r/heroes3 • u/Top-Aspect4671 • Jan 15 '24

Question - Solved I need help with campaign

So i'm doing Dragon Slayer.

After the first mission, I found online that Rust Dragons is the better mission to start with. But I got my ass kicked by Shiva with an overwhelming force.

I tried again. Same thing. I ignored the dragons and rushed the cities, but it was futile.

What am I doing wrong? Am I just unlucky? None of my mage guild and llibraries got Town Portal or Berserk, which would be really useful.

I am losing hope. Any tips?

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u/Labriciuss Jan 15 '24

Idk it's been a very long time i didnt play this one (wich i hated tbh..)

I believe you get fire magic and berserk from map 1 (A seer's hut maybe?) or in the second scenario if you reload enought times to get it in your town. For what i remember Berserk is essential to pass by the nagas and get a pretty nice advantage.

Good luck for this one

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u/Top-Aspect4671 Jan 15 '24 edited Jan 15 '24

But I can't redo the first mission. Well I will have to get lucky.

I checked the wiki. No berserk on rhe first stage. But there is a tome of earth magic. Will see.

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u/Laanner Jan 15 '24

Nagas are on the Faery dragon map, not on the Rust.

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u/Labriciuss Jan 15 '24

Indeed a poor advice mb then

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u/Kamblys Jan 15 '24

There is a DD spell scroll guarded by ridiculous amount of Arch Magi, get that spell asap and you will have advantage against Barbarian heroes.

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u/Top-Aspect4671 Jan 15 '24

Will do. Managed to get tome of earth magic and beaten the Brabarians.

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u/FreshEvent5452 Jan 15 '24

Played this campaign 2 or 3 times, although long ago. You can do the missions 2 and 3 in any order you like, arguably it will be easier Rust -> Fairy.

You won't get Berserk on 1st mission, but you should get all 4 magic schools (there are 4 Witch Huts with these). Also when given choice, take Knowledge instead of Spell Power, you'll thank me on Mission 4. I usually took Intelligence also.

As for barbarian problem, if you're doing Rust as Mission 2, free Crag Hack ASAP. And leverage the fact you have all sorts of magical barrage at your disposal and they don't.

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u/Laanner Jan 15 '24

And Mysticism. Especially in HotA.

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u/FreshEvent5452 Jan 15 '24 edited Jan 15 '24

In HotA version, definitely.

In SoD/AB, I would be on the fence. Mysticism there is subpar: you have time limit of 6 months for that mission which means with expert skill you can replenish 672 spell points at most, while with expert Intelligence you'll easily reach 1400 or more. Also I usually strive for a bit of versatility, so Wisdom/Air/Earth/Water/Fire/Int plus Logistics and Archery would be my ideal pure mage in Heroes 3.

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u/CountDrunkula1 Jan 15 '24

Kill archmagi guarding DD spell, free Crag Hack, get his army and rush the AI with DD. The rest is just clearing the Rust Dragons and buffing Dracon for next scenario.

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u/Top-Aspect4671 Jan 15 '24

Thanks! Already doing that.

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u/Filthy-Scavanger Jan 15 '24

I ignored the dragons and rushed the cities
thats the correct way
just try again