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Elvin
Elvin


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posted March 31, 2016 04:34 PM

Hardly, there are no good H5 players left and the creators had a terrible sense of balance But a few years of dueling gives some ideas, many of which had been unexplored until now. There are also a lot of sources for inspiration like magnomagus' H5.5 project, Albolabris' Polish arena map and people's feedback here. It's a brave new world

Changes aren't always precisely balanced as I often play around and see what happens. But before long I know what tweaks are due. The idea is to keep things fun and introduce more gameplay possibilities
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The_Polyglot
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posted March 31, 2016 10:57 PM

Fortress ore increase

YESSS YESS SNOW YESS MWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Elvin
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posted May 27, 2016 12:01 AM
Edited by kiryu133 at 23:23, 07 Jul 2017.

FACTION TIPS!



ACADEMY

Academy creatures are not strong enough to go toe to toe with most other armies so they need hero support. Turtling strategies recommended and your priority threats should be the units with the highest dps potential. Two magic schools are viable as are warmachines due to high knowledge. Summoning should probably be one of the schools as it helps with stalling and protection but summons are best saved for mid to lategame, when the opposing army has been weakened. Destructive works best as a single school, with a specialized build. Mark of the wizard affects buffs, curses, destructive and summoned objects(but not summoned units) and more than makes up for the lack of spellpower. It is best used on a unit that is guaranteed to survive long. Magic mirror has high odds to bounce direct spells but will not protect from mass or aoe spells.

Special artifact added to change your stat orientation to might(30/30/20/20).

DUNGEON

Dungeon creatures hit hard but also fall like flies. Still, your naturally high spellpower, decent attack and initiative promotes an offensive gameplay if you are to prevent losses. Charge and blast away! Dark works fairly well though summoning is less appealing because its effects are not instant. Might skills recommended as elemental chains are also triggered by physical attacks. Pay close attention to your mana as empowered spells drain it rapidly and use elemental effects as much as possible.

Special artifact added to change your stat orientation to might(40/30/15/15).


HAVEN

Haven units are mostly average but work well as a team, whether you go all-out charge or turtle. Haven is the only faction that can get retribution AND empathy and it can move deceptively fast with leadership and mass buffs. Dark can also be a nice surprise and vampirism works wonders for champions. Two priest stacks are recommended for better support though conscripts/brutes with battle frenzy and vitality are a viable choice. The training cap has been increased so you can now train more peasants into archers or archers into vindicators(that are now faster!). Training footmen into priests is also nice though costly.

Special artifact added to change your stat orientation to magic(15/20/35/30). Destructive/summoning/sorcery now also a possibility.

[Not allowed to increase paladins/champions with training]

INFERNO

Inferno units are fast and damaging but fall fast. You may want to charge if you are to be blocked or attacked but gating is generally preferable. Tactics are great for reaching the enemy, as inferno's initiative allows you to attack first. Your lack of survivability requires that you decrease the opponent's dps as fast as possible but your mana drain, dark magic and gating can help stabilize or turn around a game. Inferno works great with light, leadership and warmachines. Due to mark of the damned and excruciating strike, inferno has the easiest time killing high tier units.

Special artifact added to change your stat orientation to magic(20/10/40/30). Destructive/summoning/sorcery now also a possibility.

NECRO

NECRO

Necro units are tanky and numerous but not so high on damage and initiative. With defense and curses they can overwhelm might-heavy armies but have little protection against destructive. Dark and summoning are a potent combination though light and destructive have their uses. It is recommended to weaken enemy ranks with dark and then press your advantage with summoning. Your ballista is poor but plague tent works great due to its fixed, irresistible damage. You will normally want to turtle vs might but take the offensive against destructive/summoning casters.

Special artifact added to change your stat orientation to might(35/30/20/15).


SYLVAN

Sylvan forces are swift and damaging though they can be built to be durable too. They are equally good at turtling and charging and can perform well in might, magic or hybrid builds. High druids can make any magic viable so you can adapt your gameplay accordingly. If you go full charge(tactics recommended) your ranged units will likely not need cover as a single curse/destructive spell will not stop the rest of your creatures from dealing constant damage. Attack is low but avenger and luck/morale more than makes up for it. Imbued ballista is a faction highlight when available. When an imbued ballista shoots, the hero turn is reset so empathy is recommeded to stay ahead of the ballista. Sorcery does not work with rain of arrows but empathy does. Of course you won't be using rain of arrows throughout the game so sorcery is not useless either.

