn't know how to stop weird tower rushes. Idk it was a while ago, but I was pretty good I beat a lot of people in War2.... Then I started playing Starcraft again when remastered came ou and I stoped playing war2. Have you ever played Warcraft 3?
@StuGames2 жыл бұрын
@@alexfriedman2047 They have all different abilities! Even Blizzard and D&D are slightly different, I believe Blizzard is slightly better in most situations but I forgot the details. Mages also have invisibility and polymorph, DKs have haste and unholy armor (plus some mediocre spells), so in the end it's a bit of a wash. Obviously Faster speeds are more fun for experienced players, I'm just talking about balance! SC1 would also no doubt see more caster usage (queens, dark archons, ghosts) on lower speeds. I've played over 5k online matches of Wc3, it's by far my most played RTS!
@alexfriedman20472 жыл бұрын
@@StuGames Oh... I didn't know that D&D was actually different than Blizzard... I assumed they were basically the same in damage. It's been a few years since I played so I forgot most of the builds. I just remember that If you rush into Ogres and they don't have Catapults and or towers and or walled off you basically just roll through everything with 8 lusted ogres. The pathing and AI in War2 is so bad that I can't really play it anymore. Did you like the remastered of Warcraft 3? I heard it was awful a f. I play starcraft 1 remastereed like evry day now.
@StuGames2 жыл бұрын
@@alexfriedman2047 the WC3 remaster was terrible and destroyed the game, noone plays it anymore
@berzerkbankie13422 жыл бұрын
That was like the exact number of orcs those mages could take out
@exidy-yt Жыл бұрын
Great idea for a video! I did pretty well, got all of em right except the first one: I underestimated just how strong Blizzard really was, though it was still pretty close. It was surprising how close so many of them were, though with the final battle once I saw that horde I knew there was no chance for the alliance. Great vid!
@NodDisciple12 жыл бұрын
Warcraft I-III Campaign when?
@MirekWdowiak2 жыл бұрын
Khadgar XD That spell... xD Loled too loud I guess. :D xD Thanks Stu. :)
@BeesNTrees472 жыл бұрын
god hearing these old voice lines is like running into my babysitter 25 years later
@dinosdaniel35082 жыл бұрын
That footman that stayed behind was like "nope"
@Runehorn2 жыл бұрын
the ogre knight fight may have played out differently if the knights were allowed to wrap around
@user-wr5bw6kh3p2 жыл бұрын
5:15 the most epic battle
@DarkTemplar422 жыл бұрын
Talk about a trip down memory lane!
@Greenmick69822 жыл бұрын
I was today years old when I discovered this glorious channel. Also, pesky pesky death knights.
@NrGDime2 жыл бұрын
Another fantastic AI gladiator arena. Bloodlust actually triples Ogre damage. It doubles the normal attack and piercing damage changing ogre max damage from 8 to 24.
@StuGames2 жыл бұрын
You're right! The attack power is doubled, but as you say the actual damage can be tripled (or even more in some cases!), which happens because of the enemy's armor. Say (simplified) ogres do 16 damage and knights have 8 armor. Then they do 16-8 = 8 damage. With bloodlust, they do 32-8 = 24 damage, three times as much!
@kebman2 жыл бұрын
Lol those voice lines are just so enjoyable xD
@KrugerFS2 жыл бұрын
loved watching it just for the sounds, so many memories.
@marcelhannotte76242 жыл бұрын
gosh I haven't played this game since I was 12 but if I remember right, those arrow towers (static defence) was so strong that in pvp it could easily cause a very long stalemate and even though both factions were identically the same they still made the alliance over powered. Also I was glad Blizzard never repeated naval combat in any other games they made since.
@rogue85332 жыл бұрын
That was a good suggestion, thank you KZbin.
@IceSlushi2 жыл бұрын
The knights dying reminded me of home improvement. Excellent video.
@maxwillson Жыл бұрын
I gotta get a life, I could spend the whole day watching this stuff ahahahaha
@brendans19832 жыл бұрын
I can only now imagine what my parents were thinking hearing this shit coming outta the computer room for hours and hours on end 🤣
@Dowell3182 жыл бұрын
The destroyers could have beaten the griffon riders if they had moved quickly to the middle of the griffon riders, so that the area effect damage from the griffon attacks also damaged the griffons. Sometimes the battle micro/tactics are more decisive than the amount and type of units.
@Kratatch2 жыл бұрын
I knew Khadgar would sheep it. It has always been the strongest counter against dragons. ^^
@skyvipers2 жыл бұрын
Dang I was really looking forward to some CnC Tib-Sun Fight Clubs, but WC2 will do for now lol
@sloppyjoe10512 жыл бұрын
Miss this game. Use to play on LAN dial up with my buddy in 1995.
