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phoenixreborn
Promising
Legendary Hero
Unicorn
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posted October 18, 2007 08:02 PM |
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Far better than doing 1k damage? OK.
You have 1000 creatures? I guess on large maps like warlords it is possible yes.
But also horde's anger can be resisted like magic. It's a good spell though.
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feluniozbunio
Promising
Supreme Hero
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posted October 18, 2007 08:13 PM |
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It was medium map, not very long game. I had 880 if i remember corectly.
With couple of dwellings and good creeping you can get to 1000 pretty fast.
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Jabarkas
Adventuring Hero
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posted October 19, 2007 10:46 AM |
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Edited by Jabarkas at 10:49, 19 Oct 2007.
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Thread: Stronghold's Starting Heroes
Well... I want three things when I select a starting hero:
1) Raw power, allowing early creeping
2) Traits that will work throughout the game, from the start to the end.
3) An edge, something that you can't get with other heroes.
Garuna - Rate: 2
Interesting special... but lets face it. At the time when it truly kicks in, is when you've already won the fight. Having Archery pre-selected in a melee-oriented army is not that stellar either.
Gorshak - Rate: 3
Solid is the word I would say describes this hero. You start with a special that will help throughout the game. The only flaw here is that I would have prefered a different skill-setup, and frankly... while 1 Slayer is better than none, it still not that much of an early advantage.
Haggash - Rate: 5
Here is the ace in the deck. To keep it short, starting with shooters is always nice during the early creeping. Having a special that increase the damage of those shooters is double nice. Having a special that on top of that increase the initiative is tripple as nice... and as if that was not enough, Haggash starts with Memory of our Blood.
Kilghan - Rate: 1
Well, if you have a 1-5 scale, someone has to draw the short stick. Kilghan is that someone. Kilghan's skills are actually quite good, but his special is not. Sure, at high levels you will gain quite many Goblins... but this is at high levels, and at high levels you don't rely on your Goblins to save the day.
Kragh - Rate: 4
He is good, no questions about it. Perhaps as good as Haggash. Perhaps even better. However, I rate him below because his special conflict with the Barbarian warshouts.
Shak'Karukat - Rate: 2
Decent Barbarian hero, probably rated 3 or even 4 during higher levels. Wyverns are the one barbarian unit that doesn't have bloodrage improved health, so the special is handy for that. Defense and vitality should help out with preserving your units and I believe it will also help you to trigger special unit abilities. Still... Barbarians is about offense, and that is what you don't get here.
Telsek - Rate: 3
Another solid performer. While your Orc Warriors are not as important as your Slayers, they are still a unit that will be there throughout the game. Starting with a Ballista is very nice, and the reason why I give him a 3 and not 2. However the skill Might over Magic is not a skill I want to have pre-selected.
Urghat - Rate: 2
Hard to rate this hero. If you want a hero that can run all over the place, then here is your... eh... girl. However, if it is a small map, covered in grass, then her special and skills are suddenly worth a lot less. I rate her as a 2, just because that even during maps that favours her abilities, she is still more suitable as a secondary hero.
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted October 19, 2007 09:53 PM |
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Seems I was mistaken after all the goblin king does not start with many goblins.. Wonder where I got that idea from 
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dschingi
Famous Hero
the guy with the dragon golem
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posted October 19, 2007 11:44 PM |
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Edited by dschingi at 23:45, 19 Oct 2007.
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Flaming balista is ridiculous to a point of being overpowered. It cuts through lvl 7s like through butter(or anything else)
Oh yes it does. I just fought against Vittorio with Flaming Arrows and Triple Ballista which kills just about any stack with one action 
Next time I'll take that damn Cold Death...
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feluniozbunio
Promising
Supreme Hero
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posted October 19, 2007 11:49 PM |
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But good news is that balista now has just 550 hp , preety easy to destroy.
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted October 19, 2007 11:49 PM |
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My Gotai killed 25 hell chargers, 60 pitlords, 6 archdevils and 120 cerberi with 2 cyclopses. Yes he had a good ballista and tent.
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dschingi
Famous Hero
the guy with the dragon golem
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posted October 20, 2007 12:01 AM |
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Duncan
Famous Hero
The Pathfinder
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posted October 20, 2007 07:10 AM |
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@Elvin: Can you upload the replay? Or e-mail me. Thx!
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted October 20, 2007 09:41 AM |
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Yep, I'm positive that I kept this one  I don't have the time right now so remind me if it is not there in a couple of hours.
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