[Avenger is limited for balancing purposes]

Special artifact added to change your stat orientation to magic(10/20/35/35).


FORTRESS

Fortress troops are rock solid. They can hold their ground against enemy assault, take the beating and systematically start pushing back. They do not deal much damage individually but between runes and stunning effects they don't have to. Unlike necro, they have better protection against destructive (natural immunity/magic proof, rune of dragonform, revival). In general they have the answer to everything. Curses? Rune of exorcism. Buffs? Rune of magic control. Might? Incorporeality or dragonform. Runelore gets the most out of light magic and is thus my recommended magic. Destructive mostly relies on adding mark of fire and is generally weaker than those of other factions. Dark magic(vampiric battlerage ftw) and summoning(runic armour) are fine alternatives. Worth noting that this faction makes the most out of soldier's luck and has the fastest warmachines.

[Rune resources are limited for balancing purposes]

Special artifact added to change your stat orientation to magic(10/20/40/30). Destructive/sorcery more viable now.

STRONGHOLD

Stronghold forces are both durable and offensive. Not so fast but with good mobility and abilities that multiply their damaging capabilities. Stronghold gameplay rewards offense which keeps feeding your rage and further protects you from damage. Orcs have two weaknesses: Dark magic(shatter dark recommended) and being caught with their pants rage down. They are more vulnerable in the first turn so it may be a good idea to keep your key units in the back lines when facing might-heavy chargers with decent initiative. They have good odds vs destructive and the opponent is forced to focus on one unit at a time to prevent its rage from building up again. They work well with any might skill but particularly leadership and defense (due to the rage mechanics). Shout is excellent as it speeds up the rage accumulation and warmachines can provide good ranged support against factions that can keep you pinned down. Shatters are a good choice and a safe one as the map reveals what magic your opponent will have. Powerful blow, stunning blow and excruciating strike can lead to some good hero damage but usually battle frenzy and tactics take priority.



EDIT:

As of latest version, inferno, stronghold and sylvan ballista has 2 shots, while other faction ballista has 3. This more or less makes ballista damage similar across the factions. Necropolis ballista is weak so they get a kick*** plague tent.
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Elvin
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posted May 29, 2016 05:25 PM
Edited by Elvin at 18:04, 29 May 2016.

With enlightenment being one of the best skills ever (+10 stats at lvl 20)I had the idea to completely remove it from the wheel and cover the lack of stats with a second artifact merchant. In addition some artifacts were tweaked or added.

The key enlightenment abilities were moved to sorcery: Intelligence under arcane training and swift mind under wisdom.

Dwarven priest and flamelord's fire immunity has been changed to fire proof(50%).



Version 1.68 up

Following magnomagus'idea, GATING now costs 50% atb for the caller and gated units start at 75% atb. Summoned armies slightly decreased but appear after 1.25 turns instead of after 2 turns!

Spell duration tweaked with most buffs/curses lasting 1 turn + 0.2 x sp, so basically +1 turns every 5 spellpower.

Tap runes moved to sorcery, though it requires fine rune to appear. It restores mana equal to 0.2 x knowledge.

Helm of chaos bonus changed from +3 knowledge to +2 knowledge and +1 sp because you could simply take off and keep the mana without losing -1 defense.

Titan's call lightning now 35 dmg from 30.
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Zenithale
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posted May 30, 2016 11:35 PM

Duel Maps, so many good memories! That was so great .

If you (everyone) have some Replays to share I am always ready to watch!
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posted May 30, 2016 11:41 PM

I should have some Send me your skype.
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zaio-baio
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posted June 04, 2016 02:29 PM
Edited by zaio-baio at 15:22, 04 Jun 2016.

Zenithale said:
Duel Maps, so many good memories! That was so great .

If you (everyone) have some Replays to share I am always ready to watch!


Lots of replays here, mainly final battles on ubi/rmg/toh maps. Zaio-Baio is my nick on game ranger and vaseto91 on ubi.com.

Edit: Latest 5-6 replays are vs noobs, not so interesting to watch.

