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Table of Contents
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1. Version
2. Legal Stuff
3. Intro
4. Town tree
5. Necroplois: Good points, Bad points
6. Death Units
7. Strategies
8. Skills to learn
9. Spells to learn
10. Special thanks
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1. Version
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1.0 - 7:37 AM 4/6/2002 Started this guide wrote about skills, spells and
death units
1.5 - 5:13 PM 4/8/2002 Added the good and bad points while picking the
Necroplois. Also added the cost of most of the units
but not the ones that you dont build in your town,
Also i added the Strategies against other Towns.
1.6 - 7:08 AM 4/27/2002 Been away from updating my faq so now i came back
and added the Town tree and the costs for the price
of all the units even if you cant build them. I
also fix some grammer.
1.7 - 6:10 PM 5/29/2002 Added the a ascii art and added some usefull hints
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2. !!!!!!!!!!!Legal Stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This FAQ is Copyright 2002- Paul Lasica. This FAQ may not be copied,
edited and no information may not be taken out from this FAQ without my
permission. If you want to put this FAQ on your website than email me.
If I see my FAQ copied and If you did not tell me about it, than
YOU WILL BE CHARGE FOR STEALING MY WORK.
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3. Introduction
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Why did I write this faq? Well maybe its because I like to use the dead
heh or maybe I wrote it since no one is going to write one instead.
Death units could be good or bad it all depends on how you know how
to use them. Also i just got this game and if you know something important
than email me I shall thank you for your effort
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5. Necropolis: The good points, Bad points.
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Good Points: Since they most of thier units are undead than they can lower
the enemies morale. To me, i think that the level 3 units are the strongest
in this game but they cost alot of gold. Thier necromancy skill make them
make more undead units when you have Grand Master your able to make
skeletons, ghosts and even Vampires!!. Thier units are immune to drain
life spells but not Cerberis, Imps and Devils. Undead units have
no Morale penalty. If you can learn chaos magic than your magic
user can be really really powerful during the long games.
Bad Points: They take damage from spells like Holy Word and Holy Shout, some
units like Monks take less damage from Death Units which Haven town is
really bad to fight against. Level three units cost too much. Some
of thier units are slow like zombies and mummies.
Last Word: They can stand up against most of other castles but against
Haven, you have to think of some useful stratgies. They are good
in a small maps with little resources since you can make plenty of
weak units are bring back vampires from your enemies strong units.
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6. Death Units
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LEVEL ONE UNITS
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|NAME | IMP | SKELETON | ZOMBIE |
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|DAMAGE |1-2 |1-2 |2-4 |
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|HIT POINTS |7 |8 | 24 |
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|ATTACK |10 |12 |8 |
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|DEFENSE |10 |12 |10 |
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|MOVE |13 |6 |4 |
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|SPEED |6 |4 |1 |
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|SHOTS |N/A |N/A |N/A |
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|SPECIAL |-Mana Leech |-Skeletal |-Toughness |
|ABILITIES |-Flying |-Undead |-Undead |
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|WEEKLY GROWTH |28 |25 |15 |
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|MAKE IN TOWN |Yes |Yes |No |
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|COST |18 Gold |22 Gold |35 Gold |
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Comments: Imps aren't undead so they can be affected by spells like
Plague and Poison so remember this cause the enemy might use some
harmful spells on your Imp's so its better if you buy Skeletons
since they dont get affected by those kind of spells and for Zombies,
they have a whooping of 24 health wow!! but check out there speed which is
1 man there slow I suggest you dont buy these units.
LEVEL TWO UNITS
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|NAME | CEREBUS | GARGOYLE | GHOST | MUMMY |
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|DAMAGE |4-6 |4-6 |2-4 |5-8 |
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|HIT POINTS |24 |22 |15 |30 |
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|ATTACK |16 |14 |15 |15 |
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|DEFENSE |16 |16 |15 |16 |
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|MOVE |7 |13 |13 |6 |
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|SPEED |6 |7 |6 |4 |
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|SHOTS |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |
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|SPECIAL |-3 head attack |-Skeletal |-Aging -Flying|-Curse |
|ABILITIES |-No retaliation|-Undead |-Undead | attack |
| | | |-Insubstantial|-Undead |
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|WEEKLY GROWTH |7 |8 |9 |8 |
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|MAKE IN TOWN |Yes |No |Yes |No |
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|Cost |190 Gold |150 Gold |140 Gold |170 Gold|
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Comments: Cerebus have more hit points than and have the skill no
retaliation which the enemy cant counter attack after the cerebus
attacks them which this is a useful skill but they are just like
imps and they are affected by spells like Plague and posion and other
harmfull spells that normally dont affect the undead units. Ghost are
much better to produce since you get extra 2 of them and they have
good speed and are able to fly making them fast for a level two unit.
The thing about Mummy and Gargoyle is than you cant make them
in your town you have to find the building which are in some maps
and than you can recruit them.
