Part 9

Sort out heading for red. Keep Khurdran healed.

Red will have reduced troop numbers, but Black will keep sending dragons. Send spotters to watch Black and Red's mines.

If possible, take out White as soon as the second mine falls, but be cautious of Red and Black interrupting.

When Red's mine falls, Red's peasants will gather along the rock wall. Move Khurdran to deal with Red's peasants. Black's dragons may attack Khurdran; retreat, heal, and return if they do.

When Black's mine falls, build your normal force and attack White. Red and Black usually won't respond, but have mages ready for Black dragons.

Clear the area around the portal. Use Blizzard if you cannot afford catapults.

Have Khadgar attack the portal. This will take about 15 minutes due to his weak attack. Defend Khadgar or attack other teams during this time.

When the portal falls, you win and receive the rank of "Designer".

Start in the bottom right with a small force including a death knight. Your goal is in the top middle, but it is best to rescue Grom Hellscream first.

Head directly left, smashing skeletons and enemy troops.

When you reach the left side, head up to find Hellscream, more troops, and a lumber mill. Complete both troll upgrades before continuing.

Follow the rock line to the right of where you found Hellscream. Use the "draw" technique to pull troops from the large group in the middle of the rock in manageable chunks.

Head through the opening in the rock and take the right path. The left path is too close to the death knights.

Up the right path, you will find some enemy troops and reinforcements.

Carefully head left, drawing skeletons back to you. If a lone death knight uses death coil, ignore him and keep a grip on your troops, as they will chase him into the skeletons.

With most skeletons gone, send your weakest units in. A set of three death knights in the "encampment" and a lone death knight with mana will slaughter them with death coils.

Once the encampment is clear and their mana is mostly gone, send in a squad to kill them all. You may need to smash walls.

Start in the top left with a small force including Dentarg, an ogre-magi hero. Thunderlord (purple) is in the bottom right, Bonechewer (blue) is on the right side, and Shattered Hand (white) is scattered on the left.

Head south to Purple and note the gold mine on your way. As soon as you touch the town hall, they become yours. Start building your town. Your first mine is outside of town, so place defenses accordingly.

Run your starting force back up and head slightly right at roughly 1/3 and 2/3 down that side. You should find a blacksmith, lumber mill, white reinforcements, and Bladefist.

Return everyone to town and start upgrades at the blacksmith and lumber mill. You cannot keep these buildings, so do not worry if Blue attacks them while you are not upgrading.

Blue will usually attack the right-hand door of the purple base. Position your towers and troops accordingly. Place a few towers at the top entrance as they sometimes send troops there.

When Blue attacks external buildings, start work on replacements within town. They take a long time to find the blacksmith but find the lumber mill quickly. With a good defense, you might not get hit.

When your first mine runs out, build a few towers and a town hall around the other one. Blue will find it as soon as you start mining, so have your defenses ready. This is also when they usually find the blacksmith.

After a while, you should have a normal squad with full upgrades. Head into Blue's territory from the top, as there are fewer defenses. Blue has a lot of gold and several mines, but they are badly laid out.

Systematically destroy all of Blue's forces.

Start just right of the middle. Thunderlord (purple) is to the northwest, and Bonechewer (Blue) is to the northeast. There are also groups of purple troops guarding extra mines in the top and bottom right.

Start placing towers on the approach routes as quickly as possible.