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posted June 04, 2016 02:34 PM

Elvin said:
Hardly, there are no good H5 players left

Willgefors still plays and i beat him, so ...

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posted June 04, 2016 02:50 PM

Then join us I'm Elvin224 on skype.
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posted June 04, 2016 08:49 PM

You made all these maps and none of you thought to make them working on Heroes 5.5 too.

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posted June 04, 2016 08:54 PM
Edited by Elvin at 09:09, 09 Jun 2016.

I did. Turned out way too much work because the scripts are broken and there are pages and pages of code that need to be re-written.

New update!

Attack and defense bonus now 3.3% from 5% to make the pace of the game a little slower.
Leaper jump 5% dmg bonus from 10%.
Forest rage now unlocks forest guard emblem.
Gargoyles are now mechanical instead of elemental. With march of the machines they get +2 speed.
Teleport assault moved to light (master of wrath)
Refined mana moved under master of blessings from wrath.
Arcane excellence moved under wisdom.
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posted June 15, 2016 11:06 PM

@Elvin: If you don't mind I would prefer a mediafire (or whatever) link, maybe I am not the only one who want to watch your Replays.

@zaio-baio: Thanks for the Replays, but I am more looking for balanced/interesting fights, not just slaughters Turn 1-2 (especially Paladins charges).
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posted June 17, 2016 09:14 PM

Sure, here you go Let me know when you watch and I'll post some more.
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posted June 18, 2016 12:59 PM

Zenithale said:
@Elvin: If you don't mind I would prefer a mediafire (or whatever) link, maybe I am not the only one who want to watch your Replays.


You may want to check Belisarius youtube channel.
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posted June 18, 2016 11:17 PM

@Elvin: Great!

@dredknight: Thanks a lot to you too, I will watch for sure!
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posted July 03, 2016 10:44 AM

I really want to play some of this again!

But do I have to uninstall Heroes 5.5 in order to do so?
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posted July 03, 2016 10:49 AM

I don't think so. Just install 3.1 on a separate directory from h5.5 and you'll be fine

Do you have skype?
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posted July 03, 2016 11:56 AM

Okay, I'll try that later.

Of course I do, I pm you!
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posted July 03, 2016 03:01 PM
Edited by Elvin at 22:25, 15 Feb 2017.

An update to celebrate jaba's return

GENERAL

- Ability descriptions now show what unlocks what!

- Non-stronghold factions can now choose a magic skill of their choice for free while orcs can pick shatter dark! Now it is far easier to pick your magic specialization.

- Level cap at 19! Now factions start with either advanced racial or basic racial + 1 core ability.

UNITS

- Thanes and fire dragons now slightly less hp but they have same numbers as the rest.

- Basic priest is now called battlepriest and is a might-focused upgrade with ranged retaliation!

- Lich master now has sorrow instead of weakness.

- Centaur nomads now have wounding shot.

SKILLS

- Fine rune now unlocks runic machines. Now dwarves can pick both ballista and tent in warmachines!

- Retaliation strike now unlocks unstoppable charge!

- Guardian angel back in training.

- Last stand moved to vitality since it was rarely picked.

- Evasion now unlocks stand your ground -> preparation.

- Tent now heals 195dmg(10 shots) and ballista damage has increased to compensate for one less shot per round.

- Necro only has plague tent, not flaming arrows. As compensation it is the only faction with access to ring of machine affinity.

- Dark Renewal (now Arcane Renewal) moved to sorcery(arcane training)

- Exorcism moved to sorcery(secrets of destruction)

- Mana burst moved to sorcery(arcane ward)

- Elven Luck (now Critical Hit) for all races.

- Seal of Darkness moved to master of curses.

- Banish moved to master of animation.

VISUALS

- Starting area visuals improved.

- Alternative treant visual mod!




TLDR VERSION:

- Descriptions now show ability requirements
- Easier to pick magic abilities of your choice.
- Dwarven forces equal to other factions but rebalanced.
- Warmachines rebalanced so as not to need the ring.
- Elven Luck goodness for everyone.
- Defense, Destructive, Sorcery and Dark trees rearranged a bit.
- Third haven priest upgrade, might-focused.
- Lich master now has sorrow instead of weakness.