LEVEL THREE UNITS
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|NAME | ICE DEMON | VAMPIRE | VENOM SPAWN |
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|DAMAGE |12-16 |12-18 |16-24 |
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|HIT POINTS |70 |75 |100 |
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|ATTACK |30 |30 |26 |
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|DEFENSE |30 |30 |26 |
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|MOVE |6 |13 |6 |
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|SPEED |5 |8 |6 |
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|SHOTS |N/A |N/A |15 |
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|SPECIAL |-Freezing attack |-life draining |-Ranged |
|ABILITIES |-Cold resistance |-No retaliation |-Poison |
| |-Cold Attack |-Undead -flying | attack |
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|WEEKLY GROWTH |4 |3 |3 |
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|MAKE IN TOWN |No |YES |Yes |
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|Cost |850 Gold |1,100 Gold!! |1,100 Gold!! |
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Comment: The only way to get Ice Demon's is you have to make the Devil cast
Summon demons spell. The Vampire is extremely powerful they can attack
and steal health from the enemys which could bring back some
vampires that have died plus they have the no retaliation skill.
If you can cast some Nature spells, cast Giant Strength on Vampires
which increases the vampires health and damage by 25%!!
Voon C.P.(lalaboy98@hotmail.com) wrote:
"Cast Cat's Reflexes on the vampires. They will have a happy time
with the living enemies"
The venom spawn is the only ranged unit for the Necropolis town and they
also have the poison attack but you can only pick to have the
vampires or venom spawn.
LEVEL FOUR UNITS
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|NAME | BONE DRAGON | DEVIL |
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|DAMAGE |45-65 |34-50 |
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|HIT POINTS |275 |210 |
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|ATTACK |30 |33 |
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|DEFENSE |30 |33 |
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|MOVE |13 |50 |
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|SPEED |5 |7 |
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|SHOTS |N/A |N/A |
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|SPECIAL |-Terror |-Teleport |
|ABILITIES |-Skeletal |-Summon demons|
| |-Flying -Undead|-Life Ward |
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|WEEKLY GROWTH |2 |2 |
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|MAKE IN TOWN |YES |YES |
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|Cost |4,000 Gold |4,000 Gold |
| |2 Crystals |2 Sulfur |
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Comment: Bone Dragons are better in health and Damage comparing to the
Devil. The Devil has the teleport ability making him able to attack
any enemy on the map. Also cast the vampiric spell on the Devil so he
can recover his hit points. He can also summon Ice Demon which they can
freeze their enemys for three turns.
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7. Strategies
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Haven - Both of their level three units have Death Ward which is very deadly
against the Undead since those units get bonuses against them. Also Angels
could resurrect thier dead units so you should take out the angels out 1st
by either using a Devil with the Vampiric touch spell making them recover
lost health.
Academy - Some of thier units have chaos ward so its no problem since your
units are not chaos units. Titans and Genies are annoying emeyies so you
should take them out 1st because the Genies cast either good or bad spells
and Titans are a level 4 range unit.
Asylum - If they have Black Dragons than your units can be toast so quickly
and they cant be affected by any harmful spells so cast Slayer and Vampiric
touch on your strongers unit and get those black dragons before they get
you. Mass Weakness, Curse and Sorrow.
Preserve - Damn Nature units they have soo many units that they can hire
from thier Creature Portal but all thier units are living so you can cast so
powerful spells like Unholy song also use the Vampiric spell against them.
Dont forget to use the Plague Spell against them. Mass Weakness, Curse, and
Mass Sorrow are good to use.
Stronghold - Wow all they have is a 10% magic protection being deal since
they cant cast no spells at you so you can use any spells that effect thier
units and also use the Plague and Unholy Song against them.
Necropolis - Spells like Plague and Vamiric are pretty useless here,
Mass Curse and weakness are usefull here. Use the summon ability to
call vampires and devils if you need too.
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8. Skills to Learn
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Grand Master Necromancy: If you get level 5 Necromancy, you can rise
skeletons, ghosts and vampires which is useful since you can just
build venom spawns and you could get vampires for free.
This is a MUST have skill to master.
Grand Master Death: This make you learn level 5 death magic spells like some
Grand Master Nature: Which this make you summon units like Imps, Ice Demon,
Venom Spawns, Cerebus and Devils.
Grand Master Demonology: You need this with GM Nature to summon units.
Grand Master Nobility: This increases the growth of your units by 50%
useful if want to make more level 3 and 4 units
Grand Master Estate: Level 3 & 4 units cost a lot of gold and this gives
500 gold plus 10% of the heroes level.
Grand Master Mining: Gives you 4 wood and ore and 6 other resources
each turn.
Grand Master Leadership: Give all of your units +5 morale and +5 luck
Grand Master Tactics: Gives your units +5 speed and +6 movement which
is very useful for units like the Zombie and Mummies
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9. Spells to Learn
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Summon Devils: You can get this by Learning GM Nature and GM Demonology!!
Summon Venom Spawn: Same as above but you just need Master Nature and
Demonology.
Mass Cure: Causes all enemy targets to do minimum damage
Plague: Very useful since it does damage to all living-units but it
has no effect on non-living units like undead and Mechanical.
Raise Vampires: Cast on any dead stack and it turns it into Vampires
This is a Awesome spell!
Mass Sorrow: Causes all enemy targets to have negative morale (makes them
loose a turn)
Mass Weakness: Causes all enemy targets to do 25% less damage
Animate Dead: This spells raises the dead stack of any creatures that were
killed.
Cat's Reflexes: This spells when casted on a unit, it gives them a extra
attack.
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10. Special thanks
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3d0 and New World Computing- For making another awesome game of Heroes of
Might and Magic
