r/heroes3 • u/HendriXP88 • 1d ago

Best campaign hero builds

New forum follower, old time HOMM3 player. I've searched and hasn't found it. What's YOUR best selection for secondary skills for the campaign heroes like Gelu, Sandro, Crag, etc?

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u/Labriciuss 1d ago

Must have are often earth logistic offense and ofc wisdom

If several heroes can get to next level you need one with scholar

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u/PkerBadRs3Good 18h ago

magic is broken in campaigns since your hero can often immediately solo the map with it with no army by being already strong from previous maps, offense is generally good but not really mandatory

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u/Nickeless 12h ago

I don’t think it’s broken. I just came back to this game after not playing in probably 18 years, and played a few single maps and am on mission 3 on the campaign with gem, so I’m definitely not an expert.

But I’m playing only on the rook difficulty, and I don’t think there is any possible way you could win if you couldn’t fast clear the map with just your hero’s magic. You need to be pretty efficient about taking stuff over resources and towns fast to quickly build up armies that can compete with the AI. They have insane heroes with crazy movement and huge armies that roll in like week 4.

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u/HendriXP88 1d ago

Maybe a silly question, but why offense and earth together?

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u/Confident_Lake_8225 23h ago

Earth for mass slow, stoneskin, shield, and powerful level 4 & 5 earth spells like meteor shower, resurrection, implosion. Edit: And town portal.

Offense so your dudes hit harder.

A good hero has both might and magic (roll credits)

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u/5illy_billy 10h ago

For me, it’s bc of Town Portal. Unskilled Town Portal takes you to your closest city. With Advanced Earth Magic you can choose which of your cities to teleport to. Being able to bounce around the map is an insane power. The combat spells are definitely nice, but town portal is my jam.

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u/Pale_Help3571 21h ago

Agreed with earth magic is prolly #1 needed skill in the game.

I'd generally like to get wisdom, logistics, earth, air and depending on campaign pathfinding.

Then other skills I like are armor, offence, Archery or intelligence.

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u/Key_Success7423 11h ago

I like air magic as well. Mass haste, DD, fly.