Latest Version
Duel Map W5

- Army strength of week 5 instead of week 6 and heroes are lvl 19.

- Ingame improved descriptions! Don't know what a skill unlocks, what an ability's modifier is or a skill does? It's all there, no need to check this thread!

- Artifact multiple choice! Now there is a choice between 3 one-way portals for 2 minor, 1 major and 1 relic artifact accordingly. More possibilities for developing your hero stats and build.

- Starting morale is at +1! Now morale abilities are a lot more important.

- No luck/morale arties! That prevents random overkills, especially from warlock's luck. That also means that with expert luck/leadership your hero can get max 3 luck/4 morale.

- Morale and morale-themed abilities tweaked accordingly:

Morale boost is back at 50%.
Banshee howl -1 luck/morale, -15% init.
Benediction +1 att/def/morale, +15% init.
Empathy +7.5% atb.
Retribution +3% dmg/morale.

- Fortress no longer has elemental boosters but has a guaranteed fireball. Fortress path to destructive now depends on mark of fire, as originally intended



- Battlecry no longer gives a speed bonus. Turned out too much!

- Warcries now give 30 rage regardless of tier. Rage should not be a factor for your warcy choice.

- Chance-based ability descriptions now display the factor of triggering. For instance bash factor is 1.5 while whip strike is 3.0. You can consider 1.5 the average factor(bash, assault, blind, cripple, mark of fire).

- Summon elemental description now explains what types can be summoned in each terrain.

- Boneward removed from necro since it is no longer needed.

- Guardian angel now unlocked by master of abjuration in light magic. All races can get it except necro.

- Tweaked favoured spells for better build variation.
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Elvin
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posted June 27, 2017 12:06 AM
Edited by Elvin at 19:13, 27 Aug 2017.

GENERAL CHANGES

- Attack and defense stats bonus 3.3% from 5%.
- Light/Dark buffs/curses now affected by spellpower.
- Mass spells cost 90% atb from 50%
- Unit spells last for 2 turns only.
- Starting army morale +1 from +2.
- Luck bonus +65% from +100%.
- Ballista dmg improved, shots reduced to 18(6 attacks with triple ballista).
- Tent heal and hp improved, 5 uses from 3.
- No ammo cart, making the use of ranged units more tactical.
- Destructive spell cost and damage rebalanced.
- Cold death unavailable, ice spells improved.
- Logistics removed.
- Enlightered removed, key abilities merged with sorcery.
- Useless perks removed, easier skill requirements.
- Skill text on level ups show what each ability unlocks.
- Special artifacts now allow each faction to change its stat orientation! From might to magic and vice versa.



WHAT IS NEW: FACTION GAMEPLAY



ACADEMY

- Artificer lvl 3 is back, with initiative and magic protection rebalanced. That means that academy has better passive stats against might factions while games vs dungeon will be fairer. Consume artifact has also been rebalanced in terms of restored hp and casting frequency.

- Summoning is now a bit less spellpower dependent which helps with the wizard medium spellpower and mass spells curses also benefit from it. Academy is one of the 3 factions with access to armageddon.

- Gargoyles are now mechanical and can be repaired, battle-mages are more competent shooters, djinn sultan random spells are cast at expert mastery and titans can now call storms 2 times.
Third djinn alternative added, the efreet(fire immunity/fire shield/magic proof)!
Third rakshasa alternative added with dash and no retaliation, a bit weaker than rajas but faster.
Third Titan alternative added, the colossus with increased might stats and call lightning but no ranged attack!

DUNGEON

- Dungeon's native magic schools are now destructive and dark, which is not only more fitting but also more balanced. Destructive spells are now more effective but also more expensive. Dungeon is one of the 3 factions with access to arnageddon, though use of empowered armageddon is forbidden due to balance issues and a number of bugs. Access to light gives a good gameplay alternative.

- Its might department has been improved: Rider, minotaur and dragon initiative has been increased, sisters and minotaurs more durable, assassin poison improved, invisibility can be used twice, aura of bravery improved(+2), wheeling attack improved, hydra regeneration improved, matriarchs gain no melee penalty, mistresses gain swift attack(combo with slow) and red dragons are now immune to mind spells.