@jacobking9622 жыл бұрын
I PVP’d against mages in classic, I knew exactly how that was going to go
@mivapusa2 жыл бұрын
Imagine Warcraft lore actually killed Deathwing by Khadgar turning him unto a pig, then cooking him up for supper
@brandonlynchock95532 жыл бұрын
What a sick video! Liked and subscribed Zug zug
@Games_and_Music2 ай бұрын
This was the Mage fight that i was expecting to see when there were 50 Ogre Mages and 1000 Peasant pitted against each other like in the other video, and it almost was a flawless victory. I always found it a funny sight to see Mages attempt melee, but eh, it worked in the end. Betting on the Ogre Mages, for their melee power.. did not disappoint, but it still baffles me that Mages do melee that well. Footmen vs Sappers seemed like a no-brainer, guessing the Footmen can withstand some damage while the Sappers are guaranteed to perish, i assumed RNG would be on the Footmen's favor, and i'm not sure if that was actually true, but it seemed to play out that way. The Destroyers and Gryphons seemed like an interesting match, and trying to think 'realistically' about it, i would think that the Destroyers would outperform the Gryphons eventually, but yeah, reality has nothing to do with this. I figured Khadgar would win, based on the previous video (which is actually a newer video) where Deathwing also got 1 shot, but yeah, this is even worse, hah. Rooting for the Horde and expecting the Stronghold to fallm which it did. 5-1 Score, the Gryphons sank my hopes.
@Argarron2 жыл бұрын
A clear demonstration of the advantages of MLRS over infantry...
@chanceobrien2 жыл бұрын
Khadgar vs Deathwing fight was epic.
@TheErik9612 жыл бұрын
Memories
@Darkblitzie2 жыл бұрын
No one: Absolutely nobody: Ogre Magi: UhhughhhUUEEEEGHHH!!
@homersimpson89552 жыл бұрын
Ha! 9 Mages vs 150 Russians was good one. Didn't know Mages so powerful. Good job!
@X3MgamePlays2 жыл бұрын
Got to love that doubling the damage of bloodlusted ogre's. Doesn't nesserally mean it is truly times 2. Against buildings, it is even times 3 if you can do the math.
@aceshighdueceslow2 жыл бұрын
fuck yeah, finally some Warcraft 2 rep. incidentally, the lack of magic power in that Human stronghold was it's downfall. Even a couple Paladins present and those Death Knights are instantly vaporized, taking away quite a bit of the oomph of the Horde army
@mayonnnnnaise2 жыл бұрын
I thought that first orc that got through was gonna give em the business
@durantes2 жыл бұрын
5:40 Why didn’t we think of that in Cataclysm?!
@EtanMarlin2 жыл бұрын
Ive been playing this game alot recently, BUT THAT KHADGAR FIGHT HAHA
@N0TYALC2 жыл бұрын
Nobody’s gonna comment about the knights and ogres at 2:25 making history’s most perfectly straight battle line?
@washtubz2 жыл бұрын
I couldn't make a prediction on the final fight, I was just in awe
@Iamtheexile2 жыл бұрын
This is great. I'm subscribing.
@holynapkin2 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite KZbin video
@belofon88992 жыл бұрын
Nice to see a fight club on one of the games from my childhood) For future ideas: heroes duels and comparisons with groups of normal units might be interesting
@meowistforlife2 жыл бұрын
Oh Bloodlust you were so utterly broken
@meowistforlife2 жыл бұрын
So broken that in the sequel not only was the spell nerfed, but ogres were removed from the horde and made into permanent bad guys
@StuGames2 жыл бұрын
Someone at Blizzard must have a deep hatred for ogres, as they're still not a playable race in WoW... yet things like pandas are.😂
@matthewgagnon94262 жыл бұрын
@@StuGames There's not much that would make me want to go back to WoW, but Ogres and Tinkers are two things that'd be tempting. They'll never do either of them, instead they gotta keep going to the Furry Mines.
@catstealer419dominion72 жыл бұрын
I had forgotten all about it. That Healing spell ain’t going to save your Paladins.
@redwings13400 Жыл бұрын
That's a first class demonstration in how to not make a fortress with humans. No paladins with exorcism and no mages with blizzard. Instead, have a bunch of tightly packed ballistae that will shoot your own units, with towers that can be easily taken out by death and decay. Also make sure that your footmen are walled in so they get no surface area, and are just standing still uselessly for the majority of the battle. The fortress sure looked impressive, but man was it vulnerable to death and decay. :p