Dragogeddon

Dragogeddon is a name for unofficial tactical maneuver. It needs a hero with very high power skill, good knowledge for reasonable high mana points and armageddon spell. Additionally, the hero needs a creature with appropriate spell immunity. The best creatures for this tactics are black dragons, gold dragons, phoenixes, magic elementals, fire elementals, magma elementals or efreet sultans. Also, golems can be used although they suffer some damage from armageddon.

At the first round of the battle, the hero casts armageddon which causes damage to all but hero's own troops, because they are immune (or highly resistant) to the effects. For this to be successful, the army should include phoenixes, efreeti or either of the dragons, to ensure high speed and therefore high initiative in the battle. This also works perfctly for hit and run tactic, if enemy hero ends his turn near a town with tavern.

A possible counter-tactic is the Orb of Vulnerability.