HAVEN

- Haven starts with 6 priests pre-trained but cannot train more into cavaliers. Training cap has been increased to 50, making archer/footman/priest training more effective. Peasant/footman speed/init has been improved and there is also a third option for archers and priests: T2 has longbowman for scattershot(3x3 aoe for 50% dmg) and T5 has battle-priests that are more battle oriented with ranged retaliation but no spells. Zealots now have dark magic while inquisitors have light. Both have access to cleansing and purge.

- Haven's lack of mana has been addressed though its racial: Benedition now unlocks spirituality for extra mana. The underwhelming retaliation strike now unlocks unstoppable charge for triple damage.
Mass spells now consume 90% of hero turn so they are less spammable. Haven remains the only faction that can get both empathy AND retribution.

- Trainable unit changes aside, battle griffins can dive instantly and seraphs can cast mass bloodlust(other than divine vengeance).

INFERNO

- Gating now costs half a turn and reinforcements appear faster at the cost of slightly reduced numbers. Mark of the damned now costs 4 mana.

- Destructive is a little more appealing due to the demonlord's increased spellpower and access to armageddon. Access to light gives a good gameplay alternative. Due to high stats in attack/knowledge, inferno has no access to triple ballista.

- Imp mana draining has been reduced, horned grunts are tougher and more explosive, leaper special has been nerfed, cerberus dmg/hp has been improved, succubus mistress dmg has been improved, seducer now has puppet master spell instead of seduction(easier to counter but also works with vermin special), nightmare specials have been swapped with fiery ones being the offensive and grey ones the defensive upgrade, pit lords have improved speed/init and spell mastery plus 25% magic proof and devils are now a little tougher and fearless. Arch demons now have 7 speed like archdevils.

NECRO

- Necromancy bonuses have been reduced but skeleton archers have been improved, with 25% magic/50% ranged protection and skeleton warriors can no longer protect allies from ranged attacks. Specter speed has been improved, vampire lords are more offensive, princes' torpor has been nerfed, master liches now have death cloud and arcane crystal instead of suffering, banshee wail has been improved.
Necromancy includes mark of the necromancer for mana leeching and banshee wail that reduces enemy luck/morale/init.

- Mass dark now consumes 90% of hero turn but is also improved by high spellpower. Defense skill and stat gain has been a little reduced so the units will be less resilient. Access to light gives a good gameplay alternative. Your warmachines do not give triple ballista but necro is the only faction with access to plague tent and has the best healing tent in the game.

SYLVAN

- Sylvan has limited favoured targets. Imbue magic now costs 10% init so it cannot be used immediately but also places you after high druid channeling.

- High druid channeling bonus works well with every magic, including buffs/curses. More rain of arrows alternatives: Wasp swarm is accessible by default, despair(now t4) appears in library more frequently and lightning stun has been improved. Sylvan warmachines have access to imbue ballista but not triple ballista, making the skill a bit more balanced. Aura of swiftness is no longer part of leadership so one turn charges have been weakened.

- Sprites, blade dancers and master hunters have been improved to match their alternative counterparts, high druid channeling has a +8 bonus cap, third druid alternative added with access to summon elementals and summon hive, pristine unicorn special now duplicates spells on advanced mastery and crystal dragons are now immune to insta-killing effects.  

FORTRESS

- Runes have limited resources. At the same time, all runes of the same tier now cost the same resource so there are no resource conflicts between tiers and tap runes increases your mana reserves.
Rune of dragon form has swapped tiers with rune of resurrection while runes of charge and immunity are banned.

- Dwarves with magic stats are fine destructive casters but they really shine with ignite. Flamelords and priests can apply mark of fire that is a reliable way of increasing your fire damage. The mark now triggers more often but has reduced bonus. Needless to say, fortress has no access to armageddon. Access to dark and summoning gives some good gameplay alternatives and their warmachines are the best in the game due to runic machine init bonus. Defense skill has been reduced so they are not as invulnerable anymore. Fortress is the only faction with access to offensive and defensive formation. Also, dwarven luck has been banned, making destructive/dark matches fairer.

- Skirmisher crippling has been improved, berserkers now have improved stats, unlimited retaliation and giant slayer, thanes and dragons have reduced hp and liquid dragon flame has also been improved. The ban of ammo cart now requires more tactical shooting with skirmishers and priests due to their limited shots.
Third berserker alternative added, the brawler with activated rage of the forest and bash.
Third priest alternative added, the earth shaper with firetrap and stoneskin. Rune priests retain crossfire and firewall but also get bless, while flame keepers have fireball and also get haste.

