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The Town seen from outside

The stronghold town is a neutral alignment town type with barbarian and battle mage hero classes. Stronghold towns are built by alliances of tribes. Armies composed of stronghold-based units have a balanced mix of ranged and 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

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Stonghold Specific Buildings

Creature Dwellings

Town Costs

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

Resource	Basic	Upgrades	All
Gold	28700	28000	91200
Wood	60	47	157
Ore	70	47	157
Crystal	30	20	60
Gems	0	5	15
Mercury	0	0	10
Sulfur	0	0	10

Troop cost/week: 24530 Gold 2 Crystal

Units

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Heroes

Magic Heroes (Battle Mages)

The following Battle Mages are the magic heroes of the Stronghold town:

Might Heroes (Barbarians)

The following Barbarians are the might heroes of the Stronghold town:

Crag Hack
Gretchin
Gurnisson
Jabarkas
Krellion
Shiva
Tyraxor
Yog
Duke Winston Boragus
Only available when the official expansion, Armageddon's Blade, is installed.
Kilgor
Only available when the official expansion, Armageddon's Blade, is installed.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

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.
Cyclopes and Cyclops Kings 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.

Weaknesses

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.

Additional Information

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	Castle
	Towns
	Rampart
	Tower
	Inferno
	Necropolis
	Dungeon
	Stronghold
	Fortress
	Conflux
	Cove
	Factory

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-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 attac|ranged]] and [[melee attack|hand-to-hand]] attackers. With the inclusion of the stronger units, these armies are particularly well-equipped to deal with attacks on other towns.
+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 ==