Editing Stronghold

[[Image:Stronghold-out.png|frame|Stronghold Town seen on the [[adventure map]].]]

The '''stronghold town''' is a neutral alignment [[town type]] with [[barbarian]] and [[battle mage]] [[hero class]]es. Stronghold towns are built by alliances of tribes. Armies composed of stronghold-based units have a balanced mix of [[ranged attack|ranged]] and [[melee|hand-to-hand]] attackers. With the inclusion of the stronger units, these armies are particularly well-equipped to deal with attacks on other towns.


== Structures ==
[[Image:Stronghold-in.png|thumb|500px|Stronghold Town seen from inside]]

{{StandardBuildings|3|[[Wood]] and 1 [[Ore]]}}

'''Stonghold Specific Buildings'''
* [[Ballista Yard]]
* [[Freelancer's Guild]]
* [[Mess Hall]]
* [[Escape Tunnel]]
* [[Hall of Valhalla]]
* [[Warlords' Monument]] ([[Grail]] building)

'''Creature Dwellings'''
*[[Goblin Barracks]]
*[[Wolf Pen]]
*[[Orc Tower]]
*[[Ogre Fort]]
*[[Cliff Nest]]
*[[Cyclops Cave]]
*[[Behemoth Lair]]


==Heroes==
{{Herotable}}
{{Herotablerow Stronghold}}
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[[List of heroes|List of all heroes]]


==Creatures==
{{Creaturetable}}
{{Creaturetablerow Stronghold}}
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[[List of creatures|List of all creatures]]


==Additional Information==
* [[Alignment]]: [[Alignment|Neutral]]
* [[Native Terrain]]: [[Rough]]

===Pros===
* Hero classes. [[Battle Mage]] is one of the most balanced classes in the game with a host of useful specials. [[Barbarians]] are the best fighter class available, expect attack ratings to rise fast and keep on rising. With great specials like Offense, a high-level Barbarian is a tough opponent.
* [[Escape Tunnel]]: it´s great to be able to retreat from a siege so you don´t lose your best hero this way.
* [[Cyclops|Cyclopes]] and [[Cyclops King]]s can attack castle walls with their ranged attack. This is a vastly underestimated special that can tip the scale in an attacking force´s favor very quickly, especially when combined with a fast initiative-giving unit and [[Haste]] (Expert level for best effect). High Morale (to enable multiple shots) is also extra useful for them (the spell for this is [[Mirth]]) and if you have the room in your army, every additional stack gives additional shots at the wall! A stack of 1 [[Cyclops King]] 'sieges' as good as a stack of 1000 would.
* Ancient behemoths win a 1vs1 against most 7'th level creatures.

===Cons===
* Slow units, the fastest is the [[Thunderbird]] with a [[Speed]] of 11. Ancient Behemoths has 9.
* Magic, [[Mage Guild]] is limited to level 3.
* Only one flying unit, namely the [[Thunderbird]].
* Cyclops and Behemoth lairs both require a lot of crystal to build. This competition makes it hard to have them both out in the earlier times - you have to choose between one of them, while both are useful.

===Town Costs===
 ["Basic" includes Citadel, Castle & any prerequisites:
 "Upgrades" also includes prerequisites]

{| class=wikitable
!Resource!!Basic!!Upgrades!!All
|-
|{{Gold}}||28700||28000||91200
|-
|{{Wood}}||60||47||157
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|{{Ore}}||70||47||157
|-
|{{Crystal}}||30||20||60
|-
|{{Gem}}||0||5||15
|-
|{{Mercury}}||0||0||10
|-
|{{Sulfur}}||0||0||10
|-
!colspan=2| Troop cost/week: !!colspan=2| 24530 {{Gold}} 2 {{Crystal}}
|}


{{Town creatures
 | town   = Stronghold
 | lvl_1B = Goblin
 | lvl_1U = Hobgoblin
 | lvl_2B = Wolf rider
 | lvl_2U = Wolf raider
 | lvl_3B = Orc
 | lvl_3U = Orc chieftain
 | lvl_4B = Ogre
 | lvl_4U = Ogre mage
 | lvl_5B = Roc
 | lvl_5U = Thunderbird
 | lvl_6B = Cyclops
 | lvl_6U = Cyclops king
 | lvl_7B = Behemoth
 | lvl_7U = Ancient behemoth
}}

{{Towns}}


[[Category: Towns]]