STRONGHOLD

- Bloodrage now reduces damage less, making orcs more susceptible to early attacks and destructive. Lvl 3 abilities are accessed easier but their effects have been rebalanced and all warcries give the same amount of rage. Some rage abilities and warcries have been tweaked. Horde's anger is no longer in the game because it was essentially a might destructive spell.

- Orcs no longer gain spellpower in level ups but the crystal of revelation guaranteeds -1 to enemy sp with might over magic. Further reduction can be achieved by buying spellpower artifacts. Due to their high att/knowledge stats, orcs do not have access to triple ballista. Shatter destructive has been removed because the combination of rage reduction and defile magic was too powerful. The other shatters contain a weaken perk and their respective special abilities. Battle elation from leadership now unlocks bloodfire which needed a proper build to carry its rage momentum. Aura of swiftness is no longer in the game, which prevents first turn charges.

- Defile magic now triggers more often for a more reasonable effect, centaur and warrior upgrades rebalanced with nomads gaining crippling shot and maulers becoming tougher. Red shamans can now cast chain lightning immediately and executioners have 8 speed so they do not require tactics to charge. Both t5 units are immune to puppet master. Pao kai now have stormstrike instead of lightning breath, which was bugged on retaliations. Foul wyverns have improved stats and venom, untamed cyclopes now have 10 init.



SKILLWHEEL ~ TLDR VERSION!

ATTACK

Frenzy
Tactics -> Offensive Formation [Fortress]
Archery
Excruciating Strike[Inferno(motd), Orc(powerful blow]

DEFENSE

Vitality -> Last Stand / Defensive Formation [Fortress]

Evasion -> Stand your Ground -> Preparation

LUCK

Soldier's luck -> Misfortune / Critical Hit
Erratic mana -> Warlock's Luck
Resistance

LEADERSHIP

Steel Resolve(+2 Def) -> Retribution
Divine Guidance -> Empathy
Artificial Glory -> March of the Machines / Retribution [Academy]
Battle Elation -> Retribution / Bloodfire [Orcs]
Runic Attunement -> Retribution [Fortress]
Divine guidance -> Empathy / Retribution [Haven]

SORCERY

Arcane Training -> Spirituality(+30% mana)
Magic Insight -> Swift Mind / Teleport Assault
Sap Magic -> Mana Burst / Counterspell -> Distract

DESTRUCTIVE

Master of Fire -> Ignite / Fiery Wrath
Master of Ice -> Cold Steel
Master of Storms -> Sap Magic


LIGHT

Master of Blessings -> Eternal Light / Refined Mana
Master of Wrath -> Stormwind
Master of Abjuration -> Guardian Angel
Twilight [Haven(Benediction), Dungeon, Necro(Banshee Howl)]

DARK

Master of Curses -> Dark Renewal
Master of Mind
Master of Pain -> Corrupted soil

SUMMONING

Master of Summoning -> Elemental Balance / Fire Warriors
Master of Earthblood -> Fog Veil / Runic Armour [Fortress]
Master of Animation -> Banish

WARMACHINES

First Aid Tent -> Plague Tent [Necro]
Ballista -> Triple Ballista [Hav, Dwa, Dun, Aca] / Imbue Ballista [Sylvan]

(Orcs, Sylvan, Inferno, Necro no access to triple ballista)



GATING

Consume Corpse
Hellfire -> Hellwrath
Mark of the Damned

NECROMANCY

Banshee howl
Spirit Link

AVENGER

Imbue Arrow -> Rain of Arrows
Favoured Enemy -> Forest Guard Emblem

COUNTERSTRIKE

Benediction -> Spirituality(+30% mana)
Retaliation Strike -> Ultimate Retaliation

ACADEMY

Magic Mirror
Mark of the Wizard
Consume Artifact

DUNGEON

Empowered Spells
Elemental Vision

STRONGHOLD

Powerful Blow -> Stunning Blow
Memory of our Blood
Might Over Magic

RUNELORE

Runic Machines
Greater Rune
Tap Runes
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